HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Our Christmas party will be on the 19th for our T TH class, and on the 20th for our M-F and MWF classes. SANTA'S COMING ( come on, say it like Buddy the Elf)!! We'll sing some songs, have some holiday goodies, and visit with Santa. Please remember to send a wrapped book to school for our book exchange. This can be a gently used or new book (under $5). Also, it's best if it's gender neutral. Santa will pass out the books to the children, and the boys that end up with a Disney Princess book start to doubt their faith in the man in the red coat. :)

Field trip info has been emailed. Please double check your email for detailed info about where, when, and what time.

Happy holidays to all of you. We love the children and are so very blessed to have the opportunity to work with them and watch them grow! Thank you for all you do. Kari

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Halloween was spooky and fun! I'm sending out a HUGE thank you to all the moms who brought treats and dressed up their kids in adorable costumes. The children looked fantastic. The Halloween books went home today. The children (and teachers) worked hard on those and they turned out so cute. The reward for all of our hard work was listening to them read them. Developing a love for books is one of our goals. Our composer of the month (for October) was Camile St. Saens. We listened to Carnival of the Animals and my personal favorite, Danse Macabre. If you get a chance, pull up these songs for your children to listen to. Thanks for all you do!!

WELCOME BACK!

SUCCESS! Our first week was fantastic! Miss Ariel, Miss Amy, and Miss Amanda are back, working with me in the classroom this year. And I couldn't be more grateful for these amazing women and their creativity and expertise. 

It's been fun getting to know your children! They are preschool pros. They've already taken ownership to their classroom and have been such great citizens and friends to each other. So hats of to all our parents for their diligence in raising amazing children!

Scholastic Book Orders are open for ordering. It's easiest to order online. Visit www.scholastic.com/bookclubs to view catalogs and place orders. Our class code is GQRPN. 

Our first field trip is next week! We'll be visiting the apple orchards at BYU-I. I will send directions and other info through email.

 

Miss Kari

REGISTRATION

Registration is this Friday, the 16th!! You can drop in anytime between 11:00 - 12:30 to fill out paper work and pay the $25 registration fee.

Please check your email for important preschool info. If you don't see an email, check your spam box. If you don't have an email from me, contact me (208)360-6836 or email me at kinderreadykids@yahoo.com. I can send you the info.

Our first day of school for M-F and T TH class is Tuesday, September 3rd. MWF class begins on Wednesday Sept. 4th. SUPER EXCITED!!

See you soon.

NEW CENTER IN THE CLASSROOM

When the children arrive at preschool, they spend time in exploratory play, working in different centers. The centers include dramatic play, art, literacy, math, science... This fall we are introducing a new center at our preschool. Drum roll please.......... FITNESS CENTER! This will be an area where the children can "work out" on the mini tramp, balance beam (low to the floor of course), do yoga or zumba. In addition to outside play, our preschoolers will be able to learn about being healthy as we encourage gross motor skill development. I'm super excited! YAY for being healthy!!!!!

REGISTRATION

It's that time of year. Classes are filling up fast so if you're interested in a spot, email me at kinderreadykids@yahoo.com or call me (see number above) to reserve a spot. I'm holding spots right now with your child's name only.

At the beginning of August we will have a registration day at the preschool. At this time you can fill out paper work and pay the $25 registration fee. If you email me for a spot, please give me your child's name, your address, phone #, birthday and class preference.

Thanks!

SPRING INTO SPRING!

Our calendar is sporting bee and flower numbers and we're quickly putting away the last of our winter art to make room for the greens, pinks, and yellows of spring. We're ready!!

We have worked our way to the end of the alphabet! This week we're on letter X. On Friday, March 15th, we'll be having the X Games at preschool. Children may bring their bikes, scooters, skates, footballs, basketballs, and all that good stuff to participate in eXtreme sports, preschool style.

Our Pre-Kinders are almost done with their alphabet books. They'll go home at the end of the month. We will be taking a look at letter blends and a little more work on vowels and rhyming words. I will be sending home a list of site words that you can expect them to be learning in kinder, just for a head start. We'll be practicing our number writing. I have some number rhymes to help them remember how to write them. I will also send home a copy so you can practice at home what we're doing at school.

Yea! for warmer weather. Please still wear sweatshirts and coats to school. Our little cubs are coming out of the den and they'll need to stay warm out on the playground. Reminder: please label all items. Thanks!

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Here we are, 2013! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday.

Just a quick update: We're back to school tomorrow, Jan 2nd. And we're right back to work as we learn about letter O. A calendar will come home with your child letting you know what we're working on this month.

I'm looking forward to seeing everyone back at school!