A Christmas Memory

Here is an easy and fun way to record your child's growth through a holiday ornament!  Enjoy

November 2012

Dear Pee Wee Parents,

A big thank you for all who participated in our fundraisers last month. The profits we made helped to fund our Fall Conference with PACE (Professional Association of Childhood Educators) in Oakland.  This conference taught us the latest and greatest techniques in early childhood education and it supports us as professionals in this field.  We were able to get some pictures of our staff during the conference which are on the class websites. We all had a great time in the workshops and came back with fun new ways to approach the work we do.  We really appreciate your support to our school!

I expect the cookie dough to be arriving before the Thanksgiving holiday.  As soon as it is shipped I will have a delivery date and I will let you know. We will need the cookie dough picked up the day of delivery as we do not have enough storage for it on site.  It comes frozen and is good for a few hours so you should have enough time to pick it up and get it delivered to everyone.  

Pee Wee will be closed November 22^nd and 23^rd for Thanksgiving and the day after Thanksgiving.  These are paid holidays as noted in your contract.  We will also be closed Christmas Day and the week following through New Years Day.  We will open back up on Wednesday January 2^nd, 2013.  The only paid holidays during this week are Christmas Day and New Years Day. 

Thank you for the parents and families that were here to help during our Halloween carnival and  for all the donations.  The children had a lot of fun and I think the adults who helped did too.  Again, please see your child’s class webpage for pictures of our fun Halloween event!

We have a few openings left in our Pre-K classes.  Please share our website Peeweepreschool.com with any friends you have in need of preschool. We are offering a $50 tuition credit to anyone who recommends a new family to our program.  After the new family is enrolled in our program for a month we will credit your account $50.  This is a way we can say thank you for your advertising.

Please remember to check your child’s class website for updates and for the weekly pictures.  We update the pictures through out the week and it is a great way to keep up on what your child is doing in their class. Please share this site with your child as well, which should initiate some great conversations about what they are doing and who their friends are. The picture pages are password protected.  Please let me know if you need the password.  You can access the pictures by going to Peeweepreschool.com and clicking on parent connection at the top of the page.  

As daylight savings comes to an end please be aware that this can have an effect on your child.  Children have an internal time clock and when it does not match real time they may become a little anxious.  It wont last long as they will soon settle in to the new schedule.  A little extra TLC can go a long way during this transition week.

If you have any questions please feel free to call me or stop by the office.  I am here for you.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Sincerely,

Kim

Getting Your Family Interested in Reading

Reading with your children is very important to their development.  The following article has simple ways to create reading opportunities while bonding with family!

Getting Your Family Interested in Reading

Study finds that children are missing out on playtime outside

The following report done by CBS highlights a growing problem in our society. Children are not getting the time outside that they need for good physical development. Gross motor skills help children's brains make connections that are important for their total development.

CBS REPORTS CHILDREN DON'T GET ENOUGH OUTSIDE TIME

What are they learning?

Ever see something your child does at school and wonder what in the world they could be learning from that? Katie O'Neil put together the following article that gives great examples for the skills simple activities provide!

What is your child learning during these fun projects?

Oobleck

1. Small Motor Skills
2. Large Motor Skills
3. Description Vocabulary
4. Colors-Mixing Primary to Make Secondary
5. Sensory Experience
6. Textures – Oobleck changes from one texture to another
7. Autonomy

Fence Painting

1. Large Motor Skills
2. Creativity
3. Colors and Mixing
4. Spacial Relations
5. Sharing Space with Others
6. Autonomy

Necklaces

1. Sequencing
2. Small/Fine Motor Skills
3. Developing Small Muscles Needed for Writing
4. Hand-Eye Coordination
5. Cooperation – Sharing Items
6. Vocabulary
7. Concentration
8. Autonomy

Blocks and Geo Boards

1. Patterns and Sequencing
2. Shapes
3. Size Relation
4. Large Motor Skills
5. Small Motor Skills
6. Categorizing Skills
7. Step-by-Step Operations
8. Natural Consequence – When the tower is knocked down
9. Autonomy

Inside a Toddler’s Brain

A funny illustration of what every parent of a toddler experiences! Enjoy your day!

Inside a Toddler’s Brain

Potty Training? Yes we can help!

Somehow through the years PeeWee has acquired the reputation of requiring potty training before enrollment. This never has been true and never will be! Most children at the age of two are barely interested in potty training and when pushed into it will create a mental block that can be very hard to overcome! If you are wondering where your child is at with their potty training compared to their peers please speak to their teacher for more information. We want to help with this milestone as much as possible!

The following link gives parents some clear guidelines for signs to look for when considering potty training.

Potty training readiness