BRIGHT BEGINNINGS PRESCHOOL
Experienced Quality Child Care Since 1984
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Experienced Quality Child Care Since 1984
www.brightbeginningsva.com
Crozet Newsletter
February 12, 2010
February 12, 2010
Upcoming Events:
Monday February 15th – Closed completely for Staff Development and Training
Tuesday, February 16th – Parent Advisory Committee Meeting at 5pm
Thursday, February 18th – Grandparent’s and Special Friend’s Day 10 AM
Friday, February 19th – Children’s Night Out
“Celebrate Diversity”
Thursday, February 25th – Staff Appreciation Day
Tuesday, February 16th – Parent Advisory Committee Meeting at 5pm
Thursday, February 18th – Grandparent’s and Special Friend’s Day 10 AM
Friday, February 19th – Children’s Night Out
“Celebrate Diversity”
Thursday, February 25th – Staff Appreciation Day
School News and Notes:
Thank you all so much for completing the Parent Survey we sent out! We encourage you to turn yours in if you have not already. If you need an extra copy please see the front desk. We truly appreciate your honest feedback. Your suggestions and comments are invaluable to our business. The following are some of the most common questions/responses we saw:Q: How do we know what our children are getting for snack each day?
A: Our monthly snack menu is posted on the first bulletin board in the main lobby. Any changes are updated daily.
Q: Which classes do your Reading, Music, and Speech specialists work in?
A: Reading Specialist, Ms. Edith, works with our 3 and 4 year old classes on preliteracy skills. Music Specialist, Ms. Melissa,works with our 3 and 4 year old classes combining learning, music, and movement into one fun filled class! Speech Pathologist, Stacy Torrence, completes full articulation screenings with children age 3 and up. She also works with our Toddler through Pre-K classes introducing language skills (including sign language) and working on phonemic awareness skills.
One overwhelming comment we heard was, "Your teachers are great!"
Here are some examples:
"My child enjoys coming to preschool each day because of his wonderful teachers."
"My son LOVES his teacher!"
"Teachers are wonderful! Very caring!"
Please continue to provide your questions, comments, and suggestions to Ms. Casey and Ms. Sue!
Thank you to Chuck Yarbrough and Christopher Brement for shovelling our sidewalk during the snow! We really appreciate it!
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.If you forget your pass card to enter the building, please remember to sign your child in or out at the front desk.
Earn a free week! Refer a friend or coworker and if they enroll you will receive a free week's tuition.
Specials:
Tell-A-Friend- Did you know that if you refer a family to our program you will receive a free week of tuition?!?!Speech Weekly Notes from Stacy Torrence:
Due to the snow, I was able to make it to Forest Lakes this week and will be at Crozet on Monday and Millcreek on Tuesday. These are the skills we addressed.
Toddlers and young 2’s
We followed directions with a game of Simon says, we read “Polar Bear Polar Bear” with our story manipulatives, and read the Noisy story “Sam Wants More”. We focused on the signs “more”, “Finished”, and “thank you”. When we were reading our story the children were asked to “tell” their part of the story in at least 3-4 words. We also answered “what” questions using Buddy Bear.
Older 2’s
We also read “Polar Bear Polar Bear” with our story manipulatives, and read the Noisy story “Sam Wants More”. We answered “what” questions with Buddy Bear as well. We also answered simple questions from our oral language box.
3’s and 4’s
We utilized our alphabet books and focused on phonemic awareness skills. We used our individual alphabet flip cooks to focus on our letter sounds. We made it all the way to the letter /r/ this week. The children have really picked up on the alphabet “jingles”. Sequencing was also addressed focusing on first, second, last. The children had to put the story pieces in order and tell their classmates the story using sequencing words. Finally we opened our oral language box and each student picked a card and had to answer specific question or describe items. For example “Describe something that is gigantic”, “What is something that makes you proud”, “What’s your favorite crunchy food” etc. We got to focus on all kinds on new words and adjectives.
Stacy Torrence M.S. CCC-SLP
Class Notes:
The Pelican Class
Monday was a short day because of the big snow fall we had over the weekend! With the friends in our class we painted with red and glued red yarn to our pictures. Sami and Ashlyn had fun finding shapes to fit in the elephant. “Who’s That” is a game we play to see who’s in our class where we sing their name and then point to Keaton, Gray, Sami, and Ashlyn. What fun we have! We have been looking at picture books, pointing at the pictures and then trying to say the name of what we see, like cow or tree, boy or girl. We love stacking different colors of blocks and then knocking them down, Gray especially loves this game! We also tried turning on a flashlight to make our shadows! Enjoy the weekend! I hope we can get through without any snow!
