Utopia Preschool

Over the past couple of weeks we've had many exciting things happening at Utopia: We re-started our Chef of the Week in October! Parents have signed-up to come in on a Friday and with the assistance of the children whip up a delicious dish! On October 21 Michelle (Sasha's mom) came in and made turkey tacos with the kids! The children cut the tomatoes and lettuce while Michelle cooked the turkey. Then they put the turkey, taco shell, lettuce, tomato, and cheese together to make a taco! On October 28 Robert (Mateo's dad) came in and made Halloween cookies with the kids! You will be able to see some of the pictures on the slide show at school on Tuesday November 22. On November 4 Ivon (Elisa's mom) made ice cream yogurt with the kids! The kids each cut their own fruit into small pieces. When the ice cream yogurt was ready they topped it with their freshly cut fruit! On November 11 Charles (Gaby's dad) made different kinds of roll sandwiches accompanied with apples, ora...

Welcome to all of our new Children and Families! It has been an exciting four weeks here at Uto pia with all of our new friends joining our community. The c hildren have been exploring the cla ssroom and many that returned this year noticed all the changes the teachers worked on before the ne w school year began. Teachers have offered many different materials in all the interest areas h oping to observe the childre n’s interests. One of our newest additions is our lette r box a nd the children are so excited to visit the writi ng table everyday to continue their work! We look forward to learning more about the children and their fa milies through the children’s “All About Me” books that teachers have started to offer t o the parents to make for their child! This is a great way for the children to make deep re lationships in the classroom in order to be fully successful in our program. We believe that young children’s learning begins with relationships and these books are an important...

The sun was out and beaming at the beginning of this week. We made sure to get our daily dose of Vitamin D by spending more time outdoors. On Monday we decided to go on a nature walk. We each wrote our name on a brown paper bag and collected leaves and flowers. After our walk we went back into the classroom and counted how many flowers each child had collected. Some children didn't pick up any flowers and others counted up to 14 flowers. The children glued most of their findings onto paper and the rest they decided to take home. What's gonna work? Teamwork! Our Utopia students are such great helpers!Each child took a chair from our classroom to the yard. The teachers provided sponges and soapy water. Each child took a turn scrubbing their chair. Now our chairs are sparkling clean! After all the fun, but hard work the teachers set up a new sprinkler. The children loved running through it. Because it was so hot outside we dried up quickly afterwards. Kindergarten is gett...