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March 2015
Little Beginnings Learning Center
Parent Meeting Tuesday March 10th 5:30-7:00
All parents are welcome to join us for our Parent Meeting. We will discuss recent and upcoming happenings at LBLC.
Please RSVP to Jen. Childcare will be available, but RSVP is necessary.
Licensing Reminders *Please do not send children to school with drawstrings. Licensing requires us to be a drawstring free center.
*Please do not send your children’s belongings to school in plastic grocery sacks. Please use re-usable cloth bags instead. The plastic sacks are a choking hazard.
*If your child brings any lotions or chapsticks to school, they must be given to a staff member and NOT placed in your child’s cubby.
*Please make sure any bags or containers you bring don’t end up on the floor. Even empty ziplock bags on the floor can be a choking hazard.
Please make sure you label any items brought to school.
Thank you for keeping our center safe!
Parent Survey Please watch for our parent survey coming out soon. This year we’re going to try something a little different. Instead of getting the survey, printing it, and filling it out by hand- we’re going to send you an online link using Survey Monkey. It should be really quick and easy.
Please, please, please fill out the survey. This is helpful for us to make sure we are up to date and meeting your needs.
Center News
Special Guests This MonthStory Time with Engineer Paul on Thursday March 12th
Engineer Paul, from Choo Choo Bob’s, will be coming to LBLC for story time. We will get to sing songs, read stories, and have fun while talking about trains.
Green Eggs and Ham Breakfast on Tuesday 17th
To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, Ms. Jen is going to come to each classroom and make the center some delicious green eggs and ham for breakfast!
Contents
Center News 1
Special Guests This Month 1
Upcoming Events 1
Curriculum Info 2
Birthday Policy 2
Teddy Bear News 3
Noah’s Ark News 3
Turtle News 4
Caterpillar News 4
Panda News 5
Koala News 5
Upcoming Events ♦ Daylight Savings
Mar 8 ♦ Parent Meeting
Mar 10 ♦ Story Time Mar 12 ♦ St. Patrick’s Day
Mar 17
Click here for the events calendar on the website
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Animals Around Us & St. Patricks Day
We will be talking about animals around us this month! For alphabet time, we will be working on Letters Ll, Kk, and Uu. We will also be hard at work on rhyming, blending words, and letter sounds. We will match sounds with letters, work on telling numbers and letters apart, and identify letters in print.
In Book Time, we will be reading Moo Moo, Brown Cow, Clifford the Small Red Puppy, and Farms ABC. Also, in Book Time, we will read The Three Little Pigs, Hey Diddle Diddle, and Now Things Are Worse.
For Science, we will be observing animals and learn how pets grow. We will discuss and look at pictures of baby animals.
For Math, we will be counting 1 - 10.
For Social Studies, we will be talking about our pets and farms.
For Music, we will be singing and dancing to Old MacDonald Had a Farm, Bingo, and Funeral March of a Marionette.
LANA
This month we will continue our Vegetarian Animals theme. We had broccoli for snack last month and surprisingly, lots of kids ate it and enjoyed it! (Even some that won’t touch it at lunch!)
We will be reading Lunch, Handa’s Surprise, and Rabbit Food. We will also be reading Lana and Willie eat lunch when Lana comes for a visit. We will be discussing how some animals like fruits and vegetables. We will talk about how the fruits and vegetables not only keep animals strong and health, but it helps keep us strong and healthy too.
Kid-Fit
This month in Kid-Fit the unit is Body Parts. We will be teaching the children good touch/bad touch, good secret/bad secret, and how to keep their bodies safe and healthy. We will also cover what they should do if they ever get lost.
Curriculum Info for: March
New Birthday PolicyLBLC is going to follow in the Hastings School District footsteps and go treat-free for birthdays.
We know that birthdays are an important and special day for our children and we still want to celebrate. Instead of doing it with food, let’s make their day special in other ways.
Be creative! Kids can do fun things like:
*Bring a book to share with the class *Wear a special outfit or pjs *Bring a special birthday show & share *Bring a birthday gift for the classroom *Bring stickers, tattoos, or pencils to share with the class
What a fun month February was! We had a lot of fun with our transportation unit. We made cars, trucks, airplanes and a neat transportation book. We even made traffic lights and license plates. We’ve been working hard on our ABC’s and our names. Brooke, Josie and Jibi can pick out the first letters of their names. The first half of February was spent getting ready for Valentine’s Day. We had a party complete with a ball pit and cookies and juice.
For the month of March we will celebrate St Patrick’s Day. Our March unit will be Animals Around Us so we will be having fun with farm animal crafts and stories.
Our room is coming together. I have made several changes but the overall curriculum is the same. The children and I have a lot of fun together and we laugh a lot. It’s an awesome group.
Anna will be moving to the Turtles in March joining Kaylin. We will miss her but she’s a big girl now and it’s her turn to make the move.
All of the children are talking more, especially Jibi. She is picking up new words almost daily. We’ve been working on manners and using our words when things aren’t quite going our way.
Needless to say, we’re anxious for warmer weather so that we can get outside. Hopefully, we’ll have a few nice days in March.
If you have any questions or concerns, please be sure to let me know either by email or phone. Your children are great and I feel very blessed to be working with them.
Ms Laura & Ms Stephanie [email protected]
Noah’s Ark News
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Classroom News
Happy March to all our Families! Will the month of March come in like a Lion? Go out like a Lamb? Only time will tell…
We are looking forward to a wonderful month working with you and your child on their growth and development. Our theme for March is “Animals Around Us". We will also being focusing on the “In like a Lion…out like a Lamb” theme. Your child will be reading stories, making art projects, singing songs and learning a variety of baby signs to go along with these themes.
