Welcome to Spring!!
Save the Date Saturday, April 9th
is the Van Meter Elementary School Carnival from 5-8 p.m.! There will
be games, prizes, raffles, concessions, silent auction baskets and lots
of fun!Learning Games
There are so many ways that your child picks up new skills! Sometimes
just watching you do something leads to a new skill for them...sometimes
that's good and sometimes not so much! :) Here are a few simple games
that you can play with your child to help practice those skills: - I Spy (letters, numbers, introduce a new shape...) - Matching - A fun twist on this game is to make double prints of family photos. You can then turn them over and play with the traditional matching rules. - Shapes - Cut out circles, squares and triangles. Hide them throughout the house and have them find and name them. You could even include hexagons, pentagons, octagons.... - Echo - Show your child a pattern and have your child repeat it. (Ex: clap-clap-stomp) - Opposite game - Name and opposite and see if they give you the opposite (This works for rhyming words too! :) Read to the Class
We have had several parents and grandparents who have come in to read
to the kids. If this is something you like to schedule, please let us
know! Labels for Education
We will be sending in another Labels for Education collection. If you
have been saving them up, please turn them in no later than April 22nd
to get them in with this shipment. Unfortunately, we have learned that
Campbell's had decided to discontinue this wonderful program that has
helped us purchase many items for our classroom. They will be focusing
their efforts on different ways in which they can give back. We will
collect these -- but don't stop saving! You can turn in the rest you
have collected on/before the last day of school. Please let us know if
you need more sheets to glue them on to. | Pasta Night Fundraiser
We will be having our Pasta Night Fundraiser on Thursday, April 21st.
This is a great event for our preschool! We will need help from parents
and would love for you to join us for dinner!! Weather It's that crazy time of year again when it tends to be chilly in the
morning and warm in the afternoon. So that brings me to the
question....how do I dress my kids in the morning? Our playground is fairly protected from wind, but it still tends to be a little chilly in the morning when we are outside. Please dress your child appropriately to keep them comfortable. Outdoor Fun Day! Our annual outdoor "Fun Day" is Thursday, April 21st. Both the Bumblebeeand Rainbow classes will attend. Drop off and Pick up for the day will be at Trindle Park. This is located south of the school on R Ave. Turn west on Richland Circle to get to the entrance of the park.
We will meet for our regular class time from 8:15 - 11:05. Be sure to
dress for the outdoors!! :) Hopefully we will get lucky and it will be nice and sunny for this event!! Because this is considered a school day for the Rainbow Class, there will be no preschool on Friday, April 22.
We will need several volunteers to bring a snack and volunteer to help
us on this special day. Please let me know if you can help us out. Upcoming Events April 7 - Board Meeting 9 - Elem. Carnival, 5-8 p.m. 13 - Spring Dental Screenings 15 - NO SCHOOL 21 - Outdoor Fun Day! 22 - NO PRESCHOOL May 13 - Last day of preschool GRADUATION, 10:30 A.M. |