CHILD CARE CHRONICLE May/June 2021 - Elizabethtown Child Care Center

CHILD CARE CHRONICLE
 May/June 2021
A few reminders… Conferences will be available for infants,
Muffins With Moms and Other Special Ladies toddlers, preschool, and kindergarten
will be held on Friday, May 7 from 7-9 a.m. children this month via Zoom. Your child’s
Donuts With Dads and Other Special Men will teachers want your input about your child’s
be held on Friday, June 11 from 7-9am. Due to development. This is a valuable time to
Covid restrictions, this will be a grab and go discover all of the amazing things he or she
event during drop off time. has been learning. Come prepared to not
 only learn about your child’s many
ECCC will be closed on Monday, May 31 for accomplishments at ECCC, but to share
Memorial Day. what you’ve seen your child do at home as
 well. Also, come with any questions you
Please apply sunscreen to your children might have about your child’s development.
before bringing them to the center in the If the teachers can’t answer at the
morning. If you supply a bottle of it, we will conference, they’ll find an answer and
reapply it in the afternoons and other times respond in a timely manner. Working
when necessary. Please label the bottle together, you can provide an amazing early
with your child’s first and last name. The childhood experience and a strong
sunscreen may not contain insect repellent. foundation for your child’s future learning.

Sneakers are the most appropriate shoes to Mother's Day is celebrated in different
wear for active play. Sandals, jellies and shoes ways around the world. Every year as
with elevated heels may be dangerous. Flip May approaches, sons and daughters
flops are not permitted to be worn daily. They around the world plan on celebrating their
may only be worn during splash days this mothers. In France a family dinner is the
summer. Just remember, the children will be norm, and traditionally the mother being
playing outdoors and they need to be able to honored is presented with a cake that
run and climb safely in their shoes. looks like a bouquet of flowers. England
 was the first country in the world to
Remember to check your child’s extra clothes dedicate a day for mothers as early as
and make sure that they still fit and are season 1600s. They called this day for mothers
appropriate. Mothering Sunday. There is a tradition of
 making a rich almond cake for mothers
Your next newsletter will cover the first half called Mothering Cake or Simnel Cake.
of our summer session which begins June Mother's Day in Mexico is celebrated in a
14th. colorful fashion. Children honor their
 mothers and thank them and according to
 a custom in Mexico, sons and daughters
 make themselves present in the house on
 the eve of Mother's Day on May 9. The
 day is celebrated with gusto as churches
 in Mexico organize special mass. The
 highpoint of the event is the orchestra
 which plays "las mañanitas" and
 distribution of 'tamales' and 'atole', the
 traditional early-morning meal to all local
 mothers. No matter how you celebrate,
 have a wonderful Mother’s Day!

Inchworm News
 May/Early June 2021

Dear Families,

April Recap
April was a fun month in the Inchworms room, as we learned about spring,
baby animals, and our ABCs. We read books and sang songs about spring,
animals, and talked about letters that start our favorite words. The favorite book was “It’s Easter, Duck and
Goose.” We enjoyed the warmer weather and looked for birds and squirrels and chipmunks when we were
outside playing. The babies enjoyed the tunnels and climbing blocks on rainy days. We finger painted Easter
eggs in pastel colors. We also gained a new Inchworm friend, Adalyn, and will meet another friend, Camden, at
the end of April.

Personal Achievement
Olivia is following two step commands with no trouble at all, such as “Please get the ball and give it to Carson.”
She loves to do puzzles, working hard to put the pieces into the right spots. Olivia likes to go for walks on the
sidewalk with the teacher, and has had some fun times on the playground with the Fireflies.

Carson has given up bottles in the Inchworm room and is working on putting himself to sleep in his crib. One of
his favorite toys this month was the ring stacker; he would work on putting rings on and taking them off over
and over. Carson makes sure that all of the toys on the shelves get equal time on the floor, often clearing the
shelves all by himself.

 Brinley loves to play in the tunnels when we get them out, crawling through them and playing peek-a-boo with
Carson in the tunnel. She has begun to stand independently for a short time, and likes to walk with the walking
toys. Brinley especially enjoys outside time, exploring the grass and waving at anyone who walks by.

