February 2005

SPECIAL THANKS, AGAIN FROM Mrs. Tedeschi, Mrs. Creen, and Mrs. Caterina for all of our wonderful Valentines and goodies!!

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THANKS to of you who are considerate in keeping their child home from school if they show any signs of being sick.  If your child complains about not feeling well, and this is unusual for him/her, please investigate before sending them!

TOO MANY TOYS are being brought in to school by the children when it is not their special day!  Our rule is:  "No toys are to be brought unless it is your helping day."  The extra toys can cause problems in the classroom, as well as getting lost during clean-up time!  Thanks for your understanding!

WE LEARN MORE EACH DAY! What will the classes be doing after the Winter Recess?

 ***The Critters will continue a Self-Awareness unit. The unit teaches about body parts, five senses and feelings. We hope you will keep up the good work at home and continue to carry over school activities!! Beginning in March, why not talk about body parts while dressing or in the tub... especially "odd" parts like wrists, thighs, earlobes, palms, etc!  They will also begin talking about Fairy Tales. Keep praising your children, telling them how terrific and special they are and you'll have some very happy, well-adjusted children!!

***The TEDDY BEARS will be studying dinosaurs beginning the end of March, and into April. This is a great favorite, with dinosaur snacks, dinosaur hats, dinosaur songs, and more!  We are also starting to learn sight words! So far, we have learned the following:  we, in & I.  We will be introducing a new word every week, and will post the words outside of our door.  Try asking them to find the sight words in your books as you are reading to your children!

The 4-year old classes will also begin learning birthdays, phone numbers and addresses.

Birthdays beginning March 7th
Phone numbers beginning March 16th
Addresses beginning March 28th

We are finding a need for paper cups!  If you could please pick up an extra package for us, it would be greatly appreciated!

Unfortunately, our parking lot can be an issue!  Please do not park in space #9 (to the left of the dumpster) because it is for a commuter.  If you know of a commuter in need of parking spaces, the church has two available.  Please call John Strain @ 279-3973 for details.

Volunteers needed!!  If you are interested in being on a soon to be created "publicity committee", please see Robin.  It is critical for our continued success to try to inform our community of our school.  Our purpose would be to brain storm different ideas to get the word out about how great Brewster Co-op is!!


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