Teacher Appreciation – Orange Teachers Favorites
Miss Nora’s FAVORITES……
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Food: Pasta / Anything except Chinese
Favorite Hot Drink: None
Favorite Cold Drink: Coke
Favorite Restaurants: Carrows, Red Lobster, In n Out
Favorite Stores: Target, Stater Brothers
Favorite Candy: Gum
Favorite Flower: All
Favorite Music: Oldies & Soft Music
Hobbies: Grandchildren, Sewing & Gardening
Miss Erica’s FAVORITES……
Favorite Color: Hot Pink, Pink, Green & Brown
Favorite Food: Pasta, Mexican, Pizza, Italian, Chinese & Seafood
Favorite Cold Drink: Juice it Up, Jamba Juice, Dr. Pepper, Coke
Favorite Hot Drink: Starbucks
Favorite Restaurants: BJ’s, Olive Garden & Yogi’s Teriyaki
Favorite Stores: Target, Maycy’s, Nordstrom
Favorite Candy: Starburst, Ferrero Rocher, See’s Candies
Favorite Music: All Kinds
Favorite Flower: White Rose, Lilly, Carnations
Hobbies: Dancing, Singing, Hanging out with family, traveling & crafting.
Miss Bertha’s FAVORITES……
Favorite Color: Black, Blue, Burgundy, Brown
Favorite Food: Seafood & Pasta
Favorite Hot Drink: Starbucks
Favorite Cold Drink: Jamba Juice, Rockstar
Favorite Restaurants: TGIF & Olive Garden
Favorite Stores: Target, Old Navy, Michael’s
Favorite Candy: Chocolate & Sour Candy
Favorite Flower: Sunflowers & Roses
Favorite Music: Anything top 40 – KIIS FM
Hobbies: Scrap booking
Miss Raquel’s FAVORITES……
Favorite Color: Bubble Gum Pink, Bright Apple Green, Black
Favorite Food: Mexican, Italian, Sushi & Seafood
Favorite Cold Drink: Jamba Juice, Rockstar, Coke, Green Tea
Favorite Hot Drink: Hot Chocolate, Chai Tea, Green Tea
Favorite Restaurants: Genovese, Crab Pot, Gabby’s
Favorite Stores: Hot Topic, Active, Pac-Sun, Gap
Favorite Candy: Nestle Crunch Bar, Watermelon Jolly Ranchers
Favorite Flower: Roses, Orchids, or Balloons
Favorite Music: All Kinds… R&B, Alternative, Old Punk Rock, Classic Rock
Hobbies: Chillin’ with my family & friends. Traveling, sports, going to concerts or plays, and drawing
Miss Carrie’s FAVORITES………
Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Food: Mexican
Favorite Hot Drink: Starbucks
Favorite Cold Drink: Jamba Juice & Diet Coke
Favorite Restaurants: TGIF, Jalapeños, Don Jose’s
Favorite Stores: Old Navy & Target
Favorite Candy: White Chocolate
Favorite Flower: Roses & Carnations
Favorite Music: Variety (iTunes)
Hobbies: My Children, My Husband & Sports
Teacher Appreciation – Tustin Teachers Favorites
YELLOW SUNSHINE TEACHERS
Miss Myra’s FAVORITES……
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Food: Fruits and Veggies
Favorite Hot Drink: Coffee and Tea
Favorite Cold Drink: Chocolate Milk, Smoothies, Boba Tea
Favorite Restaurants: Starbucks, Chipotle
Favorite Stores: Target, Trader Joe’s, Sprouts
Favorite Candy: See’s, Trader Joe’s Organic Fair Trade Chocolate
Favorite Flower: Calla Lily
Favorite Music: Folk Music
Hobbies: Playing music, singing, Ren fair, Gardening
Miss Fabiola’s FAVORITES……
Favorite Color: Yellow and Gray
Favorite Food: Spaghetti with meatballs and salad
Favorite Cold Drink: Jamaica
Favorite Hot Drink: Strawberry corn starch drink
Favorite Restaurants: Mi Ranchito
Favorite Stores: Target, Big Lots, Ross
Favorite Candy: Twix Chocolate Bars
Favorite Flower: Rose
Favorite Music: All Kinds (love… Adele, Ricardo Arjona, Cindy Lauper)
Hobbies: Jogging and listening to music
BLUE BIRD TEACHERS
Miss Faby’s FAVORITES……
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Food: Hamburgers, Chicken Sandwich
Favorite Cold Drink: Pink Lemonade/Caramel Frappucino (no whip cream)
Favorite Restaurants: Del Taco, Chick-fil-a, In-N-Out
Favorite Stores: Target, Anchor Blue
Favorite Candy: Peanut M&M’s, Kit Kat
Favorite Flower: Carnations
Hobbies: Collecting anything with fairies, candles, frames & Word Find Puzzles
