July 2018 Newsletter – Smithfield
Welcome to the Month of July!
We would like to wish everyone a happy and safe holiday. The center will be closed July 4th.
Welcome to our Stork’s Nest Family Miss Tania, Miss Jessica and Miss Jessica.
Happy Birthday to the following staff members: 7/21-Miss Dawn (older toddlers), 7/23 Mr. Jules (4’s)
Infant A and B Room:
Children will explore the properties of objects and materials. Children will also gain an awareness of how they relate to their families and community, understand social roles and responsibilities, and recognize and respect similarities and differences in people.
Classroom Special Events: 4th of July art
Infant Room C:
Children will explore the properties of objects and materials. Children will also gain an awareness of how they relate to their families and community, understand social roles and responsibilities, and recognize and respect similarities and differences in people.
Family Engagement: Make an American flag.
Classroom Special Events: 4th of July art
Crawler Room A and B:
Children will develop self-help skills by learning to use forks and spoons. Children will also develop number recognition and counting skills and learn the relationship between numbers and the quantity they represent by singing songs and trying to repeat numbers said by the teacher.
Family Engagement: Bring in a picture of your family doing a fun summer activity.
Classroom Special Events: Water play 7/11 and 7/18. Red, white and blue ice cream party 7/3.
Younger Toddlers A and B Room:
Children will recognize some body parts through different games and stories read. Children will also play catch using a large rubber ball.
Family Engagement: Decorate a body.
Classroom Special Events: Water play Tuesdays!!
Student/Staff Birthdays: 7/23 Kairi
Older Toddlers Room:
Children will walk up step with some help. Children will also attempt snipping with scissors.
Family Engagement: Drawing themselves with family’s help.
Classroom Special Events: Trace our bodies on big paper and name our body parts.
Student/Staff Birthdays: 7/18 Logan, 7/21 Dawn, 7/29 Sidney
Three’s Room:
Children will apply strategies and draw upon past knowledge through reviewing what the children know and learned. Children will also gain an awareness of how they relate to their family and community.
Family Engagement: Take home project. Make your own kite kit.
Classroom Special Events: Getting to know the children and their families.
Pre-K Classroom:
Children will explore the characteristics of objects and materials that are living, non-living, man-made or naturally occurring. Children will also learn to order and sort objects by common attributes to identify patterns and to predict the next sequence.
Family Engagement: Independence Day take home activity. American flag activity.
Classroom Special Events: July 4th closed and red, white and blue party
K-Prep Classroom:
Children will show development of number recognition and the relationship between numbers and the quantity they represent. Children will also develop the ability to regulate their own emotions.
Classroom Special Events: June 28th Biomes fieldtrip!
