Glenview School Age Program's April Newsletter

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YOUR TRUSTED PARTNER IN EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION

What's a BFG?

Summer is Coming

This was a question that many kindergarteners were asking as they began a recent chapter book. Once they started reading the story, by Roald Dahl, they quickly found out what it was. Skye, Kaci, Jillian and Cole summarized the book as "The BFG, (Big Friendly Giant), is about a little girl named Sophie who helps the BFG with a plan to stop the other giants from hurting more children. The giants in the story catch dreams to give to children. The BFG catches good dreams while the other giants catch bad dreams." As the students were reading the story they are engaged as active listeners. This is done by asking what happened in the previous chapters or what the meanings of new words are. Another way that the children are engaged as active listeners is by having the children make predictions about what will happen in different parts of the story. After the story we asked the children to share their favorite part of the story.

Roller Skating at Orbit Skating Center

Summer is just around the corner, and we are well int the registration process. The kids have been talking about some of their favorite moments of last year. Shaili D., first grade, was very sad to see that the Orb Skate field trip was on a week that she would not be attending because that was her favorite field trip from last year. Eleanor H., first grade, shared that she was really excited to go roller skating this year because she has never been before. In addition to the fun field trips, we are also going to be working with Hot Shot Sports and Urban Beat Dance Company at both of ou sites. The children who attended the Glenview Program were introduced to several different art media. children painted pre-made clay flower pots, created mosaic tiled mirrors, made their own clay creations and created comics.

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"This is when the BFG is playing his trumpet for the queen," Luke M. When asked what their favorite part was Luke N., said, "When Sophie was placed on the window ledge of the queen's bedroom." Katelynn and Ruby both said that their favorite part was when different characters ate something called a "snozzcumber", which is the only thing the BFG eats because he does not like the taste of "human beans." Daniel S. was very enthusiastic when he, said, "The whole story!"

The children worked hard on these projects, and man took pride in the work that they completed. Joshua P. first grade, commented that his favorite thing about working with Mrs. Scozia last summer was making th flower pot that he gave to his mom. "She still uses it today," he said.

Jillian P., "This is when Sophie was taken by the BFG."

Presidential Active Lifestyle

A highlight mentioned by Laura N., 1st grade, was the talent show. "I remember Shaili and Nora's gymnastic routine from the talent show. It was good." In addition to the acts that the students developed, they also got to show off the dance that they learned in the Urban Beat class for the parents. The students who did not attend the Urban Beat class were taught by our own kids. On the night of the talent show, there was 100% participation in the dance of the children who attended. While talking to Sara G., 2nd grade, she shared that her favorite memory was playing all of the

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fun games that we did last summer. Spots in camp are filling up quickly, so if you have an questions, please contact us for registration materials

With spring finally here, we would like to introduce a new program beginning in April, that we would like all of our families to participate in. The main goal of the activity is to promote exercise and making healthy eating habits. We plan to meet requirement of one-hour of activity for five days per week for six out of eight weeks. We encourage all families to visit the web site here to get more information about the program. President's Challenge Participants who are able to complete the program will get recognition of completing the program ,as well as, a small token for their hard work.

Playing Keep It Up

Spring Break Fun

Dates to Remember

June 10
The first day of summer camp is Monday, June 10. If you have not registered, please do so. We are looking forward to a great summer.

Many of your children recently joined us for a week o Spring Break Camp. During the week, the students who attended had the opportunity to take part in several activities. Some of the activities included sports, board games, creating their own bug creature and a field trip to the SciTech Museum in Aurora, IL where they had the opportunity to work with many different hands-on activities.

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June 6
The last day of school at Avoca West is Thursday June 6. Our school age program sent out an inquiry form last week, for those who are in need of care on the 6th and 7th. This form is due by May 1st. If you have any questions or need a form, please let us know.

Playing Crab Soccer

May 27
Program closed for observation of Memorial Day

Glenview School Age 235 Beech Dr. Glenview, IL 60025 847.998.7477 http://www.onehopechilddevelopment.org/

One highlight of the program was working with Pablo Picasso's piece Hands With Bouquet. If you would lik to see the Picasso painting here is a link to it Friends of Art Hand With Bouquet We began the activity by discussing who Picasso was and looking at the piece we were working with. We talked about the colors that were used in the painting Then, we asked the children to create their own work inspired by the piece. The students used the piece as a reference but took the liberties to make their own unique pieces by adding different colored flowers and decorating the hand with rings and watches. It was a great week, and we hope the children had as much fun as we did.

Creating our own inspired work

REFERA-FRIEND

We would like to thank you for all of your wonderful words of praise abo our Centers to your family and friends! Our program continues to grow through your referrals. Because of this, we are pleased to announce th the Refer-A-Friend incentive will continue throughout the year.

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For any private pay family that you refer to us, that enrolls in our Cente and stays enrolled for at least four weeks of camp, you will receive $50 your oldest child's camp fee. Half of the incentive award will be given a the time of the new private pay family's enrollment, the other half will be applied to your last week of camp. In order for you to receive the referr bonus, the new families must have listed you on their application as the referral source.

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