Happy ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

The leprechaun officially came to cost us at over the rainbow! Let's see if their traps will catch him this year. We are actively looking for him with our special rainbow binoculars!

Read across America day!

Wednesday March 2nd we will be celebrating Dr. Seuss's birthday and read across America day!

Have your child wear their favorite hat!

Have your child bring in their favorite book so we can read it to the class.

We will be making green eggs and ham for breakfast.

We will also be making a fun treat that looks like green eggs but it is a desert they will eat for afternoon snack!

February vacation

We are going to have another vacation fun week next week! I actually have some  parents viewing the blog again so I am excited to see how many more parents visit!

MONDAY: pajama day: we will be making popcorn balls and hot chocolate. Children may bring in their favorite movies.

TUESDAY: dress up as your favorite storybook character or movie character. Please NO SCARY COSTUMES. We will be doing face painting and nails. Please let us know if you would not like your child's nails painted.

WEDNESDAY: favorite things day. 

Bring in a favorite food to share

Bring in your favorite toy

Wear your favorite favorite color

Thursday:  silly day!/ game day

Wear your clothes in a silly way; inside out, backwards etc., 

Bring in a favorite game to play! We will be playing games all day.

FRIDAY: cooking day!

We will be voting in what to make for breakfast and for snack! The children will bring home a treat to share with you!

Halloween parade and pot luck

Our annual parade and potluck will be Friday, October 30th. For more info please look at our monthly newsletter. You may sign up by email by simply filling out the form.

September!

We are off to another great school year. Our current theme is Friends and feelings.

Some fun learning activities we have done:

•  We have learned if your happy and your know it using all our emotions.
•  We have practiced writing our name using fall colors
• We have painted with different colors to express our feelings
• We made scented play doe
• We made air popcorn for the letter P
• We made pumpkin cookies for the letter P

Some basic learning we have done:

• Letter activities for letter Ff and Pp
• learned how to be a good friend

1. Include everyone
2. Share
3. Care
4. Say Sorry
5. Work Together
6. Cooperation
7. Using your words
8. Forgiving

We will be continuing this theme through the middle of October

Please review your child's journal and initial it.  It is extremely important that your child feels proud of their accomplishments and feels important to you! Ask them about their day and share your day also with them.  If possible, please send in show and tell weekly.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO VIEW THE FIELD TRIP LINK ON THE RIGHT FOR IMPORTANT DATES AND INFO!

September 2015

We have had a great back to school week! Please check out our monhly newsletter tab on the right. 

REMINDER THAT WE WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2015 for observation of Labor Day!

Field trip today

We are going to Amesbury Town park today.

Departure: 8:30

Returning: 12:30

Please read monthly newletter link and field trip link on the right.

Closed tomorrow 2/27

Just another reminder that the daycare will be closed tomorrow. Friday, February 27th. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your continued support

Mistake on fun week!

Tomorrow is backwards day! We will be having crazy hair day on Thursday. Sorry for the confusion and the mistake.

Vacation fun week

Monday: pajama day!   Wear your pajamas all day! We will be having pancakes for breakfast! May also bring a favorite stuff animal or doll. 

Favorite movies can be brought in to watch all week.

Tuesday: crazy hair day. Wear your hair any weird way you would like! Funnier the better.

Blueberry muffins for breakfast

May bring in a favorite snack to share

Wednesday: dress as your favorite storybook character or supper hereo.

( no bad guys , weapons or scary costumes please)

We will be making pretzel bites

Thursday: backwards day.: wear your favorite color and clothes backwards!

We will be having English muffin pizzas for breakfast to share in our backwards day!

Class list

Aidan 

Sarah

Jacob G

Ricky

Spencer

Brielle

Matthew

Joseph

Hailey

Ryan

Jacob s

Valentines Day

We will be having our friendship celebration on Thursday Febuary 12th.

Please send in your child's valentines on Wednesday. 

Sign up list for our friendship fruit salad and our friendship soup is posted on our parent board!

Storm Delay

We will be having a 90 minute delay this morning. Please call or text to let us know whether your child will be attending or not.

No Dayschool today

We will be closed today! Stay safe and warm! Happy ground hog day!

Hopefully everyone is dug out from the storm and WE ARE OPEN TODAY! (Wednesday January 28th)

MERRY CHRISTMAS

I just noticed that the december newsletter never updated.  I apologize for this!  Please review and let me know if you have any questions.

Our new theme this Month is WINTER WONDERLAND.  Last week our lesson started with water and the different things it can become.  We learned about snow flakes and icicles.  We made colored icecubes and painted with them!  We attempted to make a Christmas tree with our fingerprints but we had so much fun that we ruined it in the end but had lots of fun>LOL   We also made designs with soap and painted over our designs with the colored ice cubes to see our designs magically appear!

We have been learning two Christmas dances and learning fun classic carols.  we will be posting our dances this Thursday!!  Please dress your child in holiday colors on this day.

We also are still learning about healthy nutrition and our food groups.  The children have begun separating the food out of their lunch boxes into the proper food groups.  We have been encouraging trying new foods and have been happy to see changes in the lunch boxes!  Our younger ones are learning to speak in sentences and a variety of different food every day helps build vocabulary.

November curriculum

For the month of November we will be focusing on friends and family, health and nutrition. Please go to this site for information pertaining to what your child will be learning www.choosemyplate.gov

The cold weather is fast approaching!  Below you will find many friendly reminders as we move forward in our school year.  This is a general newsletter so if something doesn't pertain to you or your child please disregard.

