Center Happenings

Tuition Due:

Mon. April 3rd

Mon. April 17th

What’s

Happening In Town

STEAM Spring Break

Tuesday, April 11th at 1pm

at Tippecanoe Library

Paw Patrol Live

Sunday, April 16th at 10am

at the Milwaukee Theatre

Celebrate Earth Day

Saturday, April 22nd at 1pm at the Tippecanoe

Library

Kids Say the Darndest

Things 2

Curriculum Specialist Corner

2

Virtues of the Month 3

Wilderness Fundraiser

3

Join Team Ebenezer for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

Walk

3

Earth Day 3

Parenting Tip 4

Inside this issue:

April is shaping up to be a busy month! We will start by introducing Mr. Terance! He has joined Ms. Charlene in the Merry Go Round Room. Mr. Terance is so excited to join our team Downtown. He comes to us with years of experience working with children in a variety of programs. This is his first time working with younger children and he is looking forward to putting his classes to practice and engage with the toddlers of the Merry Go

Round Room.

Sneak Peek Week is happening the week of April 10th—14th! This will be a fun week while we glimpse into what our fun Summer Program is going to look like! It is also when we gather enrollment for the Summer Program, so be sure to turn your

commitment form in!

Thank you to all who participated in our marketing/social media questionnaire. We appreciate you taking the time to provide us with some valuable feedback. As we mentioned in the survey, we would draw a winner from all those that returned a survey for a $25.00 gift card to Target and the lucky winner is Bonny Bassett!!! Congratulations

and thank you again!

Happy Spring!

~Miss Mona & Ms. Nicole

Coordinator’s Corner April 2017

Happy Birthday!

Look who has a

Birthday! Adzorkor K—2nd

Jayla W—4th

Remington S—4th

Zane S—4th

Charlotte H—6th

Ms. Virginia—8th

Xavier M—17th

Jax H—19th

Samaya D—27th

Charlotte S– 28th

Avery L—28th

Downtown Kids Chronicle

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Open Monday-Friday 6 am—6 pm (414) 224-0990

www.ebenezerchildcare.com

Curriculum Specialist Corner

Stages of Play

~Kris McPhail

Play is the work of childhood. And the most important thing they learn about is themselves. To get to this point, all

children go through six stages, at their own individual pace.

The first stage of play is unoccupied play. This looks like babies exploring the materials around them, without any organization. This stage allows children to practice manipulating materials, learning their self control and about

their world around them.

The second stage is solitary play. Solitary play is when children entertain themselves, without any socialization. They may not even acknowledge other children or adults. This stage allows children to explore freely, master some

new skills and get ready to play with others.

Next comes onlooker play. Children in this stage sit back and do a lot of observing. They may look lonely, but they aren’t. They are watching, and this is a normal part of development. Through this watching, they learn about social rules and relationships, they explore materials and learn

about the world in general.

Parallel play is the stage where children play next to each other, without really interacting. Children play side by side,

practicing skills and learning how to engage together.

Associative play is the stage when children start to get interested in the other children. They now begin to try what

they observed in the onlooker stage.

Finally, cooperative play is play that shows cooperative

efforts between players. Children follow group rules and

establish their own rules for play. Cooperation is still

difficult for young children and there is often conflict. While

sharing, taking turns and control are difficult for children,

this is normal. Reminding children to express their emotions

with words can help at this stage.

Kids Say The

Darndest Things!

We asked the Star Room (3K/4K)

“How can you celebrate Earth Day and Be Kind to the Earth?”

Here are their very candid an-

swers:

“Come to my house and play

outside” ~ Zane, age 3y

“Be Happy” ~ Wesley, age 4y

“Collect Rocks” ~ RJ, age 3y

“Dancing to make it happy”

~ Madeleine, age 5y

“Share Stuff”

~ Kingston, age 4y

“Be nice” ~ Remy, age 3y

“Have tea parties”

~ Ava, age 5y