MAY 2010

DIRECTOR'S NEWSLETTER

Thank you to all the parents and children for participating in the MDA hop-a-thon.  The children raised over $500!  CONGRATULATIONS!

Our trip to Whittemore Wildlife Center for the Children's Garden Quilt Day is scheduled for Thursday, May 13th.  This is a rain or shine event.  We will be walking the trails, planting our seedlings and experiencing nature.  Dress appropriately and bring a garden trowel!  If you have any questions, please speak with a teacher.  Permission slips are due back ASAP, and please sign up on parent info table.

Fall 2010 enrollment packets and financial agreements have gone out to families who have returned their child's application and registration fee.  Please return forms and fees as soon as possible.  If you need an application, please speak with Miss Karen.

We are spending more time outside since the warm, sunny, weather has arrived.  Pleas dress your children appropriately.  Flip flops, crocs, and "ballerina" shoes are not safe for running and climbing.  PLEASE apply sunscreen to your child before bringing them to school.

PLAYGROUND NEWS- We are looking for volunteers to help with our playground.  We are growing a variety of plants under our grow lights and hope to transplant them into a prepared garden area within the playground.  The children will be taking care of the garden and reaping the benefits!  We would also like to incorporate some natural play materials and areas into our playground.  Please see Miss Karen for more information and if you would like to volunteer.

NEWS FROM THE CLASSROOMS

Pre-K and Fours

Only a few more letters to go and we will finish the alphabet!    Our fine motor skills have shown remarkable improvement.  We are counting and grouping in tens, and writing our numerals. We have been learning all about the different baby animals that are born in the spring and the plant life cycle.  Our seeds that we planted have sprouted and we have placed them under our grow lights.  Some of the plants will be planted in the Children's Garden Quilt and the rest will go into our garden in the playground.  It's all very exciting to watch.  We learned a lot this month about differences and disabilities.  We hopped to help children with weaker muscles, and had an ice cream party to celebrate our accomplishments!   We also celebrated Earth Day and Arbor Day this month, by learning how to make our earth cleaner and greener.   We have been visiting our respective Kindergartens and our excitement and anticipation is growing as we prepare for the end of the year and graduation from pre-school.

Threes

We had lots of fun this month.  We learned all about Spring and how the weather is getting warmer and our earth is changing.  We also talked about April being our month of rain.  Our cutting is wonderful!  We started to learn about writing and how letters go top to bottom.
Next month we have a field trip - for information see parent's info table or newsletter.  We will be starting to write our names!  We will be reviewing our shapes and colors.  Our themes will be flowers, gardening, life cycle of plants, and Mother's Day.  The letters we will be learning about are O,P,Q,R,S, and U.  We will also continue to practice cutting. 
Happy Birthday Ariana who will be 4 on May 7!