• Ms Amanda and I recently attended an Early learning NH teaching conference.  We attend these regularly to keep up with the state regulations and to learn creative and knowledgeable information to teach your child/children.  I attended a technology class and i learned about the recent research pertaining to children and learning.  With this I have decided to adjust our daily schedule to a minimum of ½ hour of television a day.  I have also removed computer time from our curriculum because with the invention of tablets and handheld learning devices, professionals have come to the conclusion that children are being inundated with technology.  The academy of pediatrics also recommends that children over 3 do not have more than an hour of Technology a day.  THIS INCLUDES, TABLETS, VIDEO GAMES AND TELEVISION. If your child is having more than this at home, please rethink and adjust their schedule.  Here is a link to a website that amanda found with some startling info.   www.babysleepsite.com/toddlers/how-tv-affects-toddler-preschooler-sleep/   
• Learning under the age of six happens best when a child is engaged with a parent or an adult having quality time.

Fun ways to learn the alphabet phonics:

memory game(matching upper and lowercase using flashcards)

Go fish also using flash cards.

alphabet lotto games

finding letters in old magazines

READING BOOKS

playing eye-spy but give just the beginning sound of the item first.

Fun ways to learn numbers and math skills:

setting the table for dinner(counting how many of each item needed)

matching socks

helping you cook dinner or bake

game of war but use pennies, buttons or cheerios to count our the number so your child can visually see.(first start with 1-5)  This is called one-to-one correspondence.

using a ruler to measure how deep the water in the bathtub is.

• Cold weather gear is needed asap. PLEASE LEAVE A SET AT THE DAYCARE

1. please dress your child in layers in the morning
2. a pair of slippers or shoes that are just used for inside
3. 2 pairs of gloves/mittens. knit mittens are good for now but please supply us with a pair of insulated mittens also.
4. sweatshirt for colder days
5. 2 pairs of extra socks
6. snow boots that can accommodate two pairs of socks or wool socks
7. snow pants(these are worn on cold days,not just snow days
8. 2 hats(one thin hat to be worn under helmet for sledding

• We welcome parents to come and hang out at the end of the day!  With this does come the challenge of dayschool rules vs home rules.  Please make sure you adhere to the rules of the Dayschool while you and your child are on school property.  This not only confuses your child but also the additional children in our care.  We strive to be consistent and fair to all children in our care.  If you are unsure of certain rules please ask and we will gladly clarify.
• Please make sure to sign your child in and out daily and to sign at the end of the week.  This is a state mandated law.  We are also requesting emails again so please write your in the signature spot on this weeks attendance sheet.
• Finally, we will be open on Veterans Day.  We will be closed instead for Thanksgiving and the day after.
• Lastly, the children will be making a class wish list for toy donations instead of teacher gifts.  We will post this at the last week of November.

Monthly Newsletter- Halloween Parade and Potluck

PLEASE NOTE THERE IS A NEW LINK ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PAGE WHERE YOU CAN ACCESS THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER, IT IS ALSO POSTED HERE. THIS LINK IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE UNDER "MORE INFO"

HALLOWEEN PARADE AND POTLUCK

Our 12th annual Halloween Parade and potluck will be October 30th from 4:00-5:00.

• The children will walk down the driveway in their halloween costumes. On their return trip back down the driveway is when we pass out the halloween candy to the children.  In order for this to go smoothly please follow the routine and rules as follows.

• Sign up list for potluck will be posted on the parent wall inside the dayschool.  We are open for any creative ideas!  We do however want to offer a balanced meal.  We will have spots open for meals, desserts and drinks.  All parents are encouraged to bring candy or a special treat to place in the trick or treat bags.
• Please send in your childs costume the DAY BEFORE our party in a labeled bag.  we can apply face make-up or paint as long as you supply it. also if you sign up for party ware please send this in the day before.
• make sure you send your child a treat or trick container for collecting their special treats and candy.  If forgotten we will supply a market basket bag but the children tend to lose these bags after the party and become distressed.  With their own special bag labeled with their name their will be no confusion.  
• Please arrive for the parade 10 minutes before march.  This will allow time for you to put your potluck items on the tables.  We have a small group this year so please line up after the shed.  smile and way but please do not yell out.  This causes our quieter children to run to their parents and they miss the parade.
• ON the walk back is when you may pass out the special treats you have for the children.  It is much easier for the children if the parents line on on the same side.  This way the children only have to walk in a straight line to achieve success!
• Potluck is self serve. We hold off on the sweet stuff until after some main dishes are eaten.
• Seabrooks trick or treat night is also this night.  We have found it helpful to feed the children a meal before you head out on the town.  
• Finally please supervise and watch your child/children during this event.  Make sure your child is following the daycare rules.  If you become unsure of a rule please ask

SEPTEMBER 29TH- OCTOBER 3RD

We continue to learn about our 5 senses and four body parts!! We made eye balls using ping pong balls and looked in the mirror to observe our unique eye color!  We learned about air and wind and the sense of touch.  How we can feel wind but can's see it.  We discovered that we can see the things the wind moves; like trees, clouds our hair!  We all agreed that we can FEEL the wind with our sense of touch.  Sarah actually told me she could feel the air with her tongue and I was IMPRESSED.

For art exploration we did leaf print and leaf rubbings.  We also free painted using red and yellow to discover the color orange is made!

Fun songs this wk were the monkey song and I'm so wonderfully made. Our poem was WAY UP HIGH IN THE APPLE TREE.

Jacob and Ricky have had a great week potty training!  KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.

Next week we will be doing a mini fire safety unit.

Our field trip to Charmingfare farm is next Friday Oct. 10th.  Please review our field trip link for items needed and our departure and arrival back times.  We will not be able to wait for tardy children on this day because we have quite a long drive.