News & Events
2012 Holiday Schedule:
- New Year’s Day – January 2, 2012
- Good Friday – April 6, 2012
- Memorial Day – May 28, 2012
- Independence Day – July 4, 2012
- Labor Day – September 3, 2012
- Thanksgiving – November 22 & 23, 2012
- Christmas – December 24 & 25, 2012
OUR SPECIAL CLASSES IN MAY
Monday: Tumblin’ Tots - Moving Mania! An obstacle course will be set up for your child to explore the use of different types of equipment and creative play. Can you….use a hula hoop, crawl through the tunnel, frog jump, crab walk, walk on a balance beam, bear crawl, tire run, headkick, tuck jump,butterfly sit, log roll and jump over hurdles? Feel free to stop by any class during the month of May to observe. Be sure to check your child’s time for class participation.
Tuesday: Computer Class – Welcome to the month of May and all of the wonderful fun activities that our software promises. We are going on an underwater adventure with the most beautiful fish in the ocean, Rainbow Fish! Three cunning crabs have stolen his sparkling scales as he was sleeping. Can we find the scales and make Rainbow Fish sparkle again? Only time will tell!
Skills Reinforced:
- Deductive thinking
- Matching Skills
- Visual and auditory awareness
- Inference
We are on an eye-popping adventure as we are challenged with creating engineering masterpieces with our Bugs in a Box. Our creations will only work if we can solve various parts of the number puzzles. Are we up for this challenge?
Skills reinforced:
- Number patterns
- Number lines
- Logic and reasoning
- Sequential order
Computer literacy words:
- Attach
- Forward directional arrow
- Back directional arrow
Wednesday: Music and Movement Class – Music and movement go together naturally for young children. This month our children will participate in a marching band parade. They will learn to identify rhythm instruments and to move to the rhythm of music. We will also learn a May Day fingerplay using sign language as well as new spring songs.
Thursday: Spanish Class – Let’s talk about animals in Espanol.
- On the farm = en la granja
- Pig = cerdo
- Chickens = pollitos
- Horse = caballo
- Fish = pez
- Cow = vaca
- Bear = oso
- Lion = leon
- Elephant = elefante
We will also practice our numbers, colors, alphabet, fruits and vegetables.
Animal Program: Fantastic Frogs – What’s the difference between frogs and toads? Our children will learn some of these differences and hear sounds frogs and toads make. We will also meet some tree frogs and a toad.
Book of the Month: This month our preschoolers will enjoy reading, Who Has These Feet? by Laura Hulbert. Written as a guessing game, we will discover why the feet of tree frogs and eight other animals are perfect for where they live. Our children will look at feet in a whole new way.
MAY NEWSWORTHY EVENTS
- Pet Day – bring in your pet or a picture of your pet
- Teacher Appreciation Week
- Museum Visit
- Hatching chicks using an incubator
FUN FRIDAYS
- Cinco de Mayo Parade
- Muffins for Moms in lobby
- Spring Carnival
- Farmer Brown Day – dress like a farmer
WEEKLY READER TOPICS
- Insects
- The Sun
- Dolphins
- Summer Safety
