April showers bring May flowers. This month we welcome Robin back from Florida and look forward to some great weather to explore outside. It’s also a busy month filled with swimming, spring pictures, and field trips. Please make sure you mark your calendar with the “upcoming dates” listed below so you don’t miss out on any of our activities. Also, I have a few reminders as we head into warmer weather: • Please make sure your child has extra clothes that go with our warmer weather. For example, short-sleeved shirts, shorts, etc. • Part-time families no longer receive vacation credits. Please remember you will need to pay for the weeks your child is out as you plan your vacations. • We have been having many late pick-ups lately and it’s causing our teachers to clock out late. Please show KELC Teachers that you respect their time by picking your child up on time and not after 5:30pm, as they have responsibilities outside of Kendal with their families as well. The late pick-up policy will be enforced for all families who pick up after 5:30 pm. Our policy is $1 per minute after 5:30pm. Have a great month! Jeni Upcoming Dates: April 2 nd – Tuition Due April 4th – Swimming 3-4 pm April 5 th – Birds visit the Library April 5 th – ELI field trip for Giraffes April 6 th – Closed for In-service April 13 th – Spring Pictures @ 8:30am April 16 th – Tuition Due April 18 th – Swimming 3-4 pm April 27 th – Giraffes visit the Library April 30 th – Tuition Due April 2012 Newsletter Intergenerational News The Birds love the time they spend with their “grandfriends.” They love hitting balloons back and forth with the residents. The children also enjoy visiting their grandfriends in their Care Center rooms, and they like bringing books to show them. Sometimes the grandfriend will read to them, and sometimes they will ask the children to read the story to them. The children love seeing all the things in the grandfriends’ rooms and ask them lots of questions about all the things they see. The Giraffes have also been enjoying their time with the residents. We have been going down to the Care Center to visit residents in their rooms. Both the children and residents love this. On Thursdays some children go to a planned activity with their residents, and then a few go to the Jameson Lounge to talk with residents there. Birthdays This Month: April 17 th – Nadia turns 4! April 25 th – Sebastian turns 3! Happy, Happy Birthday to You!
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April showers bring May flowers. This month we welcome Robin back from Florida and look forward to some great weather to explore outside. It’s also a busy month filled with swimming, spring pictures, and field trips. Please make sure you mark your calendar with the “upcoming dates” listed below so you don’t miss out on any of our activities. Also, I have a few reminders as we head into warmer weather:
• Please make sure your child has extra clothes that go with our warmer weather. For example, short-sleeved shirts, shorts, etc.
• Part-time families no longer receive vacation credits. Please remember you will need to pay for the weeks your child is out as you plan your vacations.
• We have been having many late pick-ups lately and it’s causing our teachers to clock out late. Please show KELC Teachers that you respect their time by picking your child up
on time and not after 5:30pm, as they have responsibilities outside of Kendal with their
families as well. The late pick-up policy will be enforced for all families who pick up after 5:30 pm. Our policy is $1 per minute after 5:30pm.
Have a great month! Jeni
Upcoming Dates:
April 2nd – Tuition Due April 4th – Swimming 3-4 pm April 5th – Birds visit the Library April 5th – ELI field trip for Giraffes April 6
th – Closed for In-service
April 13th – Spring Pictures @ 8:30am April 16th – Tuition Due April 18th – Swimming 3-4 pm April 27th – Giraffes visit the Library April 30th – Tuition Due
April 2012 Newsletter
Intergenerational News The Birds love the time they spend with their “grandfriends.” They love hitting balloons back and forth with the residents. The children also enjoy visiting their grandfriends in their Care Center rooms, and they like bringing books to show them. Sometimes the grandfriend will read to them, and sometimes they will ask the children to read the story to them. The children love seeing all the things in the grandfriends’ rooms and ask them lots of questions about all the things they see. The Giraffes have also been enjoying their time with the residents. We have been going down to the Care Center to visit residents in their rooms. Both the children and residents love this. On Thursdays some children go to a planned activity with their residents, and then a few go to the Jameson Lounge to talk with residents there.
Birthdays This Month:
April 17th – Nadia turns 4! April 25th – Sebastian turns 3!
Happy, Happy
Birthday to You!
Bird Tweets:
Giraffe Whistles:
The children anxiously welcomed the arrival of spring as well as their new teacher, Julie. When asked what they knew about spring, Ben replied, “everything comes beautiful”.. what a happy thought! Spring’s arrival brings many opportunities to explore and experience nature. One warm day we went outside, and the children each took a turn flying a kite.
In the classroom we experimented with the wind by blowing objects through straws; we also painted by creating wind with our straws and a hairdryer. The children are very fascinated with all our books about tornadoes and weather. We have also taken many walks outdoors to look for the way Spring changes the environment. We have also started focusing on the many insects spring brings. The children really enjoyed getting an up-close experience with worms, as well as making an edible treat using gummy worms.
We are continuing to work on letter recognition and their sounds, and the children have shown much improvement. The older children are working towards writing stories and sounding out words.
Hope everyone has a beautiful and safe spring. Karen & Julie
March has sure has flown by! We cannot believe that it is already April! March has brought in a lot of changes. The weather has been awesome and the children have really enjoyed exploring outdoors. We have been taking lots of spring walks to look for all the signs that it is here. We explored with worms and mud. The children really enjoyed that. We are also talking about Easter. The children cannot wait for our egg hunt and enjoyed coloring eggs today. We have started having the children sign in the morning and they really love it. They are doing very well writing the letters in their names. It is helping them recognize more letters as well as improve holding a writing utensil. We have been working on a different letter each week in the classroom. We work on recognizing the letter as well as the sound it makes. In April we will work on the letters M, N, O, and P. They are starting to realize the different sounds and come up with words that start with the sound. Hope everyone has a great month!
Sara, Jeni, and Jennifer
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