Bay Area Discovery Museum
04/08
Tree Frog Treks
04/15
Younger Group
Teacher Lai Har, Teacher Ming, Teacher Bao Wen,
Dear Parents,
Teacher Joyce
This month we are pleased to offer many special activities
to your children. First of all, we’re excited to start a
series of 11 weeks of World Dance lessons with
Performing Arts Workshop teacher Vanessa Sanchez.
This is a special perk we receive for being an approved
Younger Group Special Dates
Rachel’s Birthday
04/29
Xin Hao’s Birthday
04/29
Preschool for All Site. Also, on April 8th the children will
take a chartered bus over to the beautiful city of
Sausalito where the children will be able to enjoy one of
the museum’s Idea Labs. In addition, we will be
celebrating the Week of the Young Child by inviting Tree
Frog Treks to give a special animal presentation for the
children on April 15th. This is just a sampling of some of
the activities we are looking forward to this month.
I would also like to offer a gentle reminder to everyone
that children are expected to arrive at True Sunshine no
later than 9:30 each morning. When families are late it
causes a disturbance to the teachers and children already
at the center. It is also stressful for the children who
are coming to school at irregular times. Because this
continues to be a problem we will start issuing written
reminders to the parents that are consistently late.
Thank you so much in advance for your understanding.
Best,
March Activity Highlight
In March Teacher Joyce led the children in a shoe
guessing game to introduce the new shoe project. The
children sat in a circle and everyone put a shoe under a
large blanket. The children took turns pulling a shoe out
and then the child who it belonged to had to identify the
shoe as his own.
The children enjoyed this game because of the suspense
involved. They waited attentively to see whose shoe would
be drawn next. Through the activity the children were
introduced to the concept that different people have
different shoes. They were able to use turn taking skills
to take turns playing the game, math skills to compare the
sizes of the shoes, and language skills to talk about the
shoes that were selected.
Special Acknowledgments
Marianne Lam
Director
Center Wide Special Dates
Egg dyeing activity
04/02
Egg hunt at Mei Lun Plaza
04/03
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Thank you to Isabella’s mom for bringing in a shoe
box for our shoe project.
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Thank you to all of the parents who came on our
Dog Park field trip with us.
Older Group:
Teacher Wendy, Teacher Julie, Teacher May, Teacher
Irene
Special Dates
Parker’s Birthday
04/03
Riley’s Birthday
04/06
Alex’s Birthday
04/13
March Activity Highlight
In March the Older Group began its studies on shoes by
visiting various shoe stores in Chinatown. They visited one
near Waverly Place and one on Grant between Broadway
and Pacific.
Through our walking trip the children learned to tell the
difference between adult shoe sizes and children’s shoe
sizes. They learned how to measure their feet in order to
determine what size shoe they should wear. They learned
how to pick out their own shoes, learned about different
types of shoes and various parts of the shoe. For
instance, they learned what a shoe tongue, laces, and
heels are. In addition, they learned how to read shoe
sizes by looking inside the shoes or on the bottom of the
shoes and how to organize shoes into pairs.
Special Acknowledgments

Thank you to Sophia’s mom Crystal for bringing in
a pair of baby shoes.
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Thank you to Sasja’s dad Dave for bringing their
dog Roger to our field trip at Duboce Park. Thank
you also to Sasja’s parents for bringing a special
shoe book to share.
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Thank you to all of the parents who came on our
Dog Park field trip with us.
From:
The Staff at True Sunshine Preschool