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IMPORTANT DATES:
From the Director: Well, April certainly
proved to be an interesting month for the
families and staff here at Lakeview! I
want to thank all of you for making my
transition here as director a very pleasant
one. I am thrilled to be here with such a
great staff and some of the cutest darn
kids I have ever seen! I want each and
every one of you – parents and staff- to
know that my proverbial door is always
open if you ever need to express desires
or concerns regarding just about
anything. Keep in mind that this has been
a change for everyone and open, smooth
communication is definitely key to
keeping our precious children happy and
engaged in learning on a daily basis! If
you tend to miss me on drop off or pick
up please feel free to drop me an email at
Lakeview@Care-A-Lot.net any time.
Also, upon check in/out please take a
moment to look at the message displayed
as I like to use this system as a form of
communication with families. Enjoy the
month of May...warm weather, birds &
flowers! There is nothing like WNY in
the spring!
☺
Miss Stacey
May 12th – Mother’s Day
May 15th – Patrick Bartley, 1 year!
May 19th – Miss Amanda’s birthday!
May 27th – Memorial Day, CLOSED
Nursery: Happy May! This month our
theme is animal sounds. Our first week is
‘cows moo’: we will be painting cows
using black and brown paint and white
paper. The kids will be learning to ‘moo’
like a cow. Our second week is horses
‘neigh’ and galloping around the room like
horses do. Our third week is kitties
‘meow’. We will be painting and making
kitty sounds. Our fourth week is of course
dogs ‘woof’ and we will be looking at dog
books, painting dog pictures and moving
like dogs too! With the weather getting
warmer we will be trying to spend as
much time outside as we can. So please
remember to bring in a hat to put on your
child’s head to block the sun. Also it
would be a good idea to send in
sunscreen and bug spray as well so we
can keep our babies comfortable
outdoors.
Miss Cami and Miss Amanda
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Toddler: It’s May and I am so looking
forward to warmer temperatures. I think
we have had enough cold to last years!
This month in the toddler room will be
action packed. The theme is storybook
characters and we are going to try and
act like those characters as much as
possible. The stories we will cover are:
Week 1- The Three Bears: we will learn
about different sizes using objects from
the story.
Week 2- Brown Bear, Brown Bear: we
will concentrate on one color a day.
Please read your child’s sheet for color of
the day!
Week 3- Silly Sally: acting out Silly Sally
songs, silly dances and silly games will be
part of our day.
Week 4- The Little Engine That Could:
we will try to do things all on our own.
We will practice dressing ourselves,
clearing our own plates and getting our
cots ready for nap!
If you have any variations of these stories
at home I would love to borrow them!
May means a lot of outside time for the
toddlers, please remember to send in
sunscreen with their name labled on it
and bug spray if you desire. (make sure
you have signed a permission slip, see
Miss Stacey if you need one) Here’s
hoping for some amazing weather!
Miss Tanya& Miss Kristin
Preschool:
Well, those April showers certainly
brought about some beautiful flowers everywherealthough I was beginning to wonder if winter would
ever end! This month we will be focusing on
insects as we get outdoors more and more it just
seems to make sense. We will discuss different
types of insects and take a ‘bug field trip’ to hunt
for insects and try our best to collect them! Our
books for the month will be: The Very Hungry
Caterpillar, The Very Busy Spider, The Very
Grouchy Ladybug and The Very Lonely Firefly.
These are all wonderful books which will tie nicely
into our ‘buggy’ theme! We will make insect
counting books integrating literacy and math, we
will do a fun science experiment with ants; we will
look around and find areas where ants tend to
congregate and we will leave different types of
food there, circling it in chalk then after an hour
we will find out which food the ants liked best!
This month we will also be discussing the
importance of not talking to strangers, and the
dangers we may be presented with as visit local
parks, beaches and other visitor friendly places.
We will be reading one of my very favorite books
“Never Talk To Strangers” which is a cute book
about animal strangers who try to talk to a child
and how he responds to them. Keep an eye on our
preschool board outside the classroom to find out
what activities we did each day! Finally, as
weather gets warmer we will be outside a lot more,
so please make sure your child has play clothes on
that can get dirty! Also, send in sunscreen and
insect repellent and we will lable them and make
sure to apply prior to outdoor activities. Here’s
looking forward to a B-E-A-utiful May!
Miss Stacey