May Theme:

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14521 Ted Williams Parkway Poway, CA. 92064 (858)
748-5600
Teacher Appreciation The week of May 12th 16TH
is Teacher Appreciation Week. Each teacher
will have a vase in their classroom and children
can bring flowers. By the end of the week,
teachers will have an Appreciation Bouquet from
all their students to say thank you for all our
teachers love and guidance.
May Theme Viva, Mexico! Off we go to
Mexico-Arriba! Our imaginary trip will take us to
Mexico. We will pack our bags, make passports
and take off! Mexico is full of rich culture.
We will discover the different regions of the
country, taste the food and experience the
excitement through music, art and games. June
Theme Time for Traveling On a ship, in a
plane, in a car, or on a train! How would you
like to travel? We will discover some fun ways
and places to explore.
-May and June Upcoming Events -Education
Article -Child Friendly Pick-Ups -Child Quotes
and Quote of the Month -New Babies
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Spring Open Houses- Dont miss this evening out
for the entire family. Activities featured will
be - Open classrooms displaying current
projects as well as the Language Experience
Storybooks. - School wide art show -
Digital slide show of each classes
activities throughout the year. See calendar
for dates and times.
Graduation Events- All children graduating from
pre-k (4 year old) or Kindergarten will be
included in our graduation activities. Please
check the calendar for graduation photos,
ceremony and party dates. Congratulations
Upcoming Graduates!
Reminders! For May and June
May 1st -2nd Pre-K and Kindergarten
Graduation Pictures May 6th 9th
Make-Believe Trip to
Mexico May 19th Lunch Program Begins
Orders due by May 9th May 19th 22nd
Spring Open Houses May 26th Memorial Day
(School Closed) June 20th
Padre Family Night _at_ Petco
Park at 7pmOrders due May
14th June 23rd Kindergarten Graduation June
24th Pre-K Graduation June 26th Last Day of
School June 27th Clean-Up Day (School
Closed) June 30th New School Year
Begins

• Child Friendly Pick-Ups Ways You Can Help Foster
  Good Self-Esteem
• Your child has not seen you all day and is
  looking forward to seeing you. They have so much
  to share with you about their day and feel good
  about themselves when you are interested in how
  their day went. Here are some suggestions for
  child friendly pick-ups
• Have a regular pick-up routine.
• Some ideas could be picking up
• buckets and giving high fives or
• blowing kisses and then a bear
• hug.
• Look around the classroom. Let
• your child tell you about their art
• projects or the jobs they were
• assigned for the day.
• Make a game out of the car ride.
• Ask them to tell you about three
• things they did today or tell you
• their favorite thing about the day.
• Turn your cell phone off. This
• makes your child feel important and
• gives you the opportunity to focus
• on them.

Congratulations to Berke Erdem and family on
their new addition, Deren Erdem. Congratulations
to Madeline Kester and family on their new
addition, Isaac Kester.
New Babies
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Spring Forward and Investigate By Dr. Osborne
Abbey Spring is a season full of
opportunities for investigation with your child.
From changes in the weather to the flowers in
bloom, your surroundings provide learning
experiences that allow children to question,
ponder, make predictions, investigate, and draw
conclusions. To begin, prompt your child to
think about all the changes they see around them
at this time of year. What do they see? How has
it changed? Brainstorm together and make a list
of seasonal changes. It is important to include
all of your childs ideas, even those that may
not be completely accurate. Through
investigation, you will be able to guide them to
discover how their thinking may be right on or
may need to be adjusted. From this list,
generate conversation in order to assess your
childs understanding of the changes that spring
brings. For example, -Do all trees grow new
leaves in the spring? -How long does it take a
flower to grow and bloom? -What is your
favorite change? During these discussions, it is
important to listen to their questions and/or
responses to determine what they are curious
about. Finally, use their questions to
create an investigation. Depending on their
development stage, some preschoolers will be
ready to figure out how they can answer their
questions while others will need your guidance.
For example, -Lets take a walk and count all the
trees that are growing new leaves this spring.
-Lets plant a flower seed and keep track of how
many days it takes to grow. Before beginning the
investigation, have your child make a prediction
and explain their thinking. Following an
investigation, help your child draw conclusions.
Did the experiment turn out how they expected?
Were they surprised by what they discovered?
Often one discovery leads to more curiosity so
be prepared to question, predict, and investigate
all spring long!

• Friendly Reminders
• Please remember to check-in
• with the clipboard person
• when dropping off your child.
• Please do not allow children
• to push the gate buttons.
• Take a look at all our extra
• curricular activities we offer.
• We have some new, exciting
• programs that just started.

Quote of the Month
Education is not the filling of a bucket, but
the lighting of a fire. W.B. Yeats
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Gallery of Quotes A collection of the cute things
our children say!
Room 1 After a slow week with a lot of her
friends absent, Maddie Clapsaddle looked around
the classroom and turned to Mr. Mulder and said,
Hey, we have a full house today! Room 3
While eating, Esteban Gomez said, This is spicy
food, but it does not spice me! Room 3
When Jack Theilacker was drawing a picture of
himself he said, I think I have a really big
head, but really I have a small head! Room 4
Ashley Williams asked Mahima, Do you want to
come to my house for like six weeks? Room 4
While Ori and Jack, were playing, Erin says in s
sweet giggling voice, You silly boys!
Room 4 Colin Young said to Mr. Suter, Wouldnt
it be nice if the whole room was made of big air
jumpers so if kids fall they wouldnt get
hurt. Room 5 Conner Jones noticed a Starbucks
cup on the counter and said, Mrs. Trujillo, why
did you go to Starbucks? It is boring. There are
no toys there!
14521 Ted Williams Parkway Poway, CA. 92064 (858)
748-5600
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May
Graduation Pictures Pre-K and Kindergarten
Make Believe Trip to Mexico
Spring Open Houses (All times are P.M.)
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June
Kindergarten Graduation
Pre-K Graduation