January, 2012  Themes:  **Winter/Winter Animals**          1/03-01/13  **Nocturnal Animals**          1/17-01/31
SPECIAL DATES: **Hat, Scarf & Mitten Day**    January 11th & 12th Wear your winter accessories!!   **CLOSED** Monday, January 16th   **Pajama Day**  January 18th & 19th Remember your cozy slippers and a cuddle friend!!!  **Chinese New Year** We will supply a variety of foods and fun activities for the childrenJ **Stuffed Animal Day**     January 25th & 26th We will have a fun nocturnal animal sorting gameJ	HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!! Jules                    Jan. 9th Vita                      Jan. 12th Jojo                     Jan. 22nd Hailee                 Jan. 30th  We hope you have a sparkling celebration!!!!  Preparing For Winter….. Cozy reminder: The cold mornings are here, so we would like to see the children bundled in layers in order to keep warm.  This allows your children to enjoy their outside activities and have the ability to take layers off as they become warm!!	MATH TIME Counting Snack Mix:  Math is mighty tasty at this counting activity!!  On a table, place four bowls, each with a different trail mix food, such as fish-shaped crackers, raisins, various cereals, peanuts, or marshmallows.  Add a spoon to each bowl and then place a large die in front of each snack.  For one child one large dice will work just fine.  Also, give your child a cup. Have your child roll the die in front of the first bowl, count the dots on top of the die, and put the corresponding number of food pieces from the bowl into his/her cup.  Have him/her repeat this process with the other bowls until each type of food has been added.  Then, for all the hard work counting, invite your child to munch on his/her yummy snack.  One, two, three, yum!!
SHINY SNOWFLAKES  Art project fun!! The forecast calls for flurries of flakes when you try this art project!  Give your child a piece of aluminum foil and have him/her lay it shiny side up.  Have your child dip the end of a thread spool (resembling a wagon wheel) into white paint.  Then have him/her press the spool onto the foil to make prints.  Have him/her repeat the process, making prints with blue and purple pain too.  What a gorgeous snowfall!   SNOWFLAKES FALLING DOWN (Sung to the tune of “London Bridge”) Small snowflakes are falling down, Falling down, falling down. Small snowflakes are falling down, Let’s build a snowman. Roll some flakes up in three balls, In three balls, in three balls. Roll some flakes up in three balls, Let’s build a snowman. Take the balls and stack them up, Stack them up, stack them up. Take the balls and stack them up, We’re building a snowman. Add a face and two stick arms, Two stick arms, two stick arms. Add a face and two stick arms, See the snowman!!
CIRCLE LEARNING CONCEPTS:  Jan. 3rd – Jan. 13th: *Rhymes/songs *Matching *Count 1-20 Jan 17th – Jan 31st : *Patterning *Syllable Clapping *Counting review *Chinese New Year and the traditions	FAMILY PHOTO PROJECT  For the month of January we would like ALL the children to bring in family photos that we can laminate and use for our family board.  The photos will not be returned once we laminate themJ	LATE PICK UP FEE REFRESHER….  We have had several questions regarding our late pick up fee so we decided to put a refresher in this newsletterJ You are charged $5 for the first minute then at 5:35/12:05 it is another $5, and it continues to be $1 per minute after that time. All late fees should be paid in cash at the time of pickup or the next school day at drop off. For example:  12:08 would be a total of $13.00 and 5:40 would be a total of $15. Please feel free to see Julie with any other questions or concerns regarding this matter. Thank you.