UPCOMING EVENTS:

School will be closed Mon., February 16th for a teacher workday.

Tuesday, Feb. 17th- DONUTS WITH GROWNUPS- The Yellow Ducks invite you to pop into the classroom at dropoff for a donut and some special surprises they have been preparing for you! Don’t worry- this is a quick celebration. Just stay for a few minutes for a special moment with your child. Please let me know if you WILL NOT be able to come to drop off that day!

Spirit Week has been rescheduled once again (along with Pancakes & Pajamas). The new dates are below:

Monday, Feb 23rd– Silly Socks Day (wear your silly socks)

Tuesday, Feb 24th– Team Tuesday (wear your favorite team’s gear)

Wednesday, Feb 25th- wear your PJs for Pancakes in Pajamas! Our class representatives will send more details. You are invited to sign up to help. You may either provide items or cook/serve/clean-up pancakes.

Thursday, Feb 26th- Glow in the Dark Day (wear white or neon- we will supply glow sticks at school).

Friday, Feb 27th- Freaky Friday (go wild with crazy clothes combos or crazy hair…or both!)

Sunday, March 1 at 8:45 -Preschool Sunday. Your children will sing some special songs near the beginning of the 9:00 worship service and we will celebrate the CUMC Preschool Ministry.

March 11 & 12 - Conferences - A sign up genius link will be sent after 2/16 for you to sign up for a conference time. School is closed for spring conferences, but feel free to plan with a friend to watch each others’ children on the playground during your conferences.

March 30 - April 6 - Spring Break!

YELLOW DUCK NEWS:

The classroom was splattered with hearts, glitter, jewels & doilies this week as our busy Ducks went about creating the most beautiful pictures and cards to give to friends and family. We showed them how half a heart can be drawn on folded paper & then they practiced cutting (which they’re getting quite good at!) to make a symmetrical heart. After that they had free range to use all of the materials to design away! It may seem just like simple fun, but everyone was busy planning design, problem solving how to fit the items they wanted all on the heart, and working fine motor skills as they controlled the amount of glue so as not to make a gooey mess.

And as I promised last week, there was more beading. This time we used elastic string and pony beads. We saw some great patterning happening here, as well as at the table with our heart patterning game.

Our loft has been a very busy doctor’s office! Our Dr. Ducks have been taking notes using the keyboard and writing prescriptions for their patients. They are excellent at bandaging broken arms, legs and heads, too! Since February is Dental Health month, next week it will become a dentist’s office while we learn about taking care of our teeth.

Again, if anyone would like to share a bit about their job with the class, we’d really love to have you visit or even just send something representative of your work for your child to “show & tell” to the class!! It would be a great addition to our community helpers study.

Everyone was VERY excited to share the valentines they brought to school on Thursday!!! They each waited patiently for their turn to pass them out to each of their Duck friends to add to the bags we had created ❤️ It was clear that they were all feeling the power of love.

We finished up making gifts, our expression of love for you, to give you on Tuesday at our Donuts with Grownups celebration. We can’t wait!

We also celebrated Diana’s 1/2 birthday this week. She brought LOTS of beads back from her trip to seee the Mardi Gras parade and shared them very generously with us all. Happy 1/2 Birthday, Diana!!

Well, this email will reach you as we are all dancing away at the Valentine’s Dance! I hope you had a great time, if you were able to make it. The children have been showing us their best dance moves all week in preparation for the party.

Happy Valentine’s Day!!

love, Miss Sue & Miss Carina