Nature Integrated Preschool

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Preschool Highlights! Dec. 16 – Dec. 20

The Dreamers made their December self-portraits!Happy 4th Birthday, Harvey! Preschool …

Preschool Highlights! Dec. 9 – Dec. 13

This Week's Sharings! There were so many great things shared …

Preschool Highlights! Dec. 2 – Dec. 6

Gracie’s helping Owen make a necklace with Spider-Man colors!Preschool Patterns! …

Preschool Highlights! Nov. 4 – Nov. 8

Scarecrows! On Monday, Preschool created scarecrows from the story The …

Preschool Highlights! Oct. 28 – Nov. 1

On Monday, we celebrated Emmy’s 4th birthday! Working on our …

Preschool Highlights! Oct. 21 – Oct. 25

Preschool gets a second recess?!?! Spoiler alert: cuteness overload incoming... …

Preschool Highlights! Oct. 14 – Oct. 18

Preschool made ghosts after reading ”Five Spooky Ghosts Playing Tricks …

Preschool Highlights! Oct. 7 – Oct. 11

Happy 4th Birthday, Jonah!We celebrated TWO birthdays this week: Happy …

Preschool Highlights! Sept. 30 – Oct. 4

Drama with Mr. Elijah! On Monday, Mr. Elijah came dressed …

Preschool Highlights! Sept. 23 – Sept. 27

Happy Birthday Ephraim!Kinetic sand, igloos and dress up during Wednesday …

Preschool Highlights! Sept. 16 – Sept. 20

Outdoor Concerts are the Best! Preschool students enjoyed making music …

Preschool Highlights! Sept. 9 – Sept. 13

Happy Monday! Mr. Elijah helped some friends pretend to be …

Preschool Highlights! Sept. 3 – Sept. 6

A Beautiful Day for a Hike! We also watched a …

Preschool Highlights! Aug. 26 – Aug. 30

Happy 1st Day of Preschool! It was a great day …

Preschool Highlights! May 13 – May 17

Making Music with Miss Sue!Dump trucks, sand castles, and teamwork …

Preschool Highlights! May 6 – May 10

Happy 4th Birthday, Declan!Miss Shawnna got to enjoy lunch with …

Preschool Highlights! April 29 – May 3

After we listened to The Best Nest, we made nests …

Preschool Highlights! Apr. 22 – Apr. 26

Earth! We celebrated our earth this week in preschool with …

Preschool Highlights! Apr. 15 – Apr. 19

Checking out the prairie! Ask your preschooler what happened to …

Preschool Highlights! Apr. 8 – Apr. 12

It’s worm weather! This week, we made mud together. We …

Preschool Highlights! Apr. 1 – Apr. 5

This week, we had a lot of working together, but …

Preschool Highlights! Mar. 18 – Mar. 22

Spring is Here! We saw some signs that Spring is …

Preschool Highlights! Mar. 11 – Mar. 15

The Mermaid! On Monday, we read the story The Mermaid …

Preschool Highlights! Mar. 4 – Mar. 8

Happy 4th Birthday Lucas! On Monday, we read Dragons Love …

Preschool Highlights! Feb. 26 – Mar. 1

Teeth! Graphing and counting teeth in Preschool. How many teeth …

Preschool Highlights! Feb. 20 – Feb. 23

Inventors! This week in Preschool, we talked about Inventors. On …

Preschool Highlights! Feb. 12 – Feb. 16

The perfect afternoon for a winter time hike! We made …

Preschool Highlights! Jan. 29 – Feb. 2

Annie and the Wild Animals! This week, we read Annie …

Preschool Highlights! Jan. 22 – Jan. 26

Snow Play Dough! On Monday, we made snow play dough! …

Preschool Highlights! Jan. 16 – Jan. 19

Exploring different instruments and the sounds they make with Miss …

Preschool Highlights! Dec. 18 – Dec. 22

Cuties in Christmas socks! Some crazy hair and hats this …

Preschool Highlights! Dec. 11 – Dec. 15

We celebrated Linden’s 5th birthday...Happy Birthday Linden!Preschool making (and snacking …