Ms. Sue
The Kangaroo Class
This week the Kangaroos have been working on shape identification. We matched puzzle pieces and hearts! We worked on rhyming words like four/door and frog/dog. We have been working very hard on our Valentine’s Day gifts! We had a super fun time playing in our sensory snow tub. Have a happy Valentine’s Day!
Love, the Kangaroos
Ms. Jen
The Bunny Class
Wow! What a crazy week! Old man winter has been in full force the past couple of weeks! Even though we had a short one, we still had a lot of fun learning and talking about love and friendship at our Valentine’s Day parties. This week we talked about feelings and love. We also thought of ways we can show those that we love how we feel. Everyone worked really hard on Valentine’s they made for Moms and Dads. This week we also worked on colors and shapes. We played with Pooh and Friends flashcards to help us practice! Thank you to everyone who helped make our Valentine’s Day parties a hit! All of the kids had a lot of fun. Have a great weekend and Happy Valentine’s Day!
Ms. Whitney
The Peacock Class
Hello Peacock family and friends,
So our dear old friend the ground dog so his shadow for sure for this winter. We have missed a couple of days of school this week but the time we did share. We had fun fun! This week we talked about love, and our feelings, we also made Valentine’s Day gifts for our mommies and daddies! This week we practiced two songs that talk about, “love,” one is the Barney song “I Love You,” and the other is, “You Are My Sunshine.” I would like to welcome Lily into our Peacock classroom! I am glad you are going to be joining myself and the Peacocks while we have so much fun learning at school. If you ever have any questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to stop by!
Happy Valentine’s Day!!
Thanks,
Ms. Lee
The Walrus Class
Happy Valentine’s Day! We’ve been enjoying all of the heart day activities we’ve been doing and we had a fantastic time during our parties! In math we predicted how many Valentine colored M&Ms were in a cup then compared the two cups in order to illustrate more versus less, and then, counted to see how many were actually in the cup! Thomas guessed the closest with an estimation of 10! There were actually 26. In science we’ve been learning all about ways to keep our bodies healthy. We did a science lab where we were offered two snacks or activities. We then had to choose the healthier option. For example, Bree had to choose between celery and chocolate chip cookies. Sam had to choose between watching TV or throwing a ball outside. They both chose the healthy option on the first try! Good job! In language arts we traced the letter “Rr” and reviewed “Rr” words. Lucy really helped us figure out some “Rr” words! She reminded us that rocket, rabbit, and Remmer, all start with the letter “Rr!” In art, we made valentine goody bags! We used our new sponge top paint bottles to decorate them which we really enjoyed. In social awareness we sang lovely Valentine’s songs and read Valentine poems together. We loved exchanging Valentines with our friends and enjoyed all of the yummy treats! Have a fabulous weekend full of love and laughter!
Reminders and Info: Please send in a journal for your student if you haven’t already. Please do not bring sippy cups to school and please remember to bring in sheets and blankets each week. Thanks!
Ms. Erin
The Rooster Class
This week in the Rooster class, we celebrated Valentine’s Day! We decorated bags to put our Valentines in and decorated hearth shaped cookies to celebrate! They were very beautiful and delicious! We also created Valentine’s Day cards for our grandparents and guests who attended our Grandparent’s Day celebration!
In math this week we practiced estimating and adding. We used heart shaped conversation hearts to practice addition. We also used these to estimate how many we had in a jar! Finally, we estimated how many envelopes Ms. Amanda was mailing for Valentine’s Day!
In social studies/awareness we discussed what Valentine’s Day is and what we do on that day to celebrate. We also shared who we love and who is our Valentine this year!
We continued working with the letter “Rr” this week, practicing writing “Rr” and the sound that “Rr” makes. We also worked with new sight words – at, by, if, and not. Here is a list of all the sight words we have learned to date:
At
And
A
Am
Be
By
Is
I
It
In
If
Like
Me
My
No
Not
Of
Or
She
So
The
To
We
Yes
You
Thank you to the parents who generously donated supplies and goodies for our Valentine’s Day parties! We couldn’t do it without your donations, time, and support!
Ms. Amanda
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