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Friday, September 30, 2005
Friday, September 30, 2005
Calendar
9/30 & 10/1 Scholastic Book Fair
10/1 Family Fun Day
10/10 Indigenous People’s Day – School closed, no school-provided childcare
10/12 Core meeting 5 pm
10/13 All school assembly 3 pm, Latin American music by “Alborada”
10/244 All-staff Inservice day – School closed, no childcare
FROM THE OFFICE
~ The October monthly childcare calendar was due on Monday, Sept. 26. This is a reminder that if you have not signed a full-time childcare agreement for this school year or the office has not received your October childcare calendar, you will be charged $10.00 per hour for any hours your child spends in childcare.
~ Each year, the school must report the immunization status of each student to the State of California Health and Human Services Agency. This report is due by mid-October. If you received a letter from the office about immunizations for your kindergarten child, we must receive verification of immunizations of your child by this Friday, Sept. 30.
~ You may have received a letter about immunizations for your toddler or primary age child. Again, we must receive verification of immunizations of your child by this Friday, Sept. 30.
Children will not be allowed to return to school after Sept. 30th until all their paperwork is in order. Thank you for your cooperation.
BOOK FAIR
GLM will hold its 2nd Scholastic Book Fair on Friday Sept. 30 from 3 – 6 pm and Saturday, Oct. 1st from 10 am – 2 pm. This is a chance to enrich your child’s home library, buy gifts for the holidays.
FAMILY FUN DAY
Saturday, Oct. 1st, is also Family Fun Day! This is an event for the entire family, friends and neighbors, from 10 am to 2 pm. There will be games, BBQ, activities, a circus, jump tents and more! Don’t miss it!
SOUND OF THE WEEK Each Wednesday your child is encouraged, with your help, to find an object at home (preferably not a toy) that begins with the sound of the week. Put it in a labeled bag to share with your child’s class. The sound for next week is “D”, as in Dragon, Dime, and Dandelion.
WHAT’S GLM ELEMENTARY UP TO?
The GLM elementary is a close-knit, active group. There is always something happening! This year:
~ They will be attending three plays at the Calvin Simmons Theater – “Pinocchio”, California Gold Rush”, and “Black Regiment”.
~ At least once a month they hike to the local library.
~ They’re going on field trips to MOCHA and Angel Island.
~ They’re planning a ride on Amtrak.
~ Three times a week they have Spanish lessons.
~ Swimming at the YMCA will resume in the Spring.
~ They are very concerned about others and will participate in Pennies for Patients, a Leukemia Society fundraising event again, and will organize a clothing and canned food drive.
~ Reading, gardening and cooking projects with the primary classes.
OCTOBER 10 CHILDCARE
On Indigenous People’s Day (also called Columbus Day) Mrs. Aima will be offering childcare at her home in Alameda from 8:00am till 6:00pm, $50.00 for the day. We will walk to the park, have a cooking project, art, dress ups, a video, and lots of outdoor time. There will be sign ups on the clipboards.
Location is: 456-A- Santa Clara Ave.
For more information you can call Mary Aima at 510-749-0853
GET ON THE BUS
Tour Sonoma in Style!
We have seats left for the 3rd Annual GLM Wine Tour. On Sunday, November 6 join other GLM parents, friends and relatives as we tour Sonoma. We'll have a private driver courtesy of Black Tie Transportation and due to the generosity of Dreyers Ice Cream. For only $65 per person we will enjoy a day of wine tasting and lunch. The day will include: 9am Departure from GLM. First stop is B.R. Cohn Winery. We'll move on to a delicious lunch at Olive & Vine Restaurant. Chef/Owner Cynthia Driggers is personally preparing the menu and will be welcoming us to her fabulous restaurant. Then we'll visit Chateau St. Jean and finish our day at Cline Cellars. This is a fundraiser supporting GLM's financial aid program and arts education. Please email Amy Marcus at afmarcus@comcast.net to secure your seats. This is a great opportunity to meet, relax and socialize with other GLM families.
