We'd like to wish all of our families a very Happy and Safe New Year!!!

Love,

Little Dreamers



Let it Snow!

Parents,

This week was all about Ice and Snow!  Our infants used their little hands and made beautiful snowflake ornaments for our tree.  This week's sign is "Snow" and they've been singing 'Frosty the Snowman' and 'Five little Snowflakes' and have been reading books like the "Christmas Angel" and "Icicles and Snowflakes!"  In our Toddler classroom, our little ones have been hard at work making their family Christmas presents.  They look beautiful so far and are sure to be a one-of-a-kind keepsake.  Also, they've made beautiful snowflakes to decorate their classroom and have been talking about snowmen all week! Preschool has been learning all about water and ice.  We've talked about what needs to happen in order for snow to be made...Jimmy figured out that Snow was frozen and cold!  Allie said that it was cold when it snowed and that it must mean that Snow is cold Rain!  Our little Dreamers are SO smart!!   This week preschool made Giant Snowmen, hand cut snowflakes, and a bunch of Christmas ornaments for our tree!  We made beautiful snowflake ornaments, hand print Santa ornaments and now we're switching over to our Holiday Unit and getting ready for next week's Holiday Polar Party!!!  We can't wait for all of the excitement! 

Miss Jessica                 

It's Winter Time Again!!!

Dear Parents,

Sorry for the delay in posts... our Internet has been down and its been awhile since I've updated the site.  But, finally... a much needed update! 

December is here and 'Tis the Season!!! This month we'll be learning all about Winter and getting ready to kick off the Holiday Season!  To begin this month, we'll start with a unit on Cooking and Baking.  We'll learn about measuring, about how food cooks and talk about our favorite Holiday Treats! In week 2 we'll learn about how the seasons change... we'll introduce our little ones to the upcoming snowy season and learn about where Snow comes from!  We'll learn about water and what makes Ice and steam.  We'll talk about melting, freezing and evaporating and what causes all of those changes to happen!  We'll talk about the weather and how we can prepare for the approaching cold with warm clothes and we'll even practice dressing ourselves in our winter garb! We'll read the 'Polar Express' and celebrate with Hot Cocoa! We've decorated our classroom with Snowmen, snowflakes and gingerbread men so far and have a ton of upcoming crafts on the way!! This week our unit will change to Ice and Snow! Take a walk through our classrooms and look at all of our beautiful artwork!


Miss Jessica





Happy Thanksgiving!!

Dear Parents,  

This week at Little Dreamers we'll be giving thanks for Thanksgiving!!! Preschool will be learning all about the History of Thanksgiving, about Native Americans and about giving Thanks for the people in our lives. Today we made big fat turkeys out of brown bags to display as center pieces on our Thanksgiving Feast Table!! They are very cool :)   We read "In November" and talked about the upcoming season change to Winter (next month's Unit).  We talked about how quiet Winter becomes and why our animal friends rest for the Winter.  Throughout the week, your little one will be making special crafts such as Center Pieces and Napkin Holders to bring home on Wednesday that will help decorate your own homes for the big day! 

Our Toddlers are celebrating in their own ways- learning how to gobble like turkeys, practicing singing thanksgiving turkey songs and finger plays, and making beautiful crafts for moms and dads to enjoy!  Feel free to stop into all of our classrooms to see our decorations!

We'll be celebrating the Thanksgiving Holiday together on Wednesday (24th) with a  fantastic Thanksgiving Feast complete with Turkey, Mashed Potatoes and Pumpkin Pie!! Please remember there is no need to pack a lunch for your little one that day, as their tummies will be sufficiently filled with food at the feast.  Parents are encouraged to bring a dish (please see our sign up sheet by the front door) and to attend the feast and celebrate with us! 

Have a Safe and Happy Holiday!

Miss Jessica  



Thankful for the Earth Week!

Hi Parents,

This week your Little Dreamers will be learning all about how to save our Planet! We'll be doing activities centered around saving our Earth and learning how to reduce, re-use and Recycle our waste!  We'll be learning what "endangered" means and what we can do to help save the world's endangered species.  We'll make a map of the world's habitats and learn what kind of habitat we live in!  We'll write our very own pledge to help the earth- note what each of us can do in our own ways- and sign it with our handprints.  We'll hang out hand-print earth in our classroom to make a beautiful decoration and to remind us to always take care of our Home :) 

Don't forget that this Fun Friday is Pajama Day!! Wear your favorite Pj's to school for fun activities and exciting fun Friday fun! This week we'll watch Curious George and have a soundtrack Dance Party all about taking care of the Earth!

