Noah's Ark Preschool

Letter Zz Week is Finally Here! ~ May 20-24

Caps & Gowns are out for next week!

This Week’s Theme: Letter “ZZ” for Zoo.

Reminders: Letter “Zz” sharing on Thursday and Friday Classes. Please help your child bring something from home that starts with the letter “Zz” for circle time sharing.

Final Celebration & Field Days: Mark your calendars for these important dates: Tuesday, May 28 will be the 4-Day Class Program and Picnic

Wednesday, May 29 will be the 3-Day Class Program and Picnic

Thursday, May 30 will be the 2-Day Class Program and Picnic.

Family Sign-Up Forms wihave been passed out. Please be sure to look for them and send them back in so that we can know how many hot dogs to buy! The children have been very busy practicing the Graduation/Advancement Programs.

Library Books: All Library Books are due back now so our librarian can do a year-end inventory. Please return them promptly if you have any checked out.

Fall Registration: We have only 2 spaces left in our 3-Day Class and 3 spaces left in our 2-Day Class. Please turn in your registrations immediately or your child may not have a space available in your first choice of classes. The PM class still has 9 openings left.

Summer Science Camp: We are still accepting registrations for this Summer’s Science Camp. Be sure to get the registration form from staff if you are interested in having your child attend this fun and educational experience.

Science Lab Preview.

Monday AM: Stories: “Zachary Zebra’s Zippety Zooming” & “Miss Moo Goes to the Zoo”

Craft: Zoo Habitats

Monday PM: Stories: “Zachary Zebra’s Zippety Zooming” & “Miss Moo Goes to the Zoo”

Craft: Zoo Habitats

Tuesday AM: Monday AM: Stories: “Zack the Lazy Zebra” & “Miss Moo Goes to the Zoo”

Craft: Zoo Habitats

Tuesday PM: Stories: “Zoo Animals ” & “Put Me in the Zoo”

Craft: Zoo Sticker Pictures

Wednesday AM: Stories: “Never Ever Shout In the Zoo” & “Come Down Zacchaeus”

Craft: “Never Ever Shout in the Zoo” Melting Cones Literature Extension

Wednesday PM: Stories: “Never Ever Shout In the Zoo” & “Come Down Zacchaeus”

Craft: “Never Ever Shout in the Zoo” Melting Cones Literature Extension

Thursday AM: Stories: “The Night Before Father’s Day” & “Just Me & My Dad”

Craft: Father’s Day Surprises

Thursday PM Stories: “The Night Before Father’s Day” & “Just Me & My Dad”

Craft: Father’s Day Surprises

Friday AM Stories: “The Night Before Father’s Day” & “Just Me & My Dad”

Craft: Father’s Day Surprises

Z is for Zoo!

Creating Zoo Habitats.

Doubling Up for Letters Xx & Yy ~ May 13-19

Making Picnic Program Decorations for Graduation.

This Week’s Theme: Letter “Xx” & “Yy” for Yarn from Wool.

Reminders: Letter “Xx” and/or “Yy” sharing on Thursday and Friday Classes. Please help your child bring something from home that starts with either letter “Xx” or “Yy” for circle time sharing.

Final Celebration & Field Days: Mark your calendars for these important dates: Tuesday, May 28 will be the 4-Day Class Program and Picnic

Wednesday, May 29 will be the 3-Day Class Program and Picnic

Thursday, May 30 will be the 2-Day Class Program and Picnic.

Family Sign-Up Forms will be going out with the children at the end of the week. Please be sure to look for them and send them back in so that we can know how many hot dogs to buy!

Sink or Float eXperiments!

Monday AM: Stories: “Xavier Ox’s Xylophone Experiment” & “Weaving a Rainbow”

Craft: Program Decoration Picnic Place Settings

Monday PM: Stories: Monday AM: Stories: “Xavier Ox’s Xylophone Experiment” & “Weaving a Rainbow”

Craft: Program Decoration Picnic Place Settings

Tuesday AM: Monday AM: Stories: “A Xylophone for X-Ray Fish” & “Weaving a Rainbow”

Craft: Program Decoration Picnic Place Settings

Tuesday PM: Stories: “A New Coat for Anna ” & “On the Way to Kindergarten”

Craft: Wooly Sheep

Wednesday AM: Stories: “Yoko Yaks Yackety Yacking” & “Extra Yarn”

Craft: Yarn Collages

Wednesday PM: Stories: “Yoko Yaks Yackety Yacking” & “Extra Yarn”

Craft: Yarn Collages

Thursday AM: Stories: “The Yak Who Yelled Yuck” &”Woolbur”

Craft: Picnic Ant Decorations

Thursday PM Stories: “The Relatives Came” &”Woolbur”

Craft: Picnic Ant Decorations

Friday AM Stories: “The Relatives Came” &”Woolbur”

Craft: Picnic Ant Decorations

Fun with Shapes.