THANK YOU
Thank you to Helen Campbell for opening her home to Life Touch Studios for the school pictures. Her living room and dining room were overtaken for a day and a half with cameras, reflective lighting and background scenery!
CLASS NEWS
REDWOOD (ELEMENTARY)
Our class has returned to their recorder lessons with Mr. Hoffman! They are learning to play songs together as a group with half the class playing the high harmony and half the class learning to play the low harmony. They are already sounding wonderful.
This week we began studying the American Impressionist painter and printmaker, Mary Cassatt. Mary Cassatt’s work can be divided into three main periods: 1870 - mid 1880s which can be classified as the period in which she focused on female family members; 1889-early 1890s which can be characterized as the period in which she focused on oils and pastels of children; and finally, 1189-1891 which can be characterized as the period in which she focused on Japanese style Impressions. The children are currently dividing 16 of her most popular pieces of work into those three periods.
The sixth years have begun their unit on Geology. They are taking a trip around the campus to see how many examples of rocks and minerals they can find. They also just finished their unit on the function of the brain, namely memorization. The sixth years each cut pictures of people out of magazines and had children of various ages look at the picture for twenty seconds and then, only utilizing their memory, try to draw what they saw. The sixth years had a great time discovering how memorization develops!
FISHERMAN NEEDED The fourth years would like to complete their study of the vital functions of the Pisces by dissecting a real fish! We are in search of a parent who either fishes or knows a good fish market where the children can go and purchase a fresh fish to dissect. Please let us know if you can be of any assistance!
Zoe and Nacalah have been busy researching the Seven Crusades of the Middle Ages. Clare and Michael have been focusing on researching the major waterways of South America, while our younger children are focusing on Avis and Reptilia research.
We had a few children out this week with colds and have been discussing how to prevent ourselves from becoming sick. One of the things we are doing is washing our hands more throughout the day. We are also drinking lots of water. And finally, we are continuing to disinfect our classroom twice a week.
Zoe brought in a great recipe for Jungle Bread this week! The children had a great time making and eating it for snack.
Some funny excerpts from this week’s lunch conversations:
On parents buying things for their children: “I have chores. I have to feed the grass. Take care of my cat, Tiger...oh and someone in our family died, Goldie the fish, Godfrey-Grinage, oh, my chores, and what else? I don’t lawn the grass. My uncle comes and does that!” Zoe
On skorts: “Skorts are practice skirts. That’s what Ali said last year.” Zachary.
“What does that mean?” Ms. Rankins
“You know, they help girls practice for when they become ladies and they have to practice sitting like ladies.” Zachary
“So what kind of skirts do ladies wear?” Ms. Rankins
“You know, real long ones like Mrs. Campbell.” Zachary
“Well Ms. Rankins doesn’t wear long skirts...her legs are too short for long skirts. She’d look funny.” Brea
“No Ms Rankins wears the practice long skirts.” Zachary
“And what are those?” Ms. Rankins
“You know, the ones that come right here to your knees. Those are middle ones.” Zachary
“So how long do women practice with the middle skirts?” Ms. Rankins
“Until they get real old, like Mrs. Campbell. You look like you’re in college so you have to still practice awhile!” Zachary
JACARANDA
The Jacaranda children are settling into their class and new 'family'. The older children have been great role models and are always willing to lend a helping hand to their younger friends. The new members of our class are beginning to become familiar with the very predictable routine as well as establishing new and exciting friendships. There is so much empathy for those who are still feeling sad to be away from their families. It is not unusual to overhear "he is sad because he is new to our class" or "she is crying because she misses her Mom" or " Do you need a tissue?" There is also tolerance for those new to our rules: "It's okay because he is still learning" or "She does not know that because he is new". We recently talked about not calling the youngest children in our class 'baby'. We decided someone was a baby only if they cannot walk or talk.
We are continuing our lessons on plants and animals. Last week we classified animals into invertebrates and vertebrates and this week we started learning about the first group of vertebrates: fish.