Adalyn is a very happy baby, and is having fun getting to know her new friends. She is able to sit up
independently, can move herself backwards on her tummy, and enjoys exploring the toys around the room.
Adalyn loves mealtimes and bottles.

 SPECIAL DATES:

 Looking Ahead: In May, we will be learning about self-help skills and shapes. In June, we
 will learn about insects and other bugs. There will be a lot of books read, and many songs
 sung. We will paint or color, and move and dance.We will continue to work on our large
 and fine motor skills, and learning signs and words and songs. We will spend as much time
 outside as we can, enjoying the spring weather. We will be gaining one more Inchworm
 friend, William, in May.

 The Inchworm Staff--
 Miss Chris, Miss Susie, and Miss Nicky

Firefly May Newsletter

Parent Teacher conferences are available by the end of the month please watch for
 a signup note if you are interested. They will be phone conferences again.

 Things we enjoyed:
  Waya, Amira and Easton loved playing with the worms
 during worm/earth week. I think that after watching the three of
 them play and enjoy the worms, a few more children worked up
 the courage give them a try.
  Every one enjoyed pet week, but Bryce, Henry T., Killian
 and Sebastian loved all the pet pictures sent in. By the end of the
 week, they could not only tell you whose pet it was, but the name
 of the pets as well.
  Reignsley, Gracie and Henry K also loved pet pictures.
 Summer is almost They got so excited to see their pets, they would clap and jump up
 here! and down.

You may want to check  Amira and Gracelyn had a lot of fun “paint dancing” to
your child’s box of extra music. It was more like ice skating to them but the giggled
clothes for warmer weather throughout the whole process.
things. Also please apply
sunscreen to your child Upcoming topics:
before coming to the center.
We would also like a bottle Moms
to keep here to reapply in Babies
the afternoon. Pirates
 Bugs
 Ice cream
 Fun week

 Song of the month
 I love Mommy (Sung to the tune of “Frere Jacques”)

 I love mommy, I love mommy
 Yes I do, yes I do,
 And my mommy love me, yes, my mommy loves me
 Loves me too. Loves me too.

Chipmunk Chatter
 May/June Newsletter 2021

During the month of April, we enjoyed doing Easter activities with the Bluebird class.
“The Week of the Young Child”, the children did a variety of activities. We played
different musical instruments and made pizza and chocolate muffins for Tasty Tuesday.
Wednesday we worked with Bluebirds to find different nature items, and Thursday the
children enjoyed decorating with chalk. The children liked the in-house field trip learning
about worms and getting to hold a worm. Finally we finished off the month learning
about hairdressers. The children liked to use the different things to do the teacher's
hair.

 Units of Study
 May 3rd- Moms and other special women
 May 10th- Insects
 May 17th- Gardening
 May 24th- Farm Animals
 June 1st- Pets
 June 7th- Fun Week (Last week this group is together.)

Special Dates
Mother’s Day 5/9
Parent-Teacher Conferences- TBD
Center Closed 5/31
Class Party 6/11

What do you like most about your mom?

Anna- She plays games
Ben- She plays Blocks and Magnatiles
Bentley- Her
Carson- I love my mommy
Carter- She rides bike
Hadassa- Cake
Wyatt- Playing toys

Bluebirds Newsletter
 May 2021

Dear Parents,

 In April, we learned about Life Cycles. We learned about the life cycles of butterflies, frogs, chickens, sunflowers,
and beans. We put pictures of each life cycle in order and also watched science videos that captured the entire life cycle
of a butterfly and frog. We were amazed to see how both the butterfly and frog transformed so much from baby to
adult! We also used our frog counters to measure how far we could hop like a frog and painted still life paintings of
sunflowers. “The Week of the Young Child” was our theme for the following week. We had a theme for each day of the
week too. We had “Music Monday,” “Tasty Tuesday,” “Work Together Wednesday,” “Artsy Thursday,” and “Family
Friday.” On Monday, we sang familiar songs, played musical instruments, and sang along to our favorite Pete the Cat
books. We each created a healthy vs. unhealthy food chart at the art table by cutting and pasting pictures of food from
grocery store ads on Tuesday. Then on Wednesday, we worked together with our Chipmunk pal to collect nature items
on our walk to the E-town College pond. To be artsy on Thursday, we created splatter paintings while outside on the
playground. Then on Friday, we talked about our families and drew family portraits. Then we learned about Earth Day
and Recycling. We discussed and read books about how we can take care of the Earth, practiced recycling and sorting
recyclable items, painted with recycled items, and enjoyed doing experiments with worms during our Lancaster Parks
and Recreation on-site field trip about Worms. The final theme of the month was Birds and Worms. We learned the
names of different types of birds, observed real bird nests, used our senses to explore real worms again, and followed a
picture recipe to make dirt pudding with gummy worms!

