Dragonfly Class

Dragonfly News
June 8^th, 2015

Dragonfly Celebration

We are having an End of the Year Celebration on June 8th (this Monday), we aren’t technical calling it a graduation since many of our children will be returning to an older preschool class but some of our Dragonflies are moving on to Kindergarten! All students are invited to attend, if your child doesn’t normally attend on Monday please plan on joining us at 10:00.  You can drop your child off in our class and find a seat upstairs and wait to be thoroughly entertained! We hope to have all 22 children there, please let me know if your child won’t be able to attend that day. We will sing songs and hand out You Are Awesome Awards, then the children will be dismissed and can have a seat with you for cake & punch and (hopefully a slideshow) then are welcome to be dismissed with you.

 I would appreciate some help decorating Monday morning before the celebration.  The church has a big funeral this weekend and we are unable to do anything until Monday morning.  I was also thinking that it might be a good idea to have some fruit with our sugar (oh I mean cake and punch).  So if you are able to we would love some fruit or other easy snack type food to serve as well.  :)

Shumway Park

Tuesday is a normal school day from 9-12 and we will be going to Shumway Park. If your child comes on Tuesday you are more than welcome to join or its completely fine if you can't.  If your child doesn't attend on Tuesday we invite you (you & your child) to join us for one last trip to Shumway Park (where several children have told me they won't be swinging on the tire swing!)  We will be heading over at 10:00.  We will have snack there and play until 11:30 ish.  We have someone bringing juices boxes for everyone and we would welcome a snack to share. 

 

All School Picnic

On Wednesday June 10^th we will meet at Felida Park for our All School Picnic. This is a pot luck style picnic; we will have signup sheets out. We will be cooking hot dogs and serving up smiles. J We will meet at the park between 9:30 and 10:00, we look forward to visiting with you all.

Summer Camp

July 13-17    Knights and Princesses
Welcome to the Kingdom of Little Acorn!  Your knight or princess will spend a fun week of make believe filled with dragons and castles. 

July 20-24   Superhero Week
"Super Hero in Training" will be our theme of the week as we have fun with all of our favorite super hero's! 

Important Dates

June 8^th                              End of the Year Celebration 10:30
June 9^th                              Visit to Shumway Park - Last Day in Class
June 10^th                             All school picnic 10:00 – 12:00ish

Thank you for sharing your lives with us! It is an honor to be a part of your child’s life!  Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns at (360) 910-0982 or Drhodeshz@msn.com.

Denise

Dragonfly Class

Dragonfly News
June 1^st, 2015

Dragonfly Celebration
We are having an End of the Year Celebration, we aren’t technical calling it a graduation since many of our children will be returning to an older preschool class but some of our Dragonflies are moving on to Kindergarten!  All students are invited to attend, if your child doesn’t normally attend on Monday please plan on joining us at 10:00.  You can drop your child off in our class and find a seat upstairs and wait to be thoroughly entertained! We hope to have all 22 children there, please let me know if your child won’t be able to attend that day.  We will sing songs and hand out You Are Awesome Awards, then the children will be dismissed and can have a seat with you for cake & punch and hopefully a slideshow. 

Shumway Park

We will be visiting Shumway Park as a class on June 9^th and invite all the children that don’t normally attend on Tuesday to join us at the Park at 10:00.  We will play and have snack and then head back over in time for pick up.  We will have side walk chalk & bubbles, and lots of fun!!

All School Picnic

On Wednesday June 10^th we will meet at Felida Park for our All School Picnic. This is a pot luck style picnic; we will have signup sheets out this week.  We will be cooking hot dogs and serving up smiles. J We will meet at the park at 10:30, we would forward to visiting with you all.

Summer Camp

Registration is open this week! Don’t miss the chance for your child to attend these fun camps.

July 13-17    Knights and Princesses
Welcome to the Kingdom of Little Acorn!  Your knight or princess will spend a fun week of make believe filled with dragons and castles. 

July 20-24   Superhero Week
"Super Hero in Training" will be our theme of the week as we have fun with all of our favorite super hero's! 

This week in the Dragonfly Class 
This week in the Dragonfly Class we will be finishing up projects, playing with play dough, shaving crème and cleaning our toys.  We will practice for our Dragonfly Class Celebration. Go Team Dragonfly!