Thanks to everyone who has brought in family pictures, pet pictures and home pictures. If you would like to have your family, pet or home included in our classroom display, please send a picture! We would love to have it displayed in the room!
I would also like to thank all the families who have so generously contributed items to our classroom in the past few months. The babies have enjoyed playing with the new toys & teething rings and listening to teachers read all of our wonderful new stories. These items have enriched our classroom so much!
Monthly Signs: Milk, More, Please, Lion, Lamb, Green
Monthly Stories: Daniel and the Lion’s Den (Daniel 6), ABC Animals (thanks, Sam!) and The Night Before St Patrick’s Day Monthly Songs: The Creation Song (Animals A thru Z) and Old MacDonald had a Farm Baby's Firsts: Sam D.- beginning to stand on his own & take steps on his own Ben- transitioning from standing to sitting on his own Bailey- crawling on hands and knees Kate- eating finger foods Taylor- beginning to sit on own Oliver- eating baby foods Caden- holding onto toys Grayson- holding head up when playing on belly Cole- welcome to our classroom
Please remember to have two complete sets of weather-appropriate clothing in your child's cubby in case of spills or accidents.
Also, please make sure all items that are brought into the center/classroom are labeled with your child's first and last name.
Ms Beth [email protected]
Teddy Bear News
Where did the time go? Spring is just around the corner and we are so excited!
For this month the themes are as follows: Curriculum theme is animals all around us, Kid Fit is body parts,and Lana is vegetarian animals.
During the month we will be talking about these themes and also engaging in activities that pertain to them through fine motor skills, creativity, large motor skills as well as social skills.
The dates for your calendar are: 12th-a visit from Engineer Paul and 17th-Green Eggs and Ham.
The children have been chosen for all about me, movie day and Oreo, so please check the calendar to see if your child has been chosen.
I wanted to also let you know we have a new addition to our staff. Her name is Lauren and she is currently attending college and is using LBLC for her student teaching. She intends to work with 3 year old children so I am mentoring her through the process. Enclosed Is the letter she would like to share with you.
As always if you have any questions or concerns please don't hesitate to let any of the staff know.
Ms. Karolyn [email protected]
Hello families of Little Beginnings,
My name is Lauren Roubinek and I am a student at Metropolitan University, I am currently majoring in Early Childhood Studies. I am hoping to graduate with my bachelors degree in December of 2015.
Previously I attended Saint Paul College and I received my Associates Degree in Early Childhood with American Sign Language.
I chose Little Beginnings as the place for my internship because the staff are all so kind and very easy to work with.
During my internship I will be observing and also doing some activities with the children. Karolyn, as the lead teacher of the classroom, will be my supervisor and will oversee everything I do while I am in the classroom. I am ready to learn all that I can about the way that children learn, and I am excited to be a part of this learning process. I look forward to these next few months in the Caterpillar Classroom at Little Beginnings.
- Lauren Roubinek
Caterpillar News
Turtle NewsHappy March! With every month that passes we are getting closer to spring, which means no more snow and cold weather! Hooray!
For the month of March we will be in unit 7 focusing on “Animals around us”. We will be learning about all of the fun and interesting animals around us and things they do!
Because we are focusing on animals I will be sending home a sheet of paper that will ask a few questions about your child’s pet! If you don’t have a pet, your child may have a favorite stuffed animal that will work to. Please include a photo or two of your child with their pet. Thanks!
Our dramatic play will be transforming into a pet shop, I know everyone will love playing with all of the little critters!
We also have many different fun art projects planned that will be focused on animals and St. Patrick’s Day.
There are a couple of special events for the month of March we will be having Green Eggs and Ham on Tuesday,March 17th, and on Thursday, March 12th Engineer Paul will be coming to read stories and sing songs with us!
Last but not least we want to welcome our new friend Anna that will make her transition from the Noah’s Ark room to be a Turtle! Welcome Anna we are so excited to have you in the Turtle Room!
It looks like it is going to be a fun month! Looking forward to March!
Ms. Lauren :) [email protected]
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Another month has come to an end, but winter is still hanging on! We are looking forward to some warmer days ahead.
In February, we focused on transportation. We talked about different vehicles and how they travel. We enjoyed our Valentine’s party and taking the time to do some kind acts for other people. We also enjoyed talking about our teeth and ways to keep them healthy in observance of dental health awareness month. I hope their toothbrush is getting some good use:)
In March, we will be talking about Animals Around Us. We will learn about taking care of pets and farm animals and how they grow and change. We will enjoy fishing in dramatic play and the sensory table this month. I will add gold coins to our light/rice table this month as well. The kids will be able to find, count and sort the coins. Our art activities will focus on St. Patrick’s Day and animals. We will enjoy a visit from Choo Choo Bob’s Engineer Paul this month; cost will be $4/child.
Dates to remember: Thursday March 12th: Engineer Paul Tuesday March 17th: Green Eggs and Ham Breakfast Friday February 27th: Book orders due
Ms. Sam [email protected]
Koala News
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Ms. Hannah is officially a married woman! We wish her well on her new chapter in life.
She’ll be back from her honeymoon on March 4th.
Due to “wedding brain,” please be looking for an email with the Panda Room newsletter for March shortly after she returns.
General Dates to remember are: Thursday March 12th: Engineer Paul visits (cost is $4) Tuesday March 17th: Green Eggs and Ham Breakfast
Please email Ms. Hannah or Ms. Jen with any questions [email protected]
Panda News