Thank you to the Schreibers (Zander's family) for the baking utensils and nesting bowls for our class! Stephanie, Zander's mom, came in to bake banana bread with the children on Friday. She also helped to put together a tray of everything the children need to do baking work in our room. We look forward to much yummy baking this year in Jacaranda!
We celebrated Camille's 5th Birthday this week. Thank you to Laura and Camille for the gift of a beautiful collection of giant Seashells including a Nautilus, a Spider Conch and a Lion's Paw Clam presented to our class on the occasion of her birthday. Thank you to Laura for all of her great work so far as our Room Parent!
We wish Mr. Keating well as he recovers from a bad case of the flu. We hope to see him back on his feet next week. We also welcome an A.M.I. (Association Montessori Internationale) intern to our room next week. He will begin his internship with us by observing our class for a week. He will back in February to assist in our class. More about that later.....
We are still looking for somebody to do some sewing projects for our class as well as a volunteer to make some shell matching card.
LIVE OAK
Lots of news from Live Oak this week. The room is abuzz with the pricking and/or tracing of the continents, the classification of vertebrates/invertrabrates, the singing of new songs (It’s a gift to be simple) and the wonderful array of individual lessons happening.
Our Room Parent meeting went very well and Live Oak is strongly represented by Chris Kuesel, Felicia Hall, Nicole Johnson and Tina Manuel. Please check your email and sign up on the sign-in log for the activities you are most interested in. Next Friday we begin bread making and I need a parent to take that on. I also need a Scholastic Books coordinator.
I am going to begin offering PARENTS NIGHT OUT to the parents of Live Oak and Lake Park campus. This is an opportunity for parents to have a date night and/or time to do something without their children. I will send an email flyer on it soon. The dates available so far are October 8, November 5 and December 10.
Now for some sad and happy news. Ms. Allison Brooks’ last day is going to be Friday October 7. She is needed at home with her children and sadly had to make the choice to leave us. We have met and hired Ethan Boyer. He will begin in our class full time Monday October 3. He has much experience with children and is excited about taking on small fun projects both for Live Oak and the afternoon program. We are very excited to introduce him and have him be a part of our team. The children are crazy about him, too!
That’s all for now. Thanks for all your notes and stories. I love to hear how the classroom is coming home.
GINKGO
On Tuesday afternoon Laila Adarkar had the cast on her arm removed! Her mom, Amelia Wu, came to our classroom and talked to the children about how Laila broke her arm and how they had to care for the cast at home. The children also, got a chance to sign Laila's cast.
On September 28, 2005 Rory Reiser turned six years old. We had a birthday circle. Rory's mother, Nina, told the children about each year of Rory's life. We had a special birthday snack and Rory brought a gift to the class, a book titled, "Biggest Ever Book of Questions and Answers".
Marni Hunter came in to read stories to the class and talked to the children about the upcoming Book Fair.
Thank you for remembering to bring Sound of the Week items.
MAGNOLIA
The weather is heating up again, so please remember to apply sunscreen in the morning before school. We apply it in the early afternoon and want to make sure the children are protected in the interim.
Isaiah Lenoue brought some cantaloupe for the sound of the week. Food items for sound of the week are very popular with the children.
The children in the afternoon class had a visit from Mr. Moody (movement and dance) this week. They enjoyed the singing and rhythm songs and games he taught them.
JUNIPER
Don’t forget! Family Fun Day and the Book Fair are Saturday, October 1 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Bring the whole family for carnival games and fabulous food, meet other families and fraternize with the teachers!
Reminder! Though technically Fall, we can still expect plenty of hot days over the next couple months. Be sure to apply sun block to your children in the morning before bringing them to class.
Parent Volunteers Wanted! Juniper class has two frogs that the children love to watch and learn about. But these frogs must be fed. We are looking for 2-3 parents who can take turns purchasing crickets every other week. They eat two to three dozen every two weeks. This is an easy way to help Juniper and keep the frogs healthy and well fed (and get your Parent Participation Hours done!).