Miss Alejandra’s FAVORITES………
Favorite Color: Purple, Peach, Pink, Orange, Blue
Favorite Food: Chinese, Mexican, Italian, Sea Food
Favorite Hot Drink: Hot Chocolate, Coffee
Favorite Cold Drink: Frappes, Coffee Bean, Starbucks, Cold Stone
Favorite Restaurants: In-N-Out, Claim Jumper
Favorite Stores: Ross, Target, TJ Max, Charlotte Russe
Favorite Candy: Twix, Sour Patch, Mint Chocolate, M&M’s, Hershey’s Bliss
Favorite Flower: All
Favorite Music: Pop, Country, Spanish, Rock-n-Roll
Hobbies: Shopping, Going to the movies
RED ROBIN TEACHERS
Miss Jeanette’s FAVORITES……
Favorite Color: Hot Pink
Favorite Food: Sea Food
Favorite Hot Drink: Hot Chocolate
Favorite Cold Drink: Mocha Frapp
Favorite Restaurants: BJ’s, Macaroni Grill, Red Lobster
Favorite Stores: Ross, TJ Max, Kohl’s, Target
Favorite Candy: 3 Musketeers
Favorite Flower: Red Roses
Favorite Music: Rap, R & B, Oldies, Spanish music
Hobbies: Reading, Going to the movie theater, listening to music, scrapbooking, photography
Miss Tina’s FAVORITES……
Favorite Color: Purple
Favorite Food: Mexican, Italian
Favorite Hot Drink: Chai Tea Latte
Favorite Cold Drink: Caramel Iced Coffee
Favorite Restaurants: McDonalds, Taco Bell, Olive Garden, Don Jose’s
Favorite Stores: Barnes N Noble, Target, Kohl’s
Favorite Candy: Snickers, Mr. Goodbar, Reeses
Favorite Flower: Gerbera Daisy
Favorite Music: Country
Hobbies: Puzzles, Reading, Decorating my home, Traveling
INFANT TEACHERS
Miss Cassie FAVORITES……
Favorite Color: Green and White
Favorite Food: Italian, Mexican
Favorite Hot Drink: Coffee
Favorite Cold Drink: Diet Soda
Favorite Restaurants: Chipotle, In-N-Out, Corner Bakery
Favorite Stores: Target, Michaels, Party City
Favorite Candy: Skittles
Favorite Flower: Calla Lilies
Favorite Music: Country
Hobbies: Working out, camping, crochet, going to sporting events
Mrs. Linda’s FAVORITES……
Favorite Color: Red, Black
Favorite Food: Italian, Mexican
Favorite Hot Drink: Hot Tea, Coffee (no Starbuck’s please)
Favorite Cold Drink: Diet Dr. Pepper, Diet Cherry Coke
Favorite Restaurants: Pat and Oscar’s, Flame Broiler, Burger King
Favorite Stores: TJ Max, Ultra, Ross, Trader Joe’s
Favorite Candy: Reese’s peanut butter cups, Starburst
Favorite Flower: Tiger lilies
Favorite Music: 80’s music
Hobbies: Collecting recipes
OFFICE STAFF
Mrs. Crystal’s FAVORITES……
Favorite Color: Pink, Purple
Favorite Food: Italian, Mexican
Favorite Hot Drink: Coffee (Starbuck’s)
Favorite Cold Drink: Cherry Coke, Smoothies (Jamba Juice)
Favorite Restaurants: In-N-Out, Del Taco
Favorite Stores: TJ Max, Target, Ross, Trader Joe’s
Favorite Candy: Starburst, Sour Candy
Favorite Flower: All Flowers
Favorite Music: All (I-Tunes)
Hobbies: Scrapbooking
Mrs. Susana’s FAVORITES……
Favorite Color: Black, Red, Turquoise
Favorite Food: Italian, Mexican
Favorite Hot Drink: Coffee (Starbuck’s)
Favorite Cold Drink: Diet Coke, Smoothies (Jamba Juice)
Favorite Restaurants: In-N-Out, Wendy’s, BJ’s
Favorite Stores: TJ Max, Target, Ross, Trader Joe’s
Favorite Candy: Chocolate Bars
Favorite Flower: All Flowers
Favorite Music: All (I-Tunes)
Hobbies: Scrapbooking
Mrs. Melinda’s FAVORITES……
Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Food: Mexican
Favorite Hot Drink: Coffee
Favorite Cold Drink: Diet Coke
Favorite Restaurants: In-N-Out, Don Jose
Favorite Stores: Nordstrom, Ann Taylor Loft
Favorite Candy: Chocolate
Favorite Flower: Tulips
Favorite Music: All (I-Tunes)
Hobbies: Love to Read
Teacher Appreciation Gift Idea
Teacher appreciation week is May 7th – 11th
Adventures In Learning has a great idea for teacher gifts that keep on giving! This year let's give our teachers fun, stylish (and useful!) gifts that give back 40% of the profits to our school! It's easy to do and helps our school at the same time!
