March 2014 Newsletter

The Learning Nest

March 2014 Newsletter

Themes

March is a fun filled month at the preschool!  Here are our weekly themes:

March 2-7:  Rainforest                                       March 10-14:  Mexico

March 17-21:  Ireland                                        March 24-28:  African Safari/Multicultural

Special Days of the Week for The Owlets and Owls

Monday:  Show and Share something from home that begins with our letter of the week (1 item)

Tuesday:  Wear the color of the week               Wednesday:  Bring a book to Share

Thursday:  Show and tell                                   Friday:  TBA

The Hungry Caterpillar Day

We will be celebrating The Very Hungry Caterpillar Day on March 21.  Later this week, your child's teacher will be giving you a sheet of paper with a circle on it.  Please decorate this circle with your child, cut it out, and turn it back into us by March 14.  We will be making a very special display with them. 

Multicultural Open House

Come celebrate with us Friday, March 28, from 6 pm-7:30pm, as we present our Multicultural Open House.  This event is the culmination of our Multicultural month.  Each class is given a country and will decorate their room for that country.  The night of our Open House, we will serve foods from each country represented.   Each class will design a menu and will be asking parents to help make these dishes.  This will be a great time to get to know your child's friends and their parents.  Can't wait to see everyone!

A few housekeeping notes

Tuition- tuition is due on Friday, but not late until Monday at 8 am.  After 8 am, we charge a $25 late fee.  We do not like to charge late fees, but we cannot emphasize enough how important timely tuition is to us right now as we are getting established in our new building.  Thank you so much for your help and understanding.                                                                                  Parking-  please be sure to park in a spot inside of pulling in front of our doors.                      Sheets and Blankets-  We do the laundry for The Nest classroom, but in The Owlets and Owls, we send those home each Friday.  Please be sure any laundry you bring has your child's name written on it. 

Birthdays:We would like to wish Judson Smith (14th) and Annalee Sexton (19th) a very Happy Birthday!! 

 

 

Enrollment Special starting today!!

 Enroll today and receive half off the registration fee!!  That means you can reserve your spot for only $25!!  Come by and tour anytime.   

Big News!!!!

We are proud to announce the our little nest is expanding! We will be moving into our new building in January and are currently enrolling for the spots we will have available. Want more info? Send us a message and we will be happy to answer any questions you might have.  Below is our new building. The address is 947 Park Avenue, 37129. 

Our Sunflower House

Today we will be planting our sunflower house. This idea came from reading a book with the same title this past Fall. The book tells the story of a little boy whose parents gave him sunflower seeds to plant. While the directions say to plant them in a nice straight row, he chose to plant his in a large circle. This resulted in a magnificent sunflower house that was used all summer long and became a very special place for the boy and his friends. After reading this book, our kids decided they wanted to make their very own sunflower house. We planted seeds a week ago and now they are ready to plant. We will be documenting this very cool experiment on our blog(:

Information for the month of March

There are lots of cool things going on this month! We will have our St. Patricks day party on Friday, March 16 at 2:15. (sign up sheet coming soon) We will also be harvesting our tadpoles this month so we can watch them grow. Finally, at the end of this month, we will host a Mexican fiesta to celebrate multicultural month! More details to come (:
Here is our curriculum info for this month:
March 5- Mexico, Aa, Green, 2, square, 1,2 buckle my shoe
March 12- Ireland, Bb, Orange, 3, Shamrock, three blind mice
March 19- rainforest and frogs, Cc, brown, 4, triangle
March 26- multicultural week, Dd, pink, 5, Circle

Information for February

Hello! Here is the theme and learning information for the month of February.
February 13-17:
Healthy teeth, Xx, 24, white, rectangle, Los dientes, and This is the way we brush our teeth
February 20-24:
Dr. Seuss, Yy, 25, purple, square, el gato, Mary had a little lamb
February 27-March 2:
Review of the month, Zz, 26, yellow, circle, amigos, Rub a dub

The joy of potty training

Many of you may laugh at the title,or think to yourself, "that's not how I would describe potty training..." That being said, I was reminded this week how great the potty training process can be as I had the opportunity to begin training one of my babies. I am very old school about PT. I don't believe in pull ups, potty chairs, or dragging out the process. I think we underestimate the miraculous ability to learn that our children possess from birth. Take my sweet baby from this week, she is 15 months old and we began formally training on Thursday and by Friday she stayed dry all day and used the potty for all her needs. She also has wonderful parents who committed to using the same techniques at home, which helps tremendously. Its an awesome privilege to help a child through this process, to cheer for them as they succeed, and partner with parents. PT takes time, resolve, and the ability to let your child have accidents and LEARN from them. It's not easy but I think it's worth the effort (: Congrats to my sweet little friend who trained this week and congrats to her parents.