Label EVERYTHING! We have already accumulated more than a half dozen plastic lunch containers and lids that have no names on them. Please be sure to label every item that goes to school with your child or risk losing it into the black hole of lost items!
Parent Pockets Be sure to check your parent pockets daily as well as your child’s clothing bag to ensure that your child is adequately prepared for the inevitable (spills, dirt, cold, etc.)!
“Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal.” – John F. Kennedy
MULBERRY
Picture day was on Thursday for the toddler classes. The photographers were great; we didn't have any tears!
This Saturday is the Book Fair and Family Fun Day. Be sure to stop in and see our class wish box that the children decorated. First we painted the box then we glued mini “ABC books” onto it.
This week Brea Hammonds from the elementary classroom came and read the book "Salt In His Shoes", a story about Michael Jordan, written by his mother and sister. In the story a little boy wanted to be taller to be a better basketball player. Every day he put salt in his shoes thinking it would help him grow. The salt didn’t help, but practicing basketball every chance he got did help. Brea will be coming in weekly to read to the class. She was very good with the children when they asked her questions while she read.
Thank you to Katie Barnes for picking up bird seed for our parakeets, and Emi Gonzales for washing our rugs.
Song of the week:
Open, shut them (your hands). Open, shut them. Give a little clap, clap, clap.
Open, shut them. Lay them in your lap, lap, lap.
CAMELLIA
The Sound of the Week was the letter "C", and some of the words we associated were Cracker, Candle, Crayons, Cups, and Coffee. Next week we will be talking about the letter "D".
Many thanks to Marni, Tyler Hunter's mom, who helped us decorate our Book Wish List box. Please look for it with all our names and hand prints - it was a fun project! We look forward to seeing everybody this Saturday, October 1st for Family Fun Day AND the Book Fair. You may bring family and friends to share a wonderful day.
Thursday was picture day for the Brown Cottage. Each child had their picture taken and we also took a group picture.
Tea time is getting better each day and some of the children do not want to end their day without having tea!
Calendar
9/30 & 10/1 Scholastic Book Fair
10/1 Family Fun Day
10/10 Indigenous People’s Day – School closed, no school-provided childcare
10/12 Core meeting 5 pm
10/13 All school assembly 3 pm, Latin American music by “Alborada”
10/244 All-staff Inservice day – School closed, no childcare
FROM THE OFFICE
~ The October monthly childcare calendar was due on Monday, Sept. 26. This is a reminder that if you have not signed a full-time childcare agreement for this school year or the office has not received your October childcare calendar, you will be charged $10.00 per hour for any hours your child spends in childcare.
~ Each year, the school must report the immunization status of each student to the State of California Health and Human Services Agency. This report is due by mid-October. If you received a letter from the office about immunizations for your kindergarten child, we must receive verification of immunizations of your child by this Friday, Sept. 30.
~ You may have received a letter about immunizations for your toddler or primary age child. Again, we must receive verification of immunizations of your child by this Friday, Sept. 30.
Children will not be allowed to return to school after Sept. 30th until all their paperwork is in order. Thank you for your cooperation.
BOOK FAIR
GLM will hold its 2nd Scholastic Book Fair on Friday Sept. 30 from 3 – 6 pm and Saturday, Oct. 1st from 10 am – 2 pm. This is a chance to enrich your child’s home library, buy gifts for the holidays.
FAMILY FUN DAY
Saturday, Oct. 1st, is also Family Fun Day! This is an event for the entire family, friends and neighbors, from 10 am to 2 pm. There will be games, BBQ, activities, a circus, jump tents and more! Don’t miss it!
SOUND OF THE WEEK Each Wednesday your child is encouraged, with your help, to find an object at home (preferably not a toy) that begins with the sound of the week. Put it in a labeled bag to share with your child’s class. The sound for next week is “D”, as in Dragon, Dime, and Dandelion.
WHAT’S GLM ELEMENTARY UP TO?
