April News

Spring is really here......
	Please check your child's container of clothing and exchange for lighter and most likely larger clothes. We will be outside on a daily basis and ask you to dress your child appropriately. Proper shoes are very important for the safety of children. Gym shoes are the best. Please no sandals, jelly shoes or flip flops. Thank you for your cooperation.
"The Chicks are Coming, the Chicks are Coming..."
On April 16th, the eggs arrived. The fours and fives will have an opportunity to observe eggs incubate and hatch into baby chicks. The children are very excited and will be learning how chickens develop. This is a wonderful unit for Spring. We'll keep you posted on how it's going. Feel free to stop by and take a look.


THE WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD April 13-19, 2008
The Week of the Young Child is a time to recognize that children's opportunities are our responsibilities, and to recommit ourselves to ensuring that each and every child experiences the type of early environment ---at home, at child care, at school, and in the community--- that will promote their early learning.

Today we know more than ever before about the importance of children's earliest years in shaping their learning and development. Yet, never before have the needs of young children and their families been more pressing. The Week of the Young Child is a time to recognize that children's opportunities are our responsibilities, and to recommit ourselves to ensuring that each and every child experiences the type of early environment--at home, at child care, at school, and in the community--that will promote their early learning.

	EARTH DAY Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Going Green

Jenn Savadge was interviewed on NBC as part of their series of "Going Green" and has written a book for parents:
The Green Parent: A Kid-Friendly Guide to Earth-Friendly Living.
The Green Parent is the perfect book for parents who would like to teach their children about living green.
From how to save energy, to how to reuse and recycle everything, this resource offers advice for getting children involved
in conservation, as well as products and services that can help parents raise more environmentally conscious children.
Through a series of fun activities such as how to start a "light patrol," how to make a "waste-free" school lunch,
and how to build a "green" bird house---parents and kids will learn ways to make the biggest impact,
save the most money, and discover how making even the smallest of changes can make a big difference.

Our Book It Program is going on through the end of April.
The competition is building as more books are being read.
Just take a look at the cutouts around each child's name. Research has proven that reading aloud to a child
is the single most important factor in raising a reader.
By working together, we can prepare children
to be successful at reading and enjoy it for a lifetime.
At the end of the month the children will receive
a reading award certificate from Pizza Hut
good for a free, one-topping Personal Pan Pizza.
Keep Reading!
Also, April is National Poetry Month.
You might try reading a little poetry for little ones.

"Beyond Bedtime Stories" A Parent's Guide to Promoting, Reading.
Writing and Other Literacy Skills From Birth to 5 is a book you might consider.
It is available from Scholastic Books.
To order, call 1-800-724-6527

HURRAY FOR READING!

We have sent home the information for the St. Jude Trike-a-Thon.
We will be riding our bikes
on Thursday and Friday, April 17^th and 18^th.
Hopefully we will have a bright, sunny day!

Early Years
is a newsletter to provide busy parents with practical ways
to promote school readiness, parent
involvement, and more effective parenting.
Click here to read the April Edition.
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April Birthday List
Miss Becky April 22^ndMiss Terri April 22^ndDaniel B. D. 28^th^{HA PPY BIR THD AY!!!}

WHAT'S HAPPENING...

Our Teddy Bears, the two's ...
We started off the month talking about baby animals. Some children brought in pictures of their pets.
Then we learned about turtles. Bianka brought her pet turtle to visit in the class.
We talked about the turtles hard shell. The children loved looking at the turtle.
The rest of the month we will be discussing tadpoles & frogs.
Then to get into the Spring feel, we will start our Gardening week, and plant some flowers.

Trike-a-Thon Results
Kyle 40 laps
Nedim 6 laps
Colton 15 laps
Faith 10 laps
Andrew 3 laps
Bridget 8 laps
Hailey 10 laps
Mia 4 laps
Aerik 1 lap
Josh 10 laps
Tess 1 laps
Neil 4 laps
Julian 3 laps

Great Job!

The Bunny Bunch, the threes ...
during April talked about Windy Weather Week, farm animals, and dinosaurs.
During Windy Weather Week in art we made raindrops, clouds, trees, flowers, butterflies, and kites. In Science we made weather wheels.
In Math we made raindrops counting game. During Farm animals week we made lots of animals including lambs.
Next week we will talk about the Earth. We'll marble paint, make terrariums, and sort things that are good and bad for the Earth.

Our 4's, our Junior Kindergarten
It is spring time! In April we will learn about baby animals- chickens and bunnies.
The second week we will talk about turtles- where they live, what they eat, and how they have their babies.
The third week of the month will be really exciting and full of interesting projects.
We will learn about tadpoles and frogs, we will have our Trike-A-Thon bike riding,
we will start talking about Earth Day and finally we will get the fertilized eggs for our science project.
The fourth week of April we will have gardening time- we will plant some flowers outside for our school
to look even more beautiful! The last week in April we will be talking about picnics!
We will have an exciting time!

Our 5's, our Kindergartener's...
during April talked about Spring. We made our own kites to celebrate plants.
We have also been talking about plants. While talking about plants we made our own flower plant and labeled the parts.
We also have been observing our beans waiting or them to sprout.
We will also talk about the eggs that will be hatching and Earth Day which is April 22^nd.

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