December 2011 Newsletter

From The Director:
We have a very busy month coming up in December! We hope to finish 2011 off with a bang of activity: I want to remind everyone that Care-A-Lot will be closed on Monday, December 26 and Monday, January 2 this year. We hope you all enjoy your time off with your family! We will be working on the Holiday schedules soon. Please sign up with your child's teacher for the days you will be attending the week between Christmas and New Year's. We have a new email address for our center. Please feel free to contact me by email at carealotgi@verizon.net anytime. I will be using this as a way to connect with parents regularly. If your email address has changed recently please see me to update your paperwork. Care-A-Lot will celebrating the holiday's with a party on Wednesday, Dec. 21. The preschoolers will be putting on a concert/sing-a-long for the center and we have some fun surprises planned too!! I wish all of you and your families a HAPPY, HEALTHY holiday season and I cannot wait for all the things 2012 will bring!!

Miss Renee


Nursery 1:Happy Holidays! We want to officially welcome our newest friend, Alex, to our class! We are enjoying having him in our group. Our theme in Nursery 1 for December is "Winter Wonderland". We have many exciting, creative ideas for art made from the cutest hand and foot prints. We will be cuddling up, reading winter themed books, and singing many, many Holiday songs. We continue to work on reaching our milestones daily. Many of our activities assist us in reaching our developmental goals like rolling over, sitting independently, hand eye coordination and crawling.

Miss Tammy & Miss Erin


Nursery 2:December is a month of celebrations in our classroom! We are excited that our friend Cody has returned and we are looking forward to celebrating Anthony's first Birthday! Not to mention all the Holiday preparations we are making! We will be learning about hot/cold this month. We will be exploring the two temperatures with our sensory table. We have a bunch of "Winter Wonderland" stories to read and Holiday songs to sing. We will also be in the giving spirit and make gifts for our very special parents. Please check your child's cubby to be sure you have warm spare clothes and extra socks.

Miss Jennifer, Miss Cathy, & Miss Chris


Toddler 1: : : December is going to be a fun and exciting month for us all in Toddler 1! We have a tone of amazing Christmas and New Year's Holiday activities planned. Our theme this month is "In the Forest" and we will make our own Holiday Forest around our classroom. Don't forget the Holiday Party on December 21st. We would also like to wish Aaron a wonderful 2nd Birthday! Please check your child's cubby to be sure they have spare clothes and that they are warm enough as we sometimes do get dirty!

Miss Jaclyn


Toddler 2 :The Elf is here! Santa has sent an elf to Toddler 2! The elf watches us everyday and reports back to the North Pole about all the good behaviors he sees. Sometimes he even us back notes from Santa! December will be a busy and fun month in our classroom. We will be going deep into the forest and learning about evergreens, reindeer and snow owls! Later in the month, we will be learning about snowflakes and creating our own to enjoy in our room. We will be having a Holiday party on December 21. We will be making and decorating our own Christmas Cookies. It is potty training time! Please let us know when you would like us to start to implement potty time here at Care-A-Lot. We wish you a very Merry Christmas and look forward to a brand new year.

Miss Jenny and Chrissy


Preschool 1: We will be having lots of fun this month! We are so excited that the holidays are coming and we will be seeing the snowfall!! All month long we will be busy singing songs, playing games, listening to stories and making art projects. We have decorated our bulletin boards with many of our winter themed projects so come on in and take a look! Our friend TJ will be joining our group this month. We are excited to play with him each day. We have three Birthday's to celebrate in December - TJ, Matthew and Mia! Hope you all enjoy your special days.

Miss Lisa and Miss Stefanie


Preschool 2 & UPK:It's hard to believe December is already here! This month we will discuss how other countries celebrate the Holidays. We will do projects and learn songs and games for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's. We will also spend some time reinforcing numbers, colors and shapes. A sign up sheet will be posted soon outside our door; we would appreciate if you could take a moment to fill out your child's schedule for over the break. We would love to go out for some fresh air and exercise weather permitting. Please have your child prepared with snow pants, boots, hats, gloves and scarf. Wishing all our families the best Holiday ever!

Miss Debbie, Miss Jill, Miss Tara and Miss Jarilyn


Schoolagers:We will spend some time this December exploring Christmas Around the World. We will talk about Holiday traditions in Russia, Ireland, America, and Africa just to name a few! We will be having our "passports" stamped as we travel to each country and celebrate. We will also be learning how to "paper dance". Once they learn how we are sure you will see them boogie down, they may even share the skills with you. We will also be talking about giving this Holiday season, and we will be making gifts for the people we love. We are all getting excited about Winter Break too! Please sign up for the days your child will attend. We will have some fun days planned and hopefully some snowy days!!

Miss Kim and Miss Angie