Exciting Changes!

Active Minds Preschool is expanding to Active Minds Child Care and Preschool.  We have a brand new building and provide child care for children 6 weeks through 12 years of age.  We are also providing preschool for children 3-5 years of age. Please visit our wonderful new website at www.activemindsidaho.com for more information on our exciting expansion!

New School Year!

It's hard to believe the school year is over. I can't express how much I enjoyed teaching your children this year! They are such fun kids. They learned and grew so much this year. Thank you for letting me teach your wonderful children. I look forwarding to seeing all of the kids that will be returning next year as well. Each year I enjoy teaching even more.

The 2011/2012 school year will begin September 6th. I will send a letter in August with more information, as well as an invitation for an ice cream social so all the kids can meet me, and each other. There are still some openings in the Monday/Wednesday class if you know of anyone still needing preschool. Have a great summer!

Tangled Field Trip

A post has been a long time coming! I was going to post about our Bounce Field trip in February, but I don't put pictures of the kids on the blog and I didn't have any other pictures to post. We sure had a lot of fun though!

Thursday, March 17th is our Tangled field trip at the Reel Country Club theater, on Overland just past Curtis. We will be meeting at 9:45 and the movie will start at 10:00.

I will cover the cost of the movie for your preschooler, which will include popcorn and a drink as well. Any siblings or friends will be $4.50. Parents who do not want a drink or popcorn will be $1.50. I will be paying the movie theater for everyone in our group at once, so you can just reimburse me directly. We'll see you all there!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thank you all for helping with our Thanksgiving baskets for the food bank. With your help we were able to donate two complete Thanksgiving dinners just like this one to the Meridian Food Bank. The kids were so proud of their baskets and the food bank really appreciated the donation. I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving!

Fall Fun!

Fall has had some fun units in preschool. We had a great time at the pumpkin patch and now we are working on Thanksgiving themes. The children have been doing such a good job on their work. We reviewed the letters we have done so far and I was surprised how well the kids did remembering the letter name and sound! It is so fun to watch them progress.

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving break. I am thankful for all of your kids. They are such a great group. It has been so fun teaching them this year. Thank you for contributing to our Thanksgiving basket for the food bank as well. It is such a wonderful way for your kids to learn about giving and it is very appreciated by the food bank and its patrons.

On a random note, we have been doing a lot of painting in preschool lately. The kids always wear paint aprons when the paint, but with the colder weather the long sleeves sometimes end up getting paint on them. The paints we use are always washable and should come right out. Please let me know if you ever have an item that gets paint on it that won't come out. I know I have a hard time getting the black out. I try to pull up the kids sleeves and keep them clean, but sometimes the paint still gets on them.

Where are all the color activites??

We have been learning about colors during the last few weeks, and will continue to work on colors until the end of November. So where are all the color activities? Each week your child paints with the color of the week. I keep those paintings until the end of the unit, when we will make them into a special book about colors. I try to incorporate the color of the week into the theme for the week, to reinforce the color too. The kids love painting! Ask your kids about the color of the week to see if they can remember.

Upcoming fun!

Our pumpkin patch field trip is very soon. The Monday/Wednesday class will be going October 13th, which is next Wednesday. The Tuesday/Thursday class will be going October 21st, the following week. Everybody loves this field trip. Each child gets to ride on a hay wagon, choose a pumpkin, run in the hay bale maze, and eat popcorn and juice. The cost of the field trip was included in your registration fee and there is no charge for adults. If you would like to attend with your child, please meet us at the Linder Farms Pumpkin patch at 10:00. We should be finished with the field trip at 11:30, and you can take your child home with you. If you will not be attending, bring your children to preschool by 9:30 and I will transport them. Please be sure to have a jacket, long pants and tennis shoes for your child. The pumpkin patch can be very scratchy! I will send permission slips home shortly.