Whale Watching for Letter Ww ~ May 6-10

Teacher Natalie Leading Circle Time

This Week’s Theme: Letter “Ww” is for whales.

Reminders: Letter “Ww” sharing on Thursday and Friday Classes. Please help your child bring something from home that starts with the letter “Ww” for circle time sharing.

Final Celebration & Field Days: Mark your calendars for these important dates:

Tuesday, May 28 will be the 4-Day Class Program and Picnic

Wednesday, May 29 will be the 3-Day Class Program and Picnic

Thursday, May 30 will be the 2-Day Class Program and Picnic.

Family Sign-Up Forms will be going out with the children at the end of the week. Please be sure to look for them and send them back in so that we can know how many hot dogs to buy!

Book Orders and May Tuition are due by this Friday.

Working on Special Gifts

Monday AM: Stories: “Walter Warthog’s Wonderful Wagon” & “The Day Before Mother’s Day”

Craft: Mother’s Day Gifts

Monday PM: Stories: Monday AM: Stories: “Walter Warthog’s Wonderful Wagon” & “The Day Before Mother’s Day”

Craft: Mother’s Day Gifts

Tuesday AM: Monday AM: Stories: “Walter Warthog’s Wonderful Wagon” & “The Day Before Mother’s Day”

Craft: Mother’s Day Gifts

Tuesday PM: Stories: “Baby Beluga & the Big Blue Whale ” & “Baby Beluga”

Craft: Beluga Whale Puppets

Wednesday AM: Stories: “Big Blue Whale” & “The Biggest Thing in the Ocean”

Craft: Paper Bag Whales

Wednesday PM: Stories: “Big Blue Whale” & “The Biggest Thing in the Ocean”

Craft: Paper Bag Whales

Thursday AM: Stories: “Jonah, the Inside Story” &” Mother’s Day Mice”

Craft: Watermelon Program Decorations

Thursday PM Stories: “Jonah, the Inside Story” &” Mother’s Day Mice”

Craft: Watermelon Program Decorations

Friday AM Stories: “Jonah, the Inside Story” &” Mother’s Day Mice”

Craft: Watermelon Program Decorations

Busy Working at Play!

Eat Your Vegetables For Letter Vv Week! April 29-May 3

A Special Emergencey Demonstration by KFD Station #1.

This Week’s Theme: Letter “Vv” is for vegetables and healthy nutrition.

Reminders: Letter “Vv” sharing on Thursday and Friday Classes. Please help your child bring something from home that starts with the letter “Vv” for circle time sharing.

Final Celebration & Field Days: Mark your calendars for these important dates: Tuesday, May 28 will be the 4-Day Class Program and Picnic

Wednesday, May 29 will be the 3-Day Class Program and Picnic

Thursday, May 30 will be the 2-Day Class Program and Picnic.

Times and information will continue to follow. Extended family is invited and encouraged to come to this special time.

Young Veterinarians at Work!

Monday AM: Stories: “Victor Vicuna’s Volcano Vacation” & “My Food Pyramid”

Craft: May Bulletin Board Decorations

Monday PM: Stories: “Victor Vicuna’s Volcano Vacation” & “My Food Pyramid”

Craft: May Bulletin Board Decorations

Tuesday AM: “Vera Viper’s Valentine” & “My Food Pyramid”

Craft: May Bulletin Board Decorations

Tuesday PM: Stories: “Up Down and Around” & “Fruits”

Craft: Up Down and Around Expansion Craft

Wednesday AM: Stories: “From Seed to Plant” & “Vegetables”

Craft: Broccoli Painting

Wednesday PM: Stories: From Seed to Plant” & “Vegetables”

Craft: Broccoli Painting

Thursday AM: Stories: “Up Down and Around” &” Vegetable Soup”

Craft: Cinco De Mayo Hanging Project

Thursday PM Stories: “A Fruit is a Suitcase for a Seed” & “How Are You Apeeling?”

Craft: Cinco De Mayo Hanging Project

Friday AM Stories: “A Fruit is a Suitcase for a Seed” & “How Are You Apeeling?”

