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Infants: Greyson

Harley

Toddlers: Affan

Matilda

Pre 2: Owen

Pre 3: Piper

Diana Garcia School Director

Monday-Friday 9:30 am -6:30 pm

Allison Richardson Assistant Director

Monday-Friday 7:00 am-4:00 pm

MondayMondayMondayMonday Music Monday: Dress like a ROCK STAR! The children

will be recording their favorite song in

class!

TuesdayTuesdayTuesdayTuesday

Tasty TuesdayTasty TuesdayTasty TuesdayTasty Tuesday Children will be mak-

ing their own tacos for

lunch after reading

“Dragons Love Tacos”

WednesdayWednesdayWednesdayWednesday Work Together

Wednesday Each classroom will

work with their chil-

dren to build their

own house after

reading “The Three

Little Pigs”

Friday Friday Friday Friday Family Friday The children will bring in a poster of their families to share with the class.

ThursdayThursdayThursdayThursday Artsy Thursday

The children will display their

art work in the hallway

resembling an Art Gallery.

Brooklyn, Layla, and Faith joyfully

announce the arrival of their

baby sister Bella Luna!

School Garden Contest School gardens grow more than plants. Throughout the school year, incorporating garden-

based learning into the curriculum increases engagement and knowledge retention in key

subjects such as math, science, and reading. In addition, the hands-on aspect of gardening

fosters a sense of pride and empowerment, helps children work together, be more in-

volved and feel more responsibility toward their school and community.

Children who participate in school garden programs improve their knowledge of good nu-

trition, broaden their tastes in terms of food choices, and increase their consumption of

vegetables and fruits. Equally important, participating in garden programs allows children

the opportunity for regular moderate exercise in an enjoyable way.

Research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that well-

implemented school garden programs promote physical activity and healthy eating. These

healthful diet and exercise practices, planted like seeds in the garden, continue to grow

into life-long habits.

School gardening programs also provide students with a vital connection to the natural

world, encouraging an appreciation of nature and a sense of environmental stewardship.

For many children, a school garden is their only opportunity to experience nature up

close. The first-hand experience of nurturing plants in the garden brings to life the impor-

tance of protecting pollinators, conserving soil and water resources, and caring for the en-

tire web of life.

Our school is participating in the carton2garden contest and we need your HELP!

Please bring your empty milk & juice carton containers so that we can use them in our

garden, we need a minimum of 100 by April 11th to create our classroom garden.

For details about the contest please follow this link http://carton2garden.com/

Sam’s New Dog Sam’s neighbors have decided to move and Sam is very sad. His best friend, after Sara of course, is Buddy, the dog from next door. Buddy is the cutest little puppy with big, funny eyes and Sam often takes Buddy for walks and they play together. This is going to change now that Buddy is moving!

Sara feels very sorry for Sam and decides that she wants to cheer him up and get him a new dog friend with funny eyes to play with – a friend just like Buddy.

Can you help her build a Buddy-look-alike with big eyes that

move? Let’s find out!

• Friction • Pulleys

• Assembling • components • Evaluating • Toy design

• Direction • Friction • Pulley belt • Pulley wheel • Rotation

Everything’s Coming Up Green—Carrot Pump and Salty Carrots

The children will learn that • A carrot is a tap root vegetable, a root that grows down into the ground and then

swells. • Water in the ground transfers up to the stalks and leaves of the carrot by osmosis—a

kind of “pump” for plants, helping water move in. • Carrots and celery are crisp largely because of the water trapped inside them.

In April the children will start working on Bob Book 7 “Jig and Mag” and Bob Book 8 “Muff and Ruff”

• Science: Preschool children can study plants and insects, learn nutrition skills, ob-serve the effects of weather, and learn about more advanced science topics. Younger children can feel the textures of different plant leaves, help water plants, and learn a variety of basic science concepts.

• Technology: Weather and soil tools often used in gardens are a great way to dis-

cuss technology with older kids. We will discuss machines and technology used in larger gardens or in farming. For younger kids, its best to remember that technology is really anything made by humans. Garden tools and other basic items are great conversation starters for how technology is used in gardens.

