Dragonfly Class

Dragonfly News
May 26th, 2014

I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that during the week of June 10th I will be out, my daughter is graduating and all of our family is coming up from Arizona and Colorado to celebrate with us. I will be checking in during the day and coming in to practice graduation with the afternoon class that week. Teacher Jaylene from the Star Class will be joining Teacher Mikayla for that week.

Little Acorn still has openings for Preschool and Kindergarten!
There are still openings in a few morning & afternoon preschool classes and our Kindergarten is open for enrollment as well! So if you know anyone that is looking for a great place to start their school experience send them our way! They can call the office for information & schedule a tour of the classes available @693-5614. They can also visit our website at http://littleacornpreschool.blogspot.com/ .

This week in the Dragonfly Class
This week in the Dragonfly Class we are going to start talking about travel, about different ways to travel and different places to go and see where what the children come up with. I hope it ends up with camping and the beach because I have a lot of fun stuff but I want them to take the lead so let’s see where they take us! We will be going on an “in-house” sort of field trip this Thursday & Friday (5-29 & 5-30) as travel around Vancouver on the Bus! Parents are welcome to join us but they aren’t required to. If you would like to join us the fare is $1.70 in exact change for adults, children are free. We will be catching the 3A Bus City Center Loop in front of the school at 10:12 on Thursday and Friday Morning and at 1:12 for the afternoon class on Thursday. We will be ready and waiting for the bus right around the hour for each trip. The loop takes about 45 minutes and we stay on during the entire trip.

Word Wall
We have gone through all the letters so for the next few weeks we will bring in whatever we want and follow the schedule below. Talk with your child about the sound it starts with and what that letter might be this week.

Letter of the Week Dates
May 26th Tell me what the beginning sound?
June 2nd What does it Rhyme with?
June 9th No Word Wall

Important Dates
May 30th Math and Science Night at Little Acorn (5:30 -7:00)
June 7th Playground Clean Up 8:00- 10:00am
June 17th Dragonfly AFTERNOON Graduation 1:30
June 19th End of the Year ALL School Picnic

Upcoming Theme
Travel (Camping, The Beach)
Home for Hermit Crab

Classroom Needs
Colored Card stock (8x10) for pictures in portfolio’s.

Thank you
Thank you for sharing your lives with us! We truly feel honored to share in your child’s life and want to thank you for including us!!
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.

Denise

Dragonfly Class

Dragonfly News
May 19th, 2014

Join In the Fun that’s yet to Come!
We have a lot of fun and important dates coming up so don’t miss out on the any of Fun that’s yet to Come! Math & Science Family Night May 30th, Summer Camp, Afternoon Graduation, & All School Picnics!

Math & Science Family Night
Come join us May 30th from 5:30 – 7:00 for our last Family Night where we will be playing a Life Size Board Game, we will test which items will sink or float? We will be making our own volcanos and paper airplanes! Making our a personal water cycle, not to mention experiencing the chemical reaction you get when you mix root beer and ice cream!!

Little Acorn Facebook Page
Little Acorn has a Facebook Page just like the Dragonfly Class! It will be updated with class events and school happenings, so if you have a Facebook please go like the Little Acorn Facebook Page so you can see what’s going on in all the classes!
www.facebook.com/pages/Little-Acorn-Preschool-and-Kindergarten/111773625573378

Summer Camp
Summer is sneaking up on us! Little Acorn is offering two weeks of different themed summer camps this year. The first week will offer Dinosaurs OR Disney and the second week will offer Pirates & Princess OR Legos. Each week will include outside water play each day! (As weather permits) Information is included in the link below!
www.lapsksummercamp.blogspot.com

Progress Reports
I am working on progress reports and hope to have them all done and copied by the end of the week.