Question of the Month: “Why Do You Love Your Mom?”
Amelia – “Because her birthday is close to my birthday. Because I like what she cooks – spaghetti and meatballs.”
Blake – “Because when I was baking with my Mom I made muffins. Because Mommy gives me trucks.”
Brandon – “Because she cooks everything. She picks me up. Because she plays with me.”
Cash – “She takes me to stores.”
Jack – “She cares. We go to the park.”
Jacob – [“Where do you like to go with your Mom?”] “The park.”
Julia – “She plays with me. She also makes cakes for my birthday. I catch butterflies with my Mom.”
Kelsey – “Because on Mother’s Day I spend time with my Mommy. When I go to school, I pick a flower for Mommy.”
Leo – “She turns on my favorite movie. She helps me get a Fruit Roll-Up.”
Logan – “Because she takes me to the park and Nana’s. She plays games with me.”
Mackenzie – “Because at night she sleeps with me. Because her loves to play with me.”
Xander – “Because she is nice to me. She takes me to parks.”
Zaynab – “She cooks rice.”

Weekly Themes:
May 3rd – 7th: Mother’s Day
May 10th – 14th: Flowers/Planting
May 17th – 21st: Farm
May 24th – 28th: Author: Laura Numeroff
May 31st – June 4th: Artists: Let’s Get Creative!
June 7th – 11th: Last Week of School: Children’s Choice

Special Dates:
May 12th: Happy 4th Birthday Jack!
May 25th-27th: Zoom Parent-Teacher Conferences *more info to come soon
May 31st: ECCC Closed: Happy Memorial Day
June 3rd: Happy 5th Birthday Julia!
June 11th: Bluebirds End-of-the-Year Class Party

CUBS NEWSLETTER
 MAY/JUNE 2021

It has been wonderful playing outside on these
beautiful days. We asked the children what they like
to do on a sunny day. Here are their responses:

Andrew-Play outside
Charlotte- Go to the beach
Briella- I like to go to the park Ella J- Play outside
Dominic- Go to the beach Zoe- I like to play
Nevalynn- I like going to the beach Harper- I like to ride my bike
Ella S-I like to play at my cousin's house Mia- I like playing with my neighbor
Kellan- I like to play with my zoom games Liam-I want to go to the canyon
Jaxson- Play outside with mom and dad Faelan- Play my new game Top Wings

 Birthdays: Kellan 5/8

 May Themes: June Themes:
 Mother's Day Nursery Rhymes
 Forest Animals Family
 Birds Father's Day
 Worms Summer
 Camping

Teacher Conferences will begin in May. Also, a reminder we will be closed May
31st for Memorial Day.

 Mr. Jeff, Ms. Cindy, & Ms. Destiny

Kindergarten Newsletter (April, May & June)
 In April, our themes consisted of Flowers, Planting and Earth Day. We
 planted seeds and each took responsibility of our own plant and learned how to
 take care of them. We also saw with our own eyes how Flowers drink water
 through their stem. We put White Flowers in food coloring and slowly watched
 the Flowers turn into the colors we added as it drank the water! Earth Day was
 full of creative minds as we built things out of Cardboard, Water Bottles, Shoe
 Boxes and Cereal Boxes. We learned that we can Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
 many items to help our World!
 As we approach the end of the school year, we will learn about Ocean
 Animals, Dinosaurs, Camping and Cooking in the month of May. We will create
 Sun catcher Jelly Fish and an Origami Whale as we learn about Animals that
 live under the Sea. Cooking will wrap up our last full month as we will all
 become Chefs and learn some “no-bake” recipes that we can eat and even play
with! I will also be sending home a letter as it gets closer to the middle of May asking for your child to share a
favorite recipe with us so we can create a class cookbook that everyone can take home!
 June will finish out our school year before we transition to Summer
Camp! We will share what we had learned and what we will do over the
summer. We will create a class Autograph Memory Book, so we will always
remember our friends from this year!