Important Dates
June 1^st                               Tuition due (1/2 for June)

June 8^th                              End of the Year Celebration 10:30
June 9^th                              Visit to Shumway Park - Last Day in Class
June 10^th                             All school picnic 10:30 – 12:30

Thank you for sharing your lives with us! It is an honor to be a part of your child’s life!  Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns at (360) 910-0982 or Drhodeshz@msn.com.

Denise

Dragonfly Class

Dragonfly News
May 26^th, 2015

I can not believe that this year is days away from being over! I counted and I only have 4 days left with some of our Dragonfly children! This year has flown by and it is bittersweet for the end to come, while I am excited for this next phase for them I am also sad that our time with them is almost over.

Enough of the depressing talk now onto the celebration!

Dragonfly Celebration

We are having an End of the Year Celebration, we aren’t technical calling it a graduation since many of our children will be returning to an older preschool class but some of our Dragonflies are moving on to Kindergarten!  All students are invited to attend, if your child doesn’t normally attend on Monday please plan on joining us at 10:00.  You can drop your child off in our class and find a seat upstairs and wait to be thoroughly entertained! We hope to have all 22 children there, please let me know if your child won’t be able to attend that day. 

Shumway Park

We will be visiting Shumway Park as a class on June 9^th and invite all the children that don’t normally attend on Tuesday to join us at the Park at 10:00.  We will play and have snack and then head back over in time for pick up.  We will have side walk chalk & bubbles, and lots of fun!!

Summer Camp

Registration is open this week! Don’t miss the chance for your child to attend these fun camps.

July 13-17    Knights and Princesses
Welcome to the Kingdom of Little Acorn!  Your knight or princess will spend a fun week of make believe filled with dragons and castles. 

July 20-24   Superhero Week
"Super Hero in Training" will be our theme of the week as we have fun with all of our favorite super hero's! 

 

This week in the Dragonfly Class 
This week in the Dragonfly Class we will be talking about more Ocean creatures.  We will continue to create our Commotion in the Ocean and discuss what we know about the Ocean.  We will also read the book A Home for Hermit Crab and relate it to moving onto to a new class as we get ready for the end of the school year. This book tells the story of a hermit crab as he works to decorate his shell throughout the year and when he gets it all filled he realizes he has out grown it!  As he moves onto a bigger shell he sees all the possibilities of his new shell, just like your children.

Important Dates
May 30^th                              Fit and Fun
June 1^st                               Tuition due

June 8^th                              End of the Year Celebration at 10:30
June 9^th                              Visit to Shumway Park
June 10^th                             All school picnic 10:30 – 12:30

 

Upcoming Themes

Summertime Fun!

Thank you for sharing your lives with us! It is an honor to be a part of your child’s life!  Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns at (360) 910-0982 or Drhodeshz@msn.com.

Denise

Dragonfly News
May 11^th, 2015

Feeling Appreciated!

Thank you so much to everyone for the cards, gifts and flowers for Teacher Appreciation!  Wow! We feel very appreciated!  Dragonfly Families are the Best!

On the subject of Teacher Appreciation, I just want to say how much I appreciate Teacher Mikayla!  She is amazing not only with your children but keeping me organized and she is always willing to lead circle or read, or anything else that we need! She leads the children in yoga and movement, or tickles them when they need it and is always up for a hug!

So thank you for all that you do for our children and me!

Date Changes

I wanted to point out that we have changed some dates.  Playground Clean Up is now this coming Saturday from 9-11/12.  Family Fun Night is Thursday May 21^st from 5:30-7.

Summer Camp

Registration is open this week! Don’t miss the chance for your child to attend these fun camps.

June 15^th -19^th Art Explosion

Amazing things can happen when art and science collide! Your budding artists will have fun bowling in paint, creating volcano art and perfecting their Jackson Pollack splatter techniques!

July 13-17    Knights and Princesses
Welcome to the Kingdom of Little Acorn!  Your knight or princess will spend a fun week of make believe filled with dragons and castles. 

July 20-24   Superhero Week
"Super Hero in Training" will be our theme of the week as we have fun with all of our favorite super hero's! 

This week in the Dragonfly Class 
This week in the Dragonfly Class we will be talking our community as we take our Bus Field Trip! We will have the opportunity to see all kinds of fun things!  We see planes, trains and boats! We go down the big hill on Grand Boulevard then right by the river and continue on up Columbia and finally back to the school!  Then on Wednesday we have a docent coming from Journey Theater to talk to our children about Seussical Jr.!  

Word Wall

This is the last week that we will have Word Wall.  Your child can bring in whatever they want to share and we will figure out the beginning sound.

