May 8, 2013
Dear Parents,
This month we are focusing on Motherʼs Day, birds/butterflies, zoo/circus animals and flowers. We are discussing with the children “how things grow”. We are continuing with Spring songs and activities. The classes will be planting and reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and will be studying the life cycle of a butterfly.
The children are fascinated by how caterpillars turn into butterflies, and the rebirth of all animals and plants in the Spring. We are also continuing our review of numbers/ math, spelling/reading comprehension, shapes, and colors too!
Everyday at circle time the toddlers review numbers, letters, colors and our daily songs. The children are really doing well and they love to do their projects too! They also enjoy doing music, movement and exercise everyday.
Our number & alphabet writing is progressing along wonderfully. We are almost done with the alphabet. The Nursery & Pre-K classes are learning letters W – Z & numbers 15 – 20. They are learning patterns, and more or less. The children love to come up during circle time to write their name and letters.
We are all excited about our third annual “end of the year” concert. The concert will be held on Wednesday, June 12th at 10:00 a.m. This year we will be doing our concert “Disney” style. The children have been practicing the special things they will be doing for the concert. Each group will be performing individually. The Toddler class will be the opening act followed by the Nursery class, then the Pre-K class. If you did not do so already please bring $15.00 cash per child to help cover the cost of the shirts and costumes for graduation as soon as possible. You will be receiving an “end of the year” concert e-vite shortly. Please respond so we will know how many people will be attending the end of the year concert.
Parents and guests should arrive at the child care no later than 9:45 a.m. Please enter through the middle playground gate. A teacher will be there to greet you and will be handing out the programs. After you receive your program please find a seat and wait for the concert to begin. We ask you to please go directly to your seats and not to enter the child care to see your child because this may distract the children and they may get upset.
We want this to be a fun event for everyone, so if your child gets upset at any point during the concert one of the teachers will walk your child over to you so they can feel comfortable participating in the concert with their parent/parents from your seat. If you are unable to attend the concert and your child needs special attention we have designated teachers to care for your child/children.
Please donʼt be discouraged if your child/children doesnʼt want to participate. Remember they are young and we donʼt want to pressure them into doing something that they donʼt feel comfortable about. We are here to have a great time and enjoy the concert.
Immediately following the concert there will be refreshments for everyone to enjoy. We hope you have a wonderful time and enjoy the show!!
The hot weather is approaching. Please bring in a bathing suit, a towel, suntan lotion, water shoes and a summer change of clothes; shorts, tee-shirt, socks, underwear (if needed) for your child.
For the safety of the children please do not send them to school wearing any jewelry and have them wear sneakers to school. It is safer for climbing and running. Please bring your child in the appropriate play clothes as they might get dirty throughout the day but please no pajamas.
If your child is NOT going to be in school OR if you need to switch/add a day please call to let the staff know, as this is important to keep the proper staff ratio.
We would love to add a written testimonial from you on our website. If you could please send it to missdawnschildcare@gmail.com. Thank you!
We are happy to invite a soccer fitness program called “Happy Feet” to our schools! They will be visiting us for some outdoor soccer and story time for a trial visit to see if they will be a good fit into Miss Dawn’s Program. They will be visiting us on Thursday, May 16th at 3pm.
Please pardon our appearance over the next few months as we will be renovating the outside of the building and grounds.
- A Reminder: The concert will start promptly at 10:00 a.m., donʼt forget your cameras and video cameras. We will be closed Monday May 27th for Memorial Day. We hope everyone has a wonderful Motherʼs Day!!
Sincerely,
Miss Dawn, Miss Christine & Staff
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