Dear True Sunshine Community,
I hope you are enjoying this special time of year with
your families. Since we are studying trains right now
Important Dates
12/09
Library Movie
12/14
Field Trip to the Fairmont Hotel
12/17
Lianna’s Birthday
you to learn more about trains as a family. If you’d
12/20
Kingsley’s Birthday
like more information you may visit http://holiday-
12/23
Christmas Party (School closes at 2pm)
12/24
Bai Hao’s Birthday
12/24
Christmas Eve (School Holiday)
12/25
Christmas (School Holiday)
I’d like to let you know that Caltrain is having a
special holiday event on December 5th and 6th at 4pm
at the San Francisco Caltrain station. This is a free
event and I think it would be a great opportunity for
train.org/. If any of you end up going please
remember to take some photos, and if possible come
to share your experiences with the children! You
may set up a time to do this by talking to one of the
classroom teachers.
Also, please save the date for our Annual Holiday
Special Acknowledgements
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party on Wednesday December 23 . We hope you
can all join us at Noon to watch the children perform,
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generous treats that you’ve brought for the
receive holiday gifts, and to enjoy a delicious lunch
together. True Sunshine will be closing at 2pm this
day so that the staff can enjoy quality time with
children and staff to enjoy!
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Thank you to Bai Hao’s mom for bringing gifts
for all of the children with November
their families. Please remember to make special
arrangements for their early dismissal this day.
Thank you to all of the parents for the
birthdays.
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Thank you to Terrence’s mom for bringing egg
custard tarts for the teachers.
Best,
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balls and sweet rice cake for the teachers.
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Thank you to May’s mom for bringing little
Mandarin oranges for the children and for
Marianne Lam
Director
Thank you to Leona’s mom for bringing sesame
making rice crispy treats for the teachers.
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Thank you to Jacky’s grandmother for
bringing mini hot dog buns for the children.
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Thank you to Jessica Chen’s mom for bringing
fruit for the children and rice noodles and
chocolate for the teachers.
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Thank you to Karina’s mom for bringing fruits
for the children and staff to enjoy.
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Thank you to Constance’s mom for bringing
the delicious cookies for the staff.
Special Requests
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Please continue to bring in train related
books, pictures, and toys for the children
The Butterflies:
Teacher Wendy, Teacher Ming, Teacher May,
Teacher Irene
to talk about.
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Please bring in unused junk mail envelopes
for the children to use in the writing area.
The Dragonflies
Teacher Julie, Teacher Anna, Teacher Bao Wen,
Teacher Joyce
November Activity Highlight
In November the children tried to kick a ball using
only their feet. This activity helped the children
learn how to take turns and to keep their eyes on the
ball, so that they would know when to kick it. The
children also experimented with how much force to
use when kicking the ball. They learned that when
kicking the ball too softly the ball would not reach
their partners on the other end. However, when
kicking the ball a little harder the ball would reach
their friends. They also learned the vocabulary
words ball, feet, kick, soft, hard, no hands, and stays
on the ground in both English and Cantonese.
November Activity Highlight
In November the children worked on
balancing a ball inside a parachute. They did this as
a group, which meant that they needed to cooperate
with each other in order to keep the ball inside the
parachute. The children also learned how much
force they needed to lift the parachute up. They
learned that when the ball rolled close to them that
it was their turn to lift the parachute up with the
handles they were responsible for. This meant
keeping their eyes on the ball in order to swing the
parachute up as soon as it approached. They also
learned that the greater the force they used to lift
the parachute, the further away the ball would go.
The key vocabulary words that the children learned
through this activity were gentle, parachute, swing,
and cooperate.
Happy Holidays!
From: The Staff at True Sunshine Preschool