Happy Cinco de Mayo
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We had quite the Fiesta! We celebrated by enjoying Mariachi music throughout the day and dancing the Mexican Hat Dance. And we got to earn treat bags—SO FUN! Then we satisfied our palates with cheese quesadillas and chips with salsa and guacamole, And then we quenched our thirst with grape juice—a delicious experience.
Best. Easter Party. Ever.
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The Easter Bunny was HERE! He not only filled our Easter Baskets full of fun treats, but he also hid candy-filled eggs for us to search for! We created an adorable “Easter Craft” and engaged in a romping good time playing Bunny Match and performing the Bunny Hop Dance all the way to play Pin the Tail on the Bunny where we got to win Treats and Toys. And then we did the movement activity I am Bunny Pink Ears earning a Bunny Treat. Then it was on to our special snack feast of carrots, bunny fruit snacks, Easter cupcakes, sprinkled cookies, lemon-meringue Jell-O, lemonade, and our dyed Easter Eggs, we decorated! And then we went on our Easter Egg Hunt! What a fabulous party.
Happy Easter to all of you little bunnies out there.
And a special thank you to Andrea’s mom, Brittney Madrigal, for bringing the cutest carrot treat bag filled with awesome goodies for each student, and to Avery’s mom for bringing PEZ dispensers for every student and Ferrero chocolate eggs for me, and for Teddy’s mom, Maddie Scalvini, for the luxurious Easter basket for me (filled with the coolest things on the planet), and for calling the Easter Bunny and suggesting he hide eggs for every child according to their Teddy Bear Class color. What a brilliant idea! It made the hunt so much more smooth and that much more fun!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
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Top o’ the Morning! The wee little folk in the Teddy Bear class did the Irish jig to our traditional Irish music, and proudly wore our personally crafted shamrock headbands most of the day. But sadly, we did not catch a leprechaun this year—I know! We really thought this would be the year. It was sure a surprise to see the big mess they made in our playroom! Of course, they did leave us some rather delicious rainbow candy treats, which made up for their shenanigans. We started our party festivities by Decorating a Shamrock Cookie. Then we played Lucky Coin Toss Game, a Wild Shamrock Match Game, and a St. Patrick’s Day Bingo game—winning St. Patrick’s Day Stickers, Rainbow Lollipops, nifty Treat Cups, and more!
We also watched Green Eggs and Ham, listened to the story “Lizzie the Lazy Leprechaun” and feasted on green Jell-O, green snap peas, green apples, Lucky Charms cereal, festive shamrock cupcakes, celery with green cream cheese, green apple fruit roll-ups, and green apple juice. And then we enjoyed a special St. Patrick’s Day movie.
May the luck of the Irish be with you, today!
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Happy Valentine’s Day from MISS LORI’S Teddy Bear Class!
We started our Valentine’s Day party by first painting a WOODEN TEDDY BEAR CRAFT and DECORATING A HEART COOKIE to win a Treat Bag. Then we played a riveting VALENTINE BINGO and won a Soft Monkey Friend, and then played a HEART MATCH GAME and won a Box of Chocolates and more! Then we sang “I Love You” with Barney and checked out our special valentines from our classmates. Then it was on to devouring our special heart cookies, Valentine cupcakes, delicious red apples, fruit cups, oranges, applesauce, chocolate hearts, marshmallow puffs and grape drinks. And then we proceeded to enjoy watching a valentine movie: Madly Madagascar! And to wind down the festivities, we read “Valentine Cats”. Thank you to all the kids and their parents, the Valentines were spectacular this year! Avery with the sparkly bags, Jack with the adorable picture holding a large Smarties for all the smarty pants in the class (Jill Stockness), Audrey Jo with the fancy homemade sprinkled heart cookies (Lindsay Kirk), Isla with the super cute fun dips, and Teddy and Andrea with the cutest treat bags filled with so much fun stuff, (Maddie & Brittney Madrigal)
Thank you!
A special thank you to Theodore’s mom, Maddie Scalvini, for the fancy Trader Joe’s chocolate heart sprinkled shortbread cookies. YUM! And an huuuge thank you to Theodore for going above and beyond, surprising me with a gorgeous bouquet of flowers, and to Jack for the special beautiful red rose, and to Avery for the awesome red mug with a gorgeous sparkly heart keychain. I am so grateful and thankful, and feeling truly overwhelmed with gratitude. Thank you!!! I feel appreciated and immensely loved!
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY EVERYONE!
Pajama Day Party! We enjoyed playing Winter Go Fish for prizes, sipping on hot cocoa with marshmallows and eating pancakes while watching The Polar Express. A great way to start our New Year! 
Merry Christmas!