Craft: Cinco De Mayo Hanging Project

Enjoying a Preschool Staple.

Let’s Learn About the USA for Uu Week! ~ Apr. 22-26

Daily Cirlce-Time Pledge of Allegiance.

This Week’s Theme: Letter “Uu” is for United States.

Reminders: Letter “Uu” sharing on Thursday and Friday Classes. Please help your child bring something from home that starts with the letter “Uu” for circle time sharing.

Fire Station Field Trip: Please be sure to fill out and return your Field Trip Permission Forms this week. The Field Trips will be Wednesday the 24^th for the 3-Day and 4-Day Classes. The 2-Day Class will have their Field Trip on Thursday the 25^th. Morning Classes will leave the preschool at 9:45 AM, the Afternoon Class will leave at 1:45PM.

Pre-Kindergarten Conferences: Conferences for those students going to Kindergarten this fall will finish up this week. A few appointment times are still available.

Easel Painting Process Art.

Monday AM: Stories: “Umma Ungka’s Unusual Umbrella” & “Patriotic Symbols: The American Flag”

Craft: Patriotic Wall Hanging

Monday PM: Stories: “Umma Ungka’s Unusual Umbrella” & “Patriotic Symbols: The American Flag”

Craft: Patriotic Wall Hanging

Tuesday AM: “Umbrella Bird’s Umbrella” & “Patriotic Symbols: The American Flag”

Craft: Red, White, and Blue Wall Hanging

Tuesday PM: Stories: “The Statue of Liberty” & “The White House”

Craft: American Symbols Book

Fire Station Field Trip-Both Classes

Wednesday AM: Stories: “A Day in the Life of a Fire Fighter”

Wednesday PM: Stories: “A Day in the Life of a Fire Fighter”

Thursday AM: Stories: “A Day at the Fire Station”

Fire Station Field Trip

Thursday PM Stories: “A Day at the Fire Station” & “The Bald Eagle”

Craft: Red, White, and Blue Fire Work Painting

Friday AM Stories: “A Day at the Fire Station” & The Bald Eagle”

Craft: Red, White, and Blue Fire Work Painting

Writing the Letter “Uu”.

Making Patriotic Wall Decorations.

Transportation Moves Us With the Letter T! ~ Apr. 15-19

Painting with wheels!

This Week’s Theme: Letter “Tt” is for Transportation.

Reminders: Letter “Tt” sharing on Thursday and Friday Classes. Please help your child bring something from home that starts with the letter “Tt” for circle time sharing.

April’s Bulletin Board.

Monday AM: Stories: “Tessa Tiger’s Temper Tantrums” & “Wheels”

Craft: Wheel Painting

Monday PM: Stories: “Tessa Tiger’s Temper Tantrums” & “Wheels”

Craft: Wheel Painting

Tuesday AM: “When Tilly Turtle Came to Tea” & “Wheels”

Craft: Wheel Painting

Tuesday PM: Stories: “Big Truck, Little Truck” & “Sail Away Home”

Craft: Sailboats

Wednesday AM: Stories: “Tracks” & “Two Little Trains”

Craft: Shape School Buses

Wednesday PM: Stories: “Tracks” & “Two Little Trains”

Craft: Shape School Buses

Thursday AM: Stories: “Our Earth” & “Time to Recycle”

Craft: Tissue Painting Planet Earth

Thursday PM: “Our Earth” & “Time to Recycle”

Craft: Tissue Painting Planet Earth

Friday AM: “Our Earth” & “Time to Recycle”

Craft: Tissue Painting Planet Earth

Sharing the Jungle Treehouse.

Slide Time Fun!

Spring is Here is Here for Letter Ss Week ~ April 8-12

Playing under the new pergola.

This Week’s Theme: Letter Ss” is for Spring!

Reminders: Letter “Ss” sharing on Thursday and Friday Classes. Please help your child bring something from home that starts with the letter “Ss” for circle time sharing.

Spring Break Improvements: Be sure to take a peek at the playground. A new Shade Pergola was installed over the sandbox. The rest of the playground got a safety check and re-staining to match the new structure.

April Tuition: is due by the 10^th of this month.

April Book Orders are due this Friday, April 12.

Fire Station Field Trip: permission forms will be sent out this week. Please be sure to watch for it from your preschooler and return it ASAP.

Working on writing the letter S.

