BRIGHT BEGINNINGS PRESCHOOL
Experienced Quality Child Care Since 1984
www.brightbeginningsva.com

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

BRIGHT BEGINNINGS PRESCHOOL
Experienced Quality Child Care Since 1984
www.brightbeginningsva.com

Millcreek Newsletter
July 2, 2010

Upcoming Events:

*Monday, July 5th, we are closed in observance of Fourth of July!
*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

 Financial Memo:

 Re-registration fees are due by August.
Re-registration fees will be charged to automatic credit card payments on the August billing.

School Notes and News

 It was another fantastic and cool week here at Bright Beginnings. It was all about furry animals this week. The children had a great time learning fun facts and creating some furry friends during their art time! Please check them out throughout the hallway! The classrooms filled up the school with their yummy cooking projects on Thursday. We had rice crispy treats, sugar cookies, fruit mountains, and days at the beach (vanilla yogurt, crushed up vanilla wafers and a few sprinkles for fish!) Thank you to everyone for all of the support with our Bike and Sprinkler Days! We hope everyone has a great and safe long weekend! We will see everyone on Tuesday!

 Class Notes

Sea Turtle

The Sea Turtles have once again had a fantastic week! We continued talking about animals and on Monday focused on the fuzzy ones. We read “Curious George at the Zoo”, a touch and feel book, that allowed the children to experience what different animals feel like. They also created fuzzy bunnies as their arts and crafts project that day. We also read “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?” by Eric Carle which helped the children differentiate different types of animals as well as colors. We reviewed our letters with the help of “Max’s A,B,C’s” by Rosemary Wells, and decorated the first letters in our names with stickers, which helps to build finger dexterity as they peel and place the stickers on the paper. Some of the Sea Turtles art will be displayed on the front art board throughout July and this week you can see the 4^th of July fireworks they made, inspired by the upcoming holiday! Other arts and crafts projects included finger painting and painting paper plates to make masks. Our cooking project on Thursday was sugar cookies. The children had a lot of fun making them, and even more fun eating them!  In the gross motor room we sat in a circle and practiced rolling a ball to one another, and we pretended to swim in the ball pit. In the family living room we pretended to build toys at the workshop with our tools, and simulated cooking various foods at our play kitchen. Thanks again everyone for another great week! I am excited to see everyone again on Tuesday!  

Ms. Ashley

Penguin

Hello and welcome back! In class this week we talked about the color green. We made a green frog puppet, made dots with green paint, free colored, and made sponge prints of fireworks for the front Creativity Happens board! We had a cooking project and we made sugar cookies! The children are still reviewing their letters, shapes, words, sorting by color, and body parts. We had a lot of fun in the gross motor room making music, and rowing in our boat while singing, “row, row, row, your boat!” Everyone loves that boat! The Penguins also had a lot of fun on the playground! It was a much cooler week, so we enjoyed looking at the trees, birds, and the sky. Everyone in class had fallen in love with the toy push cars and truck in our family living room. They all go up and down the floor pushing and making the car sounds.  We had a wonderful week, enjoy your three day weekend, and happy 4^th!

Ms. Danielle

Starfish

The Starfish and I have haa fun filled week all about animals. We learned all bunnies, zebra’s, loins and frogs. For math we counted how many pom pom’s we needed to cover out fuzzy bunnies, and counted the stripes on our zebra’s. For art this week we made fuzzy bunnies, striped zebra’s, loin masks, and frogs. We talked about where the animals live and what they eat. We also roared like loins, and hopped like frogs. Water day was so much fun. Bike was a blast. The starfish’s favorite two favorite days. For cooking project this week we made rice crispy treats, yummy.  We had a birthday party for Matthew. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATTHEW!  Have a safe and fun Fourth of July, see you on Tuesday.

Ms. Jennifer

Dolphin

This week, the Dolphin Class would like to welcome you to the jungle! We have been learning all about the animals. We talked about the zebra, frogs, monkeys, and panda bears! We had a great time learning interesting facts about these animals! This week in art, we have been working on our copying skills. I made an animal as an example and we put our together following the example. Please check the hallway for our art projects! In math, we talked about addition, subtraction, more, and less, and played shape and number bingo! Thank you to everyone for helping with the treasure box, baby wipes, and freeze pops. We greatly appreciate all of your donations. We would like to welcome Emma, Kelan, Ava, and Gabrielle to the class! Have a great holiday weekend, and we look forward to seeing you on Tuesday!