Preschool Highlights! Dec. 4 – Dec. 8

Candy Canes! This week in Preschool was all about candy …

Preschool Highlights! Nov. 27 – Dec. 1

Bird Feeders! On Monday, we made bird feeders and today …

Preschool Highlights! Nov. 13 – Nov. 17

Music with Miss Sue! I love the shirt Jonah is …

Preschool Highlights! Nov. 6 – Nov. 10

A beautiful afternoon for a hike and fun at the …

Preschool Highlights! Oct. 30 – Nov. 3

This week, we read, tasted, and made our very own …

Preschool Highlights! Oct. 23 – Oct. 27

Working on cutting with scissors and creating a ghost, one …

Preschool Highlights! Oct. 16 – Oct. 20

It's Apple Week in Preschool! We began the week reading …

Preschool Highlights! Oct. 9 – Oct. 13

Fire Safety Week! Earlier this week, we decorated flames with …

Preschool Highlights! Oct. 2 – Oct. 6

Thanks to Jackson for bringing in some bird’s nests for …

Preschool Highlights! Sept. 25 – Sept. 29

Exploring the changing colors of the forest and prairie!Happy 4th …

Preschool Highlights! Sept. 11 – Sept. 15

Indoor recess dance break! https://www.spectrumschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/dance-break.mp4 It was National Chocolate Milk …

Preschool Highlights! Sept. 5 – Sept. 8

A new nursery rhyme! Preschool is learning a new nursery …

Preschool Highlights! Aug. 28 – Sept. 1

Miss Shelley's class having fun to start the week!Happy 2nd …

Preschool Highlights! May 15 – May 19

Happy 5th Birthday Cillian! These busy bees are working on …

Preschool Highlights! May 8 – May 12

Woodpecker Nest?! This week, Linden brought in a woodpecker nest! …

Preschool Highlights! May 1 – May 5

Avery's Creation! Avery created a bird feeder swing with a …

Preschool Highlights! Apr. 24 – Apr. 28

Butterflies! Preschool learned about the life cycle of a butterfly …

Preschool Highlights! Apr. 17 – Apr. 21

We read The Great Kapok Tree and made our own …

Preschool Highlights! Apr. 10 – Apr. 14

Early Elementary students reading to Preschool before rest time!Theme?! Can …

Preschool Highlights! Apr. 3 – Apr. 7

Morning work time!This Week's Dino Adventures! This week, we read …

Preschool Highlights! Mar. 27 – Mar. 31

After reading Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms by Julia Rawlinson, …

Preschool Highlights! Mar. 13 – Mar. 17

Happy Pi Day! Tuesday in Preschool, we cut out circles …

Preschool Highlights! Feb. 27 – Mar. 3

Making the letters of our name using play dough!Read Across …

Preschool Highlights! Feb. 20 – Feb. 24

Inventors! This week, Preschool started learning about inventors and their …

Preschool Highlights! Feb. 13 – Feb. 17

Happy 100th day of school! Preschool celebrated by organizing 10 …

Preschool Highlights! Feb. 6 – Feb. 10

Experiment Time! A good day for a science experiment! Skittles …

Preschool Highlights! Jan. 30 – Feb. 3

Where is the Arctic? Is it cold there? What polar …

Preschool Highlights! Jan. 23 – Jan. 27

Having fun learning a new nursery rhyme: Baa Baa Black …

Preschool Highlights! Jan. 17 – Jan. 20

Happy 4th Birthday Luisa! Three Little Kittens! This week in …

Preschool Highlights! Jan. 9 – Jan. 13

Science Experiment! Q:How do polar bears survive in the arctic? …

Preschool Highlights! Jan. 3 – Jan. 6

Handmade Snack Packs! Thank you so much to Ellis and …

Preschool Highlights! Dec. 12 – Dec. 16

Putting our strips in order from longest to shortest to …

Preschool Highlights! Dec. 5 – Dec. 9

It’s always fun to come to school, especially when you …

Preschool Highlights! Nov. 28 – Dec. 2

A beautiful day for a walk in the woods, watching …

Preschool Highlights! Nov. 14 – Nov. 18

A busy Monday work time!We read How to Catch a …

Preschool Highlights! Nov. 7 – Nov. 11

Earl the Squirrel! This week, we read Earl The Squirrel …

Preschool Highlights! Oct. 31 – Nov. 4

Acorns! On Tuesday, we read a book about acorns, You …

Preschool Highlights! Oct. 24 – Oct. 28

Frankenstein begins with F. I wonder what else makes the …

Preschool Highlights! Oct. 17 – Oct. 21

Watercolor Mysteries! Preschool did a name activity where students had …

Preschool Highlights! Oct. 10 – Oct. 14

How Many Pumpkins?! We tried to guess how many pumpkins …

Preschool Highlights! Oct. 3 – Oct. 7

Pumpkins! Exploring pumpkins during circle time. How are they the …

Preschool Highlights! Sept. 26 – Sept. 30

Welcome to Spectrum! We'd like to say WELCOME to our …

Preschool Highlights! Sept. 19 – Sept. 23

Practicing letter recognition at table time!Thanks to Atlas for bringing …

Preschool Highlights! Sept. 12 – Sept. 16

Parachute fun during indoor recess on Monday!We're LOVING the new …

Preschool Highlights! Sept. 6 – Sept. 9

Outdoor Exploration!Playing with play doh, building structures, and hanging out …

