newsletter

december 2011

Sweet Peas
Our Sweet Peas are great at telling stories! We will learn how pictures can tell stories and practice drawing our own stories too. We have learned a lot about letters, numbers, and shapes and we are getting really good at saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Our Sweet Peas have made great progress already this year. Here is a closer look at some of our lessons for this month.

ts beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Kids Village, with Christmas carols echoing from the music room and the smell of gingerbread and peppermint drifting from the kitchen. Its a special treat to see the wonders of this holiday season sparkling in the eyes of your children.

We are excited to have you join us for a night of Holiday fun at our annual open house, Christmas In the Village. Bring the whole family and enjoy the festivities on December 7th from 3:30-8:30. Every year Christmas In the Village is a magical night where families can participate in a fun holiday craft, sing Christmas carols, share some yummy treats, and of course, visit with Santa. Its the perfect way to share the joy of Christmas with your family. Each year as part of our Christmas In the Village open house we sponsor a fundraiser. This year our fundraiser will focus on our unique Scholarship Program. Every year we meet with families who desperately want to provide a quality educational experience for their children but cannot afford it. We have put into place a Scholarship Program for such families and we need your help to keep it going strong. The requests for Scholarships continues to grow and sadly, there are many that we have to turn away. So, wed like your help in giving other children the Kids Village experience, because every child deserves a wonderful education where they are loved and encouraged to succeed. We will be collecting donations during our Christmas In the Village open house. Whether its spare change, or a months tuition we encourage you to give what you can and help us give a child in need a great start on the road to success. Thank you to all who participated in our Meet & Greet last month. It was fun to see all of the new friendships that were made. We hope you enjoyed the time you spent with us. Remember to watch for your childs Task Card to come home at the end of every month. We are so pleased with the progress we have seen with our Task Card program. The children are working hard to pass off each skill and are excited to share it with you. If, by chance, your child did not pass off all of their skills, its okay. We will continue to work on any of the skills they have not completed, but you can also work with your child at home. Once they have mastered the skill, send us a note so we can evaluate their progress as well. The children receive a Kids Village wristband when they complete all of the skills on their Task Card AND bring in their R.E.A.D.S. calendar. If you have any questions or concerns about the Task Card program or about your childs progress please dont hesitate to give us a call. We want to work with you to help your child reach their goals. Our R.E.A.D.S. program has been a big hit as well. Thank you for marking your calendars, turning them in, and most of all, for reading with your children! The time spent reading with your child is invaluable so thank you for making it a priority. We have totaled all of the points from our October Calendars and we have a tie between Miss Valerie and Miss Korbis Tator Tot classes. Both of these classes will get to enjoy our Prize Book Basket all month long. Congratulations! There are endless numbers of fantastic holiday books out there but here are a few you might want to catch: A Wish to Be a Christmas Tree by Colleen Monroe, Dream Snow by Eric Carle, and Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner. Christmas Break will be from December 19th to January 2nd. We hope you are able to spend those days warm and safe and surrounded by those you love!

Week #1 Nov 28th - Dec 2nd Communicatiing Learning about the Letter S, using our hands, pictures, and written words to communicate, creating a class list, and reviewing all of the shapes we have learned with The Bakery Shop game.

Week #2 December 5th - 9th Feelings Learning about the Letter F, reading Frosty the Snowman, counting 1-9, noticing similarities and differences, making matches, and discussing the way we feel.

Week #3 December 12th - 16th Holiday Fun Reviewing all the letters and sounds we have learned, discussing the ways we can give to others, making a special Holiday craft, and reading our favorite Holiday stories.

Kids Village Task Card

december 2011
Name: Academic Skills
I Can Trace All the Letters of My Name I Can Count to 10 I Can Sort by Color, Shape & Size I Can Recognize My Name I Can Track Print in a Book

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Workshop Skills
I Can Use Good Table Manners I Can Recite the Rhyme Twinkle Twinkle and Match Sounds

December Values: Generosity & Service

What a perfect time of year to learn about Generosity and Service. We will learn the importance of giving to those in need, being helpful and kind, and well learn about how to give graciously.

I Can Name 3 Friends I Can Describe Different Types of Weather I Can Make Prints with Different Tools

Value Skills
I Can Share and Serve Others
Kids Village R.E.A.D.S.

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december 2011

Kitchen
We have been learning all about manners in the Kitchen and this month we will practice using our manners by sharing, saying please and thank you, and waiting for our turn. Some of the things we will be cooking up this month are: Week #1 - Spectacular Salsa, Week #2 - Fruit Salad, Week #3 - Holiday recipes

Music
This month we will work on identifying different kinds of sounds. There are many Holiday sounds like bells ringing, crunching snow, crackling fire, and carols being sung. Well also learn the rhyme Twinkle Twinkle.

Social Studies
In Social Studies we are learning to describe and name the people we know; our friends, our family members, and even ourselves. We will continue to learn more Spanish words too like, hair, face, eyes, hands and feet.

Science
We will take a closer look at the changing weather this month. Well also talk about Snakes for the Letter S, Frogs for the Letter F, and we will even identify Reindeer.

Art
Making prints with different objects is one of the fun new Art concepts we will explore this month. Well also create Sand Art for the Letter S, Funny Face prints with vegetables for the Letter F, and well make a special Holiday ornament.

Dates to Remember
December 1:
Begin December calendar for Kids Village R.E.A.D.S.

Birthday Kids
Marshal B., Sophie F., Weston H., Ceirra M., Jaiden M., Elyssa O., Liam P., Teagan R., Evan R., Amelia S., Hudson S.

December 1:
Registration for Ski School Ends

December 5:
School Spirit Day - Wear your KV T-shirt!

December 7:
Christmas in the Village Open House 3:30 - 8:30 p.m.

December 15 & 16:

Polar Express Pajama Day

December 19 - January 2:
NO SCHOOL Winter Break

January 3:
School Resumes