Butterfly Class News for February 23-27, 2015 View this email in your browser

Family Fun Night This Friday, February 27 Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! We are having a Dr. Seuss family fun night this Friday, February 27, from 5:30 - 7pm. Come join us in Jason Lee Hall to celebrate Dr. Seuss. We will have lots of fun activities for the whole family - art projects, games, and stories. Can't wait to see you there! Last Week - Messy and Creative Art Our crazy art last week turned out to be so much fun! We read The Dot, and the kids did their own dot paintings. We painted with fly swatters, our hands, salad spinners, and shaving cream. Our spin art is hanging in the classroom tree. Please feel free to come on in and see our "Art Tree."

This Week Friendship - Friendship Rocks and We Can Be Super Friends are our themes for this week. It is the right age and time of year for our Butterfly friends to be figuring our how to navigate friends, communicate more effectively about sharing and feelings, and how a good friend acts and speaks. We are going to focus all our activities and learning on building positive friendships and skills. Word Wall - Letter R This week we will be focusing on the letter R for red, ring, and rabbit. Please help your child find something that begins with the letter R if they would like to bring in something for sharing. Thanks! Upcoming Events Mark your calendars for our pancake breakfast and art show on March 21st. Also, we are having our school auction at Big Al's on April 18. More info on both events to follow in upcoming newsletters. Playdough The Butterfly class would love to have some fresh playdough. If you would like to make some, let us know. Thanks! Classroom Wish List Baby wipes Stickers Colored cardstock Important Dates Feb. 27 - Family fun night March 1 - Tuition due March 8 - Daylight savings time begins - Spring forward March 17 - Hough Parade March 18, 19 - Kindred @ 10:15 March 21 - Pancake breakfast and art show March 21-27 - Book fair April 1 - Tuition due April 6-10 - Spring break April 13-17 - Week of the young child April 22, 23 - Kindred @ 10:15 Lego Auction Basket The Butterfly classroom is putting together a Lego basket for the school auction in April. We are collecting items for our basket from this Monday the 23rd, through Monday April 2nd. Bricks, books about Legos, Lego sets, Lego toys, Lego movies - anything Lego. If you would like to donate to our basket, please bring the items in to the classroom. If you would prefer to donate cash towards the purchase of items for the basket, you can give it to either Teacher Jaylene or Teacher Sally. Thanks! Our Classroom Schedule is Changing In preparation for reading groups which will begin the second week of March (more info next week!), we are going to be switching our schedule around beginning March 2nd. We will be talking about the schedule change each day this week to prepare kids for the following week. Please talk about the change at home, as it will help ease the transition. You can let them know that circle time will be right after we sign-in and pick jobs, followed by table work, and then play/snack. Thanks for your help in preparing for this fun change! Volunteer Opportunities: Approved snack donations are now a way to fulfill part of your 2-hour volunteer requirement. There is a list posted outside the classroom. Classroom Opportunities: Recycling - 15 minutes Washing toys/dress-up - 30 minutes Making playdough - 30 minutes