FIELD TRIP

Dino museum tomorrow. Meet at the museum at 10am. If your child is riding with their teachers, they need to be at the preschool at 9:15. The museum is located on the corner of Broadway and Yellowstone in Idaho Falls. Extra siblings, 4 years old and older, are $3. Parents are $8. See you there!

PJ PARTY AT PRESCHOOL

Dr Seuss' birthday is this week! We are having a PJ party at school to celebrate. T TH afternoon class, wear your PJ's to school on Thursday, March 1st. MWF and M-F class wear your Pj's on Friday March 2nd. And for snack? What else??? Green eggs and ham of course!

FIELD TRIP

We will begin our Dinosaur Roar unit this week. This will also include a review of our Earth Science unit (VOLCANOES!!). We will be visiting the Museum of Idaho in Idaho Falls to view their Dinsoaur exhibit. More info will come home soon!

Update: M-F pre K class will begin site words this week. They will be making a site word wheel each week and bringing them home. We are also still making our letter of the week books each Tuesday. Please look for both of these items and review them with your child. Our name writing practice is focused on making our letters the same size, fitting them on the line, and using a capital at the beginning and lower case for the rest. Our reading center focus this week is 3-letter words with different vowel sounds.

See you all soon!!!

FUN AND FRIENDS IN FEBRUARY!

WOW! Two parties already and the month isn't even over. Our Valentine's day party was full of love! The children were so excited to give their friends something special. Thank you to all the parents who brought yummy treats for us to share.

Our President's day party was a blast! Lots of red, white, and blue... sparklers, balloons, homemade flags, and a fruit pizza made to look like our flag complete with strawberries and blueberries. They asked some great questions about our presidents and made some good comments. When George Washington's picture went up, one boy asked, "Is that Beethoven?" (impressive that he would know who Beethoven was!). Another boy said, "Hey! Aren't those the guys that are on the big rock?" meaning Mt. Rushmore. He had been there and wore his Junior Ranger souvenir for our party. They also remembered some important facts about what these men did for our country.

We learned a little about voting. The children took a little time to decide which classmate they would vote for to be president. One child asked, "Can I vote for myself?" Absolutely!! :)

We looked at each state in our nation and learned that there is one star for each state on our flag. Even though there are 50 different states, we're all part of one big team.

I'm proud and feel blessed to be part of this great team. And I love my little teammates that I play with during the week! Have a wonderful 3 day weekend. Enjoy some rest and sleep in time with your babies!

Mrs. Kaycee

Hello my name is Kaycee Allred. I am from Rigby, ID so not too far from little ol' Rexburg. I am a Junior at Brigham Young University-Idaho, studying Elementary Education. I worked at a preschool in Texas for two summers and my mother has her own preschool in Rigby, so I am all about Preschool aged children they are just so fun, say the funniest things, and are so smart too! I grew up on a dairy farm with four older sisters and five younger sisters and I am an identical twin as well. Numbers one, three, four (my twin) and five (me) in the line of girls are married and all but myself have one little boy. Yes there are TEN girls in my family! The most asked question when people find that out is "how many bathrooms did you have in your house?" so the answer is three and it worked out just fine we all got along (most of the time) and enjoyed the hard farm work. It was a wonderful work experience and I really learned about responsibility. I am grateful for this chance to be working with Mrs. Kari and Mrs. Julie as the M-F afternoon teachers. It has been fun thus far and I am excited for the rest of the time I will be able to get to know your children. Sorry I haven't posted till now life has been busy with my husband taking 15 credits and two jobs.

NEW TIMES FOR 2012-2013

Registration is under way for the 2012-2013 school year. Call now to get your name on the list! Registration fees are not due until FRIDAY MAY 18th.

May 18th is our official "Registration Day" at the preschool from 2:15 - 3:30. You can drop in during that time to fill out paper work and pay the $25 registration fee.

Our times are a little different next year. Our M-F preK class is offered in the morning AND the afternoon! Class times are 9 - 11:30 or 12:15 - 2:45. We are also offering a MWF class in the morning or the afternoon. The times are also 9 - 11:30 and 12:15 - 2:45. The times and prices are also at the top of the blog's front page. My M-F fills up SO fast. Please call me if you are interested and get your child on the list to ensure your spot!! Thanks so much!!

BOOK ORDERS

Scholastic Book Orders are due on Jan 31st. We are doing a combined Jan/Feb order. Books will be here by Valentine's Day. Ordering online is easiest at www.scholastic.com/bookclubs Our online class code is GQRPN. If you have friends who are interested in ordering books that is totally fine. I have had neighbors and friends in the past take advantage of Scholastic's great prices through our classroom book orders. The more books into little reader's hands, the better!Thanks!