Question of the Month: “Tell me one thing you learned this year, or one
thing you want to learn in First Grade..”

Avery- “In Kindergarten I learned how to clean the Earth. In First Grade, I want to learn
how to build with wood and make a car ramp.”
McKenna- “I learned so much in Kindergarten, and it was fun! In First Grade, I want to learn more Site Words.”
Hudson- “In Kindergarten I learned how to count to 100. In First Grade, I want to have fun!”
Khaleesi- “In Kindergarten, I learned about Butterflies, and in First Grade, I want to learn even more about them.”
Landon- “Kindergarten helped me read. In First Grade, I will be even better at reading.”
Emma- “I learned about Planting Flowers in Kindergarten. In First Grade, I want to learn how to bake Cakes.”
Henoc- “In Kindergarten, I learned a lot of numbers.”
Brianna- “In Kindergarten, I learned that Santa only comes while we are sleeping.”
Kennedy- “In Kindergarten, I learned about Shapes and how to sort them. In First Grade, I’d like to learn how to Jump Rope.”
Israel- “In Kindergarten, I learned how to read a lot. In First Grade, I want to learn how the world works.”
Peyton- “In Kindergarten, I learned how to Sort, especially with Shapes. In First Grade, I want to learn more about Snowflakes.
Where do they come from?”
Isaac- “In Kindergarten, I learned how to spell. In First Grade, I want to learn more about Trains.”
Evelyn- “In Kindergarten, I learned that big Animals aren’t always so scary. In First Grade, I want to learn how to Jump Rope.”
Eddie- “Kindergarten was fun. In First Grade, I want to learn about the Earth spinning.”

 Reminders!!!
 - Investigators and Explorers are to bring water bottles for the classroom daily. Please label the bottle
 with the child’s first and last name.
 - Please make sure your child has an extra pair of clothes, including underwear and socks. It’s also a good
 idea to have an extra mask as sometimes they can get wet. You can send a message on Brightwheel to
 check what your child may need!
 -Days to Remember- May 7th Early Dismissal, May 28th Early Dismissal, May 31- School and ECCC Closed.
 June 8th Early Dismissal and Last Day of School!

LITTLE RASCAL’S MAY/JUNE 2021
 NEWSLETTER

 Just as flowers need water, sun and air to grow, we offer a
 variety of activities that will help the children to grow in many ways! As
 we prepare to wrap up the school year and plan for the summer, we try
 our best to plan our activities based on the children’s interest!
 As part of our commitment to social emotional development we
will work on helping the children express their disappointments, problem solve, and brain
storm with an appropriate solution. Problem solving is a very important tool we encourage
and guide the children to practice in resolving a disagreement. Helping and guiding the
children to problem solve is a work in progress. We understand that all children are different
and have different personalities. We hope that this valuable tool will also help them in their
everyday life for always.

 We asked the children the following question: “What activities do you want to do
this summer at ECCC?”
Alexis: I would like to do some Tie-Dye activities and have some picnics!
Ehnay: I like all the activities we do already!
Violet: Playing the large motor activities such as “Mat Ball” and going to Doc’s for skating!
Peri: More splash day activities!
Cora: I’m excited to play more large motor games 
Angela: I’m hoping we can have some “mask breaks” and playing large motor games outside and
having lots of picnics! 
Grayson: I would like to have a Lego club I really like building with Lego’s!
Dominic: I like all the activities we have already but would also want to add a Pokémon club 
Benjamin: I just like playing 

IMPORTANT DATES:
 MAY 7, 28 & JUNE 8: ELIZABETHTOWN SCHOOLS: EARLY DISMISSAL
 MAY 31: NO SCHOOL (ECCC CLOSED: HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY)