We enjoyed February, the month of LOVE with lots of valentine crafts, songs and stories. We had yummy parties and exchanged Valentines with our friends. We also learned about Chinese New Year - 2010 being the year of the Tiger. We made dragons, tried our hand at using chopsticks and expanded our vocabulary with some new Chinese words. We also explored many of the wonderful Chinese customs associated with the Chinese New Year celebrations.

Polymer Patrick paid us a visit to teach us all about the science behind the way different things fly. We learned about jet propulsion, helicopters, hot air balloons and blimps. We made several predictions which were followed by experiments to test our predictions. We love our science!

Connie attended a Director’s conference in February titled “How to Lead and Still Have a Life”. It was at the Garden Grove United Methodist Church and was presented by Church Related Early Childhood Education Fellowship.

We welcomed Miss Natalie back from her maternity leave. We are happy to have a full staff again.

March will find us celebrating Dr. Seuss's birthday on March 2, with our traditional green eggs and ham. We will also have our annual Pajama Days where we roll out of bed and come to school to read bedtime stories, make breakfast foods, cuddle our stuffed animals and just have a quiet, cozy day of fun.

We expect a visit from those pesky leprechauns on March 17th. Most years we find our classrooms in total disarray when we arrive at school with green footprints and gold dust scattered about. One year the leprechauns even turned the water in our faucets green. It is a total mystery how they get away with it every year. We have yet to catch them in the act.

Our science guy will visit towards the end of the month with another interesting lesson. The staff will have an in-service day on March 19 where they will visit other preschool programs and report back at a lunch meeting at my home. It is always interesting to see what other schools look like during the school day and to learn more about them.

It is hard to believe that the school year is more than half over. We are already enrolling for summer school and fall 2010 so if you know anyone who is interested in a preschool, please send them on over. We accept children 2 years through PreK.

And don't forget to visit our website at: www.sanmarinopreschool.org.

-Connie James-Gililland