Hi Families,

It was a good week back to school! We started our winter theme unit with lots of snow and snowflake activities. We did a cooking project where we made “snowflake tortillas” The recipe is at the end of the newsletter.  We continue our theme this week and start learning about what animals do in the winter. Which animals hibernate or migrate? How are we like the animals or different than them?  We are going to be making some bird feeders to help out our feathered friends during the winter. If your child has something to share that is “winter theme” related, they may bring it in anytime.

Thank you to all that got back to me about the NWCT play we are going to in February. We will start taking $5 per person next week, that can be paid to us in class. I actually know one of the young people acting in the play and have heard the kids will love it. Thanks for supporting your Busy Bee! Reminder: there will be NO CLASS on the day of the play, Feb 12th.

We could use some classroom helpers. The sign up sheet is in the hallway. This is a great chance to see what we do in class and help us out too. If you can’t , there are a few at home jobs also. Remember that everyone has a 2 hour per child volunteer commitment for the school year. There is also another opportunity to get you hours in at the Auction/dinner in March, sign ups for that are on the preschool office door. Thank you for your support of our school, we couldn't  do it without you.

Remember to keep sick kids home and let us know if they have flu like symptoms so we can track how many families are being affected by this flu going around. We are working hard to keep germs away and sanitize classrooms and play areas.

Our school will be having registration for the 2014-2015 school year starting next month. Although most of your kids will be moving on to Public school Kindergarten in the Fall, if you have younger siblings that will be coming to LAPS, now it the time to choose their classroom. We also will try to open our own Kindergarten class in the Fall and would love to know if you are interested in having your child attend. Let Maria know if you are considering this for your child. 

Teacher Kim

contact info: Email Rivmom@msn.com     Cell # 360-600-2875

Dates to remember:

Jan 20..............................MLK Day-No school

Jan. 23..............................Kindred(sing to Grandmas & Grandpas)

Jan. 30&31........................Hibernation Celebration(Pajama day)

Jan.31...................................Family Fun Night

Feb 12.........................NWCT play “Goodnight Moon” 9:45 & 12:00

Feb 17th........................Presidents Day-No School

Snowflake Tortillas

Flour tortilla

Melted butter

Cinnamon/sugar mixture

Take the tortilla and fold it in half, then in half again. Using scissors that are clean, cut small cuts out of the tortilla on the folded sides. When your cutting is finished, open tortilla and lay on a piece of foil. Brush with melted butter and sprinkle with cinn/sugar mix. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 mins or until light brown on the edges. Enjoy!