• Engineering: Building and planting a garden is great engineering and design prac-

tice. This is why it's so important to involve kids as early as the planning process. They will decide where the garden would best be located, taking into consideration the amount of sunlight, proper drainage, and other important factors that affect how gardens grow.

• Art: Children can draw or paint pictures of the plants, flowers, and insects they see

in the garden, or they can make their own flower bouquet as a creative project. • Mathematics: Gardening is a great way to promote a variety of math concepts for

preschool children. Counting, size, shape, proportion, fractions, multiplication, etc. are all math topics that children can learn while gardening. Younger children can count how many tomatoes are on a vine, for example, and older kids can problem solve to figure out how much they would have to sell 20 tomatoes for to make a profit.

Gardens provide multisensory learning experiences to all age groups! During the month of April younger and older children will be designing, building and planting gardens outside of their classrooms. Here is how gardening brings Science Technology Engineering Art and Math into our classrooms:

Braxton turns 8 on the 3rd

Mackenzie G. turns 6 on the 4th

Avery B. turns 7 on the 6th

Piper turns 4 on the 9th

*Ms. CC turns ??? on the 4th

*Ms. Megan turns ??? on the 20th

Georgio turns 6 on the 8th

Tristan turns 6 on the 12th

Sneha turns 4 on the 23rd

Ciara turns 6 on the 24th

If your child is celebrating a birthday this month, we hope your plans

include scheduling a Well Child exam for him/her. Child care Licensing

regulations stipulate that all children enrolled in our school have proof

of a yearly physical on file.

We also are required to have proof of all immunizations received.

Rain: Wiggle fingertips and move hands down to mimic rainfall

Turtle Drape palm over fist; wig-gle thumb of fist hand

Rainbow

Move open hand in an arch in front of face

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This is Ms. Kristen 4th anniversary at Winwood, initially our Preschool 3 teacher she has now brought her cha-risma to the babies in our Nursery; still our preschoolers stop every day by the Infant Room door so that they can say Hi to Mrs. Kristen, that’s how much of an impact she has made in the children.

This is Ms. Angie’s 1st anniversary! We love her versatility, creativity, and willingness to help children, parents, and staff members.

Ms. Naveera has been with us for 4 years already! She continues to go to school while working full time, always with a smile on her face and a wonderful disposition. Ms. Naveera is part of our Toddler team but also provides support for other classrooms!

Our campers will experience the sights and sounds of

America as we take them on a tour of top attractions, events, and landmarks across the nation.

Join us this summer on a cross-country adventure!

Destination: The Sunshine State Florida is a must-visit summer wonderland! We’ll tour the Everglades, Key West, and the Kennedy Space Center, then head to Orlando for some of the best theme parks in the world!

Destination: The Empire State You’ll remember the Alamo…..and the Space Center Hous-ton…..and the Dinosaur Valley State Park after our road trip to Texas!

Destination: The Prairie State Don’t miss our only stop in the Midwest! We’ll tour the Windy City of Chicago – home to Wrigley Field, The Art Institute, and Chicagoland Speedway

Destination: The Bay State We’ll travel to Boston to catch a game at Fenway Park and fol-low Paul Revere on his famous Midnight Ride. Then we’ll ven-ture to the coast and explore Martha’s Vineyard and Cape Cod.

Destination: The Grand Canyon State Welcome to the Wild Wild West! We’ll pros-pect for silver in Tombstone, then hit the trail and ride north to Sedona, Lake Powell, and the Grand Canyon.

Destination: The Volunteer State Tennessee is famous for barbecue and country music! We’ll visit Graceland and historic sites in Nashville, then venture east to gaze upon the Great Smoky Mountains.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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Happy Feet

Spanish & Sign Language

with Ms. Magda

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Spanish & Sign Language

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Spanish & Sign Language

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Easter Egg Hunt in the classrooms to-day—check the par-ent board for timing

Everyone is working hard in their gardens! If you have any empty milk or juice cartons that you would like to donate please bring them in. We need at least 100 to be able to enter the carton2garden contest!

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Parent Referral Offer—for a limited time enjoy triple parent referral! Earn $300 tuition credit for each child you refer after four consecu-tives weeks of paid tuition.