What’s Happening at Seeds this

month? The Incredible Years parenting

Class is coming. It will be held

every Monday night for 14 weeks

starting 9/10.

Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm with a free

dinner served at 5:30 pm.

Where: Seeds of Learning. Child-

care provided, sign up at Seeds

of Learning.

If you would like more infor-

mation please call Michelle Car-

penter @ 946-0664 or Lynne

Bridges @ 264-5513.

P a r e n t R e m i n d e r s

Dinosaur School Lessons

are starting again! Please

be sure to check your

child’s cubby for the clear

plastic backpacks. They are

to be used for Dinosaur

homework only! If you

have any questions please

ask your child’s teacher for

more information.

Please call the Front Of-

fice to let us know if your

child will not be coming

to school whether they

are sick or just taking the

day off. This helps every-

one better prepare for

their day.

Please check your child’s

clothing basket or cubby

everyday for missing

items, or ones that no longer

fit. Please also make sure their

names are written on the in-

side tags.

Inside this issue:

Meet the Teacher 2

Dragonfly News 2

Butterfly News 3

Ladybug News 3

Pagosa Happenings 4

Birthday’s 4

The Vision at Seeds of Learning is to work in partner-

ship with families and our community to provide a

developmentally appropriate environment which pro-

motes the growth of the “whole child” and instills a

love of learning for diverse young scholars.

Family Involvement

Committee

BACK TO SCHOOL BBQ

Please don’t forget about our

Back to School BBQ Thursday

9/20. This is a great way to get to

know our other Seeds of Learning

families and fulfill your monthly

Parent Involvement Hours. Seeds

will be providing the meat items

and drinks. Families are required

to bring a side dish or dessert for

all to share. You will earn 2 hours

for coming and 2 hours for bring-

ing a dish. There will be more

information and a sign up sheet

in September!

Dates to Remember:

Seeds will be closed

Sept. 3rd for Labor

Day:

Seeds is closed Sept.

13th for Staff Day:

Back to School BBQ

on Sept. 20th.– 5:30-

7:00 pm

We’re switching things up!

It’s that time of year again….And

we’re so excited! After much

consideration we’ve decided to

switch our Ladybug and Dragon-

fly classrooms around. The newly

remodeled room will better ac-

commodate the preschool

kiddos. All changes will be done

before September 4th

.

Seeds would like to give

a HUGE SHOUT OUT

and THANK YOU to our

awesome board mem-

ber Eddie Abbott and

Brian for all of their hard

work with the classroom

remodel!

the magnatiles, linking cubes and geo-

metric blocks.

Our garden is

growing great!

We have enjoyed

helping take care

of it. Picking and

tasting the ap-

ples was a lot of

fun. We com-

pared the big and little ones and decid-

ed that the little apples are more sour.

This coming month we are excited to

start learning about all of our new

friends coming over from the Bumble-

bee classroom!

Summer flew by so fast! We were excit-

ed to hear about everyone’s summer

break and share what we did with each

other.

We pitched a tent and pretended to go

camping in dramatic play. Cooking hot

dogs and making s’mores in our camp

fire was fun. We also practiced pattern-

ing with s’mores while we were making

them. Outside we made a campout

and used our soft blocks to make a tent.

This month we

learned the letters F,

Q and X. We’re get-

ting really good at

tracing the letters in

sand.

We love to build and

keep ourselves busy

building, using Our

P A G E 2

Meet The Teacher

All About Me!

My name is Ruby

Archuleta and I am the

Lead Teacher in the

Butterfly room. I have

been teaching at Seeds of

Learning since 2008!

I was born in Farming-

ton, New Mexico and-

spent most of my child-

hood growing up in

Grand Junction, CO

and Pagosa Springs!

My Childhood!

My Education! My Family!

My family includes my

husband Ernie, my son

Jonathan and my daugh-

ter Cierra. I also have my

Dad, Mom, 3 sisters, & 1

brother.

My Favorite Things!

The Denver Broncos!

Reading

Music

Family Time

I served in the United

States Air Force after High

School . I then went on to

graduate with a BA in Lib-

eral Studies and became

a teacher in 1994!

While learning about traveling, we

learned about maps and how they help

people travel and get from place to place.

Miss Becca made us an obstacle course

and a large visual map that we had to use

to complete the course. The map showed

us that we had to take 5 steps, jump

through 3 hula hoops, crawl or jump over

the triangle, play hopscotch, and then run

through a set of cones. We had a blast

This month in the Ladybug class we learned about emergency community helpers and 911. We talked about what to do in an emergency and who to call in case of a fire, injuries, or illness. We also talked about how firefighters, police, paramedics, doctors, and nurses help us when we need it. Our dramatic play was turned into an emergency room and we pretended to be doctors, nurses, para-medics, and patients.

