JANUARY

Place a water balloon in the freezer. Measure it with a piece of string before and after. || Happy New Year || Research says 3 hugs a day is the minimum for healthy living, of course there is no maximum! || Print 1 to 12 in egg carton sections. Place pennies (or small items) in sections to match numbers. ||
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 * Have your child practice dressing and undressing their winter outdoor clothing. Time your child. Try to beat the time. || **__SCIENCE __**
 * 6 – DAY 1 || 7 – DAY 2 || 8 – DAY 3 || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">9 – DAY 4 || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">10 – DAY 5 ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Welcome Back to school

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">MUSIC || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Read a book together. || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">LIBRARY || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Using newspapers or magazines, cut and paste the letters of your child’s name on a paper. || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">GYM || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">“GROWING”
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">13 – DAY 1 || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">14 – DAY 2 || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">15 - DAY 3 || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">16 - DAY 4 || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">17 ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Our New Inquiry:

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">MUSIC || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Its “make cookies together” day today. Have your child measure and pour all the ingredients in the bowl and then STIR! || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">LIBRARY || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">“Read” your child’s personal book with him/her and tell stories about their early years. Discuss their growth over time. || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">PD Day – no school for students ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">20 - DAY 5 || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">21 - DAY 1 || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">22 – DAY 2 || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">23 – DAY 3 || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">24 – DAY 4 ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">GYM || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">MUSIC || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Let your child lead a game of ‘Simon Says’. || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">LIBRARY || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Empty the toybox. Find a toy that another child might use and donate it. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">27 – DAY 5 || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">28 - DAY 1 || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">29 - DAY 2 || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">30 - DAY 3 || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">31 - DAY 4 ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">GYM || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">MUSIC || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Interview and record your child’s voice. Tell about some special events that happened this past year. Make this a yearly tradition. || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">LIBRARY || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Give your child an award such as ‘best zipper-upper’ ‘best lunch packer’ ‘best picker-upper. Make a ceremony out of it. ||

JANUARY CALENDAR

[|JANUARY NEWSLETTER]  click on the link to access the January Newsletter

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Take a look in our News and Events to find out about our special visitor! <span style="color: #f2c0e9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Looking for a great lunch idea. KC can help out. Click on the sandwich.



Information for Parents! (click the goldfish) Taking a picture walk helps children with comprehension. This video offers a look at how to do a picture walk with your child.

__** NEWS and **__ **__EVENTS__**  January 21: Today we had a special visitor come to talk to us. Her name is Officer Robin and she is a POLICE OFFICER! No, we had not done anything wrong! She told us that police officers are our friends and their job is to make sure we are safe. She showed us her badge and her uniform, and even let us try on her handcuffs. They were much too big!! Then she put them on herself and we had to help her get out of them! We were very interested in everything she had to tell us and she gave us all a sticker and a colouring sheet. Thank you Officer Robin!







January 12: We had some technical difficulties with our January calendar this month because of the change over into 2014. It is now available on this page for your viewing. Also, the January Newsletter can be accessed by clicking the "January Newsletter" link above. Please take some time to view our 'December 2013 in KC" and our "Celebration Assembly". You can find pictures of our Celebration Assembly and the crafting projects we worked on during the month of December.

** QUOTES OF THE MONTH: ** **// "A teacher's purpose is not to create students in his own image, but to develop students who can create their own image." //** ~Author Unknown   //** "Childhood is that wonderful time of life when all you need to do to lose weight is take a bath." **// ~Author Unknown //** "Creative play is like a spring that bubbles up from deep within a child." **// ~Joan Almon

JANUARY STARS

December 2013 in KC <span style="color: #7500ff; display: block; font-size: 230%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-align: center;"> click the picture to view the slideshow of our December activities __** Our Holiday Assembly **__ __** click the picture to see pictures of our assembly **__



Do you recognize any of these friends from last year? LEARNING AND PLAYING TOGETHER IN KC