June 10th - Our last day of school

June 10th - Our last day of school

Yay! TK had another fabulous week!

 

Open House - It was extra fun seeing so many families at Open House last night! The best part was watching our TKers' as they proudly shared all their animal knowledge and extraordinary art to their families. It made my heart so happy!

 

Zoo - Yay! TK is going to the zoo this Thursday. IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE WON'T BE RETURNING TO SCHOOL UNTIL 2:00 pm ON OUR FIELD TRIP DAY. Also, please be sure to look in your cutie's Thursday Folder for a green note with all the important reminders needed for an extra fun field trip day. 

 

June 10th - Our last day of school

Getting Ready for the Zoo

Permission Slips - Many of our permission slips for our upcoming TK zoo field trip (May 21st) are in. Thank you so much! If you haven't had a chance, though, to get it signed and turned in yet, no worries at all. Sometime this coming week would be great.

 

Chaperones - It looks like many of you are going to be able to join us as chaperones on our field trip. That is fabulous! The more, the merrier! If you would still like to join us, thank you for turning in the blue chaperone sheet this coming week as well.

 

Our Surprise Train and Carousel Ride - Thank you for keeping these surprises a secret. We won't know until the day of the trip if both rides will be up and running, so a surprise is way more fun than a disappointment. Thank you also for sending in the purple permission note and money. If you haven't turned it in, sometime this week is also great. (Please remember that if there is any problem with payment, talk to me and we can definitely work it out.)

 

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

 

Hi everyone! Just a quick update—there’s no need to attend the roundup tomorrow unless you have another child entering TK next year. Sorry for any confusion earlier! 

TK has had another great week!

 

Yancy Yak's Y ("Hello smile, little slide, ribbit, big slide") - This would be a great week to play, "Does it begin with /y/?" If the word you say begins with /y/, have your TKer give you a big thumbs up. If it doesn't begin with /y/, have your TKer give you a thumbs down. 

 

I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!

 

This week in TK was full of excitement as we welcomed spring, looked forward to our Easter celebration, and enjoyed a fun surprise to end the week!

Spring Time – We've been talking about Spring and blossoms on the trees and singing a fun song called “Popcorn Popping on the Apricot Tree.” Be sure to ask your child to sing it for you! We’ve also created some adorable spring-themed artwork to go with it.

Easter Celebration – Thursday was our TK Easter day, and it was a wonderful success! A big thank you to everyone who helped provide supplies—we truly appreciate it. The day was filled with fun activities, and if you ask your child, they’ll likely tell you their favorite parts were dyeing Easter eggs and participating in our playground Easter egg hunt. 

Wild Things Assembly – Our big surprise came Friday morning with the Wild Things assembly! It was a fantastic experience, and the students learned some interesting facts about different animals. Ask your child to share what they remember! This assembly was a perfect way to build excitement as we begin learning about zoo animals after Spring Break.

Spring Break – I hope everyone enjoys a wonderful and restful break from March 30th through April 3rd. Please remind your child that I’m looking forward to seeing them back at school on Monday, April 6th. (We return on this date due to the emergency day we used in February.)

Zoo Field Trip – Our field trip is scheduled for Thursday, May 21st. Permission slips and additional information will be sent home around April 20th. I wanted to share the date early so you can plan ahead if you’d like to join us—there is no limit on the number of chaperones, and we would love to have you! I want to let everyone know ahead of time that our TK day to the Sacramento Zoo will be from 7:55am-2:00.

Thank you for your continued support, and have a wonderful Spring Break!

Happy first day of Spring!

 

This week has been full of festive St. Patrick’s Day fun! When we arrived on Tuesday morning, we discovered that the leprechauns had been busy playing with all of our green toys. To thank us for sharing, they left behind a special surprise—their favorite treat, “leprechaun dust” (pistachio pudding)! We were amazed to see the magical white powder transform into a bright green treat as soon as we added milk. We also had so much fun going on a rainbow hunt using our special rainbow finders! We created colorful rainbow-patterned Fruit Loop necklaces.

 

Willy Weasel’s W (“Hello smile, slide down, slide up, slide down, slide up”) has been a tricky letter for us to remember—it has a long, three-clap name! Practicing saying and clapping it together throughout the week would be extra helpful. This would also be a great weekend to head outside and create some fabulous sidewalk chalk W’s!

 

Vinnie Vampire Bat's V ("Hello smile, slide to the middle, slide up") - TK thinks

/v/ is a very fun sound to make, but we found out it's kind of tricky to think of a lot of words that start with /v/. Count how many words you both can think of together?

 

Nigel Night Owl's N - Our letter of the week was N ("hello smile, big line down, ribbit, slide down, and up") - This might be a good weekend to bring out the pudding to make some delicious N's together. Going on an N hunt (little n too) in a favorite picture book would also be fun to do together!

 

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

 

When we have a strong, uncomfortable feeling we can:

1. Put our hands on our tummy and say, "Stop".

2. Name our feeling.

3. Take belly breaths.

 

Afterwards, talking to a trusted grown-up can really help.

 

I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!

 

Four Day Weekend - I wanted to remind everyone that we won't be having school this Friday (Feb. 13th) or the following Monday (Feb. 16th) in honor of Presidents' Day.

 

I hope everyone has an extra nice weekend together!

 

TK has had another fabulous week!

 

Robbie Rabbit's R - R ("Hello smile, ribbit, little curve, slide out") has been our letter of the week. This is our first letter with a diagonal line, and it can be extra challenging, so lots of practice at home would be great. It would also be lots of fun to go on a /r/ hunt together around the house.