March was an amazing month! We started the month out celebrating Dr. Seuss by reading his books and eating green eggs and ham for snack. We also learned about our five senses. The children loved smelling different scents and tasting sweet and sour pickles and gummy worms. We learned a lot about insects, especially snails. We identified the parts of a snail (apex, antennae, tentacles and etcetera). St. Patrick's Day was a very green day. We also enjoyed talking about the celebration of new life, spring, flowers and insects. We learned about the lifecycle of a human, butterfly, frog, ant and owl.

We will start the month with a week of "Teddy Bear" fun. Wednesday, April 6th, please bring in a teddy bear to share. Zoo animals will be our theme for the following week so make sure to bring a toy zoo animal to share. The third week we will learn more about Spring and make fun Easter projects. The Santa Maria Children’s Librarian will visit us on April 19th. She is bringing books about baby animals to read. Finally we will wrap up the month with colors and shapes. Monday wear red, Tuesday wear blue, Wednesday wear yellow, Thursday wear something orange and Friday wear purple. We will also be doing pre-kinder review and working on writing our numbers and letters and practicing our names.

We finished introducing the letters of the alphabet. We will soon start practicing sounding out short two and three letter words and will introduce simple sight words. Please continue working on name writing with your child at home and reinforcing shape, number and letter recognition. We are proud of all the children. They have been working so hard and certainly will be ready for kindergarten.

We would like to give a special "THANK YOU" to Daria's dad Kyle Batty and his friends with The Central City Trio for coming in and playing some special music for us.

HAVE A GREAT MONTH AND HAPPY EASTER!
TEACHER'S AUNDREANA, CHERYL AND VERONICA

What a great month! We began March learning about Dr. Seuss. We made hats so we could pretend to be "The Cat in the Hat". The Red group's favorite story is One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. We also had fun learning about bugs and insects and their purpose in this world. We learned about plants and made popcorn plants. Will they grow? We made tissue flowers for our parents and talked about how pretty flowers can be.

In April we will be making Teddy Bear crafts, and Spring and Easter projects galore. Zoo animals is the theme for the second week of April so bring a zoo animal toy to share on Wednesday April 13th. On April 19th our favorite librarian from the Santa Maria Library will be visiting us. Color week will be April 25th - 29th so don't forget to look at the calendar and wear the color for the day. We will continue to work on recognizing our names, learning school rules and having fun with our calendar.

HAVE A HAPPY EASTER AND A GREAT SPRING!
TEACHER TRESHA

What a fun March with lots of rain to watch! We began the month with lots of Dr. Seuss books from Caleb and his family. We also had a visit from The Cat in the Hat and ate Green Eggs and Ham. Bugs were also a big hit this month. Looking for bugs and putting them in a bug house was a lot of work. We focused on the color green during St. Patrick’s week and reviewed our primary colors. As Easter arrives we will turn to pastel colors and compare them to the brighter colors we have been learning to recognize.

During the first two weeks of April we will talk about Teddy Bears and Zoo Animals. We will end the month with Easter crafts and a review of colors and shapes. Many of the toddlers have been working on potty training and they are all doing great. We are very proud of their accomplishments! We are looking forward to warm spring weather with more outside time.

HAPPY SPRING!
TEACHERS CHRIS & KAREN