Reminder:
Happy September, and many thanks for the cooler air that has made this week feel great!
We will be hosting a family potluck dinner on Friday, 9/25 after school. Watch for sign-up sheets, and please bring chairs/blankets. We look forward to enjoying dinner together as a school community after a busy week!
10/24 Saturday Fall Farm Festival 10 AM-1 PM. Cowgirl Sue concert, horseback riding, face painting, fall farm games, refreshments and more. Admission $3.
Don't forget to download and review the family handbook for 2009-2010. Please note that the handbook includes our calendar for the upcoming year. The link to the handbook is: http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0BycOFm4rG2F7YTU2NWMxN2QtNzBmYS00MWM4LWIxMDUtNGQ1OWQ5ZWVjY2Qx&hl=en
Nov 1 Annual activity fee due $100/child and tuition rate increase of $15/child to specifically address rising food costs
Thanks to the Schick family for donating an outdoor trashcan!
Monday AM Snack: almond butter on organic sunflower seed bread, water (children over 2). Children under 2 enjoyed dried organic cereal and water.
Monday Lunch: lasagna, steamed organic broccoli, organic milk
Monday PM Snack: veggie straws, water
Tuesday AM Snack: cantaloupe, water
Tuesday Lunch: refried pinto beans, organic brown rice, organic milk
Tuesday PM Snack: brown rice crisps, cheese sticks, water
Infants: Gage is walking and Emma is crawling about and pulling up! Porter has learned to flip over and over! The children are enjoying singing with Janie, and Caprice made a fun puppet for the afternoons. Gage loved cantaloupe so much today that he licked the high chair tray with delight to get every drop of juice!
Toddlers: This week the children have enjoyed spending extra time outside in the cooler air. The sand box and farm walks are popular! Janie sang the alphabet song to the children and counted from 1-10 with them in Spanish and English. What a great group of little guys and girls!
Twos: The twos class has been studying squirrels and nuts this week. Yesterday, the class painted with blue. Today, the class had fun doing tree bark rubbings. Everyone likes working puzzles, and the pretend kitchen is popular during free choice time in the classroom.
PreK: Like the Twos class, the Prek is also studying squirrels and nuts this week. Yesterday, we had fun making almond butter in our "magic" blender. It was delicious! For snack we enjoyed almond butter that had been purchased, but we added cinnamon and honey at it was delicious! Kari's group painted with brown, and Leslie's group with yellow. Today, we all enjoyed hearing the story of "Jack Rabbit's Visit" told with sock puppets. Outside, we made tree bark rubbings with our beeswax crayons. Our table activities this week are sorting silverware in a drawer divider and weaving a ribbon through metal pastry cooling racks. Both were a hit! We also enjoyed cracking open pistachios and peanuts and eating them.
