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Upcoming Events
Sept. 6: No School, Labor Day
Sept. 7: PAT Playgroups Begin
Sept. 7: Starlets Classes Begin
Sept. 10: No Preschool
Sept. 10: Cookie Bookie, 9:30 - 10:30am
Sept. 15: No School, PreK/ECD Conferences
Sept. 16: No School, PreK/ECD Conferences
Sept. 17: No School, Conf Comp Day
Oct. 5: Funky Mama Music, 6:30pm, MSMS Auditorium
Oct. 6: Pre-School Fall Portraits
Oct. 8: No Preschool
Oct. 8: Cookie Bookie, 9:30 - 10:30am
Oct. 18: No School
Oct. 18: Count Your Kid In
Oct. 22: No Preschool
Oct. 28: Preschool Fall Parties
Oct. 29: No Preschool
Oct. 29: PAT Trick-or-Treat Storytime @ Reflection Ridge, 10:00am
Nov. 12: No Preschool
Nov. 12: Cookie Bookie, 9:30-10:30am
Nov. 15: Preschool Portrait Retakes
Nov. 22-23: No PAT Playgroups
Nov. 24-26: No School, Thanksgiving Break |
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See Me at ECC!
Big Truck Night,
August 26, 2010 | |
Preschool Classes
September 1, 2010
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 A Note From Miss June
Dear families,
I am so excited to begin another year at ECC! We are off to a great start with Pre-K and ECD students. We are excited about PAT and Starlets kids beginning soon! Please take a look at the playgroups and events and put them on your calendar. We can't wait to see your kiddos!
What an awesome turn out and a great evening for Big Truck Night. Thank you to all of the parents and grandparents who took the time to bring their child. I loved watching the excitement of kids as they explored and talked about new things up close! Thanks too to all of those in our community for their support in providing large vehicles. A huge thank you to Hutton Construction for their financial support of this event!
You won't want to miss our next family event, Funky Mama Music. This is a preschool rock concert at its best! For 45 minutes you and your child can sing and dance along with "Funky Mama", a Kansas City sensation! Join us on Tuesday, October 5, at 6:30 in the Maize South High Auditorium. Invite your friends with children birth to five to come too! This event is free, sponsored by our ECC PTO.
Yours for the journey of childhood!
June Rempel
Early Childhood Coordinator
jrempel@usd266.com
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Playgroups begin September 7! | Playgroups for children Birth to age 3 will be held on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 9:30. Families with children birth to age three and their older siblings may attend playgroup on Thursdays at 10:30. Each playgroup is held in G-101 and includes playtime with a theme followed by a song, story and a snack. We ask that families come to just one playgroup a week.
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MusikGarten Classes begin September 13! | |
We offer two identical 35 minute music classes. Classes are focused on children ages 18 months to 3 ½ years old but children both younger and older who enjoy music are welcome. Classes are located in G-100 and are on Mondays at 9:30 and 10:20. |
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All families are welcome at PAT Cookie Bookies. Cookie Bookies are fun reading events with a theme. On September 10 our theme is, If You Give a Mouse A Cookie. Children and their parents are invited to join us from 9:30 - 10:30 (no sign up required) for storytime using the promethean board, a craft, time on our playground and decorating a cookie. On October 8 our theme is Pumpkins, and on November 12 our theme is Thanksgiving.
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Due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts in the district, the Parent/Teacher conferences originally scheduled for September 22-24 have moved up one week to September 15-17.
If the change in schedule causes a significant hardship for you or your family, please contact your child's building principal as soon as possible. Please take the time to come to your child's conference on September 15 or 16. This is a great opportunity to hear about your child's progress and to talk to your child's teacher.
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Our school is participating in the district wide PTO fundraiser! Each school in the district will be selling items from the same brochures for the next couple of weeks. In the past the money has been divided by the participating schools, this year each school will keep the money that they make. Be sure you turn in your order forms to the ECC office with ECC marked on the order form under school. Pre-K/ECD and Starlets families will receive a packet of information. Playgroup families may order items at playgroups if they would like. Thank you for your support of ECC!
All ECC orders may be sent to school with your preschool child or to your Starlets class by September 14. You may also bring them to the ECC office no later than September 16 (you can turn them in at parent teacher conferences). If you have fundraising questions please contact Maize PTO Fundraising Chair, Sheri Werner at 796-0110 or email to snwerner10@yahoo.com. If you have ECC questions contact Abby Brownell at ptoecc@yahoo.com. We appreciate your efforts to help our school!!!
