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Crozet Newsletter
July 9th, 2010

Upcoming Events:

*Friday July 9th, USA Night themed Children’s Night Out!
*Wednesday, July 21st, Staff Appreciation Day
*Friday, July 23rd, Aloha from Hawaii themed Children’s Night Out

Weekly 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!

School News and Notes:

I hope everyone had a great long weekend and saw lots of fireworks!! It was definitely a nice treat to have a 3 day weekend! Have a happy Fourth of July everyone!

This week has been really, really hot! We have done our best to stay cool! We had sprinkler day on Wednesdays and some groups went out early on Tuesday and Wednesday before it got really hot! On Tuesday the Pre-K side of the hall children went to the Discovery Museum! They had a blast exploring the museum! Thank you for those parents who took the time to drive and care for the children who went on the trip! We couldn’t do it with out you!! Thanks Again!!

U.S.A. Night!
We are having a Children’s Night Out this FRIDAY! It is absolutely FREE! We are launching this deal to get parents to go out for a couple of hours and let their children go out too! The children love Children’s Night Out! They are provided with a great hot meal. This weeks meal is chicken nuggets, French fries, and carrots! There are some great activities planned for the night! Sign- up now so we can be sure to plan for the right amount of children! So far we have 4 children signed up!! Don’t be the one who forgot to sign up! :)

Class Notes:

The Pelican Class

Boy, has it been hot this week! We have welcomed a new student to our class… Mr. Brooks! We played Red, White, Blue Peek. Everyone started to laugh when we said Boo! The children loved looking into the mirror to see who has the biggest smile! We splashed around n the water with noodles everywhere. Everyone liked turning off the lights and shining the flashlight all over the room.  This week we did our best to stay cool and have fun! We look forward to more fun next week!  Have a great weekend!
-Ms. Sue

The Kangaroo Class

In Gross Motor, music, and movement, we paraded around the room, pretending to be in a parade. We pretended to be zoo animals. We were tall like a giraffe, stomped big like an elephant, roared like a lion. We jumped over a rope; we went under a rope; and around a rope. For fine motor, art, and sensory we put our animals in the water tub. We even blew bubbles and stomped on the bubbles! We easel painted, we made a scrap paper collage, we made animal foot prints. For children’s Humanities we practiced sign language, thank you, please, drink, train, you’re welcome, sit, and more. We worked on our yoga moves- the backwards dog, tree, bird, mouse, and a frog! Have a wonderful weekend!
-Ms. Jen

The Peacock Class

Hello Peacock Families and Friends,
 This week in the peacock class we have had so much fun learning and practicing our letters, numbers, and shapes. We have very special flashcards we use during circle time to help us with our learning. This week was also “All American Week”, so we did a lot of red, white, and blue artwork as well as learning about our flag- the colors and the shapes on it! We have had fun with creating master pieces on our easel. We practice taking turns and following painting directions. The whole class really enjoys this activity. Be expecting to see a lot more easel artwork to come home with your child! It’s their favorite activity. Have a great weekend!
-Ms. Lee

The Bunny Class

Hello Bunny Families and Friends- I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday weekend! On Tuesday the Bunnies went n their first Bright Beginnings Field Trip! We had so much fun! Thank you for all your support! This week in Math we’ve been working on our Spanish counting skills. We like to use our bears and nuts to help us count. We are working on our one-to-one correspondence. For Science this week we learned all about bugs. We enjoyed looking at books with bugs and picking out our favorite type of bugs. For art we had fun making art using the American flags and painted with red, white, and blue. For children’s humanities we began learning about baki9ng. The bunnies enjoyed learning about certain foods you bake and ones you don’t! We had a great week! See you next week for more learning and fun!
-Ms. Whitney

The Walrus Class

This week in the Walrus Class, we learned all about the U.S.A with this week’s theme, “All American.” We made a collage of stars and strips, painted with red, white, and blue, and made ki8tes in honor of Benjamin Franklin. We practiced the pledge of allegiance and learned patriotic songs like “Yankee Doodle.” We learned all about Benjamin Franklin, the American flag, and Independence Day. We even made observations about fireworks and voted for our favorite type of firework!
Thank you to all the parents who attended the fieldtrip to the Discovery Museum! We had a fantastic time learning about bee hives, recycling, and “going green” in their new exhibit. It was a very special treat!
Next week, the walrus class will be learning about the circus. We will be making clown hat ice-cream sundaes. Please see our door to sign up to bring in supplies. Thank you for your support.
-Ms. Amanda and Ms. Stephanie

The Rooster Class

In honor of the 4th of July holiday on Sunday the Rooster Room will be learning all about America this week.  We have lots of fun patriotic crafts planed; making a George Washington portrait with cotton ball hair, creating a fireworks scene using black paper with tissue paper fireworks, making an American flag, making Benjamin Franklin’s kite out of popsicle sticks, tissue paper and yarn with a key. We are going to talk about what we all did for our Fourth of July holidays, talk about the presidents that lived in Virginia, and learn a little bit about the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.  We will talk about presidents and their homes.  We are going to make explorer binoculars to go on an Adventure with to see what we can see outside.  We will be working on traceable letters, measuring, using small shapes to make bigger shapes, color combinations, and reading patriotic stories.  We plan to play outside games along with our daily sprinkler day activities, bike day, and playground time.  It’s going to be a great week and we plan to have lots of fun with our friends while learning about America!
-Ms. Tracy