Over our summer break we had a few friends who traveled to other cities on an airplane or in their car. We talked about different ways to travel and took a poll of who has been on an airplane, train, boat, or car. Our teachers made us our own airport and security gate. We packed our bags, boarded our airplane and traveled to new, fun destinations.

cheering each other on as everyone com-

pleted the obstacle course.

P A G E 3

August has been an exciting, fun filled month. We are getting lots of new friends in the Butterfly Classroom! We have real-ly enjoyed Miss Maggie reading to us eve-ry Friday morning.

During recess we have been practicing kicking, throwing, catching, and hop-scotch. BTW, please don’t forget to take our swim clothes home, if you haven’t already!

Some of the things in the classroom we have been learning about are families and how to be a good broth-er or sister, and even to our family pets! We had a daycare center in our

Dramatic Play where we pre-tended to be mommies, daddies, brothers and sisters. We experimented with color mixing and played with shaving cream!

This month we say goodbye to all of the Butterflies who are going to Kindergar-ten. We wish them a happy, fun filled year in their new school. We will miss you all so much!

If you have items or

clothing you no longer

need or want you can

donate them to Upscale

Resale in the name of

Seeds of Learning

which earns us credit to

buy things for the cen-

ter and our families.*

We appreciate all your help and

generosity!

Takes place in the Town Park Ath-

letic Field. There will be wine from

around the world, beer from local

micro-breweries, food from local

favorite restaurants and entertain-

ment. This is your chance to try

some new items and vote on your

favorites. Tickets are $45 per person

in advance. (21 and older) Purchase

online at pagosachamber.com

Date: 9/15/2018

Time: 8:00 AM

Mass Balloon Ascension Downtown Pagosa, near Hot Springs Blvd.

Color Run Event Description:

Run under the rising hot air balloons

as this year’s Colorfest Color Run.

This 5k is for the entire family. Bring

everyone out to become running

rainbows as you pass each color

station. Not a runner, no problem!

This un-timed, non-competitive event

Four Corners Folk Festival

Date: 8/31/2018 TO 9/3/2018

Time: 2:00 PM TO 10:00 PM

320 Hot Springs Blvd. Pagosa Springs, Colorado 81147

Event Description: The Four Corners

Folk Festival celebrates its 23rd an-

niversary with stellar music on two

stages — including performances on

the late night stage on Friday and

Saturday nights. This incredibly fun

and family-friendly outdoor music

festival is famous for its scenic on-

site camping and ubiquitous pickin’

circles, plus music workshops, a free

children’s program with arts and

crafts and entertainment, and a se-

lection of micro-brew beer, food

and crafts vendors.

Colorfest Weekend

Date: 9/14/2018 6 - 9pm - Passport to Pagosa Food & Wine Fest

is for everyone – from young to the

young at heart, you’re going to

LOVE it! Add some color to your life

and come out for a colorful good

time!

Mountain Chile Cha Cha

Date: 9/22/2018

SCENIC TRAIL RUN ON

PRIVATE TRAILS! Followed by an all-

day Chile Festival!

730am Kid’s Race start & 830am

Main Race start The Mountain Chile Cha Cha cele-

brates Fall and trail running, combin-

ing our incredible in-town trails with

the famous Pagosa Springs music

and green chile festival. Celebrate

the series, the season, trail running

and getting kids outside on Pagosa’s

killer downtown trail course. Beauti-

ful, challenging and remote, all right

downtown.

P A G E 4 Wanna help? Now it’s easier

than ever! !

pagosa Happenings

Ms. Lyndsey 09/02 ?

Zayla H. 09/04 4 yr

Finnegan G. 09/06 5 yr

Korbin T. 09/14 4 yr

Matt & Nate C. 09/16 5 yr

Reed H. 09/18 4 yr

Brylin A. 09/21 5 yr

Ms. Lynne 09/23 ?

Brentley B. 09/29 3 yr

Hey Parents!! Looking for an easy way to

earn your monthly hours AND donate to

Seeds at the same time? Sign up for City

Market Cares with your value card and

choose Seeds of Learning as your non-profit

on Amazon and we’ll give you 2 monthly

parent involvement hours. (One time) It’s

that easy! Make sure and tell your friends

and family too. Every little bit helps!