THE NUTTY TIMES PARENT NEWSLETTER: November 2017

Dear Families and Friends:

Happy New Year!  Let’s start out the new year with happiness and lots of learning fun.  This month we will be focusing on the new year and changes.  I hope the holidays treated you all well and look forward to another amazing year with your children.

IMPORTANT NEWS:

January 1st: CLOSED 

ALL ACCOUNTS MUST BE PAID TO CLOSE OUT THE YEAR! If you need to make arrangements, please talk to our Office Staff.

Tax forms will be handed out next week.

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CLASSROOM LINE UP

THE TATOR TOTS (INFANT/TODDLERS):

January is about exploring the “new”.  This month we will be working with snow, and water sensory.  We will also be teaching the kids some new songs and puppetry.

THE LIL’ EXPLORERS (2 YEAR):

It’s going to be an awesome month!  We will be teaching the children about different traditions for the holiday, from around the World.  Be sure to ask your child what they talked about and check out all their crafts this month!

THE LITTLE Cubs (3 YEAR):

This month we will be exploring dinosaurs!  We will be doing dinosaur track painting, making dinosaurs eggs, and work with fossils in our sensory bins. We will also be talking about the different kinds of dinosaurs.  Our Letters: L, M, N,O.  Our Numbers: 11,12. Our shape is the star and our color is green.

THE TIGGER ROOM (Pre-Kindergarten):

We sure hope you had a wonderful holiday with family and friends.  This month your child will travel back to the age of dinosaurs.  The will dig in the dirt like a paleontologist, study rocks and build with bones.  Your child will stop like a triceratops, stretch their necks like a Brontosaurus, and show their sharp teeth like a T-Rex.  They will learn about Jurassic plants, climate and even experiment with an overflowing volcano! Letter: Ll, Ee, Vv.  Numbers: 9-10.  Color: Purple, Blue. Shape: Oval. Sight Words: Big, Go, Away.

ACA KINDERGARTEN:

Happy New Year!  This month we will be reading lots of books, and sharing our holiday experience.  We will be working on new sight words, and reaching for the stars!  Exploration is so important for our children, and this month we will be doing just that.  As some of you may know, I got married this past weekend. Because of this, I will be stepping down from teaching, but we will be announcing our new teacher next week.  I will make sure our new teacher is on board with all of the curriculum, and your child’s needs. 

ACA Little Rascal After School Program:

December was so much fun, but now it’s time to get back into a routine.  This month Mr. Tristan is planning some really cool science experiments for you, and Mr. Peter will be doing some new art techniques with the kiddos.  We are also tutoring some kids with math and reading.  If you have any special requests for your child, please come talk to us as we really want to see you kids achieve their highest potential.

In closing, I hope you all had a wonderful holiday with family.  January is about new goals, and a fresh start!  If you have any questions please talk to any of our staff members, and they will be happy to help!

 Sincerely,

THE NUTTY TIMES PARENT NEWSLETTER: November 2017

Dear Families and Friends:

It’s Turkey time!  This is a month to reflect what we are thankful for.  We will be teaching the children the meaning of Thanksgiving and why we celebrate it.  Check out the rooms for awesome crafts!

IMPORTANT NEWS:

November 5^th: Daylight Savings DON’T FORGET TO TURN YOUR CLOCKS BACK AN HOUR!

November 10^TH: Veteran’s Day

November 23^rd: WE ARE CLOSED for Thanksgiving

November 24^th: BLACK FRIDAY We will be open, please sign your child up if you are coming so we can schedule appropriately!

CLASSROOM LINE UP

THE TATOR TOTS (INFANT/TODDLERS):

We will be having a great month with the kids as we teach them the color yellow and learn our new Autumn song!  Be sure to grab their Halloween crafts so we can put up the new crafts we have planned!

THE LIL’ EXPLORERS (2 YEAR):

First, we would like to thank our parents who volunteered, the children really enjoyed this!  This month we will be focusing on Thanksgiving.  We will have fun with dress up and dramatic play.  We will also be enjoying many Fall sensory and crafts.  Our letters are G, H, I.  Our shape this month is the circle.  Our numbers are 7 & 8 and our color is yellow!  We look forward to working with your children and we appreciate the patience you all have had as we have been dealing with the hand, foot and mouth craziness.  We have continued cleaning and disinfecting!

