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MWF 10-12 M A R C H Value of the Month: Citizenship

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
28 This month we will be learning Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales with the # 3.	29 Capital “R” Unit: Transportation “Three Little Pigs” Review: #1-5 snack: Claire	1	2 Lowercase “r” Unit: Transportation Happy 112th bday Dr Seuss! Snack: Annie	3	4 Dr. Seuss fun & Transportation Station snack: Kacen	5
6	7 Capital “G” Unit: Opposites “Goldilocks & the 3 Bears” 3 Little Kittens Review: #6-10 snack: Tyce	8	9 Lowercase “g” Unit: Opposites Show n' Tell: Annie and Kinzlee Snack: Kinzlee	10	11 Opposites Lab Fun with opposite poles and magnets snack: Miss SueZan	12
13	14 Capital “X” Unit:Rainbows &Leprechauns Handprint Art “Three Billy Goats Gruff” Review: #11-16 snack: Mie	15 Happy Birthday Luca! -------->	16 Lowercase “x” St. Patrick's Day Treasure Hunt on 3/16 “X” marks the spot at the end of the Rainbow! Show n Tell Bags: Luca&Claire Bday snack: Luca	17 St. Patrick's Day!	18 Rainbow prisms science unit --and-- Fun in the Kitchen Rainbow Recipes snack: Miss SueZan	19
20	21Capital “E” Unit:Community Helpers Nursery Rhyme:Three Men in a Tub snack: Tanner	22 Review, Reports Handprint Art -------->	23 Lowercase “e” Unit:Community Helpers snack: Natalee	24	25 No School Have a great Easter!	26
27 Happy Easter!	28 Roy Fire Station** Same preschool hours snack: Chloe	29 Easter Egg Hunt Review Game --------->	30 Community Helpers Special Guest,  Officer Brenchley snack: Miss SueZan	31	04/01/16 Capital “M” Number: 17 Snack: Brooklyn	2 Spring Break No school Apr 4th-8th

MWF Preschool News

Spring is on it's way! The tulips and daffodils the kids planted in the preschool garden boxes are already well on their way! We've got some very fun educational activities planned for the next couple of months.

*Fire Station Field Trip: One of my favorite field trips of the school year is coming up on March 28th! We'll be going to the Fire Station at 5051 South 1900 West in Roy. Preschool will be at the normal times. You may meet us at the fire station at 10:25 if you choose not to meet at the school. Please be sure to leave your child with a booster/car seat if you do not plan to drive. We will need two drivers, so if you'd like to join us, please sign up on the bulletin board. Any other parents and siblings may join us this day, too. It's free!

Value of the month: Citizenship: “Using the rights and privileges one has a member of the community to make that community a better place; being socially responsible; obeying the laws and rules; doing one's part for the common good; respect authority; helping your community by volunteering service.” I will teach them the sign that goes along with this and discuss it with books and conversation during snack time.

Sight words for March:the, me, for, said, little, run, play

Just as a reminder: In January we covered I, in, is, it, we, up. In February we covered and, look, jump, go, Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter.. If you want to practice this at home, this is how we do it in school on flashcards: “This is the word 'up'. What is it? They respond 'up.' Eventually they will be telling you the words without you telling them. So if you happen to be reading books together and you see one of these words, just see if they can tell you what it is. :)

I have also been trying to work more on number recognition with the children. It would be wonderful if you could help me with this by helping them see the numbers in the world around them by asking your children what number they see on signs, in books, on boxes, food containers, etc.

What about May? My baby is due May 12^th. And one never knows when babies will come. So I've decided to just go through the month of May as normal and utilize subs, such as Miss Rachel from January, to help complete the month if need be. :)

Calling all photos! Over spring break, I'm creating a fun slide show for preschool graduation and would appreciate any extra photos you want to send my way from the first day of school, Christmas program, class parties, field trips, etc. Share an album from Shutterfly or Facebook, post them to the Facebook page Learning Bees' Preschool, text, or email to zaranwrap@gmail.com as soon as possible.