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ECC PTO is collecting box tops for education. If you save them, it is really helpful if you trim them so that they are at least one inch. We turn them in in bundles of 50. For more information visit www.boxtops4education.com or ask an ECC PTO parent volunteer. We collect box tops all year! For a detailed product list another Box Top promotions, visit www.boxtops4education.com.
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It is now easier than ever to find the right books for your child and help us earn FREE books for our ECC classrooms/playgroups at the same time. PAT parents may order online each month, just see the info on our website, usd266.com (Early Learning Programs). Pre-K/ECD and Starlets families may order from their classroom teacher. |
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Maize Fall Festival is Saturday, October 9th and is a great opportunity for families to enjoy time together and some hometown fun. There is a parade, activities, and children's rides in the Maize park. The parade begins at 10:00.
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Pre-K to 6th Grade Cheer Clinic |
Maize South High Mini Mavs Cheer Clinic WHEN: Saturday, October 2, 2010 WHO: Any girl/boy Pre-K through 6th COST: $25 INCLUDES: Clinic and Game Performance T-shirt, Poms, Student Admission to game Drink and Snack For more information, please contact Robbye Herrington rherrington@usd266.com or 462-8000 ext 8079. Registration is due by Tuesday, September 21st. |
PARENTS SHOULD INTERACT WITH KIDS IN ORDER TO BOOST THEIR VOCALIZATIONS |
Researchers have established a link between time spent watching TV or videos and delayed language development in children ages 8 months to 16 months. What they didn't know was the reason. So in a new study, published in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent medicine, researchers measured everything heard and uttered by 329 children ages 2 months to 48 months. They did this by attaching digital recorders to the children's clothing on various days throughout a two year period.
Each hour of TV the children heard was linked to a 7% decrease in words that adults spoke to them. That TV time also was connected to a decrease in the number of words (or utterances, really-these are very young children) from the kids themselves. The report concludes: "Having a television on within earshot of young children diminishes their exposure to adult words, their own vocalizations, and the conversational turns in which they engage." This doesn't mean TV is bad, mind you. And the researchers point out that, unsurprisingly, many parents interact less with their children when the television is on. They take issue with the notion that some of the shows kids watch promise to encourage parent-child interaction-but such interaction appears limited. They add: "Given the critical role that adult caregivers play in children's linguistic development, whether they talk to their child while the screen is on may be critical and explain the effects that are attributed to content or even the amount of television watched."
In short, it's okay to talk while watching TV. |
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Most of us would probably agree that play is one of the most important activities of childhood. With the current emphasis on academic preparation, however, play can sometimes be seen as irrelevant to children's learning. In truth, research has demonstrated that play has an important role in equipping children for meeting the social and academic challenges of the school setting. The Parents as Teachers Curriculum stresses the importance of engaging your children in play as a means of helping them grow and develop emotionally, intellectually, cognitively and physically. Following your child's lead in play also provides great insight to his current preferences and abilities. Consider these opportunities for supporting your child's growth through play.
· Get out the play-doh or step up to the sink for some water play-great for bonding and de-stressing time together.
· Play the "mirror" game. Make funny faces and have your child imitate them.
· Using wooden blocks or boxes of different sizes, play games of stacking, building and pretending.
· Play games that involve simple rules, like, "keep your eyes closed until I tell you to open them."
· Put together a simple book of pictures of your child's favorite play activities. Then boost your child's language by describing what you did or helping your child recall the event.
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Rocket Ship
Inside the rocket ship, Just enough room Here comes the countdown, One, two, three, four, five Zoom!
Cooking Together Fun
How about you and your special little helper make some...
Pumpkin Bread
1 can pumpkin
1 2/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup vegetable oil
4 large eggs
2 t soda
1 t salt
1 t cinnamon
1/2 t cloves
1/2 t baking powder
1/2 cup raisins of nuts if desired
Mix all ingredients in a large bowl. Pour into pans greased bottom only. Bake at 350 for 60-70 minutes. Cool completely, wrap tightly. Makes 1 large or 2 small loaves.
Rhyme Time
Leaves are Twirling
(Tune: Frere Jacques)
Leaves are twirling,
Leaves are twirling,
All around, all around.
They are falling softly, Very very softly,
To the ground, to the ground.
Clarion, 1992 |
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Please tell your friends and neighbors about the Parents as Teachers program and the Early Childhood Center. Encourage them to log onto our website to read more about the program. Encourage them to call and enroll now, so that they can attend playgroups and activities, receive home visits and take advantage of this great resource! |
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Childhood is a journey, not a race. |
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