![]() Some of the topics you may want to include in a newsletter are themes, letters and numbers you are learning, field trips, Important dates, days school is closed, birthdays, parent tips/tricks, resources to encourage further learning at home. To communicate your plans for each month you may want to create a newsletter to share with families. They want to know what activities they were engaged in, what their favorite thing to do at school is, what are they learning, if they are making friends. I feel so blessed to be on this journey with you and your children.Parents love to know what their kids are doing when they are away from them. If you have any questions about your student and their readiness, please feel free to ask. As we embark into this New Year we will be focusing on getting most of us ready for Kindergarten. It is a brand new year! I’m looking forward to seeing what 2015 brings. Thank you for letting us care for your child. Donations of BIG boxes are always welcome as we love to get creative and invent cool things out of them. Each child needs to have at least one set of extra clothes marked with their name. Please remember we will try to enjoy the outdoors when we can, please make sure your child has appropriate winter wear. We will study all things winter including: winter weather and arctic animals. January is going to be filled with our fun winter unit. ![]() Welcome back everyone and warmest wishes! Parents please check your child’s cubby to be sure they have extra clothes and necessary winter gear for when we venture outside. We are happy to have Shawna join our group. Wish Kada and Jolene the best a they have transitioned into the intermediate classroom, we will miss you. Lots of activities to enjoy indoors and outdoors. We will be getting right into learning by exploring winter with discussions about what the weather is like, hibernation, animals in winter and what we wear when it is cold. Happy New Year! We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and a rejuvenating break! Thank you all for the thoughtful cards, wishes and gifts for teachers! We are excited about a fun filled year of learning in our classroom! January brings the cold weather and snow to us. I really enjoy watching my babies grow and learn every day. Zadie is getting to know us and is cute as a bug in a rug. Angelo is pulling himself up and Townes is getting closer to walking. William is learning to stack 3 to 4 blocks to make a tower. This month we will learn about winter weather, our colors will be blue and white and silver. Our sign for the month are Star and Snowflake. Our songs for the month are Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and 10 little snowflakes. We look forward to a great new year and all the fun we are going to have getting to know each other better. They love looking out the big windows and watching the horses next door. Your babies are enjoying their new classroom and friends. Happy New Year! Our new infant classroom is off to a great new start. We will put out a list by the sign in book for you to write a good email address so I can be sure it gets to the right place. ![]() Ideally I would like to email them to each family. –Tax forms will be available the last week of January. We had just 8 kids and they just soared through the year and entered first grade strong. Many of you may remember our Kindergarten program at the farm. Our hope is to recruit no more than 12 children for that classroom. We will offer the tools of the mind curriculum. –Amy and I are hard at work preparing for our full day Kindergarten. Amy will be here, we will stay in touch and I will be working from home until I can get myself back here. My hope is that I will be out only 2 weeks then here on crutches soon after. I am sorry to say that I will be out for a couple weeks due to an ankle issue I need to take care of and be off my feet for a few weeks. Sarah should return around the first part of February with little J.D. What a chubby and adorable guy with lots of hair. Ms Sarah had her baby on the 23 rd of December. She comes to us with great education and experience she will be in the new infant room with Ms Melanie while in training and until Sarah returns. I can tell you that the staff feel the same. So many new parents have said to me that much of their decision to choose our school was the positive energy they felt here. We have the most wonderful group of children, parents and staff. Another thank you to all of those of you who were present during tours with new families and were kind and friendly to them. ![]() We are welcoming many new friends and we have opened the new infant room. The holiday season is such a great time to reflect and count our blessings. Thank you to all of you who brought us gifts and goodies.
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