A big heads up! Preschool Graduation will be held at the brand new Southwest Library in Roy on Monday, May 23rd! We will have a goodbye party at school on Wednesday the 25^th for the last day of school.

Thanks for everything! Hope you have a great March!

Miss SueZan

Tues/Thur 9:30-11:30 M A R C H 2016 Value of the Month: Citizenship

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
28 This month we will be learning Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales with the # 3.	29	1 Capital “R” Unit: Transportation “Three Little Pigs” Review: #1-5 snack: Embry	2 Happy 112th bday Dr Seuss!	3 Lowercase “r” Unit: Transportation Dr. Seuss Fun! Show n Tell Bags: Cooper and Kenzie Snack: Cooper	4	5
6	7	8 Capital “G” Unit: Opposites “Goldilocks & the 3 Bears” 3 Little Kittens Review: #6-10 snack: Kenzie	9	10 Lowercase “g” Unit: Opposites Magnetic Opposites Show n Tell Bags: Embry and Ava snack: Ava	11	12
13	14	15 Capital “X” Unit:Rainbows & Leprechauns Handprint Art “Three Billy Goats Gruff” Review: #11-16 snack: Macie	16 For 3/17 Show n Tell Bags: Ada and Macie snack: Ada --------->	17 St. Patrick's Day! Lowercase “x” St. Patrick's Day Treasure Hunt “X” marks the spot at the end of the Rainbow!	18	19
20	21	22 Capital “E” Unit:Community Helpers Nursery Rhyme:Three Men in a Tub snack: Jaxson	23	24 Lowercase “e” Unit:Community Helpers Show n' Tell Bags: Jaxson and Taj snack: Taj	25	26
27 Happy Easter!	28	29 Field Trip Roy Fire Station** Led by Ava's Dad Same preschool hours snack: Daphne	30 Easter Egg Hunt Review, Reports Handprint Art ----------->	31 Unit: Community Helpers Special Guest, Kenzie's dad Officer Buss snack: Miss SueZan	April 1st	Enjoy Spring Break! No school Apr.4-8th

Preschool News

Spring is on it's way! The tulips and daffodils the kids planted in the preschool garden boxes are already well on their way! We've got some very fun educational activities planned for the next couple of months.

*Fire Station Field Trip: One of my favorite field trips of the school year is coming up on March 29th! We'll be going to the Fire Station at 5051 South 1900 West in Roy. Preschool will be at the normal times of 9:30-11:30. You may meet us at the fire station at 9:50 if you choose not to meet at the school. Please be sure to leave your child with a booster/car seat if you do not plan to drive. We will need two drivers, so if you'd like to join us, please sign up on the bulletin board. Any other parents and siblings may join us this day, too. It's free! Special thanks to Ava's Dad, Firefighter Beck, for leading the field trip!

Value of the month: Citizenship: “Using the rights and privileges one has a member of the community to make that community a better place; being socially responsible; obeying the laws and rules; doing one's part for the common good; respect authority; helping your community by volunteering service.” I will teach them the sign that goes along with this and discuss it with books and conversation during snack time.

Sight words for March:the, me, for, said, little, run, play

Just as a reminder: In January we covered I, in, is, it, we, up. In February we covered and, look, jump, go, Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter.. If you want to practice this at home, this is how we do it in school on flashcards: “This is the word 'up'. What is it? They respond 'up.' Eventually they will be telling you the words without you telling them. So if you happen to be reading books together and you see one of these words, just see if they can tell you what it is. :)

I have also been trying to work more on number recognition with the children. It would be wonderful if you could help me with this by helping them see the numbers in the world around them by asking your children what number they see on signs, in books, on boxes, food containers, etc.

What about May? My baby is due May 12^th. And one never knows when babies will come. So I've decided to just go through the month of May as normal and utilize subs, such as Miss Rachel from January, to help complete the month if need be. :)

Calling all photos! Over spring break, I'm creating a fun slide show for preschool graduation and would appreciate any extra photos you want to send my way from the first day of school, Christmas program, class parties, field trips, etc. Share an album from Shutterfly or Facebook, post them to the Facebook page Learning Bees' Preschool, text, or email to zaranwrap@gmail.com as soon as possible.