The GLM elementary is a close-knit, active group. There is always something happening! This year:
~ They will be attending three plays at the Calvin Simmons Theater – “Pinocchio”, California Gold Rush”, and “Black Regiment”.
~ At least once a month they hike to the local library.
~ They’re going on field trips to MOCHA and Angel Island.
~ They’re planning a ride on Amtrak.
~ Three times a week they have Spanish lessons.
~ Swimming at the YMCA will resume in the Spring.
~ They are very concerned about others and will participate in Pennies for Patients, a Leukemia Society fundraising event again, and will organize a clothing and canned food drive.
~ Reading, gardening and cooking projects with the primary classes.
OCTOBER 10 CHILDCARE
On Indigenous People’s Day (also called Columbus Day) Mrs. Aima will be offering childcare at her home in Alameda from 8:00am till 6:00pm, $50.00 for the day. We will walk to the park, have a cooking project, art, dress ups, a video, and lots of outdoor time. There will be sign ups on the clipboards.
Location is: 456-A- Santa Clara Ave.
For more information you can call Mary Aima at 510-749-0853
GET ON THE BUS
Tour Sonoma in Style!
We have seats left for the 3rd Annual GLM Wine Tour. On Sunday, November 6 join other GLM parents, friends and relatives as we tour Sonoma. We'll have a private driver courtesy of Black Tie Transportation and due to the generosity of Dreyers Ice Cream. For only $65 per person we will enjoy a day of wine tasting and lunch. The day will include: 9am Departure from GLM. First stop is B.R. Cohn Winery. We'll move on to a delicious lunch at Olive & Vine Restaurant. Chef/Owner Cynthia Driggers is personally preparing the menu and will be welcoming us to her fabulous restaurant. Then we'll visit Chateau St. Jean and finish our day at Cline Cellars. This is a fundraiser supporting GLM's financial aid program and arts education. Please email Amy Marcus at afmarcus@comcast.net to secure your seats. This is a great opportunity to meet, relax and socialize with other GLM families.
THANK YOU
Thank you to Helen Campbell for opening her home to Life Touch Studios for the school pictures. Her living room and dining room were overtaken for a day and a half with cameras, reflective lighting and background scenery!
CLASS NEWS
REDWOOD (ELEMENTARY)
Our class has returned to their recorder lessons with Mr. Hoffman! They are learning to play songs together as a group with half the class playing the high harmony and half the class learning to play the low harmony. They are already sounding wonderful.
This week we began studying the American Impressionist painter and printmaker, Mary Cassatt. Mary Cassatt’s work can be divided into three main periods: 1870 - mid 1880s which can be classified as the period in which she focused on female family members; 1889-early 1890s which can be characterized as the period in which she focused on oils and pastels of children; and finally, 1189-1891 which can be characterized as the period in which she focused on Japanese style Impressions. The children are currently dividing 16 of her most popular pieces of work into those three periods.
The sixth years have begun their unit on Geology. They are taking a trip around the campus to see how many examples of rocks and minerals they can find. They also just finished their unit on the function of the brain, namely memorization. The sixth years each cut pictures of people out of magazines and had children of various ages look at the picture for twenty seconds and then, only utilizing their memory, try to draw what they saw. The sixth years had a great time discovering how memorization develops!
FISHERMAN NEEDED The fourth years would like to complete their study of the vital functions of the Pisces by dissecting a real fish! We are in search of a parent who either fishes or knows a good fish market where the children can go and purchase a fresh fish to dissect. Please let us know if you can be of any assistance!
Zoe and Nacalah have been busy researching the Seven Crusades of the Middle Ages. Clare and Michael have been focusing on researching the major waterways of South America, while our younger children are focusing on Avis and Reptilia research.
We had a few children out this week with colds and have been discussing how to prevent ourselves from becoming sick. One of the things we are doing is washing our hands more throughout the day. We are also drinking lots of water. And finally, we are continuing to disinfect our classroom twice a week.
Zoe brought in a great recipe for Jungle Bread this week! The children had a great time making and eating it for snack.