Important Dates
May 11^th & 12^th                    Bus Field Trip (No Parent Attendance                                                                            required)
May 16^th                              Playground Clean-up

May 19^th                              Seussical @ Fort Vancouver High
May 20^th & 21nd                  Kindred
May 21^st                              Family Fun Night 5:30 - 7
May 25^th                             Memorial Day - No School
End of May                         Progress reports go home
May 30^th                              Fit and Fun
June 1^st                               Tuition due
June 8^th                               Dragonfly Class End of the Year Celebration
June 10^th                             All school picnic 10:30 – 12:30

Upcoming Themes
Buildings & Community

Oceans

Thank you for sharing your lives with us! It is an honor to be a part of your child’s life!  Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns at (360) 910-0982 or Drhodeshz@msn.com.

Denise

Dragonfly Class

Dragonfly News
April 27th, 2015

Loose Change Drive

We will be ending our loose change drive this week.  Thank you so much to everyone that cleaned out your pockets and donated in Grant’s honor!  It is for a worthy cause in the honor of an amazing young man. Our class definitely showed their love and support.  So because our Money Monster got Very heavy we will have a frozen treat on Monday & Tuesday.  (It may be sno cones or ice cream)

 Homework

Starting this Monday & Tuesday I will be sending home homework with your child for them to work on during the week at home with you and then return it to put in their portfolios. They will get to tell us about the book they read and stamp their paper with a special stamp before putting it in their book.  It is a simple book review. You read a story together and then you child draws a picture about the book. 

This week in the Dragonfly Class 
This week in the Dragonfly Class will continue talking about Spring and all the things that come with Spring.  We will plant flowers, start a seed journal, and go on an I Spy Spring Walk.  We will also have flowers displayed that we free paint, so if you have any flowers blooming that you would like to bring in please feel free. J

Word Wall

We will be featuring the letter Zz this week.  

Important Dates
May 1^st                           Tuition due
May 9^th                           Playground Clean-up

May 11^th & 12^th                Bus Field Trip (No Parent Attendance required)
May 19^th                          Seussical @ Fort Vancouver High

May 20^th & 21nd              Kindred
May 22^nd                         Family Fun Night 5:30 - 7
May 25^th                         Memorial Day - No School

End of May                      Progress reports go home
June 1^st                           Tuition due
June 10^th                         Last day of school - All school picnic 10:30 – 12:30

 

Upcoming The
Butterflies

Building & Community

Oceans

This week’s songs in the Dragonfly Class
Spade and a rake

With a Spade and a rake

And a hoe, hoe, hoe

Off to the garden patch I go!

Planting seeds in a row, row, row.

The Sun and the rain help them,

Grow, Grow, Grow!!

Thank you for sharing your lives with us! 

Denise & Mikayla

Dragonfly Class

Dragonfly News
March 30^th, 2015

This week in the Dragonfly Class 
This week in the Dragonfly Class will be reading The Gruffalo!  We will read the book on Monday & Tuesday and then watch the movie in class on Wednesday & Thursday! We have some fun projects and activities to go along with this week.  We will also be finishing our class auction project and working on some portfolios, we will be talking about doing our best work.

Hey! Did you hear that Auction Tickets are on sale NOW!
We are a non-profit school and our annual auction is extremely important to us being able to continue improvements to our program. Some of the funds will go to a new outdoor sign on Main Street and we are also hoping to raise funds for some outdoor structures for the playground. Not to mention you can get some GREAT deals at Auction!

This year auction will be help on Saturday April 18^th at Big Al’s! Tickets will be $18/person, or $34/couple until April 10^th.  After April 10^th, tickets will be $22/person or $40/couple. This is an adult-only night, and a night where we can have lots of fun, play games and have a good time. Families who purchase auction tickets will get free bowling coupons that can be used at a later date so they can bring their families back to enjoy the fun.

Seussical Jr. Play
We will be going to see the play Seussical Jr. at Fort Vancouver High School on Tuesday May 19^th.  The play will begin at 9:30 and parents need to attend and transport their child. I will have a signup sheet out so we can confirm the number of people attending.  

