BRIGHT BEGINNINGS PRESCHOOL
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Millcreek Newsletter
September 17 2010

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 Upcoming Events:

October 1^st -November 1^st –Halloween Costume Drive

October 8^th -Children’s Night Out “Stop, Drop & Roll”

October 12^th -Pink Day-Wear Pink in honor of breast cancer awareness    

October 22^nd -Children’s Night Out “Boo, It’s Halloween”

October 29^th - Class Halloween Celebrations

Reminders:

The center does not allow children to have gum at any time. Please remember not to give them any gum to chew before drop off or have them spit out their gum when they get into school.

Financial Memo:

Weekly and bi-weekly payments are due by the close of business on Mondays.  Late charges will be applied to accounts on Tuesday if payment is not received.

Laura Tomaine

Executive Director/CFO

Class Notes 
 

 Penguin & Sea Turtle

            We’ve had a really busy week in the Penguin class, and lots of fun! We are still working with our toddler’s on using nice hands with each other. They are at that age where rough hands is the only way to express themselves so it will take some time but we will stay consistent. For art this week, we did stamp art, brush painting, finger painting, and free coloring. We played in the water table with our sea shells, shook our rice bottles, and played “smell and guess”.  The group also talked about their body parts and we made up some fun songs to help them remember the different parts. Anytime our toddlers are singing or dancing, they are having a ball! Some new books were given to us this week including, “We All Fall Down”, “Look Who’s Talking on the Farm”, and “The Cow Loves Cookies”. It is really cute to see all the children sitting down “reading” their books. We also made some cool block towers. Connor loves the blocks and he can stack up to six blocks before they fall down. Delaney and Claire have been having a ball in dress up and with the  baby dolls. Our new kitchen is a favorite for Lili, Koen, and Emmett. They run to it each time we are in the Sea Turtle room. Thank you to all of my Penguin parents!

Ms. Danielle

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Ms. Ashley

Starfish Class

            Hello from the Starfish class! This week for math, we all counted our Fruit Loops during morning snack. We sorted them by color and counted how many of each color we had and the children loved it. Our animals have been used in math center this week as well as we sorted them into groups depending on which type of animal they were. The best part of our week was doing the apple strudel cooking project. The kids loved helping to mix the apples, cinnamon, and sugar together. They also had the opportunity to explore the apples through touch, smell, sight, and taste. Pajama day was also a blast. The kids loved seeing their friends in their pajamas. We held a pajama dance party which was great fun and allowed us to really get moving which was nice because it was too rainy to go outside.

Ms. Jennifer

Walrus Class

This week in the Walrus class we focused on learning our bodies.  For Social Studies we learned about our bones, muscles, heart, and lungs.  Math this week we have been working really hard at addition and the number 3.  We wrote the number 3 and the word three in our journals and on our worksheet.  The letter of the week was “X” we did a letter worksheet.  We also read a lot of books about our body to help us learn.  We had a really good week and I am very proud of all of them.  Hope you have a great weekend!

            .                                               Mrs. Missy, Ms. Shana