January 2010
Dear Parents:
December was action packed with preparation for Christmas. Our Christmas party, on December 18, was well attended. It was so good to see that so many extended family members were able to attend. I hope everybody enjoyed our performances. All the children loved Santa Claus who came to the party and the magic show by Richard the Magician. All the staff would like to thank parents for their nice Christmas gifts.
This year again, in each room, staff will be writing monthly observations about each child in the child’s individual book. If any of the parents would like to view their child’s observation book, please talk to staff.
It’s sad to see our baby room teacher Stacey go, but we will wish her all the best and hopefully in a year she will come back with her baby.
Yours Truly,
Jane Pevzner
Baby Room
Happy New Year to everyone! It was very nice to see all our babies and their families at the Christmas Party on December 18. Everyone is adjusting well to our room routine, they know when it’s story time, or craft time. Larissa and Trinity are starting to talk and Egor is not crying anymore and likes to play with our toys. As a reminder, please send extra clothes for your children as we get dirty when we eat, and doing some craft activities.
January 7 will be the last day for me (Stacey) to be working with your babies, as I will be leaving for maternity leave. Mei, who used to work in the baby room last year, will be replacing me.
Stacey, Alina
Toddler Room
Happy New Year, and all the best for 2010. We would like to wish a happy 3d birthday to Kimora and would like to welcome Riley to our room. We have had a lot of sand play in the last month as the cold weather is keeping us inside. We have also been learning about Winter, Winter weather and animals. In January, we are planning to learn about parts of our body, learn new songs, games, and making lots of arts and crafts activities. Hopefully the weather will improve and we can make a snowman and discuss his different body parts. This month, we’ll be focusing on language development by reading stories and asking children different question. We will start working on letters of the alphabet and trying to teach children to recognize them. We will also be learning to count up to 10.
Dione, Tami
Preschool Room
We hope everybody had nice Christmas holidays. This month we’ll be talking about snow. We will continue talking about the letters of the alphabet, and counting up to 20. The weather was very cold and we spent many days playing inside, so instead of water in the water table, we will bring snow from outside so children can put their gloves on and play with the snow. We also had a few experiments where we put a glass of water in the freezer, and it turned into ice. When the weather gets warmer, we would like to go outside, so please send all of your child’s outdoor gear so they can enjoy the fresh air. For all the kindergarten parents, please inform the staff about special school closure days. Staff is asking the parents not to bring any Kraft Dinner for your child’s lunch. We would like to wish happy birthday to Colby and Aaliyah who will be turning 5.
Olga, Gulay
2007