Spring has Sprung

Greeting Mariposa Friends!

Welcome back from Spring Break. We hope that you all had a wonderful time off from school and that your children had the chance to recharge for more Mariposa Fun!

In March we focused on Health and Safety and used this theme as a great opportunity to strengthen our daily circle times by including daily exercises and team challenges together.  We also hosted a Family Potluck in addition to our regular day to day fun. 

In April we will focus on Art as we prepare for our annual Art Show. This year it will take place on the evening of Wednesday, April 29th.  Don't miss this awesome event!  If you have any suggestions on how to improve this event or if you have materials that you can donate for us to make into art, please check in with us ASAP.
 
Enjoy the photos and thanks for reading!

 

Juicing!

 

Ask these guys how to make your own sprouts at home. It's super easy, cheap, and they are really good for you!

Believe it or not, a peanut butter smoothie is really tasty!

Not exactly healthy, but balance is key right?  Here we make a cake for a Fun Friday activity as suggested by Jared in celebration of his sister Daria's Birthday. 

Monopoly has been popular lately.

This is Laura. She has been subbing a lot lately and is a great addition to our team. Above she leads some exercises, below she teaches some "Air Science."

Potluck Party prep in full-swing.  Thank you ladies!

I put my phone down for one second, and it gets a "selfie" attack from these three!

Little sisters, Amelia's dad and brother, and even a family dog came out to our potluck this time!

Lastly we want to the thank the good folks at Deluxe Distribution for donating several skateboard parts in March!  We were super excited to put them together and to give them a try.  Check out their store, DLX on 1831 Market Street someday.

 

 

 

Thanks for reading and being so awesome!

March On

Hi Mariposa Friends,

Welcome to our March 2015 Post! 

In February we enjoyed the Spring-like weather, encouraged our Mariposa's to read, visited some neighborhood parks and more.  Check out the action below!

Our theme in March will be "Health and Safety" and our goal is to get our circle times extra active and to inspire our students to make healthy choices.  If you have a career or passion related to this theme, we invite you to come speak to the kids one day this month.  Doctors, dentists, firefighters, police officers, chefs, coaches or work-out enthusiasts would all make awesome visitors! 

In other important news, did you know that our Spring and Summer Camps are being run by Paola this year and that she has everything ready to go online?  Visit sfmariposakids.com to register now! 

We will also be hosting another Mariposa Family Potluck on Thursday, March 19th at 6pm.  We hope to see you all here!  Please use the sign-up sheet at Rolph to help us plan accordingly.  Thanks for reading!

Our goal for Literacy Month was a lofty 1,000 hours which we unable to reach.  The good news is that we learned how to create graphs and track hours and we were able to reward our top readers from each group with a gift card donated to us from Alley Cat Books located at 3036 24th Street.

During Parent/Teacher Conference week we used the extra time to visit nearby Garfield and Potrero Parks.  They were both super fun and it was a nice opportunity to change things up a bit.

Keep posted for information about our April Art Show!  This crew will be sure to let you know all about it!

Skating has seen a spike in popularity lately which is great!  Come by one Saturday from 10 - noon to skate with Amelia and Danny.

 

 One week we made Guacamole, the next we attempted to sprout them.  We're still waiting...

 

And yes, we allowed electronics during Parent/Teacher Conference Week even though it goes against so much of what we believe in.  Overall it went awesome,we think, and it was great to see some kids that normally don't interact with one another doing so.