Ms. Missy & Ms. Michelle

Walrus

We had a wonderful week in the Walrus Class! The students did a great job during our charades game and making their animal sounds! I was so impressed that everyone knew their birthday months and dates! A day at the beach was our cooking project. We had vanilla yogurt as our ocean, crushed up vanilla wafers for our sand, and colored sprinkles for our school of fish! The students continued to practice their scissor and cutting skills by cutting strips of paper to make the stripes on our zebras! They look so good; please check them out in the hallway! It was very important for us to review the three parts of a story (beginning, middle, and end) because we wrote our own story later in the week about Freddie the Frog! This is our story…

          One Sunday morning, Freddie woke up late. Freddie was going to Bunny’s house. Freddie and Bunny Logan went to find a bear cave. When they got to the bear cave, they dug for a mouse! Freddie found a frog and poured water in his face and he fell in to the pond.  Freddie found a big black bear. Freddie started to collect food for the winter.  Freddie came home to chop up grapes for the panda bear. Freddie made food for breakfast. Freddie invited his friends over for a party!

                   THE END

It was a cooler week this week, which was perfect for Bike Day but a little on the chilly side for Sprinkler Day. All of it was great fun and we hope everyone has a fantastic weekend! See everyone on Tuesday!

Ms. Ryland Ms. Michelle

BRIGHT BEGINNINGS PRESCHOOL


Experienced Quality Child Care Since 1984


www.brightbeginningsva.com  

Millcreek Newsletter


June 25, 2010

Upcoming Events:

Monday, July 5^th, Closed for the Holiday

Friday July 9^th, Children’s Night Out, “USA Night,” 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, July 21^st, Staff Appreciation Day!

School Notes and News

Have a wonderful weekend!

  Financial Memo

July tuition is due. Pay by June 30th to avoid late fees.

Children’s Night Out is a great way to extend your hours on a Friday evening to go out for a nice quiet dinner, grocery shopping, etc….it’s not every Friday that you get three hours to get caught up on YOU! We provide yummy nutritious meals, take part in seasonal arts and crafts, and watch movies. The fee is $15.00 per child ($5.00 more for each sibling). Mark it on your calendars!

Speech Weekly

Toddlers and young 2’s

We began by reading several noisy stories to focus on correctly producing  /p/, /b/, /m/, /s/, /z/, /t/, /k/, and /g/.  We then read Becca Bunny and worked on time concepts such as early/late, morning/afternoon, and day/night.  We read “Buddy Bear Goes on Vacation” and described all the places Buddy Bear went such as the desert, ocean, jungle, beach, forest, etc. We worked on sign language throughout the entire session.

Older 2’s

We also read several noisy stories and worked on simple categories.  We put several different pictures in category pockets of clothing, food, animals, and transportation.  We then read “Buddy Bear Goes on Vacation” and described places such as the forest, jungle, beach, desert, ocean, etc.  We finished the session with our bubble machine.  

3’s and 4’s

   In some classrooms we continued working on phonemic awareness.  More shaving cream was placed on the table to blend sounds to make words.  We used the tabletop to make simple words and integrated several letters to make new words. In other classrooms we answered questions from our oral language box.  Each child had to pick a card out of the box and answer several different questions.  We focused on speaking clearly while standing up in front of our friends and worked primarily on /k/, /g/, /th/, /sh/, and /s/ sounds in words and sentences. 

Have a great weekend.   
 

                                    Stacy Torrence M.S. CCC-SLP

Class Notes

Sea Turtle

      The Sea Turtle’s have had another great week! We continued talking about different types of animals by reading books such as, “Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?” and “Mixed Up Chameleon” both by Eric Carle and both of which help teach something else we’ve been discussing in class…our colors! The color of the week was green and we utilized it by having each child stamp green paint onto paper with leaves, and by painting pictures of turtles with green paint. We’ve also been going over different shapes and stamped them onto paper with potato stamps that I made. Other arts and crafts projects included painting with marbles (by sticking construction paper into a canister with paint covered marbles), and having each child shake it around, coloring different types of animals, and painting with pudding.