THE LITTLE Cubs (3YEAR):

Thank you so much for all who volunteered at our Halloween Party!  This month our theme is Giving Thanks to all we have.  We will be talking about the history of Thanksgiving, we will be making so many fun crafts this month as well!  Our Preschool theme is Rainforest Adventure.  Our Letters are H, I, J, K.  Our Numbers are 8,9,10.  We will be focusing on the circle this month and review what we have already learned.

THE TIGGER ROOM (Pre-Kindergarten):

We sure appreciate our parents who helped out with our Halloween Party!!  This month our theme is Rainforest Adventure.  Your child will play and learn in a rainforest filled with chattering monkey and jumping frogs.  Watch for the awesome crafts we have planned.  Our sight words are you, come, in.  Our Letters are: Ii, Tt, Pp.  Our Numbers are 9 &10. Our shape is the Oval.  We will also be teaching them about the First Thanksgiving.  The kids are really catching on to sign language!!  We encourage you to learn with them! 

ACA KINDERGARTEN:

This month we will be learning about the First Thanksgiving, and we will be reading Stone Soup.  In math we will be focusing on composing and decomposing and getting into subtraction.  We have finished our first set of sight words and will be reviewing them over the next week.  In phonics we will be learning about blends and taking our first assessment on them.  A huge thank you for all that helped with the Pumpkin Patch and Halloween Party.  This month we will also be working on our Christmas Program.

ACA Little Rascal After School Program:

Science, Math, and Art are the amazing!  Your child will be doing lots of experiments and art this month after they are finished with their homework!  We will have a schedule up of our activities this month for you to see! Please let us know if you would like us to work with your child on a certain subject.  We would like to make sure they still have fun and have a chance to play with the others, so we appreciate your patience with us.

We would like to thank the families that helped out in the class rooms this month, the kids and teachers really enjoyed it!  Also, we appreciate your patience as we have been dealing with HFM virus.  We haven’t had a breakout like this before, so it’s not been fun for us. We worry about the children and are cleaning fanatics!

Sincerely,

THE NUTTY TIMES PARENT NEWSLETTER: September 2017

Dear Friends and Family,

As a new school year approaches, we find ourselves busier than normal. We are here to reduce some of your stress. If you have days where you find yourselves overwhelmed, bring your children in and relax, shop or run errands while your children have a play day or Preschool. Below you will see what our Preschool Calendar is and general news of what’s happening at Acorn.

Date Night: Friday September 20th from 5 – 10 pm. This is open to the public so tell your friends to sign up too!

Bonneville Virtual Academy: If your child is enrolled with the Virtual Academy, we are here to help! Miss Sharon is our coordinator for the children who are enrolled. This is something new we are providing so parents have the ease of working normal days and not worrying about their children falling behind in their school work. Help us get the word out!

LABOR DAY CLOSURE: Monday September 4th we will be CLOSED.

First Day of the Fall Preschool: Tuesday, September 5th.

We provide preschool for all ages between the hours of 9am -1pm. If your child is here during preschool, they are already enrolled! This is included if your child is coming during the scheduled preschool time.

Kindergarten hours: Morning session 8:30am - 11:30am. Afternoon session 12:30pm - 3:30pm.

September Curriculum:

Sept 3 – 7:

• Getting To Know Each Other:
• "All About Me" posters will be going home, ask your child’s teacher for details!

Sept 9 – 13:

• Fire Safety:
• Kids will learn what to do in case of an emergency and why it’simportant to help each other.
• Letter of the Week: A with sensory crafts so children recognize it.
• Color of the Week: Red.

Sept 16-20:

• Johnny Apple Seed.
• Letter of the Week: B.
• Color of the Week: Blue

We welcome all of the families that are new to Acorn Children’s Academy, and especially our returning patrons. If you ever have any question, please ask and we will help you the best we can!

Sincerely,