Monday AM: Stories: “Sammy Skunk’s Super Sniffer” & “The Surprise Garden”

Craft: April Bulletin Board Rain Clouds

Monday PM: Stories: “Sammy Skunk’s Super Sniffer” & “The Surprise Garden”

Craft: April Bulletin Board Rain Clouds

Tuesday AM: “Seals Silly Sandwich” & “The Surprise Garden”

Craft: April Bulletin Board Rain Clouds

Tuesday PM: Stories: “Blue Galoshes in Spring ” & “Splish Splash Spring”

Craft: Crayon Melting Flowers

Wednesday AM: Stories: “Hopper Hunts for Spring” & “When Will it Be Spring”

Craft: Pop Up Flowers

Wednesday PM: Stories: “Hopper Hunts for Spring” & “When Will it Be Spring”

Craft: Pop Up Flowers

Thursday AM: Stories: “When Spring Comes” & “Wake Up Little One”

Craft: April Hanging Project Watering Cans

Thursday PM: “When Spring Comes” & “Wake Up Little One”

Craft: April Hanging Project Watering Cans

Friday AM: “When Spring Comes” & “Wake Up Little One”

Craft: April Hanging Project Watering Cans

Toothbrush splatter painted rain clouds.

Soil + Water = Fun Mud!

Happy Easter! Spring Break~ April 1-5

We just finished up our Easter Parties in all three classes. Thank you so much to all the Parents, Grandparents, and God-Parents who helped us with all that needed to happen. It was also great fun having the younger siblings visit preschool for the day.

Here are some highlights of the fun!

Easter Matching Game

Bunny Biscuits for Snack.

Look What I Found!

Making the Bunny Biscuit.

Bunny Ears for Party Hats.

You Put Your Bunny Teeth In..You Put Your Bunny Teeth Out…

Snack Time!

Bunny Run!!

Circletime Egg Game!

Easter Matching Game

Doing the Bunny Pokey!

Snack is Delicious!

Egg Hunt!

We Found Our Eggs!

Time to Celebrate Easter ~ Mar 25-29

Making Easter Baskets for the Easter Egg Hunt

This Week’s Theme: Easter Week

Easter Party: Easter Parties and Egg Hunts are this Thursday and Friday.

Spring Break: There will be no school April 1-5 for Spring Break. Classes will resume as normal on April 8, 2013.

Pre-Kindergarten Conferences: Conference Time Sign-Up sheets will be out at the end of this week for the end of April Conference Dates. This is for children who will be eligible by age to attend kindergarten this fall.

April Newsletters will be passed out at the end of this week. Please look for them to come home with your preschooler.

Decorating an Easter Tree Helps Develop Fine Motor Skills.

Monday AM: Stories: “The Best Thing About Easter” & “The Grumpy Easter Bunny”

Craft: Egg Hunt Baskets

Monday PM: Stories: “The Best Thing About Easter” & “The Grumpy Easter Bunny”

Craft: Egg Hunt Baskets

Tuesday AM: Stories “The Best Thing About Easter” & “The Grumpy Easter Bunny”

Craft: Egg Hunt Baskets

Tuesday PM: Stories: “Easter” & “Easter Mice”

Craft: Footprint Bunnies

Wednesday AM: Stories: “Jesus, God’s Only Son” & “The Best Easter Prize”

Craft: Easter Egg Windows

Wednesday PM: Stories: “Jesus, God’s Only Son” & “The Best Easter Prize”

Craft: Easter Egg Windows

Easter Parties

Thursday AM: Stories: “The Easter Story” & “One Morning in Joseph’s Garden”

Craft: Bunny Ears & Easter Crosses

Thursday PM: “The Easter Story” & “One Morning in Joseph’s Garden”

Craft: Bunny Ears & Easter Crosses

Easter Party

Friday AM: “The Easter Story” & “One Morning in Joseph’s Garden”

Craft: Bunny Ears & Easter Crosses

Letter Bingo!

Kristy

March 25, 2013

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A Week of Rain & Rainbows for letter Rr ~ Mar 18-22

Thank you Pastor Rob for reading with us!

Pastor Rob shares the surprise ending at storytime!

This Week’s Theme: Letter “Rr” is for Rain & Rainbows

Reminders: Letter “Rr” sharing on Thursday and Friday Classes. Please help your child bring something from home that starts with the letter “Rr” for circle time sharing.

Easter Party: Parent volunteer sign-ups for the Easter Parties are out. We will have our Parties next Thursday and Friday. Be sure to sign-up if you are available to help.

Spring Break: There will be no school April 1-5 for Spring Break. Classes will resume as normal on April 8, 2013.