      Sprinkler day was a hit again this week. Even if a child didn’t get in the water, they really enjoyed watching the other children. Please continue to dress them in their swimwear every Wednesday, and please remember to apply sunscreen before school every morning!

      Thanks for another great week Sea Turtles! I look forward to seeing everyone next week!  

Miss Ashley

Penguin

In class this week we talked about the color yellow, circles, and triangles. For art, we painted with marbles, made ball prints, and a sun out of a circle and triangles. We also made sure to review all of our letters. The children had fun pretending to bake, and watching the birds. We read some new books and learned new songs. The children also sorted different objects by color, which helped us review our colors this week. We have been working on using our words, and pointing out our body parts. Everyone had a great time pretending to play baseball, and swimming in the ball pit in the gross motor room! The children had a chance to take a trip to grandma’s house, and baked some cookies in the family living room. We had a really fun week and everyone is doing a great job in class! See you next week!

Ms. Danielle

Starfish

This week was all about sports. Monday we went to Starfish lanes and bowled. The children loved bowling, and it helped us practice our hand and eye coordination. For art we colored our own bowling balls. For math we counted the pins. We also practiced taking turns and cheering for our friends. The next sport we played was basketball, which helped us practice our gross motor skills. We talked about our favorite sports, and then made a chart. We made ball prints with paint. Water Day was fabulous, and the children were all smiles. We played soccer; it was a big hit. We colored footballs, and talked about what you need to wear when you play. Friday was bike day; the children love to show me there skills and their bikes. We reviewed days of the days of the week, colors, shapes, letters, and animals.

Ms. Jennifer

Seals

Hello again from the Seals! This week we had more fun. We talked about different sports and tried some of them out. Some of these sports were; baseball, bowling, and football. We also reviewed abc’s, opposites, numbers, shapes, and colors. The children practiced using their words, listening skills, and following directions. 

In art we decorated bowling balls. We colored foam bowling balls and the children glued sequins on them. We also made ball prints with sponges and some different kinds of balls. The children rolled the ball in paint and then proceeded to create a picture using this. We also made a brown bear out of construction paper. The children made footballs out of construction paper. The last thing we did was make a picture that displayed the different sports we have gone over.

During our gross motor time, we played follow the leader and Simon says. The children also danced to their favorite songs. The Seals were able to shake some of their wiggles out by doing exercise. We also pretended we were playing some of our favorite sports.

The children have had a blast this week. Next week there will be more fun things to do and learn. Until then, see everyone next week. Have a great weekend!

Reminders:

July 5 Closed for observing the fourth of July.  

Ms. Cheri

Dolphin

The dolphin group had a wonderful week filled with sports.  We learned about all the different types of sports, the equipment they use for each spot, and the types of balls used.  For math we made a graph of our favorite sports, used the balls to figure out if they were heavy or light, and sorted them by size.   We have really enjoyed project green this month and this week we continued with our endangered species.  The students learned about the Big Horn sheep.  For art this week we did a week long project.  We made a sport mobile which are hanging in the hallway.  The students did a wonderful job on these.  We really enjoyed sprinkler day and bike day this week.  We had some extra bike time this week for having great behavior.

With the hot weather we are having lately Ms. Michelle and I would greatly appreciate it if you are able to donate either a pack of baby wipes to wash faces after outside time or a pack of freeze pops for the students to enjoy during outside time.  Thank you for your cooperation in advance!!!!

Ms. Missy & Ms. Michelle

Walrus

The Walrus group is really moving along. We had a fantastic week, and enjoyed week 2 of Sprinkler and Bike Day! The students have been writing so much in their journals and we are reviewing our lower case letters again by matching them up with their capital letter. We are also making numbers! The students used the magnetic numbers and made whatever number I asked them to make. They did a fantastic job with both of these activities. Quin brought in these fantastic animal cards that have great facts on the back and we went over two of them each day! We also practiced using descriptive words by describing our fathers. We made sure to water the garden and decorate the front of the school with chalk! The children love drawing people and we practiced adding more details to the faces and bodies! We added eye lashes, eyebrows, ears, shoes, and fingers! The pictures look great; please check them out in the hallway! Have a wonderful weekend and we will see you on Monday!