Some funny excerpts from this week’s lunch conversations:
On parents buying things for their children: “I have chores. I have to feed the grass. Take care of my cat, Tiger...oh and someone in our family died, Goldie the fish, Godfrey-Grinage, oh, my chores, and what else? I don’t lawn the grass. My uncle comes and does that!” Zoe
On skorts: “Skorts are practice skirts. That’s what Ali said last year.” Zachary.
“What does that mean?” Ms. Rankins
“You know, they help girls practice for when they become ladies and they have to practice sitting like ladies.” Zachary
“So what kind of skirts do ladies wear?” Ms. Rankins
“You know, real long ones like Mrs. Campbell.” Zachary
“Well Ms. Rankins doesn’t wear long skirts...her legs are too short for long skirts. She’d look funny.” Brea
“No Ms Rankins wears the practice long skirts.” Zachary
“And what are those?” Ms. Rankins
“You know, the ones that come right here to your knees. Those are middle ones.” Zachary
“So how long do women practice with the middle skirts?” Ms. Rankins
“Until they get real old, like Mrs. Campbell. You look like you’re in college so you have to still practice awhile!” Zachary
JACARANDA
The Jacaranda children are settling into their class and new 'family'. The older children have been great role models and are always willing to lend a helping hand to their younger friends. The new members of our class are beginning to become familiar with the very predictable routine as well as establishing new and exciting friendships. There is so much empathy for those who are still feeling sad to be away from their families. It is not unusual to overhear "he is sad because he is new to our class" or "she is crying because she misses her Mom" or " Do you need a tissue?" There is also tolerance for those new to our rules: "It's okay because he is still learning" or "She does not know that because he is new". We recently talked about not calling the youngest children in our class 'baby'. We decided someone was a baby only if they cannot walk or talk.
We are continuing our lessons on plants and animals. Last week we classified animals into invertebrates and vertebrates and this week we started learning about the first group of vertebrates: fish.
Thank you to the Schreibers (Zander's family) for the baking utensils and nesting bowls for our class! Stephanie, Zander's mom, came in to bake banana bread with the children on Friday. She also helped to put together a tray of everything the children need to do baking work in our room. We look forward to much yummy baking this year in Jacaranda!
We celebrated Camille's 5th Birthday this week. Thank you to Laura and Camille for the gift of a beautiful collection of giant Seashells including a Nautilus, a Spider Conch and a Lion's Paw Clam presented to our class on the occasion of her birthday. Thank you to Laura for all of her great work so far as our Room Parent!
We wish Mr. Keating well as he recovers from a bad case of the flu. We hope to see him back on his feet next week. We also welcome an A.M.I. (Association Montessori Internationale) intern to our room next week. He will begin his internship with us by observing our class for a week. He will back in February to assist in our class. More about that later.....
We are still looking for somebody to do some sewing projects for our class as well as a volunteer to make some shell matching card.
LIVE OAK
Lots of news from Live Oak this week. The room is abuzz with the pricking and/or tracing of the continents, the classification of vertebrates/invertrabrates, the singing of new songs (It’s a gift to be simple) and the wonderful array of individual lessons happening.
Our Room Parent meeting went very well and Live Oak is strongly represented by Chris Kuesel, Felicia Hall, Nicole Johnson and Tina Manuel. Please check your email and sign up on the sign-in log for the activities you are most interested in. Next Friday we begin bread making and I need a parent to take that on. I also need a Scholastic Books coordinator.
I am going to begin offering PARENTS NIGHT OUT to the parents of Live Oak and Lake Park campus. This is an opportunity for parents to have a date night and/or time to do something without their children. I will send an email flyer on it soon. The dates available so far are October 8, November 5 and December 10.
Now for some sad and happy news. Ms. Allison Brooks’ last day is going to be Friday October 7. She is needed at home with her children and sadly had to make the choice to leave us. We have met and hired Ethan Boyer. He will begin in our class full time Monday October 3. He has much experience with children and is excited about taking on small fun projects both for Live Oak and the afternoon program. We are very excited to introduce him and have him be a part of our team. The children are crazy about him, too!
