Tie Dye Etc..

Your child will receive his or her tie dye shirt either Thursday or Friday to bring home and wear on his/her last day of school.  I have laundered them so they are ready to wear.  Make sure the first couple of times you wash them in your wash to either wash separately or with colors as the colors may bleed a little.

Walk-a-thon!  Check your child's backpack for info.  If you need more info please let me know. If your child is in the Tues/Thur class and wants to attend the walk-a-thon please don't hesitate to bring them to school and stay with them during the festivities.  If your child is in the Wed/Friday class you are welcome to join us but it is not required that you are here.  Your child will receive a lime green tee shirt to wear on Walk-a-thon day and a water bottle to bring full of water to school.

Also, it's supposed to rain on Friday so feel free to send an extra pair of shoes and clothing for your child to change into in case of too much mud or wet.

On Thursday/Friday we will be sending home all nap items and changes of clothing that we have at school. 

Here are a few photos from our tie-dye day!

Grubby Clothing

Please send your child in old clothing on Tuesday and Wednesday next week.  We will be tie-dying our shirts and the dye could get on our clothing despite smocks and gloves. 
Thank you.

Tie Dye!

We've decided to make tie-dye tee shirts to wear on our last day of preschool for our celebration.  We will be making the shirts next Tuesday and Wednesday.  It would be greatly appreciated if you could send in a plain white tee shirt for your child to tie-dye.  Once we tie-dye them I will launder them and send them home on Thursday or Friday.  Anyone who wants to donate any extra tee shirts is welcome to do so.

This tends to be our busiest time of the year as we are getting ready to transition many students to Kindergarten and wrap everything up.  We have been very busy in the classroom.  We wrapped up our insect/garden theme last week.  Our caterpillars turned into cocoons and then to butterflies.  We took them outside to let them go last week.  Our seeds that we have planted are beginning to grow (well to be honest only a few so far). 

We are finsihing up the year with an Ocean/Beach/Summer theme.  Our dramatic play is full of beach towels, sunhats, beach chairs etc... Our sensory table has water and fishing poles to catch alphabet letters.  We are reading Chicka Chicka Boom Boom which is another one of my all time favorites.  We have enough copies of the book for each child to hold one during group and read along. 

CHANGE OF PLANS! END OF YEAR CELEBRATION!

Hi Everyone!  I'm sorry for the late notice but we've had to change our schedule.  We will now have our end of year celebration from 11:15 to 12:15 on June 5th or 6th (depending on which session your child is in).  I think it'll be more fun as it'll include a picnic lunch.  Please pack a picnic lunch for you, your family and child.  Also feel free to bring a blanket to sit on outside for lunch. After lunch we will have a group time followed by a mini-graduation.   Everything will be held outside (weather permitting).  You will have the option to take your child home with you after our celebration or have them stay for rest time. 

Updates

Can you believe the school year is almost over? 

Mark your calendars for our end of the year celebrations.  On June 5th (Tuesday/Thur class) and June 6th (Wed/Friday class) from 1-2 p.m. you are invited to join us for a special group time and some outside play/celebration time.

We've been so busy lately.  We are currently learning all about the springtime.  We had caterpillars that have made cocoons and we are anxiously waiting for the butterflies to emerge.  We have a green house in our dramatic play center and each child planted seeds.  We sure hope some seedlings sprout soon. 

Our two main books of focus right now are The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and Jack's Garden by Henry Cole.