Preschool Highlights! Aug. 29 – Sept. 2

Exploring our space and making new friends!Discovery time in the …

Travelers’ Tales! May 16 – May 20

Pajama Day!What a fun Jumanji Field Day!IT'S THE FI-NAL-COUNT-DOWN! As …

Travelers’ Tales! May 9 – May 13

On Monday, we got to see a performance from the …

Travelers’ Tales! May 2 – May 6

May the 4th be with you...dancing to the Star Wars …

Travelers’ Tales! Apr. 25 – Apr. 29

Flowers! This week, we were exploring flowers. We graphed our …

Travelers’ Tales! Apr. 18 – Apr. 22

How strong is an egg? We did an experiment and …

Travelers’ Tales! Apr. 11 – Apr. 15

This week, we will be investigating bugs, but first, bug …

Travelers’ Tales! Apr. 4 – Apr. 8

Spring! This week, we’ll be talking about signs of spring. …

Travelers’ Tales! Mar. 28 – Apr. 1

The Hungry Caterpillar! This week, we will be reading a …

Travelers’ Tales! Mar. 14 – Mar. 18

Happy 4th Birthday to Nora! Make It Rain! This week, …

Travelers’ Tales! Mar. 7 – Mar. 11

Itsy Bitsy Spider! On Monday, we read The Itsy Bitsy …

Travelers’ Tales! Feb. 28 – Mar. 4

Mouse Paint! We read Mouse Paint by Ellen Walsh and …

Travelers’ Tales! Feb. 21 – Feb. 25

Learning through PLAY!TWOSday with the Travelers! This week we celebrated …

Travelers’ Tales! Feb. 14 – Feb. 18

Enjoying all the playground has to offer!Happy 100th day of …

Travelers’ Tales! Feb. 7 – Feb. 11

Audrey! We celebrated Audrey's 4th birthday on Monday! She also …

Travelers’ Tales! Jan. 31 – Feb. 4

Kindness Basket! This week, we introduced the kindness basket. If …

Travelers’ Tales! Jan. 24 – Jan. 28

Snowmen created by Johanna and Julian!Question of the Day! Tuesday’s …

Travelers’ Tales! Jan. 17 – Jan. 21

Morning arrival table time!We read the the story The Snowy …

Travelers’ Tales! Jan. 10 – Jan. 14

Happy 5th birthday Maxwell! Miss Amber! On Monday, we met …

Travelers’ Tales! Jan. 3 – Jan. 7

Welcome Back! We didn’t go outside this past Monday, but …

Travelers’ Tales! Dec. 13 – Dec. 17

Reindeer food went home this week! Sprinkle it on your …

Travelers’ Tales! Dec. 6 – Dec. 10

Check your child's backpack. We sent home stockings for you …

Travelers’ Tales! Nov. 29 – Dec. 3

This week, we celebrated Bailey and Tinsley’s 4th birthday, as …

Travelers’ Tales! Nov. 15 – Nov. 19

Harvest Time! This week, we read a new poem, “Harvest …

Travelers’ Tales! Nov. 8 – Nov. 12

Graham and Auggie proudly sharing the books they worked so …

Travelers’ Tales! Nov. 1 – Nov. 5

The Crow! We read The Crow (A Not So Scary …

Travelers’ Tales! Oct. 25 – Oct. 29

Work time in the Travelers' classroom!Identifying numbers and counting with …

Travelers’ Tales! Oct. 18 – Oct. 22

Color Creation! On Tuesday, we mixed red, yellow and shaving …

Travelers’ Tales! Oct. 11 – Oct. 15

Happy Monday! We beat the rain and got to do …

Travelers’ Tales! Oct. 4 – Oct. 8

Writing our name and building structures with toothpicks and apples!Monster …

Travelers’ Tales! Sept. 27 – Oct. 1

Spot It! On Monday, Johanna helped Audrey and Tinsley play …

Travelers’ Tales! Sept. 20 – Sept. 24

Exploring with bubbles!Science experiment fun! Mixing Vinegar & baking soda …

Travelers’ Tales! Sept. 13 – Sept. 17

Working on building and writing our names!Creating a birthday feast, …

Travelers’ Tales! Sept. 6 – Sept. 10

New classmate! We have a new classmate! His name is …

Travelers’ Tales! Aug. 30 – Sept. 3

First Day Work Time!It doesn't get much better than Miss …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! May 17 – May 25