Have a great week parents!

Love,
Miss Jessica



Thanks to Soldier Mike!

Today we'd like to say Thank you to Army Soldier Mike Cuff who came in to our school today to talk to our students about how our Soldiers keep us safe from afar!  Our Little Dreamers had a great time talking about Soldier Mike's Uniform- his badges and medals were really cool and we got to try on his very heavy coat!  We talked about all of the places that Soldier Mike's been and he taught us what Infantry meant! Soldier Mike told us all about what soldiers do for us and how they are always ready to save us from the bad guys.  We made beautiful American Flag cards for Solider Mike and showed him how we salute! We had a lot of fun celebrating and learning with Solider Mike today.  HAPPY VETERANS DAY!!!!

Thankful for the People Who keep Us Safe!

Hi Parents,  

This week at Little Dreamers we'll be learning all about the people who keep us safe!  We've started our week by learning about firefighters and all of the hard work they do to prevent and stop fires!  We read all about "Hopper the Fire Dog" and we learned how to "Stop, Drop & Roll!" We wore Fire Hats and hung them up in our classroom and even made our very own firetrucks.  We practiced our shapes by making circles for the wheels and squares for the windows!!  Ask your preschooler to show you how they would stop a fire. 

Tomorrow we'll be continuing our lesson by learning about Police Officers and Paramedics.  We'll make our own police badges and talk about how important it is to behave and to follow directions.  We'll talk about how important police officers are and how they keep us safe.  We'll learn the numbers 9-1-1 and what to do in an emergency.  

This week will end by celebrating Veterans day together and learning about how our Soldiers keep us safe from a far and how important their jobs are to our freedom.  We'll learn what Freedom means and learn about how lucky we are to have it.  We'll study the Colors of our Flag and say the pledge of allegiance!  Did you know that the Star Spangled Banner was a poem before it was a song??  We'll learn the poem and talk about what it means. This week will end with a special guest speaker who will come in and teach us first hand, how to stay safe!

Look out for last weeks projects which are being sent home and continue to ask your Little Dreamer about all that their learning in school!

Love,
Miss Jessica

               

Health Week!

This week at Little Dreamers its all about staying healthy!  In the Toddler room, Isabelle, Jack, Freddie and Matthew painted with toothbrushes and talked about keeping our teeth shiny and clean! Yesterday, they played doctor and made their very own doctors kits (complete with a band-aid, a cotton ball and tongue depressor)! Today, they practiced their building skills (and with using their hands) by playing together with the waffle blocks! In addition to reading stories and singing songs, its been nothing but busy! 

The preschool room focused on healthy foods today and talked about some of our favorites.  Gio liked "eggs and bagels" while Allie liked "chicken nuggets!"  We drew our favorite foods on a plate and hung them on our healthy food board.  We learned a poem and read a book about what our body parts do for us!  Ask your child about keeping their heart healthy and how important our brains our.  After we finished our projects we played dress up and had a dance party to the music from Shrek!! It was a great day filled with LOTS of fun and energy! 

Love, 

Miss Jessica 

Start of November!

Hi Parents,

The start of the new month means the start of a new unit here at Little Dreamers!  This month we'll be 'Giving Thanks' for all of the people and things that keep as happy and healthy throughout the year.  We're starting off this week by being "thankful for our health!"  Your child will be learning all about keeping themselves healthy. In the toddler room they'll be learning about body parts (like our eyes and noses), about going to the doctor and about eating good healthy food!  In the Pre-school room we'll be talking about heart health, about exercise, about healthy food groups and about how important the doctor is to keeping us healthy.  We'll be talking about hygiene and safety all the while remembering to say thank you for all our good health with projects and activities every day.  Another busy week here at Little Dreamers... stay tuned! :)

Miss Jessica 

Halloween Fun!!

   This week at Little Dreamers we've been busy decorating our classrooms and getting into the spooky spirit in preparation for our Halloween Harvest Party, happening this Friday!!! All of the students are VERY excited to wear their costumes and to Trick or Treat for yummy treats around our Parking Lot! All week we've been reading scary stories (not too scary) and singing spooky songs!  We've made pumpkins and hand-print spiders, we've decorated our very own Friendly Ghosts and made sponge-paint bats! On Friday we'll display all of our creations and put the final touches on our classroom decorating.   Parents are welcome to stop by and celebrate with us (around 11am) and to see their little trick-or-treaters in action!  Please note the Party sign-up sheet near the front door and feel free to bring in something yummy for our class.  Thank you for your help! 
Miss Jessica 

A is for Apple!!