Ms. Ryland & Ms. Emily

BRIGHT BEGINNINGS PRESCHOOL


Experienced Quality Child Care Since 1984


www.brightbeginningsva.com  

Millcreek Newsletter


June 18, 2010

Upcoming Events:

Monday, July 5^th, Closed for the Holiday

Friday July 9^th, Children’s Night Out, “USA Night,” 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, July 21^st, Staff Appreciation Day!

School Notes and News

Thank you to all our parents for being flexible enough to allow the center to close last Friday for a teacher training. Dr. Brice Jackson from the Connections Achievement and Therapy Center in Crozet came in and spoke all morning about a child’s brain development. His presentation touched on a wide range of ideas including assessment techniques, classroom strategies, and nutrition. Everyone learned so much and we appreciate everyone’s support.

Sprinkler and Bike Day was a great success this week. Please remember to bring a towel for Sprinkler Day. Also, as a reminder, the toddler explorer program closes at 5:30 p.m., while the rest of the classes are open until 6:00 p.m.

  Financial Memo

Attention automatic credit card paying parents-Please let us know if you would like us to include payment for the re-registration fee on your next month’s tuition payment. Re-registration fees are due by August 1st.

 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.

On your child's last day, please return your security card.  We are able to recycle these.  If we do not receive your card back, a $20.00 charge per card will be applied to your account and deducted from the deposit that was paid upon enrollment.

 Sign your child up for our Summer Solstice Party at Children's Night Out on Friday, June 18!  We'll have a night filled with activities to celebrate the sun and summer.

 Re-registration fees are due by August.  Pay now to ensure your child a spot!

 Thank you for your referrals.  Several families will be receiving a free week and you can too!  Refer a family that enrolls and you will receive a free week after they have been enrolled here a month.

Speech Weekly

Toddlers and young 2’s

We began by reading several noisy stories to focus on correctly producing  /p/, /b/, /m/, /s/, /z/, /t/, /k/, and /g/.  We then read Becca Bunny and worked on time concepts such as early/late, morning/afternoon, and day/night.  We read “Buddy Bear Goes on Vacation” and described all the places Buddy Bear went such as the desert, ocean, jungle, beach, forest, etc. We worked on sign language throughout the entire session.

Older 2’s

We also read several noisy stories and worked on simple categories.  We put several different pictures in category pockets of clothing, food, animals, and transportation.  We then read “Buddy Bear Goes on Vacation” and described places such as the forest, jungle, beach, desert, ocean, etc.  We finished the session with our bubble machine.  

3’s and 4’s

   In some classrooms we continued working on phonemic awareness.  More shaving cream was placed on the table to blend sounds to make words.  We used the tabletop to make simple words and integrated several letters to make new words. In other classrooms we answered questions from our oral language box.  Each child had to pick a card out of the box and answer several different questions.  We focused on speaking clearly while standing up in front of our friends and worked primarily on /k/, /g/, /th/, /sh/, and /s/ sounds in words and sentences. 

Have a great weekend.   
 

                                    Stacy Torrence M.S. CCC-SLP

 Class Notes

Penguins

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a wonderful three day weekend! We had lots of fun this week. We worked on learning the color red by coloring, painting, and sorting with red! We reviewed our abc’s, counted, animals, and our vocabulary. We are still working with everyone on using their nice hands with their friends.

For art this week, we painted with chopsticks, painted a red apple, and some free coloring! The children also had the chance to review their body parts by singing songs and pointing them out. Everyone is doing a great job in class and Delaney and Koen have really enjoyed making art! Andrew loves music time, and Spencer loves to take everyone for a ride in his cars! The Penguins have also been working on saying, “please,” and “thank you.” We read, Time To Say Please a few times this week to help us remember when to say these words.

We had another cooking project this week and we made rice crispy treats!  This was our first week for Sprinkler and Bike Day, and everyone had a great time. Remember that it is every Wednesday for Sprinkler Day and every Friday for Bike Day. Enjoy your weekend and Happy Father’s Day!