A big heads up! Preschool Graduation will be held at the brand new Southwest Library in Roy on Monday, May 23rd! We will have a goodbye party at school on Tuesday, the 24^th for the last day of school.

Thanks for everything! Hope you have a great March!

Miss SueZan

MWF  F e b r u a r y 2016

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Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Value of the Month: Cooperation	1 Capital “F” Unit: Seasons Number: 13 Shape: Heart Make Season Trees Snack: Luca	2	3 Lowercase “f” Unit: Seasons Color: Pink Shape: Heart Show n' Tell Bags Chloe & Annie Snack: Chloe	4	5 The Reasons for Seasons by Gail Gibbons -More CVC words -Review numbers 1-13 Snack: Claire	6
7	8 Letters: V v Number: 14 Color:Wear purple Unit: Sequencing Make party envelopes  Fun in the kitchen! Making sugar cookies for decorating at the party  Snack: Annie	9	10   Valentine's Day Party Unit: Sequencing Show n' Tell Bags: Kacen & Mie & Luca Snack: Kacen	11	12 NO SCHOOL (Miss SueZan at cousin's wedding in Payson.)	13
14 Happy Valentine's Day!	15 President's Day No School	17	18 Letters: Ll Unit:Classifying Number: 15 Show n' Tell Bags: Tyce & Luca & Tanner Snack: Tyce	19	20 Capital “Y” Unit:Patterns Number: 16 “Jack Be Nimble” Snack: Kinzlee	21
22	23 F i e l d T r i p Papa Murphy's (normal preschool hours) snack: Papa Murphy's	24	25 Lowercase “y” Unit: Patterns “Jack Be Nimble” Show n' Tell Bags: Claire and Natalee Snack: Natalee	26	27 Science n' Math: Pattern Lab Also, Learning order in a story (using the book Sitting in My Box by Dee Lillegard) Snack: Mie	March 1st

MWF news

Welcome to February! We just started sight words in January. Sight words don't require the child to know the entire alphabet with each sound that's made, because they aren't “sounding out” the words. So what I have been doing (and feel free to do this at home) is put up some words and during circle time and recap time, I go through each one. i.e. I hold up the word “in” and I say, “This is the word 'in'. What is it?” And they all respond, “in”. This is the word 'up'. What is it? And they all respond, “up!”. I know it sounds a little crazy, but I promise it works over time. It's a technique I learned in a literacy group just out of college. To add to this method, I also will take them back through the cards and say each letter individually, “I-n, in.” And then have them repeat.

The sight words introduced in January were: I, in, is, it, we, up

The sight words I'm going to introduce in February are: look, jump, go, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

We are also working on building CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words. They have learned an awesome vowel song and can now 'build' words. Try it with magnets on the fridge or while reading together.

Values of the Month: I really am loving the introduction of the value of the month. The kids have responded really well to the Respect and Responsibility values. And I have heard lots of stories from parents who are hearing the kids talking about/using it at home. Which is so great! This month we will be learning about Cooperation. I will teach them the ASL sign for Cooperation and we will go over it with books and discussion during each snack time.

Cooperation: Listening and paying attention to others, sharing and taking turns, doing a fair share of the work, acknowledging the contributions of others; serving others with patience and a positive attitude; working well with others.

*Valentine's Day Party!: We will be having a party on the 10^th for Valentine's Day. We will be exchanging valentines and placing them in envelopes we've made. Just a thought:You may bring the valentines however you wish to, but we have been working a lot on recognizing and writing our first names by ourselves. Perhaps see if they can write their first name on all 10 valentines. :) Don't worry about filling out the “To” section. It will make it easier for them if this section is left blank and then they can play mailman and deliver the valentines into all the envelopes without worrying whose goes where. I also need two volunteers for the Valentine's Party. So if you'd be willing to help out with a game or the sugar cookie decorating portion of the party, please sign up on the bulletin board. :) Thank you!

