WEATHER and SPRINGTIME

MARCH 31st – APRIL 4th and APRIL 7th – 11th

Spring is here! The theme for these two weeks is spring – from the weather we experience to the activities we enjoy!

We’ll create windsocks and kites and muddy scenes with fingerpaint. The science area will have birdhouses, a tornado in a bottle to explore and we will conduct a wind experiment with straws and fans.

We’ll look for signs of spring in the classroom and outdoors as we explore this rejuvenating season!

The letter of the week activity is W is for weather.

REMINDERS, REQUESTS AND OTHER INFORMATION:

* Lunch Bunch will not be held on Friday, April 11 th as we will be setting up for the Art Show.

*The Art Show is Saturday, April 12th from 10:30-12:00. There will be a bake sale and book raffles as well. Hope to see you there!

*An open house for new families is scheduled from 10-10:30 in the morning of the art show. Tell all your friends looking for preschool to please stop by!

* Plan to have all the baked goods for the art show here on Friday (11 th ) or Saturday morning by 10 AM.

*It would be helpful to have all items individually wrapped and ready to sell for .50 or $1.00

The raffle tickets for the book baskets are 1 for $5, and 5 tickets for $20.

~All proceeds will go to the Curious Creatures visit in May~

*A Tasty Tuesday is scheduled for Tuesday, April 15 th from 12:00-1:00. The cost is $16. A signup sheet is posted at arrival time.

*There is no school on Good Friday -4/18.

* April school vacation week is the 21 st – 25 th , enjoy the week!

*A sign-up sheet is available at arrival time for our 2-week summer program to be held in July. Sign-ups are first come/first served; don’t miss out on this fun, summer experience!

THEMES: RECYCLING and READ, READ, READ!

2/24/2025 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, it’s easy to do!

You may hear us singing this song during recycling week as we learn about the importance of recycling. We’ll have fun painting and creating with recyclable materials and visiting the recycling center set up in dramatic play!

*A breakfast for parents will be held on Thursday 2/27 at 9:00.  After dropping off your child, come in and enjoy breakfast with other PPP parents!  (hosted by GCC).

3/3/2025  SHARING WEEK

The children may bring in a favorite book on their scheduled sharing day. When sharing their book with the group at circle time, each child will be encouraged to talk about the book they chose and show their favorite page.

This will be a colorful week of reading! Each day the books and classroom centers will focus on some of the children’s favorites, and we’ll wear the following –

Monday – Dr. Seuss – wear silly socks

Tuesday – Pete the Cat books by Eric Litwin – wear blue

Wednesday – Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang- wear animal prints or orange and brown

Thursday – Eric Carle books – wear your most colorful clothes

Friday – The Dot by Peter Reynolds – wear stripes, dots, stars, any shapes!

The letter of the week activities are S is for Dr. Seuss and T is for tacos.

SNACKS:

Monday (24) animal crackers- Julian

Tuesday (25) mini bagels and cream cheese- Oliver

Wednesday (26) yogurt- Abby

Thursday (27) hummus and pita bread- Skylar

Friday (28) Goldfish- Connor

Monday (3) pretzels – Lincoln

Tuesday (4) Cheez-its – Natalie

Wednesday (5) yogurt – Abby

Thursday (6) animal crackers – PPP will do

Friday (7) chips & salsa – PPP will do

February 3 – 7, 2025
Theme: Wood Shop

Let’s build! And learn about tools and their uses this week…

Also, the children will decorate a Valentine bag to receive Valentine cards from their classmates. Valentine cards may be sent in any time now. The children will deliver the cards next week and bring their bags home on Thursday (13th ) and Friday (14th.)

The letter of the week activity is Q is for queen.

February 10th – 14th
Theme: Post Office and Valentines

If you are planning to send in Valentine cards with your child, please send in enough cards for your child’s entire group.

-There are 20 Yellow Apples.
-There are 7 Red Apples

For ease of delivery, leave the outside envelope blank; this way the children will easily be able to deliver them to each Valentine bag.

*We ask that no food items be sent in with the Valentine cards.

The letter of the week activity is R is for rocket ship.

REMINDERS and other info:

*Any contributions of envelopes, stickers, cards, and small pads of paper for use in the dramatic play post office would be greatly appreciated!

*Tasty Tuesday is on for Tuesday 2/11 from 12:00-1:00! Sign up to join in the fun!
The pizza will be ordered on Friday 2/7 – so payment is due by that date.

*The March snack calendar is available to sign.

* There is a parent breakfast scheduled for Friday, 1/31 and Thursday 2/6.
After drop-off, come inside and enjoy breakfast with other PPP parents.

*The Yellow Apple group has started home visits with the class book buddy,
Grumpy Monkey. All Yellow Apples will have a turn to bring Grumpy Monkey home for 2 nights. We are so excited and can hardly wait for our turn!

*February 17 th – 21 st is school vacation week. Enjoy the week!