This week in the Dragonfly Class
This week in the Dragonfly Class we will let our butterflies go and hopefully all the caterpillars we made in class will also transform into butterflies and the children can take their cocoons home and open them up later this week. We are also going to start talking about travel, about different ways to travel and different places to go and see where what the children come up with. I hope it ends up with camping and the beach because I have a lot of fun stuff but I want them to take the lead so let’s see where they take us! We will be going on an “in-house” sort of field trip next Thursday & Friday (5-29 & 5-30) as travel around Vancouver on the Bus! Parents are welcome to join us but they aren’t required to. If you would like to join us the fare is $1.70 in exact change for adults, children are free. I will send out more details later this week about exact time.

Word Wall
The letter of the week will be Yy! The children love to bring items into share and this is a great way to have them start to think about beginning letter sounds so we encourage you to help your children find something they can bring in that starts with the letter of the week.

Letter of the Week Dates
May 26th Tell me what the beginning sound?
June 2nd What does it Rhyme with?
June 9th No Word Wall

Important Dates
May 26th Memorial Day No School
May 30th Math and Science Night at Little Acorn (5:30 -7:00)
June 7th Playground Clean Up 8:00- 10:00
June 17th Dragonfly AFTERNOON Graduation 1:30
June 19th End of the Year ALL School Picnic

Upcoming Theme
Butterflies
Travel (Camping, The Beach)

Classroom Needs
Your patience with progress reports


Thank you
Thank you for sharing your lives with us! We truly feel honored to share in your child’s life and want to thank you for including us!!

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.

Denise

Quote of the week: A child pretending to talk on phone and another child at the same time “I’m only one person”

Dragonfly Class

Dragonfly News
May 12th, 2014

Little Acorn Facebook Page
Little Acorn has a Facebook Page just like the Dragonfly Class! It will be updated with class events and school happenings, so if you have a Facebook please go like the Little Acorn Facebook Page so you can see what’s going on in all the classes!
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Little-Acorn-Preschool-and-Kindergarten/111773625573378

Summer Camp
Summer is sneaking up on us! Little Acorn is offering two weeks of different themed summer camps this year. The first week will offer Dinosaurs OR Disney and the second week will offer Pirates & Princess OR Legos. Each week will include outside water play each day! (As weather permits) Information is included in the link below!
http://lapsksummercamp.blogspot.com/

Math & Science Family Night
Come join us May 30th from 5:30 – 7:00 for our last Family Night where we will be playing a Life Size Board Game, see which items will sink or float?, and be making our own volcanos! Not to mention experiencing the chemical reaction you get when you mix root beer and ice cream!!

This week in the Dragonfly Class
This week in the Dragonfly Class we will be exploring Butterflies, hopefully our caterpillars will all morph into Butterflies this week. Our plants should be growing and we are going to be doing some documenting about that this week and then we will send them home this week or next.

Word Wall
The letter of the week will be Aa! The children love to bring items into share and this is a great way to have them start to think about beginning letter sounds so we encourage you to help your children find something they can bring in that starts with the letter of the week.

Letter of the Week Dates
May 19th Yy
May 26th Tell me what the beginning sound?
June 2nd What does it Rhyme with?
June 9th No Word Wall


Important Dates
May 26th Memorial Day No School
May 30th Math and Science Night at Little Acorn (5:30 -7:00)
June 7th Playground Clean Up 8:00- 10:00
June 17th Dragonfly AFTERNOON Graduation 1:30
June 19th End of the Year ALL School Picnic

Upcoming Theme
Butterflies
Camping


Thank you
Thank you for sharing your lives with us! We truly feel honored to share in your child’s life and want to thank you for including us!!
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.

Denise

There are open dates to take Penny home! Check the Signup sheet on the board

Dragonfly Class

Dragonfly News
May 4th, 2014

Spring Assessment & Progress Reports
We will be working on assessments over the next several weeks and Progress Reports will go home the middle of May. There are not official days scheduled for conferences but as any time during the year if you have any concerns please feel free to contact me.

As we look back through the year I really notice how much social growth has gone on!
We encourage children to have a voice for themselves when there is something bothering them or a peer is having a hard time keeping their hands to themselves. We even roll play this when it occurs and I can honestly say that I have seen significant growth in our class, we are always growing and learning, I learn from your children every day!  So please talk with your children about how to handle a situation if something is bothering them by using their voice by say “Stop! I don’t like that” and if that doesn’t work ask a teacher for help. We want your child to be able to have their own voice.

