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Important Dates                                              Home Project

March 13-17
   Spring Break, No School

March 15
   April tuition is due

March 22 and 23
   Picnic Day

March 24
   Teacher In-Service, No School

Weekly Themes                                                Vroom Vroom! Let’s Build a Red Race Car!

March 6-10                                                   Here is something fun to do, build a race car just for
    Community Helpers Week                                   you! With just a few simple steps you can build
    Letter of the week “Review Q, q”                         something fun and new!
                                                             Instructions
March 13-17
    Spring Break, No School                                  1. Put glue on toilet paper tube
                                                                  (glue stick works best)
   Letter of the week “Practice R, r” (homework packet)
                                                             2. Wrap tube with red paper to cover
March 20-24
    Welcome Spring!                                          3. Glue small white circle to center of larger black
    Letter of the week review “S, s”                              circle (to make wheels)

March 27-31                                                  4. Glue 2 wheels on each side of the tube
    The Wonderful Life of Bugs!
    Letter of the week review “T, t”

Spirit / Show & Tell                                         5. Decorate as you wish!

                                                             Did You Know?

March 8 and 9                                                March is National Reading month! Young children
    Students’ Choice                                         who are not yet reading can join in the celebration of
                                                             National Reading Month! How?
March 15 and 16
    Spring Break - No School                                  Recite nursery rhymes, play the name game (Mason,
                                                                  Mason, bo bason, bananfana…)
March 22 and 23
    Bring in the red race car you made over Spring            Check out children’s sing-along CDs at the local
    Break! (refer to “Home Project” instructions. Car parts       library and spark your child’s delight in the sounds of
    and instructions sent home with preschoolers.)                language.

March 29 and 30                                               Enjoy rhyming books, read aloud and pause at
    Bring in your favorite “bug” book or “bug” toy!               opportune spots, encouraging your child to join in on
                                                                  the rhyming portions of text.
Contact Information
                                                              Go on a treasure hunt, help your child search for
Ms. Seye White                                                    items in your home that rhyme, or start with the
Litchfield Park Preschool                                         same sound.
100 S Old Litchfield Rd.
Litchfield Park Arizona                                       Tune your child’s ears to the rhythm of music, clap or
623-935-9040                                                      dance to the beat, or tweak lyrics by substituting new
swhite@litchfield-park.org                                        rhyming words, even silly ones. Music provides
                                                                  plenty of natural opportunities for children to
                                                                  appreciate and manipulate the sounds of language.

                                                             http://www.leapfrog.com/en-us/learning-path/articles/march-is-national
                                                             -reading-month-even-if-you-dont-readyet

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