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White Hall Day Care (Northend) Ltd. 3304-119th Avenue, Edmonton

December 2017 Newsletter

Dear Parents,

We are approaching the Holiday Season, and our children and staff members have planned some activities

and Christmas concert to make it more festive and enjoyable. Your participation in our activities will add

more charm to our celebration and will be highly encouraging to the children. We, being a multicultural

country, have also initiated an effort to celebrate one festival from each culture to enhance their awareness

and respect. We welcome your creative opinions, and support the appreciations and the encouragement in

this direction. A brief of the activities planned for the Christmas Season, and monthly updates are provided

below.

Themes and Activities

Christmas Christmas Songs

Christmas Decoration

Christmas Cooking

Christmas Gifts

Christmas Dressing up

Christmas Dance

Christmas Party

Christmas Lunch

Notes and Reminders

The center will close on

Monday, Dec. 23rd 2017, and

will reopen on Tuesday, Jan. 2nd

2018.

Have a happy holiday!

Announcements

6th Dec. - Multicultural day

8th Dec - Christmas Turkey

lunch

13th Dec - Parents’ meeting

20th Dec - Open house

21st Dec - Christmas concert

22nd Dec - Staff Christmas party

Parents/Guardian are invited

for the Concert & Open House


Volunteers Needed

We are looking forward for the volunteers to help us in a variety of roles at White Hall.

Any help, whether you offer an hour a week, one day a month, or more, will be very highly

appreciated. We will work to fit your schedule. The volunteers’ support is needed to help

our children in practicing for the Christmas concert, activities, singing songs, and reading

the stories.

Practicing the following Christmas songs with your children at home will help our

celebrations.

♫ I'm a little snowman, [Snowman gesture.]

Look at me. [Point your index fingers away from your eyes, then point to your chest with your thumbs.]

These are my buttons, 1 2 3. [Make a small circle with your thumb and index finger, then move it down the

front of your shirt 3 times.]

These are my eyes and this is my nose. [Point to your eyes with two hands, then point to your nose with one

hand.]

I wear a hat and scarf. [Pretend to put on a hat and wrap a scarf around your neck.]

BRRRRRRRRRR...It’s cold! [Hug yourself and shiver.]

I'm a little snowman, look at me.

These are my buttons, 1 2 3.

These are my eyes and this is my nose.

I wear a hat and scarf. BRRRRRRRRRR...It’s cold!

I'm a little snowman, look at me.

These are my buttons, 1 2 3.


These are my eyes and this is my nose.

I wear a hat and scarf. BRRRRRRRRR...It’s cold! ♫

Hello, reindeer. [Wave hello. Reindeer gesture.]

Hello, snowman. [Wave hello. Snowman gesture.]

Hello, Santa. [Wave hello. Santa gesture.]

Happy holidays. [Happy holiday’s gesture.]

1 2 3, 4 5 6, 7 8 9 10. [Use both hands to count to 10.]

Merry Christmas, everyone. [Christmas gesture.]

Let's sing it once again. [Pretend to sing into a microphone.]

Hello, reindeer.

Hello, snowman.

Hello, Santa.

Happy holidays.

Happy holidays.

We wish you [Indicate "we" by moving your index finger in front of you from one shoulder to the other, making

a semi-circle.]

A Merry Christmas. [Christmas gesture.]

We wish you a Merry Christmas.

We wish you a Merry Christmas

and a Happy New Year. [Gesture fireworks exploding in the sky by popping open your hands in the air.]

Happy holidays to you, [Hold up your left hand in a fist. Raise your index finger when you sing "...you".]

Your family, [Raise the rest of your fingers on the left hand, representing family members.]

Your friends. [Hold up all five fingers on your right hand, representing friends.]

Happy holidays, Merry Christmas,

and a Happy New Year.

Let's clap.

We all do a little clapping. [Clap.]

We all do a little clapping.

We all do a little clapping.

Christmas is here. [Christmas gesture.]

Let's jump.

We all do a little jumping. [Jump.]

We all do a little jumping.


We all do a little jumping.

Christmas is here.

Let's stomp.

We all do a little stomping. [Stomp.]

We all do a little stomping.

We all do a little stomping.

Christmas is here.

SHHHHHHH...Let’s whisper.

We all do a little whispering. [Hold your finger in front of your mouth.]

We all do a little whispering.

We all do a little whispering.

Christmas is here.

Big voices!



We wish you a Merry Christmas

and a Happy New Year. ♫

Dashing through the snow

in a one-horse open sleigh

over the fields we go

laughing all the way

Bells on bobtail ring

Making spirits bright

what fun it is to ride and sing

a sleighing song tonight!

Jingle bells, jingle bells,

Jingle all the way.

Oh! What fun it is to ride

in a one-horse open sleigh.

Jingle bells, jingle bells,

Jingle all the way;


Oh! What fun it is to ride

in a one-horse open sleigh.

You better watch out

You better not cry

Better not pout

I'm telling you why

Santa Claus is coming to town

He's making a list

And checking it twice;

Goanna find out Who's naughty and nice

Santa Claus is coming to town

He sees you when you're sleeping

He knows when you're awake

He knows if you've been bad or good

So be good for goodness sake!

O! You better watch out!

You better not cry

better not pout

I'm telling you why: Santa Claus is coming to town 2 times

Christmas Pudding, Christmas Pudding,

Steaming hot, steaming hot,

Sprinkle on the sugar, sprinkle on the sugar,

Eat a lot, eat it a lot.

Happy Christmas & Happy Holidays

Review of Special Events


August 2017

Multicultural Day

On July 31st we celebrated our multi-cultural day. Thanks to all Parents for supporting us as sent children

with beautiful cultural dresses.

October 2017

Halloween Celebration

On 30th October, our daycare and after school children participated in the celebrations of Halloween party

and dressed up in scary costumes. The costumes were amazing! Special thanks to the many families that

sent healthy treats for the daycare children to share.


Diwali celebrations

On 19th Oct., our daycare and after school children celebrated Diwali party, an Indian Festival. They

participated in making beautiful colourful Rangolis (cultural artwork with coloured powder) with staff

members, and performed exciting activities that are part of Diwali celebration, such as lighting the

candles and lamp etc.

November 2017

Remembrance Day

Our children participated in Remembrance Day activities such as they made poppies, brave medal, wreath, wearing

poppies and children did participated in our main poppy rhyme.

Poppy Poppy

Poppy poppy what do you say? Wear me on Remembrance Day.

Poppy poppy what do you tell? Many soldiers in battle fell.

Poppy poppy what should we know? That peace on earth should grow, grow, and grow.

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