KinderCare at the Lakes September Newsletter Current Upcoming Events September is Childhood Cancer awareness month! Sept. 4th – Wear gold to school! September 7th Labor Day – School Closed Sept. 9th – Wear your favorite shade of Purple! Sept. 14th – Wear your favorite Animal Print! Sept. 18th – Wear your favorite PJ’s to school! Sept. 21st – Bring in your favorite book to share with the class! Sept. 25th – Crazy Sock Day! Wear your craziest pair of socks. Sept. 28th – Mix Match day! Sept. 30th – Wear your favorite teams Jersey! Welcome to Our KinderCare Family We would like to welcome all of our new families to our KinderCare Family. Our Teachers are looking forward to watching your child learn and grow as they meet each of their milestones this upcoming school year. Paislee M. Lynkin S. Ellie S. Ms. Miranda (Discovery Preschool Teacher) Ms. Michelle (Preschool Teacher) Ms. Desirre (Pre-K Teacher) Ms. Evette (Toddler Teacher) Teacher of the Month Ms. Maria is our teacher of the month this month! Ms. Maria one of our wonderful teachers in the preschool classroom, she has done some many things to make the preschool classroom her own. She has worked hard to create a classroom that the children would love to be in and to come to school everyday. It makes her whole day when the preschoolers come up and greet Maria in the morning. When Ms. Maria isn’t teaching you can find her at Kohl’s shopping and looking for all the great deals! Ms. Maria also loves to eat any type of food. She has three kids and is happily married to her husband of over 20 years. SEPTEMBER 2015 Classroom Reminders & News Happy Birthday Ella F. – Sept. 2nd Daniel L. – Sept. 4th Sebastian M. – Sept. 4th Chanel L. – Sept. 6th Jaxon P. – Sept. 7th Olivia P. – Sept. 12th Charlyeigh Jo S. – Sept. 14th Joey C. – Sept. 17th Juliet P. – Sept. 18th Camrynn H. – Sept. 19th st Abigail W. – Sept. 21 Leonardo M. – Sept. 22nd Jayden P. – Sept. 27th Jacob B. – Sept. 28th Eden I. – Sept. 28th Ms. Kayla – September 10th Infants Ms. Judy & Ms. Babs Welcome to fall season in the infant room! This month theme is Spaces and Places. We will be doing our wet and messy exercise with mash potatoes. The art that we will be working on is our truck tracks. We also will be learning about the different spaces and places that we visit. Please make sure to check your child’s cubby to take home any clothes that no longer fit or the clothing is to chilly for your child to wear. Please make sure that you are also clipping your child’s nails daily for the safety of the other children as well. Toddlers Ms. Kayla, Ms. Neshun, & Ms. Evette Welcome to fall in the Toddler Room! Our September theme for this month is Spaces and Places. Please welcome our new teacher Ms. Evette! We will also be having Ms. Kayla from the infant room joining our class! We have many activities planned for this month. We will be learning about working in a construction site. We are going to be talking about some of the places we visit on a weekly bases. We are going to be doing our truck tracks. We will be doing our sensory exercise of working at a construction site. Learning Adventures Mrs. Amanda Welcome to the new school year! Enrollment for Learning Adventures is in full swing, speak to management about the possible extra classes you can enroll your child in. As an enrichment program, phonics can give your child the low ratio for learning in addition to our schools curriculum. This month our vowels and blending class will be reviewing letters and blending words like an, at, you, too. Letters and sounds class will be continuing their phonic awareness, phonics of their letters, and early writing skills. We are having our cooking class every week! Sign up with our management team today! Please fill free to ask Mrs. Amanda to test your child to determine a baseline of their phonological awareness today! Discovery Preschool. Ms. Jeanette, Ms. Stephanie, & Ms. L Welcome to Fall in Discovery Preschool! This month we will be exploring our new curriculum All About Me. Throughout this month our children will learn all about themselves; from the color of their eye, hair, and skin. We will have a lot of fun this month learning about ourselves and our friends around us! We will be making our own self portraits, making charts to see who’s taller and who’s a short, comparing eye color, and making our own family chains! We will also be doing a lot of sensory activities such as smelly containers, sensory bottles, touch and feel bags, having a taste test of sour and sweet foods, and exploring different instrument sounds. Preschool Ms. Lina, Ms. Maria, Ms. Michelle Welcome to Preschool, for the month on September we will be learning all about me! We will be doing exercises that will be focused around learning more about your child. We will be learning about our many different families and learning about our sisters and brothers. We will also be discussing what places we visit to see our families and our home life. Please remember to bring in family pictures during this time to share with the class! Also, please remember to check your child’s cubby for all clothes that don’t fit or are not appropriate for the weather. Pre-K Ms. Andrea, Ms.Branch, & Ms. Desirre Welcome to the fall school year! This month we will be learning about ourselves! All About Me will offer pre-k the opportunity to share about themselves and their families while also learning about each other. Ask the teachers about our All About Me project we have for your children! This month we will also be learning about our home and family. The time children spend at home with their families teaches them about family roles and routines, and helps children form the values that will foster their growth and development as they become older! Please remember to bring in family pictures during this time to share with the class! Also, please remember to check your child’s cubby for all clothes that don’t fit or are not appropriate for the weather. We also would love to welcome Ms. Desirre to our classroom!