September Newsletter East Greenwich
Welcome to the month of September!
With the start of a new school year, we would like to welcome all our old friends back and welcome all our new friends and families. As a team, we always strive to make your children’s time at Stork’s Nest a positive and fulfilling one filled with discovery and accomplishments. Please know that my door is always open if you ever need anything.
We will be closed on Monday, Sept. 4th for Labor Day. This year Grandparents day is on 9/10. All of the rooms will be celebrating or creating something special for our grandparents. Since our summer program has come to an end, we would like to remind all our parents to take home your child’s towel, bathing suit and water shoes.
Celebrating a birthday this month is Ms. Tara in toddlers on 9/21! Happy birthday!
Infants:
This month infants will be working on their cognitive development. Infants will try new actions with familiar objects. We will also be working on mathematics. Infants will develop number recognition and counting skills (example holding two objects, one in each hand).
Family Engagement Activity: Please send in family pictures for our Family cards.
Crawlers:
This month we will be working with fine motor skills by stacking blocks, picking up toys, and learning to use utensils. We will also gain an awareness of how the children relate to their families by being able to distinguish between familiar and unfamiliar adults.
Family Engagement Activity: This month we are asking parents to bring in pictures of their child’s family and we would like to include grandparents. We will use these pictures to help the children distinguish between a familiar and unfamiliar face.
Toddlers:
This month we will continue to work on health and safety. The children will develop self help skill such as using utensils and feeding themselves at mealtimes. In social and emotional, we will encourage the children to engage in positive relationships and interactions with one another. We will work on this with our new friends coming in during group and free play time.
Family Engagement Activity: Please bring in a favorite family activity picture for our board.
Happy Birthday to… Emma on 9/4 and Jad on 9/15!
Older Toddlers/Young 3s:
This month the children will continue to develop self help skills. We will work on having the children being able to feed themselves with a fork and spoon, being able to drink from a cup, wash their hands, and understand the difference between food and non food items. In social and emotional development, the children will develop trust in and engage positively with adults who are familiar and consistently present in children’s lives.
Family Engagement Activity:
We will be sending home “All About Me” papers for parents to fill out. Please also send in a family picture to put up on our board.
Happy birthday to… Miles on 9/1, Mason on 9/2, Laila on 9/12 and Callan on 9/25!
3s:
This month the children will work on expressive language to describe their families, pictures and themselves. We will also work on the children becoming more independent. For example, they will independently choose their snacks, grab the utensil they need, napkins and drinks and also be able to choose their centers.
Family Engagement Activity: Please bring in a Fall family photo for our bulletin board.
Young 4s:
This month our class will be learning about apples. The children will be learning how apples grow, the different parts of an apple, and taste a variety of different apples. Our classroom will also be making an “All About Me” book about themselves, their families and their friends.
Family Engagement Activity: Each child will be making a family tree to bring back to the classroom. More information will soon be posted. Special Events: Sept. 7th is dress up in your favorite football team for the 1st day of football season!
Happy birthday to… Wyatt on 9/27 and Emmersyn on 9/19!
Pre-K:
Happy new school year!! This month we will talk about your child, their home, and their family to understand that children have different physical characteristics as well as different thoughts and feelings. We will also be exploring rock, different sizes and textures to help them make increasingly complex observation about objects.
Family Engagement Activity: We will be handing out cut out trees, with your child please create your own family tree with pictures of members of your family.
Kindergarten:
This month we will be working on our sense of self where the children will develop the confidence to complete an action successfully or independently. We will also be working on phonological and alphabet knowledge, where the children with notice, identify and discriminate the sounds of spoken language as well as making letter sound connections.
Family Engagement Activity: All About Me Bags!! As our first getting to know you activity we will be sending home “All About Me” bags. Please find the items and place them in the bag to share with the class on 9/8.
Classroom Special Events: Grandparents Day Brunch on 9/8. Come visit our classroom as we celebrate you! Join us for a light breakfast and prepare to be serenaded. Making a Friendship Salad on 9/15, each person signs up to bring an item (fruit) to class to mix into a salad!!