Ms. Danielle

Sea Turtle

Hello Everyone! First I would like to say thanks to everyone for giving me such a warm welcome to the Bright Beginnings program. I look forward to working with you and the children! I would also like to welcome Owen to the program. He joined the Sea Turtles last Monday and has had a great couple weeks. We love having him! All the sea turtle’s have had a fantastic week! We had lots of projects going on. We made father’s day gifts for the upcoming holiday and the children seemed to really enjoy that. We also decorated brown paper bags and made puppets out of them. We did chopstick paintings, colored summer butterflies, and decorated plates and made them into tambourines. We continued talking about birds by reading “Feathers for Lunch” by Lois Ehlert, which introduced the children to several different kinds of birds, and decorating pictures of birds, with crayons and feathers. We reviewed our colors and focused on the color red, our color of the week, by sorting the red toys from the rest of the group. We pretended to have a car wash with some of our cars in the classroom, and talked about the different sounds animals make by singing songs and reading books featuring diverse animals. Sprinkler Day went really well this past Wednesday! The kids loved running around in their bathing suits and playing in the water. Please continue to dress your children in their swimwear each Wednesday, with waterproof shoes, or extra shoes to change into afterward. Thanks again for the warm welcome, and I look forward to see everyone again next week! Have a great weekend!\

Ms. Ashley

Starfish

Hola from the Starfish Class! We had an awesome week. The first part of the week was all about Father’s Day! We made Father’s Day cards, and the children told me what they like to do with their fathers. We had a blast at Sprinkler Day! Miss Stacy came to visit to do a few activities with us and she let us play with her bubble machine at the end! We wrapped up the week making Chinese lanterns, riding our bikes on Bike Day, and the children did a fantastic job during our fire drill! We also made chocolate pudding for our cooking project! We would also like to welcome back Siena to the class. Ms. Jessica and I are very proud of everyone. Have a wonderful weekend!

Ms. Jennifer & Ms. Jessica

Seals

Hello again from the Seals! I hope everyone had a great weekend! This week the Seals were hard at work learning about some different countries. We learned about Egypt, China, and Mexico. The children also reviewed sign language, counting, abc’s, opposites, and shapes. We also learned how to say “hello” and “goodbye” in different languages. We did another cooking project this week. The children learned a lot this week and had a lot of fun!

In art we made mummies with TP, wiggly eyes, and glitter. We also made passports to help us pretend we were really traveling to these places. Then we painted with chop sticks. For Mexico we made paper plate maracas. Then for China we made Chinese lanterns made from toilet paper roll tubes. During this time, we practiced a lot of fine motor skills and following directions.

For gross motor time we pretended to be traveling to other countries. We also exercised by doing jumping jacks, running in place, stretching, etc. The children also had fun playing Simon Says and Follow the Leader. We also did the Mexican hat dance, and of course we had to dance some to our favorite songs.

I hope everyone had a fun week. I will see everyone next week. Things to remember:

·     Every Wednesday till now and the end of our summer session will be sprinkler day. Bring an extra change of clothes and some kind of shoes they can get wet. They will need to wear their bathing suits to school our time will be 10:00- 10:30am.

·     Every Friday will be bike day. Bring your bike and a helmet.

Ms. Cheri

Dolphin

This week the Dolphin Class took a trip around the world. We made our passports and headed off to Egypt, Japan, Mexico, and China! For math, we made a graph of our favorite vacation spots. We also practiced our numbers 1-20, and for Project Green we talked about the jaguar!

For art, we made maracas from Mexico, passports to help us travel around the world, and we made lanterns from China!

We really enjoyed speech class with Ms. Stacy, the book mobile, Sprinkler and Bike Day! The treasure box is going well, and we are still accepting donations. Thank you to everyone for the donations we have already received. Please remember, on Sprinkler Day to pack a towel labeled with their name, water shoes or flip flops, and extra clothes. On Bike Day, bring your bike, or scooter, and a helmet.

Ms. Missy & Ms. Michelle

Walrus

The Walrus group had so much fun this week!  It was the first week for Sprinkler and Bike Day, and it was just a blast! The children continued their clock work, and we started back up on writing sentences!  Our art projects were awesome this week. We made Chinese inspired lanterns, mummies, our very own passports, and painted with chop sticks! Please be on the lookout for them in the hallway.  Egypt was the country of the week and we made sure to discuss the colors of its flag, its location, and some of the things they might be found there. Our wonderful book mobile joined us this week and the children are looking forward to reading all of our new books in the next week or two. The wonderful Ms. Stacy came to visit as well. We worked on oral language, and comparative superlatives like young, younger, youngest. The children worked really hard this week and did an amazing job! Have a wonderful weekend!

Ms. Ryland & Ms. Emily