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Week of 5/23-5/26/16

5/26/2016

Our preschool friends have been showing a great deal of interest in caterpillars & butterflies. Allison brought in 9 caterpillars from her yard for us to explore. First we reviewed what we know about caterpillars, then we described caterpillars.

We created butterfly gardens with sticks, wood pieces & log blocks. We drew butterflies & used droppers with watercolors to make butterflies out of coffee filters. The children excitedly spoke about the different colors made when colors mixed together on the filter.

Books We Read: I'm a Caterpillar (Jean Marzollo), Butterflies (Karen Shapiro), Butterflies (Melvin & Gilda Berger) & A Butterfly is Born (Melvin Berger).
The last page of the book, A Butterfly is Born asks the question, “Where do you think this butterfly is going?” The children answered the question & provided some interesting responses.

Looking Ahead

Our Moving Up celebration will be on Friday, June 24 from 11:00-12:30. A sign-up sheet is located by the front door for anyone who would like to bring something.

Reminder:

School is closed Memorial Day weekend on May 27 & May 30, 2016.

On Monday, May 30, for the Memorial Day parade, we will meet at 10:30 a.m. at the Holbrook Plaza (where the UPS Store & Mamas restaurant are located). Wear your marching shoes & big smiles!

Remember to send in your 2016-2017 registration forms as well as your summer camp registrations if you haven't done so already. Payment is required to hold your spot (Registration fee of $50 & June 2017 tuition).

Have a relaxing weekend!

Sheri, Joyce, Sarah, Fabi & Bethany

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Week of May 16-20, 2016

5/20/2016

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We are very excited this week to welcome two new friends, Jordan & Sophia to our afternoon class. I think they enjoyed their first week here in preschool.

This week we used our imaginations to build with various blocks. Legos, wood blocks, Tinkertoys, Lincoln Logs, log slices, & little log pieces were used to design buildings, farms, houses & more! The children worked together as well as on their own while building. We also incorporated frogs, butterflies & farm animals while building.

Our children are crazy about the song, Five Green & Speckled Frogs. An activity tray was set up with five frogs on a log, wood numbers & the words to the song (visit our FB page for pictures). Some children copied the words on paper &/or identified letters & numbers, some sang the song while making the frogs jump into the pool & others practiced counting. This activity covered so many academic readiness skills in a developmentally appropriate manner.

The children have been talking about butterflies & caterpillars, among other bugs & insects. We will delve deeper into this subject next week. On Friday morning, we discussed what we know about caterpillars.

Books We Read: Frogs Live on Logs (Melvin & Gilda Berger), Butterfly Express (Jane Belk Moncure)

We celebrated Gia's 4th birthday on Tuesday, May 17th with yummy cupcakes. Thank you to her mom for bringing them in. Gia chose to read Arthur's Birthday (Marc Brown) for her special story.

We celebrated Dominic's 4th birthday on Thursday, May 19. Thank you to his mom for the delicious cupcakes. Dominic chose to read Ladybug's Birthday (Steve Metzger).

Looking Ahead

The Memorial Day Parade is just around the corner. We are very excited to march in our first parade. T-shirts have arrived & some have already been sent home. The cost is $10 per shirt. Creative Kids will pay for the shirts for our students. We are asking families to pay for the adults & siblings. Thank you.

School is closed Memorial Day weekend on May 27 & May 30, 2016.

Our Moving Up celebration will be on Friday, June 24 from 11:00-12:30. A sign-up sheet will be put by the front door in case anyone would like to bring something.

Reminder:

Remember to send in your 2016-2017 registration forms as well as your summer camp registrations if you haven't done so already.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sheri, Joyce, Sarah, Fabi & Bethany

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Week of May 2-13, 2016

5/16/2016

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Busy, busy, busy preparing for our Mother's Day festivities. The children completed their heart creations for their special ladies. They worked very hard on them so we hope you all loved your special hearts! We also experimented with pastel crayons & watercolor paints. The watercolors painted over the pastels have a beautiful effect.

Books We Read: What Mommies Do Best (Laura Numeroff), What Grandmas Do Best (Laura Numeroff), Llama Llama Home with Mama (Anne Dewdney), Mommies Are for Counting Stars (Harriet Ziefert), Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother Too (Eric Carle), The Night Before Mother's Day (Natasha Wing), We're Making Breakfast for Mother (Shirley Neitzel), & No Hitting (Karen Katz). Victor brought in a special book for us to read, One Big Pair of Underwear (Laura Gehl). It was a funny book about math and sharing. The children were full of giggles. Thank you for sharing your book with us, Victor!

Our language chart focused on what our special ladies do best.

We celebrated Caden's 4th birthday on Thursday, May 5th with yummy munchkins. Thank you to his mom for sending them in. Caden chose to read Curious George & the Birthday Surprise (Margret & H.A. Rey).

Cookies & cake pops! Oh my! We had fun celebrating Sydney's 4th birthday on Friday the 13th! Sydney chose to read The Birthday Message by Eric Carle. Thank you mom for sending in those delicious goodies!

We learned a new song & dance, “The Happy Dance” by the Learning Station. You can find it on YouTube. Our children sure do love to dance & sing.

We hope everyone enjoyed our VIP Ladies Tea. Thank you all for coming & spending quality time with your children at our preschool.

Looking Ahead

The Memorial Day Parade is coming up fast. T-shirts have been ordered & are on their way. The cost is $10 per shirt. I will send them home as soon as they are delivered.

School is closed Memorial Day weekend on May 27 & May 30, 2016.

Our Moving Up celebration will be on Friday, June 24 from 11:00-12:30. A sign-up sheet will be put by the front door in case anyone would like to bring something.

Reminder:

Remember to send in your 2016-2017 registration forms as well as your summer camp registrations if you haven't done so already.

This is the last week for collecting sneakers to pass on to Kellen's mom. She is running a fundraiser called Dunk Your Kicks! With your help, The Max Cure Foundation collects gently used sneakers and recycles them as affordable footwear in developing nations to raise money for families battling pediatric cancer. They get a few dollars per pair from a global recycler which then goes towards either funding pediatric cancer research or financially supporting a local family with a child fighting cancer. For additional information please visit https://www.maxcurefoundation.org/dunk-your-kicks/
Qualified donations include: tennis shoes, running sneakers, athletic shoes of any kind, no holes, please! Sneakers must be tied together. Cleats or athletic shoes with metal tips are not acceptable!

Please bring in your donations to Creative Kids Center by May 20th & I will pass them on to Kellen's mom. Thank you for helping us participate in this global fundraiser.

Have a wonderful weekend! I wish this weather would make up it's mind already!

Sheri, Joyce, Sarah, Fabi & Bethany

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5/14/2016

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