Great bug-finding day! Johanna turned over a log and found …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! May 10 – May 14

Max photo bombing my plant picture!MAGNET MAGIC! WHAT STICKS? WHAT …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! May 3 – May 7

Bubble Day! We made bubble solution, bubble wands, and we …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! Apr. 26 – Apr. 30

Explorers waiting for the big wind to see if it’ll …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! Apr. 19 – Apr. 23

Kindness! This heart was made for a girl who visited …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! Apr. 12 – Apr. 16

The Imagineers created their very own ice cream treat on …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! Apr. 5 – Apr. 9

This week, the Explorers were learning about rain and about …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! Mar. 29 – Apr. 1

Listen closely and you can hear wolves howling in the …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! Mar. 15 – Mar. 19

Alex learning to hula hoop while Jude and Johanna practicing …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! Mar. 8 – Mar. 12

Dr. Seuss fun by reading CAT IN THE HAT and …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! Mar. 1 – Mar. 4

First hike of the year! https://www.spectrumschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/hikevid.mp4 "I've Got Wacky Spring …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! Feb. 22 – Feb. 26

This week, we had some good snowman-making and freeze-frame snapping …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! Feb. 15 – Feb. 19

Science Experiment! Do bubbles freeze when it’s cold out? It’s …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! Feb. 8 – Feb. 12

V.A.L.E.N.T.I.N.E with Mrs. Puetz! Imagineers had an amazing Valentine's party …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! Feb. 1 – Feb. 5

Crazy Thursday! In the video, I was exercising my ability …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! Jan. 25 – Jan. 29

Need some repair work done? Dylan and Max are on …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! Jan. 18 – Jan. 22

"Do you want to build a snowman?!" Music and Winter …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! Jan. 11 – Jan. 15

Happy 4th Birthday Max! A little help... In the spirit …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! Jan. 5 – Jan. 8

ALL ABOARD! Here come the Explorers pulling into the station …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! Dec. 7 – Dec. 11

The Explorers worked as a team and put the train …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! Nov. 30 – Dec. 4

Doing Science experiments for color with skittles. The Imagineers were …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! Nov. 16 – Nov. 20

Working with pattern blocks encourages building, designs, sorting, colors...innovation!Monday, the …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! Nov. 9 – Nov. 13

Explorers' Monday! Today, the Explorers read the story The Little …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! Nov. 2 – Nov. 6

The Crow! The Explorers had a great Monday! We read …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! Oct. 26 – Oct. 30

Live performance! The Explorers got to see a live band …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! Oct. 19 – Oct. 23

This Monday let our Explorers see the first snow fall …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! Oct. 12 – Oct. 16

Leaf hunts, marigolds, and gravel playground fun!Picture Day!Music with Mrs. …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! Oct. 5 – Oct. 9

Explorer happenings!Music with Mrs. Puetz: Seen any BATS lately? https://www.spectrumschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/sue-2.mp4 …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! Sept. 28 – Oct. 2

What a fun week! The Explorers started the week with …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! Sept. 21 – Sept. 25

Bug Week! The first day of Bug Week took us …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! Sept. 14 – Sept. 18

Happy Monday! Monday, we celebrated Alex’s 4th birthday! I don’t …

Explorers’ and Imagineers’ Highlights! Sept. 8 – Sept. 10

After some deliberation, we've all decided on names for the …

Sprouts’ Accounts! May 25 – May 29

Summer Reading with Miss Jacque! See the flyer to join …

Sprouts’ Accounts! May 18 – May 22

Less-Mess Monday: making a flower! https://www.spectrumschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/10000000_700830047402506_2700329238382081243_n.mp4 Wednesday morning calendar and …

Sprouts’ Accounts! May 11 – May 15

Families! We've had some of you express interest in hosting …

Sprouts’ Accounts! Apr. 27 – May 1

Happy Monday with Ms. Shelley! https://www.spectrumschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/10000000_618059915718417_7197376961672095717_n.mp4 Pots and Pans Band …

Sprouts’ Accounts! Apr. 20 – Apr. 24

Messy Monday! Making raindrops and sunshine with coffee filters or …

Sprouts’ Accounts! Apr. 13 – Apr. 17

Starting your week with Princess Shelley! https://www.spectrumschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/10000000_224613118603857_1111132803819544891_n.mp4 Monday's group Zoom …

Sprouts’ Accounts! Apr. 6 – Apr. 9

Monday morning calendar, weather, and story time! https://www.spectrumschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/10000000_505204036809049_7070421399065166457_n.mp4 Make-a-Dinosaur with …