Oakland Zoo

Special offer for the Oakland Zoo, forwarded by David.

Oakland, CA Zoo – $40 family pass for the year • Unlimited admission 363 days of the year at the Oakland Zoo for up the two named, cardholding, adults (ages 18 and up) and any four children (ages 2-17)
• Free parking at The Oakland Zoo for one vehicle
• Free guest pass (for one-time use) for 2 adults and 2 children at The Oakland Zoo
• Free (8) coupons for rides
• Free admission to our Members’ Nite event and subscription to Roar! the Zoo’s newsletter
• Discounts at the gift shop, for Zoo Camp, birthday parties, for Walk in the Wild, ZooLights, and other special events as well as to 125 zoos and aquariums nationwide

Click here to view the offer

And note that 5% of your purchase goes to a preschool of your choice and another 5% for scholarships for children who otherwise could not afford to go to preschool.

Code for Millbrae Nursery School = 4AVZ

P.S. Take the coupon to the Zoo before Sep 30, 2010 to redeem a full year pass, and you can get free parking on the first day you visit Oakland Zoo!!

Millbrae Fire Department Visits the MNS Pre-K class

The children from the Pre-K class were really excited that the fire fighters visited them last Thursday. The children got a tour of the fire truck and a look inside.

Everyone could try out the fire hose and got a helmet at the end. What a fun event!

Special Thanks to the Millbrae Fire Department!

Teacher Liselle’s March 2010 Curriculum

Theme/Focus: The change of weather & St. Patrick’s Day

Parent Activities: Please help the kiddos practice speaking in full sentences.

The curriculum for our class is based on the school’s monthly calendar, the interest of the children, and the DRDP-R requirements.  Flexibility is always exercised, based on skill level as well as interest of the kiddos in class.

LITERACY	ART	MUSIC & MOVEMENT
VISITOR: Story Teller Olive VISITORS: Lomita Park Leadership Group Reading friends’ names Letter Bingo Letter sounds, (m, r, t) Combining letters (on, at, sat) You Look Funny	Paper Mache of landscape White board Cutting along a line Writing names (upper & lower case letters) Treasure map Leafless trees	SONGS: Alphabet Song, We All Live Together, ABC Rock, Dance Freeze Treasure Hunt Instrument Parade (Friendship March) The Bear Went Over the Mountain Hulla-baloo
MATH & SCIENCE	HEALTH & SAFETY	Special Skills:
Number Bingo Puzzles Plant seeds Mountains, hills, volcanoes, valleys, plateau, etc. Mix with droppers, water & ink Pattern Bingo Rocks	Dress for weather Earthquake drill Reviewing road signs What is that fruit? What is that vegetable? Cookbook	Writing names with upper and lower case letters. Using full sentences in conversation. Participating in activities from the beginning to the end. Combining letter sounds to read words.

Themed books in quiet and reading areas

• Rain, I don’t want to go to bed!
• Tiger Can’t sleep
• Dig Dig Digging
• The Three Little Pigs
• The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig
• The Three Billy Goats Gruff
• Bambi
• Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
• Amason Alphabet
• Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!
• Puddles
• The Diggers, Blaze A Trail
• Round the Garden, Rocks
• Round the Garden

Observations/Notes:  Look at Desired Results Measures

• 1 & 2 Identity of Self & Recognition of own skills and accomplishments
• 4 & 6 Building cooperative play with others
• 7 & 8 Conflict Negotiation & Awareness in self and others
• 16 & 17 Curiosity and initiative & Engagement and Persistence
• 19 & 20 Cause and Effect & Engages in Problem Solving
• 22 & 23 Number sense: quantity, counting and math operations
• 30-33 Letter & word knowledge, concept of print, phonological awareness
• 34 Gross motor skills
• 35 Fine Motor Skills

March 2010 Curriculum – Teacher Brigidan’s Class

Theme/Focus: SPRING Green – Healthy Choices, Safe Choices – Veggies and fruits

Parent Activities: Talk with your kiddo about the change in the environment and season.

Special Skills:

• Using language in conversation. Following two step directions
• Understanding quantity and counting
• Developing fine motor skills
• Conflict Negotiation

Group/Stories/Music & Movement

• I am a Little tea pot -
• The Chicken Dance
• The bunny hop
• One potato, two potato, three potato … more.
• Irish Tenors, Celtic instrumentals,
• Calendar—New Month

Art Experiences

• Green play dough
• Dark green- light green
• Pots of Gold-
• Decorate shamrocks clovers
• Mixing colors yellow-blue=?
• First & Last name tracing-

Literacy

• I am a Little Tea Pot
• The Itspy- Bitspy Spider
• SPRING books
• Bunny Hop- Why do rabbits hop?

Math/Science

• Math: One to one correspondence- how high can you count?
• Rectangles
• Mixing of colors: Dark and Light.
• Yellow & blue =?
• Thin Mints growth
• Change in the season

Outside/Snack Program

• Watching the weather.
• Exploring our environment and the change in season
• New leaves & blossoms growing – planting seeds
• Treasure hunts- inside and out
• Healthy Choices
• Veggies – Fruit

Changes to the Environment:

Change art work books – puzzles-

Observations/Notes: Look at Desired Results Measures

Identity of self 7. Conflict Negotiation 18. Memory and knowledge 19. Cause and Effect 22. Number sense: 24. Shapes 30. Letter and word knowledge 32. Concepts of print 33. Phonological awareness 35. Fine motor skills 39. Understanding healthy lifestyle

Spaghetti dinner

Last weekend our school hosted its annual spaghetti dinner and art auction.  A delicious pasta dinner was followed by ice cream sundaes and a live art auction.  Original art pieces,  made by the children of MNS were auctioned to the highest bidder. It was a fun night, filled with wonderful memories made with the staff,  family,  and friends of MNS.

Posted by Amy Maschio-Baksheeff

Teacher Megan and Teacher Liselle

And the auction begins!

The highest bidder of the night!