This week at Little Dreamers we learned all about Apples!!! We learned all about where and how Apples grow, we tasted locally grown apples and apple sauce and learned about all the ways that Apples can be used!  Our projects this week included making Apple prints with real apples and cookie cutters, making bushy Apple Trees out of tissue paper and preparing our classroom for next week's Harvest Festivities!! Pre-school made Hand-print spiders to spook-ify our room while our Toddlers and Infants read Halloween Touch and Feel stories and used their senses!!  Remember to get your costumes ready for next Friday's Harvest Party! Parents, feel free to join in on the fun- to come see your child Trick or Treat around our shopping center and to join in on the celebration in the classroom!!!  There will be a sign up sheet near the front door for goodies and surprises for the kids.  Thank you for your help and cooperation in making this a spooktacular Halloween Party!  

'Tis the Season- A note for keeping your little one Healthy!

As I'm sure you've noticed... 'tis the season for runny noses and coughs.  Keeping your child as healthy as possible is the goal on every one's mind but as we all know, is sometimes just impossible.  If your little one comes down with a green, icky nose or a cough... we ask that you PLEASE keep them home.  Germs spread fast in schools and daycare centers and even though we pride ourselves on being over-the-top clean... kids spread germs quickly.   In order to keep all of our friends and teachers healthy we ask that you take the time to get well before bringing your child in with a cold. 

Our centers policy is that when a child is sent home with a fever, a cough or for not feeling well you will be asked to provide a doctors note before their return and/or a copy of a prescription.  It is a PA State requirement that all children who are sick are to be sent home in order to prevent illnesses from spreading and running rampant through school settings.  In addition, once your child is seen by a doctor.. please allow 24 hours for antibiotics to kick in to ensure that all viruses and bacteria are under control.   

Thank you so much for your cooperation in keeping your child and our center GERM FREE! :)

Miss Jessica

October 14th, 2010

Welcome Back Parents!

Today at Little Dreamers it was "All about Me!"  Today we talked as a class about our favorites! Favorite colors, favorite animals, favorite foods... you name it! We made posters depicting our favorite things and shared them together during circle time! We reviewed our colors with a special Color Matching game and started focusing on our literacy skills with the Letter A.  Please review this letter with your child and encourage them to name "A" words like Apple, Ant and to name their friends... like Allie! :) 

Our Toddlers had a great time playing outside today (before the Rain started).  They got some of their energy out by playing with the cars and trucks on the playground and by watching the big kids play house.  Our little Infants spent the morning with Miss Eva- playing together and learning how to explore their new world at school.  Overall, it was a great day here at Little Dreamers!! 

Love,
Miss Jessica

Happy Birthday Gio!- 10/13/10

Hi Parents!  

Today in the Preschool room we had a serious birthday celebration for Gio!!! :)  Gio turned 3 today and we had a party complete with yummy cupcakes, party hats and even goody bags (a big Thank you tp mom, dad and Grandma)!  Everyone had a wonderful time and after eating all of those cupcakes... had a LOT of energy!  :)  We had a dance party to the music from Shrek 2-  Sarah showed us her very best moves and Gio sang along into a microphone.  This morning we all made birthday cards for Gio and (with Miss Jessica's help) wrote him a message inside.  Jimmy told Gio that he was a great friend and Allie made him a pink card (because it's her very favorite color).  During circle time we read a story about Barnyard animals called "In the Mud" and reviewed our colors with "Brown Bear, Brown Bear."  It was a very busy day for the preschool class but we had tons of fun.  

In the Toddler room today our little explorers made beautiful sunflowers with yellow finger paint! Miss Donna helped glue on some real sunflower seeds and the projects turned out beautifully! The Toddlers and Infants sang song during circle time today and made music using the instruments in the classroom.  They are all adjusting so well to their new routine.  We couldn't be more proud!

It was a great day here at Little Dreamers.... thanks for checking in!

Love,
Miss Jessica

Welcome Parents, Teachers and Friends!

Here at Little Dreamers Child Development Center we think it is extremely important for you, as parents, to be up to date and current on your child's progress and daily activities.  With our new blog we encourage you to check in throughout your busy work days and see what your child is up to.  Each day, we will post a new update filling you in on each classrooms activities and on upcoming activities that you may want to take part in.  In addition, please encourage your child to tell you about their day and to get used to communicating with you about their time at preschool.  We thank you for your continued support and cooperation!! 

Thank you,

Miss Jessica

Director