BRIGHT BEGINNINGS PRESCHOOL
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Millcreek Newsletter
February 5, 2010 School News: ATTENTION PARENTS! I am so excited to tell you that we will be going OUTSIDE again starting MONDAY. Yes, this MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22nd. Please make sure your child has an extra pair of clothes, a jacket, BOOTS, extra socks, extra shoes, and any other things you may think of that will help them be comfortable for the rest of the day just in case they get wet outside. Everyone is super excited about this and we want everyone to be prepared so they can have all the fun they can and still be dry inside.
We recognize that with the amount of snow and ice we have had this winter that we have had to alter our hours of operation and appreciate your understanding as you can imagine that it is a difficult decision to make. Overall we have not closed as often as others and strive to be open during bad weather for your convenience. Please keep in mind that when making this decision we consider the safety of our staff and families and the number of staff that can make it in order to maintain ratios. If we have another day that we are closed due to snow or ice (cross your fingers that we don't!) we will add back in one of the spring break days in April. Thanks again for your patience and understanding. Have a wonderful weekend! Upcoming Events:
Friday, February 19th – Children’s Night Out
“Celebrate Diversity”
Thursday, February 25th – Staff Appreciation Day Friday, March 5th- Children’s Night Out “Over the Rainbow Tuesday, March 9th- Brownie Bake Off and Potluck Friday, March 19th- Children’s Night Out “Shining Shamrock”
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. Class Notes Sea Turtle Welcome back! Thank you all for coming to our Grandparent’s Day Brunch! We also want to welcome out newest Sea Turtle, Carter to our class! This week we learned about the letter “Bb!” We came up with a list of words that began with “B,” such as, ball, bear, bike, and bubble! We enjoyed doing jumping jacks, and everyone loved jogging in place. For art, we finger painted, colored the letter “B,” made flowers, and did some free art. For our cooking project we made mini pizzas, using English muffins. They were tasty and everyone had a blast making them. Have a wonderful weekend! See you on Monday! Ms. Erin Penguin The Penguin Class would like to thank everyone for stopping by on Grandparent’s and Special Friends Day. It was a lot of fun, and everyone seemed to have had a really good time. This week we did a lot of fun things. We read some great books like “Miss Spider.” The class really liked the bright colors that were portrayed on each page. For arts and crafts, we colored a picture of a ball for the letter “Bb,” and did some finger painting, body tracing, and made some new sensory bottles! We made pizza for our cooking project this week, which everyone enjoyed! For children’s humanities, we did some jumping jacks, running in place, and even some push-ups! We talked about our bodies more this week. At circle time, we added a new song to sing about animals! We even had another new friend that joined out class! His name is Spencer and he is so wonderful! See you next week! Ms. Danielle Seals Hello from the Seals! This week we were jam packed with things to do since it was a short week, due to the staff training on Monday. On Wednesday of this week we had the rescheduled Grandparents day! The children loved having visitors to our classroom. They got to spend some quality time with some members of their extended family they may not see too often. The children sang their songs and gave their gifts to their visitors. The seals also headed back into the kitchen to make some delicious muffins on Friday. I wanted to congratulate a few students on some students on some big accomplishments; Joshua, Gabrielle, Emma, and Logan great job on using the potty! You guys are doing an awesome job keep it up! The children are continuing to work on knowing their shapes and colors. I have been quizzing them with flash cards. They are getting better at knowing and saying what shape it is without delay. We have also been working on recognizing letters and connecting a letter with a picture of something that starts with that letter. We are still working on our walking in a line skill. The children are also working on knowing their body parts (head, shoulders knees, toes, etc). To convey this we made crazy people in art. The children were given two eyes, mouth and nose. Then they were given supplies to use as need to create their person. The person could have feathers, sequence, fabric, etc. The children have started to investigate the world of patterns during block play. They all learned a new rhyme. We learned Humpty Dumpty! In art besides the crazy people, we made jeweled J’s that sparkled and shone! The children also got to experiment with textured paint I mixed some paint up with sand in it and let them finger paint with it. They really seemed to enjoy doing this. We also made an Igloo picture and talked about the letter “I.” While doing this art projects they were using listen skills, following directions, and fine motor skills. For example picking a crayon up and drawing with it is a fine motor skill. Also putting glue on something small is a fine motor kill. During gross motor time we did exercises. We did jumping jacks, stretching and running and jogging in place. We also played red light green light and pretended we were driving cars. This week we also played follow the leader, Simon Says, and went on a bear hunt. All these activities practiced gross motor skills using their legs and the skills of jumping. They also used the skills of listening and following directions. I hope everyone has a great weekend! I look forward to next week’s fun activities! There will be a CNO (Children’s Night Out) on March 5. I will be hosting it along with another teaching. Be sure to sign your child up before it fills up! Ms. Cheri Dolphin This week, the Dolphin Class had a rip, roarin’ time! We did everyting from fingerpainting to find Germany on the map, to using the scale in our room, to going on a “B” scavenger hunt! We learned so much! We learn a lot n our classroom, there might also be some things that you (parents) want your child to learned or improve on. Is there anything else that you would like your child to focus on learning, or do you have any ideas for things that we could learn? What would you like to see more of in the Dolphin classroom? What does your child enjoy and want to do more of? With what does your child need more support? Feel freek to email your answers to
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or just stick a note in my cubby or your child’s cubby. In math, we talked about what our body parts do, how bikes can help reduced carbon dioxide during Project Green, weighed different things with our class scale, and talked about how magnets repel and attract. In letter’s time, we read our “B” book, went on a “B” scavenger hung, wrote “B’s” on our easel, and talked about objects in our read aloud. In art, we finger painted, traced our hands and feet and then glued them onto our bodies, had music class with Ms. Melissa, and made a collage of food pictures. In social studies, we talked about Germany, found it on the map, leaned some German words, and looked at the German flag. In humanities, we did some room jogging, did sit-ups, jumping jacks and made our cooking project! We had a fantastic week, and our Grandparents/Special Friend’s Day was so much fun! Ms. Kimberly Walrus The Walrus Class had a great time starting the week learning about static electricity! We discussed some of places we experience static electricity at school. The students have experienced it on the slide outside, playing in the tunnel in Ms. Cheri’s old room, and sometimes when we put our jackets on. Our letter this week was “B,” and we made a great list of “B” words like book, board, bike, bad, ball, baseball, and Bright Beginnings! We wrote two of these “B” words in our journal to help us practice writing our lowercase letters. The Walrus group recycled their lunch packages this week to help start with the school wide recycling project. They had an absolute blast with body tracing. Each student’s bodies were traced and they were able to drawn on their own hair, clothes, and even shoes. Before we did this project we discussed what our bodies help us do and why they are so important. We are still working on our number book and we were able to write 4, 5, and 6 this week. We have drawn food before but this week we gave our food drawings faces and capes like superheroes! There was a discussion about the healthy foods we put in our bodies and the foods that give us good energy. The Grandparent’s/Special Friend’s Day was a great success and thank you to everyone who could come out! For those who could not make it, we missed you! The Walrus group really did a great job this week and I cannot wait for the events and projects to come! Ms. Ryland
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.