That’s all for now. Thanks for all your notes and stories. I love to hear how the classroom is coming home.
GINKGO
On Tuesday afternoon Laila Adarkar had the cast on her arm removed! Her mom, Amelia Wu, came to our classroom and talked to the children about how Laila broke her arm and how they had to care for the cast at home. The children also, got a chance to sign Laila's cast.
On September 28, 2005 Rory Reiser turned six years old. We had a birthday circle. Rory's mother, Nina, told the children about each year of Rory's life. We had a special birthday snack and Rory brought a gift to the class, a book titled, "Biggest Ever Book of Questions and Answers".
Marni Hunter came in to read stories to the class and talked to the children about the upcoming Book Fair.
Thank you for remembering to bring Sound of the Week items.
MAGNOLIA
The weather is heating up again, so please remember to apply sunscreen in the morning before school. We apply it in the early afternoon and want to make sure the children are protected in the interim.
Isaiah Lenoue brought some cantaloupe for the sound of the week. Food items for sound of the week are very popular with the children.
The children in the afternoon class had a visit from Mr. Moody (movement and dance) this week. They enjoyed the singing and rhythm songs and games he taught them.
JUNIPER
Don’t forget! Family Fun Day and the Book Fair are Saturday, October 1 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Bring the whole family for carnival games and fabulous food, meet other families and fraternize with the teachers!
Reminder! Though technically Fall, we can still expect plenty of hot days over the next couple months. Be sure to apply sun block to your children in the morning before bringing them to class.
Parent Volunteers Wanted! Juniper class has two frogs that the children love to watch and learn about. But these frogs must be fed. We are looking for 2-3 parents who can take turns purchasing crickets every other week. They eat two to three dozen every two weeks. This is an easy way to help Juniper and keep the frogs healthy and well fed (and get your Parent Participation Hours done!).
Label EVERYTHING! We have already accumulated more than a half dozen plastic lunch containers and lids that have no names on them. Please be sure to label every item that goes to school with your child or risk losing it into the black hole of lost items!
Parent Pockets Be sure to check your parent pockets daily as well as your child’s clothing bag to ensure that your child is adequately prepared for the inevitable (spills, dirt, cold, etc.)!
“Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal.” – John F. Kennedy
MULBERRY
Picture day was on Thursday for the toddler classes. The photographers were great; we didn't have any tears!
This Saturday is the Book Fair and Family Fun Day. Be sure to stop in and see our class wish box that the children decorated. First we painted the box then we glued mini “ABC books” onto it.
This week Brea Hammonds from the elementary classroom came and read the book "Salt In His Shoes", a story about Michael Jordan, written by his mother and sister. In the story a little boy wanted to be taller to be a better basketball player. Every day he put salt in his shoes thinking it would help him grow. The salt didn’t help, but practicing basketball every chance he got did help. Brea will be coming in weekly to read to the class. She was very good with the children when they asked her questions while she read.
Thank you to Katie Barnes for picking up bird seed for our parakeets, and Emi Gonzales for washing our rugs.
Song of the week:
Open, shut them (your hands). Open, shut them. Give a little clap, clap, clap.
Open, shut them. Lay them in your lap, lap, lap.
CAMELLIA
The Sound of the Week was the letter "C", and some of the words we associated were Cracker, Candle, Crayons, Cups, and Coffee. Next week we will be talking about the letter "D".
Many thanks to Marni, Tyler Hunter's mom, who helped us decorate our Book Wish List box. Please look for it with all our names and hand prints - it was a fun project! We look forward to seeing everybody this Saturday, October 1st for Family Fun Day AND the Book Fair. You may bring family and friends to share a wonderful day.
Thursday was picture day for the Brown Cottage. Each child had their picture taken and we also took a group picture.
Tea time is getting better each day and some of the children do not want to end their day without having tea!
