BRIGHT BEGINNINGS PRESCHOOL
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Millcreek Newsletter
July 16, 2010

Upcoming Events:

School Notes and News

 Bright Beginnings always appreciates all of the donations that we receive. If anyone is thinking about donating some clothes, we are in need of boys and girls bottoms. We have a nice supply of shirts but not enough shorts, skirts, pants, etc…  Also, extra shoes are always a nice thing to have around as well. So as your children are getting bigger, please think of us when needing to get rid of things. J Do not forget to sign up for Children’s Night Out! It is “Aloha Night” and it will be hosted by Ms. Michelle and Ms. Jessica on Friday, July 23^rd.

 Financial Memo

 If you forget your pass card to enter the building, please remember to sign your child in or out at the front desk.

 Re-registration fees are due by August 1st. Automatic Credit Card Payments will be charged the re-registration fee on July 27th with the August payment.

 We are currently giving tours to prospective families in addition to working on final class placements for fall and now is a great time to add more days to your child's schedule.  Hurry, before we sell the spot to someone else!

Class Notes 

Penguin

 In class this week, we did lots of reviewing with our colors, counting, shapes, using our words, animals and sorting by color. We had another great Sprinkler Day! Our hit books this week were, Ten in the Meadow, which was about a little bear playing hide and seek with nine of his little animal friends. Everyone also really enjoyed, Peek-A-Zoo, which on each page had a different zoo animal covering their face for you to guess who it was!

For arts and crafts, we finger painted, made elephant ears, which also looks like dog ears! We also made clown hats, ink blot painting, free art, and made a lion’s face by using our hand prints! The children had fun playing in centers this week. Delaney loves to dress up in the fancy hats and Mr. Andrew likes to play “Mr. Fix it” in the workshop. As you can see, we always have a great time in class! Enjoy your weekend!

Ms. Danielle

 Sea Turtle

      Hello again! It was wonderful to be back with the Sea Turtles after a week absence! We’ve had a lot of fun this week. This week’s theme was the circus and we focused several activities around that concept. On Monday we decorated clown hats. Tuesday we finger painted elephant ears and put them on a headband. The kids had a lot of fun wearing them around the classroom pretending to be elephants! Friday we used our hands to paint a lion and practiced roaring like one. We also worked on our balancing by pretending to walk on a tight rope. We continued reviewing our colors and shapes at circle time and by reading a color and shapes book, and “A Color of His Own” by Leo Lionni. This week we also talked about our different body parts. We sang “If You’re Happy and You Know It” and “Head, and Shoulders, Knees, and Toes”. Other books we read include “Is Your Mamma a Llama”, “How Do Dinosaurs Play with Their Friends?”, and “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie”, all of which the children really enjoyed! In the Gross Motor room we put ocean sounds on the CD player and pretended to go to the beach. We played with a beach ball, swam in the pool, and pretended to sail in boat. Other art projects included ink blot painting, painting with marbles, and finger painting. We all enjoyed Friday’s cooking project, especially eating it at snack time! Water day was a hit again, the kids have a blast running around in their suits, and playing around the sprinkler! Please continue to sun screen them before school, as it has been very sunny recently and we don’t want them to get burnt as we play outside in the morning. Thanks for another great week. I look forward to seeing everyone again on Monday!

Ms. Ashley

Dolphin

This week in the Dolphin Class we learned about the circus. For math, we reviewed numbers 1-10, graphed our favorite circus animals, and practiced addition and subtraction. We were able to go on a safari hunt on the nature trail, and it was a blast! In social studies, we learned about some of the circus animals like, elephants, lions, seals, and monkeys. We answered the question, “If I could in the in circus, I would be…” This turned out to be a great discussion. Circus art was so much fun because were made elephants, seals, clown faces, and a circus train!

We would like to welcome Maddox and Owen to the Dolphin Class!

Reminders:

Sprinkler Day is every Wednesday

Bike Day is every Friday

Show and Tell is every Friday and there is always a theme!

Please sign up for CNO July 23^rd, Aloha from Hawaii!

Ms. Michelle and Ms. Missy

Walrus

The Walrus group did a fantastic job this week and everyone had great participation! The children have a great understanding of addition and subtraction problems and the signs that belong in each one. They helped me write a few and wrote their own in their journals with the help of our dominos! We reviewed the beginning, middle, and end of a story and answered some questions while reading some of our books. We went over our coins names and amounts. The children are aware when there is five pennies that it equals a nickel, and if we have ten pennies, that equals a dime and so on…

We had a wonderful discussion about why it is important not to interrupt people while others are speaking. We talked about how it makes us feel when others interrupt us and how the classroom can get loud when everyone is trying to talk at once.

I want to thank Ms. Cheri and Ms. Emily for doing a fantastic job last week while I was on vacation! I reviewed with the children and they learned so much about Betsy Ross, Benjamin Franklin, and George Washington!  Have a wonderful weekend and we will see everyone on Monday!

Ms. Ryland