Summer Camp
Summer is sneaking up on us! Little Acorn is offering two weeks of different themed summer camps this year. The first week will offer Dinosaurs OR Disney and the second week will offer Pirates & Princess OR Legos. Each week will include outside water play each day! (As weather permits) Information is included in the link below!
http://lapsksummercamp.blogspot.com/


This week in the Dragonfly Class
This week in the Dragonfly Class we will be planting sunflowers and maybe corn! We will also be finishing up some flower art and talk about BUGS! We have a special project that we will be working on in class this week and we will also be doing assessments! Whew! What a busy week!

Word Wall
The letter of the week will be Mm for Mom! The children love to bring items into share and this is a great way to have them start to think about beginning letter sounds so we encourage you to help your children find something they can bring in that starts with the letter of the week.

Letter of the Week Dates
May 12th Aa
May 19th Yy
May 26th Tell me what the beginning sound?
June 2nd What does it Rhyme with?
June 9th No Word Wall


Important Dates
May 1st Tuition Due
May 26th Memorial Day No School
May 30th Math and Science Night at Little Acorn (5:30 -7:00)
June 7th Playground Clean Up 8:00- 10:00
June 17th Dragonfly AFTERNOON Graduation 1:30
June 19th End of the Year ALL School Picnic


Upcoming Theme
Planting, Flowers, and Moms
Butterflies
Camping



Thank you
Thank you for sharing your lives with us! We truly feel honored to share in your child’s life and want to thank you for including us!!
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.

Denise


There are open dates to take Penny home! Check the Signup sheet on the board 

We have caterpillars in our class waiting to turn into beautiful butterflies!

Dragonfly Class

Dragonfly News
April 28th, 2014

Just a Note
Wow! This year is flying by! I can’t believe it’s time for spring assessments already. Your children have grown so much over the year and it has been such a pleasure to watch them and be a part of their growth. Thank you for that opportunity, I take it as a huge compliment that you allow me to share in your lives.

Children all develop at their own pace, this means academically and social/emotionally, and I feel so blessed to have families that recognize this for their child and other children in our program. Learning how to interact socially and have social intelligence is a huge key to success in life and we want that for every child and it’s so wonderful that our families support this.

Spring Assessment & Progress Reports
We will begin our Spring Assessments this week. We will be working over the next several weeks and Progress Reports will go home the middle of May. There are not official days scheduled for conferences but as any time during the year if you have any concerns please feel free to contact me.


2014-2015 School Year
If you know of anyone that is looking for a great Preschool next year we still have openings in some of our morning classes and afternoon classes. OR If your child is age appropriate for Kindergarten but not quite ready for full days or you are looking for smaller classrooms with two teachers our Kindergarten is a wonderful place!


This week in the Dragonfly Class
This week in the Dragonfly Class we will be exploring all things Spring! Flowers, bugs and Mud! Since we didn’t get around to it last week because we were busy playing in the mud! We will also be painting feet at some point this week because April showers bring MUD! We will also do some art with rubber worms.

Word Wall
The letter of the week will be Nn! The children love to bring items into share and this is a great way to have them start to think about beginning letter sounds so we encourage you to help your children find something they can bring in that starts with the letter of the week.


Important Dates
May 1st Tuition Due
May 26th Memorial Day No School
May 30th Math and Science Night at Little Acorn (5:30 -7:00)
June 7th Playground Clean Up 8:00- 10:00
June 17th Dragonfly AFTERNOON Graduation 1:30
June 19th End of the Year ALL School Picnic


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!!

Upcoming Theme Classroom Needs
Spring Some flowers from your yard
Planting
Butterflies

Thank you
Thank you for sharing your lives with us! We truly feel honored to share in your child’s life and want to thank you for including us!!
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.