**Papa Murphy's Field Trip: We will be going to the Clinton location near 1800 N. (Just in front of Lowe's) on February 22nd. We will have normal preschool hours. I could use 1 or 2 drivers that day. So if you would like to come, please sign up on the bulletin board. It's fun and free! And other siblings are welcome to join us. Just meet at the preschool and we'll go from there. If you do not plan to join us, please be sure to leave me with a booster seat for your child.

Thanks for helping make this preschool year great!

Have a lovely February!

Miss SueZan

T/TH F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 6

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Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Value of the Month: Cooperation	1	2 Capital “F” Unit: Seasons Number: 13 Shape: Heart Season Trees Snack: Kenzie	3	4Lowercase “f” Unit: Seasons Color: Pink Shape: Heart Show n' Tell Bags Cooper and Embry Snack: Ava	5	6
7	8	9 Letters: V v Color:Wear purple Unit: Sequencing Number: 14 Make Party Envelopes Snack: Macie	10	11 Valentine's Day Party!* Unit: Sequencing Show n' Tell Bags: Macie and Jaxson Snack: Ada	12	13
14 Happy Valentine's Day!	15	16 Capital “Y” Unit:Patterns Number: 15 “Jack Be Nimble” Snack: Jaxson	17	18 Lowercase “y” Unit: Patterns Show n' Tell Bags: Ada, Bennett, & Taj Bday Snack: Taj	19	20 Happy Birthday Taj!
21	22	23F i e l d T r i p Papa Murphy's (normal preschool hours) snack: Papa Murphy's	24	25 Letters: Ll Unit:Classifying Number: 16 Show n' Tell Bags: Daphne, Ava, & Kenzie Bday Snack: Daphne	26	27 Happy Birthday Daphne!

T-Th news

Welcome to February! We just started sight words in January. Sight words don't require the child to know the entire alphabet with each sound that's made, because they aren't “sounding out” the words. So what I have been doing (and feel free to do this at home) is put up some words and during circle time and recap time, I go through each one. i.e. I hold up the word “in” and I say, “This is the word 'in'. What is it?” And they all respond, “in”. This is the word 'up'. What is it? And they all respond, “up!”. I know it sounds a little crazy, but I promise it works over time. It's a technique I learned in a literacy group just out of college.

The sight words introduced in January were: I, in, is, it, we, up

The sight words I'm going to introduce in February are: look, jump, go, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Values of the Month: I really am loving the introduction of the value of the month. The kids have responded really well to the Respect and Responsibility values. And I have heard lots of stories from parents who are hearing the kids talking about/using it at home. Which is so great! This month we will be learning about Cooperation. I will teach them the ASL sign for Cooperation and we will go over it with books and discussion during each snack time.

Cooperation: Listening and paying attention to others, sharing and taking turns, doing a fair share of the work, acknowledging the contributions of others; serving others with patience and a positive attitude; working well with others.

*Valentine's Day Party!: We will be having a party on the 11^th for Valentine's Day. We will be exchanging valentines and placing them in envelopes we've made. Just a thought:You may bring the valentines however you wish to, but we have been working a lot on recognizing and writing our first names by ourselves. (Capital first, lowercase the rest). Perhaps see if they can write their first name on all 10 valentines. :) Don't worry about filling out the “To” section. It will make it easier for them if this section is left blank and then they can play mailman and deliver the valentines into all the envelopes without worrying whose goes where. I also need two volunteers for the Valentine's Party. So if you'd be willing to help out with a game or the sugar cookie decorating portion of the party, please sign up on the bulletin board. :) Thank you!

**Papa Murphy's Field Trip: We will be going to the Clinton location near 1800 N. (Just in front of Lowe's) on February 23rd. We will have normal preschool hours. I could use 1 or 2 drivers that day. So if you would like to come, please sign up on the bulletin board. It's fun and free! And other siblings are welcome to join us. Just meet at the preschool and we'll go from there. If you do not plan to join us, please be sure to leave me with a booster seat for your child.

Thanks for helping make this preschool year great!

Have a lovely February!

Miss SueZan