Some gift ideas include:
- cute filing boxes for the office and organizing papers
- colorful shopping bags to take anywhere
- stationery sets & matching memos
See these and more at Mixed Bag Designs, shop around for a gift for your teacher and it will be shipped directly to you.
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Thank you for your support and for joining us in supporting our teachers!
Happy Shopping,
Adventures In Learning
May Homework
Tustin Pre K Homework
(Check with your child's teacher for any changes or additions)
Week of April 30th:
Week of May 7th:
Week of May 14th:
Week of May 21st:
Week of May 28th:
April Homework
Tustin Pre K Homework
(Check with your child's teacher for any changes or additions)
Week of April 2nd:
Week of April 9th:
Week of April 16th:
Week of April 23rd:
Family Night at Yogurtland
Come Join Us For Family Night
At Yogurtland March 28, 2012
From 4pm-7pm
Location: 13842 Newport Ave.
Tustin, CA 92780
March Homework
Tustin Pre K Homework
(Check with your child's teacher for any changes or additions)
Week of March 5th:
Week of March 12th:
Week of March 19th:
Week of March 26th:
Spring Forward: Daylight Saving Time 2012 Begins Sunday
It's nearly time to 'Spring Forward.'
At 2 a.m. on the morning of Sunday, March 11, we'll be springing our clocks forward—and losing an hour of the day, for daylight saving time. The good news: sunset will be an hour later.
You may have noticed the annual tradition of daylight saving time has crept forward a bit. We used to spring forward on the first Sunday in April and fall back on last Sunday in October. But a couple years ago, Congress changed the date—adding more daylight saving time to the calendar. This year, it will run from March 11th until Nov. 4th.
Unless you're in Arizona, Hawaii, Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands. They don't do daylight saving time.
Around the world, about 75 countries and territories have at least one location that observes daylight saving time, according to TimeandDate.com. On the other hand, 164 don't observe the time change at all.
Brief History:
According to the Huffington Post:
Benjamin Franklin has been credited with the idea of daylight saving time, but Britain and Germany began using the concept in World War I to conserve energy, the Washington Post observes. The U.S. used daylight saving time for a brief time during the war, but it didn't become widely accepted in the States until after the second World War.
In 1966, the Uniform Time Act outlined that clocks should be set forward on the last Sunday in April and set back the last Sunday in October.
That law was amended in 1986 to start daylight saving time on the first Sunday in April, though the new system wasn't implemented until 1987. The end date was not changed, however, and remained the last Sunday in October until 2006.
Today, daylight saving time begins on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. The time change will precede the first day of spring and the vernal equinox, which is set to take place at 1:14 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 20th.
Preschoolers Swearing
If I have to sit in the corner for sayin' it, at least you could tell me what it means ! ~ Dennis the Menace
In a recent episode of the TV series, "Modern Family" a toddler blurted out a swear word. This scene stirred quite a controversy as experts weighed in with arguments that swearing by preschool children is inevitable, intolerable, avoidable, or something else. Here is a sampling of some reactions as shared in MSNBC.
"The show's theme already has critics at the anti-indecency Parents Television Council grumbling, but researchers who study cursing find that, believe it or not, 2 years is about the age when kids really start to use 'adult' language.
"'Yes, 2-year-olds say f—,' said Timothy Jay, a psychologist who studies psycholinguistics and obscenities at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. 'Preschoolers are pretty well versed in the lexicon, and by 11 to 12, we are looking at adult swearing patterns. Kids say swear words as soon as they talk.'
"Jay and his colleagues have a dataset stretching back into the 1970s of words that schoolteachers, day care workers, and other adults who work with children report hearing. Kids mimic words early on and pick up quickly on which words are 'bad,' even if they don't know the exact definitions of those words, Jay said.
"In fact, studies suggest that swearing is firmly embedded in the brain. Swearing is a form of 'formulaic language,' said Diana Van Lancker Sidtis, a professor of communicative sciences and disorders at New York University. These are expressions such as 'You bet!' that frequently appear in conversation, and kids learn them as they're learning how to piece together sentences."
School Closed February 20th for President’s Day
School will be closed on Monday, February 20th in observance of President's Day