Denise

Quote of the week: “It’s the water cycle outside right now!” 

The Dragonfly Class

Dragonfly News
April 21st, 2014

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!
Thank you all so much for your support all year and for your understanding last week. I will be back in class this week and we have a fun week ahead exploring the water cycle and how we can take care of our Earth!

It was so nice to see everyone that was able to attend the Family Breakfast on Saturday! We had a lot of families there to see their children’s artwork . If weren’t able to attend you can see their work this week and it will be in their portfolios, which we are work hard on!

Thank you for your donations to our classroom baskets, they were definitely both a hit! Also thank you to everyone that bid on the auction items to support our school, if you bid on something you can stop by the office this week to see if you won. You can pay for these items with cash or checks made out to Little Acorn anytime this week. Again thank you so much for supporting our school!

2014-2015 School Year
If you know of anyone that is looking for a preschool next year we still have openings in some of our morning classes and afternoon classes. So please refer your friends! 

This week in the Dragonfly Class
This week in the Dragonfly Class we will be talking about the water cycle (no not the motorcycle! The water cycle) and how to take care of our earth. We will be having Dirt Cups for snack on Monday and Tuesday! We will also be painting feet at some point this week because April showers bring MUD! We have some fun water cycle experiments that we will do this week. We will also do some art with rubber worms. We will be making water cycle art and playing a “keep our earth clean” game.

Word Wall
The letter of the week will be R for Reduce, Reuse and Recycle! The children love to bring items into share and this is a great way to have them start to think about beginning letter sounds so we encourage you to help your children find something they can bring in that starts with the letter of the week.


Important Dates
April 22nd Earth Day
April 24th Kindred 10:15 & 2:00 Wear your Blue Shirts
May 1st Tuition Due
May 26th Memorial Day No School
June 17th Dragonfly AFTERNOON Graduation
June 19th End of the Year ALL School Picnic


This week’s songs in the Dragonfly Class
Pick up Litter
(Sung To: "If Your Happy And You Know It")
If you see a piece of litter pick it up
If you see a piece of litter pick it up
You will make the world look better
If you pick up all the litter.
If you see a piece of litter, pick it up


Upcoming Theme
Spring
Planting
Butterflies


Thank you
Thank you for sharing your lives with us! We truly feel honored to share in your child’s life and want to thank you for including us!!

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.

Denise

Dragonfly Class News
April 14th, 2014

Silent Auction
Silent auction will be held this week of April 14th – 19th. Watch for children’s projects outside the classroom and all the other auction items will be located outside the preschool office. The bidding will end April 18th (17th for afternoon class item) for classroom items and April 19th for all other items.

Art Show & Family Breakfast
Please mark your calendar for the family breakfast and art show on April 19th.
Your child’s artwork will be displayed for your enjoyment while we make breakfast for you! What’s not to love with this picture! (This is kind of a pun because it’s an Art Show!) We will also be taking last minute bids on auction items during this time, from 8:00 – 10:00. Come and go as you can but please come check out your child’s work. 

Week of the Young Child
Here is a schedule of how the children can participate during the week of April 14th-18th.
Monday-Super Hero Day,
Tuesday-Silly Sock Day,
Wednesday-Class Color Day (Blue),
Thursday-Silly Hat Day,
Friday-Wild& Crazy Hair Day.

This week in the Dragonfly Class
We will be hosting guests during this week and be doing some fun art projects like upside down art, spin art, and painting with different types of materials. It will be a very busy week as we have so much going on this week but we would love to do several types of small group games.

Word Wall
The letter of the week 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
April 14th – 18th Week of the Young Child
Monday-Super Hero Day,
Tuesday-Silly Sock Day,
Wednesday-Class Color Day (Blue),
Thursday-Silly Hat Day,
Friday-Wild& Crazy Hair Day.

April 19th Family Breakfast & Art Show
April 24th Kindred 10:15 & 2:00 Wear your Blue Shirts


Upcoming Theme
Spring


Thank you
Thank you for sharing your lives with us!
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.

Denise