April 12, 2019

Children's first learning years are a crucial time for cognitive, emotional and social development.  Early childhood education plays an essential role in fostering children's progress before the age of 5.  Young children are naturally full of creativity and curiosity to explore the world around them.  It's truly incredible what a child can pick up just through informal play, social interaction, and observation.  

We celebrate and embrace each family for their part to their child’s education and thank you all for coming in and participating with your child in the activities.

It is important to feel at ease and comfortable in your child’s classroom

Highlights of the Week:

The children helped make a smoothie by pouring some strawberries, bananas, and blueberries in the container. We also added some yogurt. 

The children decorated their flower pot using the colors of their choice. Each child maneuvered the painting tool differently, creating distinctive lines and circles.

On work together Wednesday, the children voted on what they were going to build with the boxes. The choices were: a horsey, box, cow, elephant, pig, a heart, and two votes for a train. Therefore, the train won! The all arranged the boxes together to create the train. The teacher squeezed as they spread the glue with the sponge-like brushes.

The children will continue working on their train next week and vote on the color they are going to use to paint the train.

The children had fun, fun on Thursday, Artsy Day!

They used different tools to create a fantastic and creative art piece: feathers and rubber-band on a Popsicle stick, yarn on a clothespin, pom pom on a pipe cleaner, and toothbrushes.

Young toddlers learn by observing, exploring and investigating. Open-ended and hands-on art activities are fun and interactive. As they engage with the materials, they use their imagination, develop creativity, fine motor and social skills.

The children were changed into the buckle my shoe shirts, and their socks and pants were removed to explore oobleck with their feet.

We have also been observing our caterpillars. They are entering their chrysalis stage since Thursday.

Specialist:

Spanish

Cooking with Diane

The children made a nest out of a cucumber, shredded carrots, and chickpeas. 

Soccer

Yoga

The children had a lot of fun during the Week of the Young Child! In each activity in which they were involved in, fostered socialization, communication, language, participation, and creativity. As teachers, we try our best to guide and teach them to grow and thrive in all areas of development. We want them to become independent thinkers as we create activities for them to interact and engage with their peers.