Yearly Archives: 2016


December 16


Hello Aspen families! It was so exciting to see everyone on Thursday night. The kids worked very hard on their performance, and they nailed it! As always, we are staying busy in Aspen. We worked on letter recognition, number recognition, 

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December 16


Good afternoon Dogwood families, This week Dogwood and Cedar learned about winter celebrations, specifically Hanukah and Kwanzaa.  The children discussed different celebrations that they may remember such as birthdays.  The children read books about families and winter including Make a 

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Parent Weekly Notes | December 16


Parent Weekly Notes – December 16, 2016 What a wonderful couple of weeks it has been.  The Light and Love performances were fantastic!  We so enjoy sharing these events with you and your family.  Earlier this week we were all 

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December 16


Good afternoon Birch families, This week in Birch, the class focused their attention on all things winter! The class explored with snow in the sensory table, created a large snowman and learned some snow themed songs (“I’m a little snowman” 

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December 16


Dear River Families, This week in River we read different versions of the “Gingerbread Man” and discussed similarities and differences between the versions. The children then made their own gingerbread men and women that we baked and enjoyed the next 

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December 16


Good afternoon Evergreen families! This week in Evergreen the children learned about two light and love celebrations, Hanukah and St. Lucia Day. They learned about different ways people worked together to help others in their community. Whether it’s a building 

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December 16


Good afternoon Cedar families, This week Dogwood and Cedar learned about winter celebrations, specifically Hanukah and Kwanzaa.  The children discussed different celebrations that they may remember such as birthdays.  The children read books about families and winter including Make a 

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December 16


This week in Forest, we explored winter holidays and traditions! Children were excited to discuss their plans for the upcoming holidays. We read many winter books and learned about what different families do to celebrate. This week, Forest children had 

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December 16


Hello Garden and Mountain Families. This week we focused on a theme of ‘winter.’ We read What Season Is It, I Love Winter, Snowballs, and The Snowy Day. We talked a lot about snow, and cold, and looked at pictures 

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December 9


Dear River Families, This week in Kindergarten, we continued our author study on Jan Brett! We compared Jan Brett’s illustrations to illustrations in other books and identified characteristics of her work. We watched a video about Jan Brett and a 

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