Licensed Home Child Care

The weather is so up and down so please make sure your child has warm and cooler extra clothes. On warm days, if you send your child in sandals, please make sure they are closed toe to protect their toes.

This month we will be leaning about bugs. We will be searching the neighborhood and backyard for bugs with a magnifying glass and learning about some of the many bugs we may find outside. We will also be learning about the life cycle of the butterfly. The basics we will be learning are the letters and sounds of W, X, and Y; mixing primary colors; review the basic shapes and introduce the octagon; the numbers 9 and 19; and the concept of more and less, along with other hands on math concepts. We will also be listening to latin music. As always their will be large and small motor activities as well as finger plays, songs, rhymes, and flannel boards. We will also do activities for Cinco de Mayo, Mother’s Day, and Memorial Day.

Special Days:

May 3rd we will be talking about Cinco de Mayo and making maraca’s.

May 4th: CLOSED. Thank you so much for being flexible.

May 11th we will be having our Fourth Annual Mother’s Day Breakfast at 7:30am. We always have so much fun. We will be serving eggs, pancakes, and juice. Please let me know if you will be attending ASAP. Happy Mother’s Day!

May 25th we will be having Memorial day Activities.

May 28th: CLOSED for Memorial Day

Reminder: Annual Renewal forms are going out this month. Please have them signed and in by June 1st along with the $50 renewal fee. If you have been with me for less then 6th months you will not have to pay the renewal fee until next year, but you will have to sign the 2012-2013 handbook. As a thank you for a great year I am offering a free night out (5pm to 10pm on an evening of your choosing as long as we are not busy. Please let me know so we can set this up).

Things to do with your child this month: 1) Go for a walk and look for the simple things in life, bugs and the pure pleasure of spending time together. Then have your child draw what they discovered. I am sure even a scribble will be a bug to your child so see if they will tell you what they drew. 2) Check out books from the library about bugs or whatever your child is interested in reading. Remember to read to your child at least 15 minutes a day. 3) Tell your child a story about yourself and/or your family when you were a child. If you have your favorite children’s book when you were a kid read it to them or go to the library and get it together. Have fun!