Word Wall

The letter of the week is Xx this week because I like a challenge! Please help your child bring in an item that begins with the letter X.  We will only be sharing items that are related to the letter of the week, so if it’s not obvious please give us hint. J

Important Dates

April 1^st                          Tuition Due
April 6^th - 10^th                 Spring Break
April 13^th- 17^th                Week of the Young Child
April 18^th                        Little Acorn Auction at Big Al’s
April 22 & 23^rd               Kindred @ 10:15
May 1^st                            Tuition due
May 9^th                            Playground Clean-up
May 19^th                          Seussical @ Fort Vancouver High
May 20^th & 21nd              Kindred
May 22^nd                         Family Fun Night 5:30 - 7
May 25^th                         Memorial Day - No School
End of May                      Progress reports go home
June 1^st                           Tuition due
June 10^th                         Last day of school - All school picnic 10:30 - 1pm

 

Upcoming Theme
The Gruffalo
Spring

This week’s songs in the Dragonfly Class
My Dog Rags

I’ve got a dog and his name is Rags
He eats so much that his tummy sags
His ears flip, flop & his tail wig wags
And when he walks, he goes zig zag. 

He goes flip flop, wig wag, zig zag.
He goes flip flop, wig wag, zig zag.
He goes flip flop, wig wag, zig zag.
I love Rags, and he loves me.

 

Thank you for sharing your lives with us!  We are truly honored that you have chosen us to be a part of your children’s early learning and want this to be a wonderful experience for your family.   
Please feel free to contact me by email at Drhodeshz@msn.com  or by phone at (360) 910-0982 if you have any questions or concerns.  

Warmly,
Denise

 

 

Dragonfly Class

Dragonfly News

March 23^rd, 2014

Thank you!

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone that was able to make it to the family breakfast, it was a wonderful to see your families. If you weren’t able to make it we were missed but I hope you had a great weekend and we will be displaying our art this week outside our classroom.

Pet Pictures

Since we are talking about pets this week we would love for your children to share about their pets.  We will have a place to display pet pictures, I always encourage copies.  J We will keep these up for the rest of the year.

Silent Auction

Auction will be Saturday April 18th, at Big Al’s!  Tickets will be $18/person, or $34/couple until April 10th.  After April 10, tickets will be $22/person or $40/couple.

This is an adult-only night, and a night where we can have lots of fun, play games and have a good time.

Tickets are on sale now!

**Families who purchase auction tickets will get free bowling coupons

Seussical Jr. Play

We will be going to see the play Seussical Jr. at Fort Vancouver High School.  The play will begin at 9:30 and parents need to attend and transport their child.  I will have a signup sheet out so we can confirm the number of people attending.  

This week in the Dragonfly Class

We will be exploring pets this week because our children love pets! We will be sharing about our own personal pets and talking about animals that they might want as a pet.  We will be converting our kitchen area into a Pet Hospital.  So if you have any extra clean pet items you would like to share we would love them! We will be writing stories about pets, painting and creating pet art.  We will be reading the book Not Norman about a little boy that gets a fish instead of a dog (which he tries to trade for a dog but ends up liking this little gold fish) which is relevant to us because we are getting a fish for our class!

Word Wall

The letter of the next two weeks will be Vv!   Your child can bring in an item that starts with the letter of the week and we will write the word out and put on our word wall. 

  

Important Dates

Scholastic Book Fair               week of March 23^rd

Spring Break                           week of April 6^th

Week of the Young Child         week of April 13^th

Seussical Jr. Play                    May 19^th

                                   

This week’s songs in the Dragonfly Class 
My Dog Rags

I’ve got a dog and his name is Rags
He eats so much that his tummy sags
His ears flip, flop & his tail wig wags
And when he walks, he goes zig zag.

He goes flip flop, wig wag, zig zag.
He goes flip flop, wig wag, zig zag.
He goes flip flop, wig wag, zig zag.
I love Rags, and he loves me.

My dog Rags, he loves to play
He rolls around in the mud all day
I call him (whistle), he doesn't obey
He always runs the other way.

He goes flip flop, wig wag, zig zag.
He goes flip flop, wig wag, zig zag.
He goes flip flop, wig wag, zig zag.
I love Rags, and he loves me.

Upcoming Theme                                        Classroom Needs

The Gruffalo                                             Wet Wipes

Thank you

Thank you for sharing your lives with us!  We are truly honored that you have chosen us to be a part of your children’s early learning and want this to be a wonderful experience for your family.  

Please feel free to contact me by email at Drhodeshz@msn.com  or by phone at (360) 910-0982 if you have any questions or concerns. 

Warmly,

Denise

 Quote of the week:

“Art is something you have to do that makes you love it!”