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YOUR TRUSTED PARTNER IN EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION

We are celebrating the month of the Young child Please sign up in your child's classroom. The week of April 15 Grandparents (extended family) Day 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. or 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Come sing a song, read a book, play an instrument, or share a hobby. Wednesday April 25 Family trip to the Des Plaines Library 6:30 p.m Bring your family and join us at the Des Plaines Library for resources in literacy in all it's formats. Tuesday April 30 Fitnes Walk Approximately 3:45 Come join us as we walk around the lake. Tuesday May 7 Potluck dinner Sing- a -long meet our new Music teachet Michelle Wiessgerber Come play with us, and bring a dish to share. Prevent Child Abuse Month All month

Moving to a New House

The children in the P1 room have been talking about different kinds of houses. One of our friends, Sam, will be moving to a new home soon. The children became interested in the places we live. We read the story The Three Little Pigs' to start the conversation of the pigs' moving to new homes. The children began constructing the three pig's new houses. We painted boxes for the houses and

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the children were able to decide what type of house they wanted. Some children wanted straw houses so they glued yarn and pipe cleaners to their boxes. of children wanted stick houses so they used popsicle sticks on their boxes. The last group used diploes to make our houses of bricks.

REFERA-FRIEND
We would like to thank you for all of you wonderful words of praise about our Centers to your family and friends!Our program continues to grow through your referrals. Because of this, we are pleased to announce that the Refer-A-Friend incentive will continue throughout the year.

Another group the children shared stories about the houses that they live in, and who lives with them. We also learned that just like the three little pigs we to be able to talk about where they live. By using stories thechildren are better able to deal with things that go one in their own lives. Transitions can be hard on all of us and young children have a hard time verbalizing the things that they are worried about. This activity showed Sam and the other children that we all move to different houses from time to time and it's an ok thing to do, and that our whole family comes with us. We bring all our things with us to a new house. We decided what was the same and what was different about our houses. The children made a graph to show whether they

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For any private pay family that you refer to us, that enrolls in our Center, and stays enrolled for at least six months, you will receive the value of one week's private childcare fees FREE for you oldest child. Half of the incentive award will be given at the time of the new private pay family's enrollment, the other half after six months. In order to be eligible for this incentive, they must list your names as the referral on the "New Family" application.

live in a big, medium, or small house, and the color of it. We counted ten children live in big houses, two children live in medium houses and 4 children live in small houses. Our houses come in all colors; black, gray, blue, red, orange, white, green, yellow, and brown. They have also been able to share with us were their houses are. We have some children that live in Park Ridge, some in Chicago, and one girl tells us that she was born in China. We looked through our book of maps to see the places that we live.

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Hip Hop with the two year olds

The two year old Toddlers and Preschool One children meet Mr. Tony from Urban Beat Dance, in the activity room for hip hop each week. The children join their teachers and peers in the classroom showing off their new moves they learned. The Hip Hop walk, we there use hip hop hips, the frog jump, and hip

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hop freeze are the ones we practiced most recently. With each class the children will become for comfortable and confidant. Hip Hop is about following directions, moving your body, learning the beat, participating in a group activity and most of all having fun

Echoing the Rhythms

Music is a part of our daily program for all infants. Creating, listening, and engaging in music is important for infants. The many first experiences for infants, allows them to be introduced to rhythmic sounds repeating rhythms, tempo and high and low pitches.

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Music gives children a way to identify with their emotions. When Michelle (music instructor) played up beat fast music it creates a fun and playful atmosphere where the children can move their bodies. It is easy to see that the children enjoy their time engaged in music by the responses they give their teachers and Michelle by smiling, clapping their hands and moving to the rhythm of music. We would like to express our thanks to the Board for their full financial support of the music classes this season.

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