Licensed Home Child Care

Fall has officially arrived and the cold is now upon us. Please make sure you bring in pants and long sleeved shirts, but leave one or two short sleeved shirts for warmer days. You may also want to bring an extra pair of mittens and a hat for colder days just in case you forget them or the weather turns. You can also bring in slippers or traction socks (to keep here) for inside if you want.    

 I hope you are enjoying the preschool program. I would love to hear feedback on what you think. The kids seem to enjoy it and are doing well with the new routine. This month we will be learning about the stars, sun, pumpkins and how they grow, trains, and the moon. This months colors: yellow and black; shapes: star, circle, and crecent; numbers: 7-11, letters: G-K.

Special Dates:

Halloween Week fun stuff:

October 28-31: Monday - Hat Day (Wear your favorite or silly hat). Tuesday - Pajama Day (bring a Holloween or fall DVD to share if you have one. We will pick one to watch). Wednesday- Wear Orange day. Thursday– Holloween party (Dress your child up if you want. Nothing scarry. I will have a sign up sheet the week before for our party snacks.)

October 14th preschoolers: Please bring in a mini pumpkin and a small pumkin (about the size of a grapefruit to a large cantaloupe. No bigger please. We will be doing activites with them all week.) Together we will carve a big pumpkin that I will provide.

Donations: If you have any old magazines we would love to have them. Please no fassion magazines. I have plenty from past donations and they don’t have much we can use in them. Food, home decorating, sports, and parenting magazines have great pictures in them for collages. Thank you.

Something new for preschool Sharing: Bring one thing that starts with the letter of the week and a group of the number of the week items for us to count (ex. food (has to be gluten free), toys, or other items. You can put them in a paper bag or reusable bag and they will be returned at the end of the day they can be small items because I will put the bag up after group time. This will be on a Wednesday every week: Oct. 2 – G, 7; Oct. 9– H, 8; Oct. 16- I, 9; Oct. 23- J, 10; Oct. 30- K, 11.

 Things to do with your child: Go to the circus it is in town until Oct. 13th. Sing a favorite song together. Go for a walk and watch the leaves fall together. Make up a story together. Read at least 15 minutes a day together. Books to read together: Stellaluna by Janell Cannon (my favorite) and Good Night Moon by Jane Yolen are great October books. You can also go to the library and read books about our themes.