Feliz Navidad! We had a magical celebration. First, we colored our Holiday CRAFT BAG, and then we heard the Winnie the Pooh version of The Twelve Days of Christmas. And then with our Santa hats on we sang and danced to a variety of Christmas songs. And then we played games! We played THE CHRISTMAS TREE WALK (earning a Present & Chocolate Santa), and then THE HOLIDAY MEMORY GAME (earning a prize) and then THE BEAN BAG TOSS HOPSCOTCH (earning a treat bag). Then we had fun getting involved in a CHRISTMAS COOKIE DECORATING contest (winning a treat bag). Then it was time for our HI PIZZA MAN story to prepare us for our surprise delivery person from Celestino’s! This year it was a PIZZA WOMAN wearing a Santa Hat! And then on to our huge feast.
Our bellies were more than satisfied. To wind down the day’s festivities we watched “ICE AGE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL” opened our stockings that Santa filled last night and then heard the adorable story SIX SNOWY SHEEP, and then finally took a long hard winters nap. As the big man in the red suit always says, “Merry Christmas to all…and to all a good night.”
P.S. A special thank you to a few parents who made this the BEST CHRISTMAS PARTY EVER! Thank you to Brittney, who brought us the coolest TREAT BAGS filled with tons of nifty toys and treats, and Nerissa & Aaron who contributed by bringing SPECIAL ORNAME for every student.
And an enormous thank you to Andrea/ Brittney Madrigal & Roy who gave me the most unimaginably awesome Birthday gifts and coolest Christmas gifts for me & Magic, Audrey/Lindsay & Dale for giving me the best assortment of home-made treats and nifty gifts, Avery/Nerissa & Aaron for the cool rawhide candy cane for Magic and a red Teach Inspire Repeat mug, and Theodore/ Maddie Scalvini & Ethan for surprising me with a fancy gift of all my favorite things! I am overwhelmed with appreciation and so grateful to everyone.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Our little turkeys and had ourselves a gobble of good time. We created our own little Cookie Turkeys: using Oreo cookies, Rollo’s, malt balls and candy corn for our edible decoration and created pinecone turkey centerpieces to take home. For our events we played TURKEY TOSS, winning a SOFT FRIEND, and THANKSGIVING BINGO, winning a treat bag. And then we sat down to savor a yummy feast of turkey, olives, cranberry raisins, peanuts, blackberries, raspberries, juicy apples, oranges, cheddar cheese cubes, baby carrots, butterscotch pudding, applesauce pouches, pumpkin pie with whipped cream, berry juice and eggnog. And then we got to relax our little turkey bellies by watching A Charlie Brown’s Thanksgiving. This year I am super thankful to all of my preschool parents—who have supported me, and helped with donations during an extremely challenging time—and their extraordinary kids…I couldn’t be here without you!
Happy Halloween! 
KidsFirst LearningCenter had a spectacular HALLOWEEN BASH in the Teddy Bear Class! We had Minnie Mouse, Woody, Nemo, a princess, a witch and a kitty cat, which made it pretty fabulous! And we had the best time earning prizes after doing a Halloween Craft, listening to the hilarious Skeleton Hiccups book, dancing to the Monster Mash at our Pumpkin Walk contest, playing a Witch Hat Ring Toss Game, and spinning around in circles to pin the nose on the Big Orange Pumpkin. The Purple People Eater, Witch Doctor and Walking Through the Cemetery songs brought us into the Halloween spirit while we feasted on our Halloween appropriate snacks! And then winding down the activities with a Mickey Mouse Trick or Treat video made it a huge success. Have a great time TRICK OR TREATING Everyone!
A special thank you to Brittney Madrigal , Maddie Scalvini , Nerissa and Lindsay for going above and beyond creating exorbitant Treat Bags with the coolest toys and treats! I am SO impressed. Thank you for making our Halloween party rock like never before!
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Art Week was such a success…
What a blast!
Happy 4th of July!
After we engaged in a rollicking Patriotic Cupcake Memory Game, a 4th of July Bingo Game, and painted our Independent Day Plaques, we engaged in a thrilling Balloon Toss Game (earning a 4th of July treat cup, flags, patriotic bottles, sunglasses, and mini hats!). Then we created a U. S. A. Flag Cake to enjoy at our Traditional Independence Day Picnic along with Submarine Sandwiches, Barbecue Chips, Watermelon, patriotic cookies, 4th of July bomb pops, and mango nectar punch. We already crafted our spectacular 4th of July shakers, made nifty patriotic fans, popsicle stick flags and colored fireworks pictures this week.
And a special thank you to my amazing mom, Colleen Phipps , who took time out of her busy schedule to make my students a cake to decorate. And, as expected, it is out of this world delicious. Yum! Thanks, mom!
Have a fabulous 4th of July, everyone! 
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