Licensed Home Child Care

Well the summer is winding down and the big kids will be going back to School. Water play will continue to the end of the month. We will be having end of the summer fun until the big kids go to school and having an end of the summer picnic.

Our Fall Preschool Program (Ages 2 to 4 years) will start August 19th. We will be using Brightly Beaming Steps to Reading Prepatory Program (http://letteroftheweek.com/Preparatory.html) and The Amazing Action Alphabet Program (http://seeheardocompany.com/) as a base for this years program along with my own ideas and other resources. This is a weekly theme program. Since it really does not cover art we will be doing art related to the weekly theme or other open ended creative art. This month we will be learning about Cows (The Farm) and the Jungle. We will be learning the shape of a square; the color green; letters A and B; and numbers 1 and 2. We will also be reading books, poems, and rhymes; singing and listening to songs; doing gross and fine motor activities, art, and other activities.

A babies and toddlers program will also be done for ages infant to 2 years. I will be using ideas from Brightly Beaming Babies and Toddlers (http://www.letteroftheweek.com/nursery_age_0.html and http://letteroftheweek.com/nursery_age_1.html), Baby Time curriculum (http://www.pammshouse.com/infantcurriculum.html), my own ideas, and other resources. It will be based on the age and development of each individual little one. Doing art starts at 9 to 10 months old and consists of finger painting, coloring, painting with paintbrushes and other things, and gluing things on paper. We start with finger painting and move on when they are ready. This month we will be learning the signs of the words milk and drink, naming body parts and articals of clothing, playing age appropriate games, some of the same activites as the preschoolers, and and finger painting.

Special Days:

Tuesday, August 13th: We will have an end of the summer picnic.

Thursday, August 15th: CLOSED for my daughter's first day of Kindergarten and orientation.

Monday, August 19: Fall Preschool and Infant/Toddler Programs Beging. Big kids go back to school.

Ideas: Exercise With Your Child Week is August 6th - 12th so plan picnics, hikes, walks, swimming, park, etc. Go to the library and get books about our theme and read them together under a tree. This time of the year is an amazing time to get outside with your child and explore.