Director’s Corner: Friendly Reminders: Rainbow Daycare
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Director’s Corner: Friendly Reminders: Rainbow Daycare
Rainbow Daycare Sacramento, CA Fall into October October, 2014 Director’s Corner: Autumn is here! The leaves are changing colors and the cooler weather is upon us. We are getting into the routine of the new school year and learning so many new things. We have lots of exciting events coming up so keep your eye out for more information on how you can participate. Did you know a fire could happen in just a split second? Are you prepared to put out a fire? Do you practice fire drills at your own home? Fire safety is very important and you should be teaching your child the dangers of fires as well as what to do in case there is a fire at your house. There is little time! In less than 30 seconds a small flame can get completely out of control and turn into a major fire. It only takes minutes for thick black smoke to fill a house. In minutes, a house can be engulfed in flames. If you wake up to a fire, you won't have time to grab valuables because fire spreads too quickly and the smoke is too thick. There is only time to escape. Fire is HOT! Heat is more threatening than flames. A fire's heat alone can kill. Room temperatures in a fire can be 100 degrees at floor level and rise to 600 degrees at eye level. Inhaling this super-hot air will scorch your lungs. This heat can melt clothes to your skin. In five minutes a room can get so hot that everything in it ignites at once: this is called flashover. Friendly Reminders: • • • • • • Extra change of weather appropriate clothes including socks and underwear Each child needs a sheet and blanket for nap time For yellow class, purple class and Pre-K please have your child here by 9:00 so they don’t miss out on curriculum and circle time Share toys are for Friday’s only (please check with your child’s teacher for further information) As the weather gets cooler please send a light jacket or sweater for outside play Please check your child’s art file frequently Our annual Fall Fun Festival will be held on Thursday October 23rd from 6 pm-730 pm. Thank you to all those who participated in helping us decide what activities we should do this year we had a tie on a few of the events so we will be making our final decisions and posting them in the front office. We will need lots of volunteers so be on the lookout for more information on how you can participate and donate items for the festival. Do you shop on Amazon? If so check out the website link below. Rainbow will receive a percentage from all eligible purchases you make what could be easier than that? Thank you in advance for your donations to Rainbow. What is AmazonSmile? Amazon Smile is a website operated by Amazon that lets customers enjoy the same wide selection of products, low prices, and convenient shopping features as on Amazon.com. The difference is that when customers shop on AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com), the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to the charitable organizations selected by customers. To donate to Rainbow, go to http://smile.amazon.com/ch/68-0099935 or search “Rainbow Day Care,” if you’re already on AmazonSmile! RDC October Newsletter Page 2 Classroom News Infant/Toddler Room For the month of October, we are going to be learning all about harvest and the autumn season. The children will learn about the color orange and the colors of autumn (brown, yellow, purple.) We will also learn about pumpkins and explore the inside of one. Mark your calendars for Thursday October 23rd for our annual Fall Fun Festival. Parents and children will have a great time enjoying food, games and lots of fun. Look for more information on this exciting event and how you can participate and earn parent hours. Friday October 31st is pajama day so bring your children in their PJ’s. Remember, they still need to have socks and shoes for outside play. Parents are welcome and encouraged to join us for story time. Perhaps you have a special talent that you would like to share with the class or you could join us for some fun time outside. Happy birthday to Kiera and Lily who turn 2 this month. We want to wish you both a farewell as you join the yellow class! We would like to welcome Jaydon M and his family to our class. Thank you to all the parents who have made donations to our class. We appreciate all you do! Yellow Class This month our class will be talking about harvest and the season autumn. We will also learn the letters T, I, U, C, D and E. The color of the month is orange and the shape is triangle. We will learn the number 2. Spanish word this month is Dos. Our annual Fall fun Festival will be held on Thursday October 23rd from 6 pm-730 pm. This is a great opportunity to meet other families while having family fun time. Please look for more information regarding this special event and how you can help participate and earn parent hours. Parents are welcome and encouraged to visit our classroom anytime. Stop by and join us for a story or two or come share a talent with our class. We bid farewell to our friends Anna, Dominic and Adrienne as they join the purple class. We would like to welcome our new friends Keira, Lily, Daisy, Sloane, Bennett, Kenji and Dylan. We are so glad you all are here! Teacher Feature: Ms. Aijuan (yellow class teacher) Hello my name is Aijuan Adrianne Chen. I have worked with children for over 11 years now. I worked with a variety of age groups and now I love working with children ages 2-3 years old in the yellow class. I joined Rainbow Daycare in May of 2008. I think children are the most precious people in the world, the family and the community. They can change the world and the future. It’s my passion being a teacher and I enjoy it very much. Teachers help provide a safe and healthy environment for children to grow and learn. When teachers and children work together as a team, we can build a great community for our children. I was born in china and I speak 4 languages. My favorite colors are blue, yellow and red. My favorite food is pizza. I like singing, swimming, yoga and traveling. My husband Ruben and I welcomed our son Jaydon to our family in April 2013 we enjoy spending time together as a family and we love to visit different places and be adventurous! RDC October Newsletter Page 3 Classroom News - Continued Purple Class: Our theme for the month of October is harvest and the season autumn. The letters we will focus on this month are: I, T and L and the number 4. The color this month is orange and the shape is triangle. Children will continue to practice writing, spelling and recognizing their names. Special Events this month: • October 2nd we will make a class pizza! • October 10th we will make a homemade ice cream! • October 31st what’s inside a pumpkin? We will dissect a pumpkin to find out! Parents are welcome and encouraged to join our class for story time or anytime! We would love to have parent volunteers in the class to read a story or two. Thank you to the Sciandri family and the Harvey family for donating books and glue we greatly appreciate it. Ms. Jessica S. will begin her maternity leave on October st 1 . We will miss her very much and wish her all the best with her new baby girl. Ms. Jessica will be back at Rainbow sometime in February of 2015. Friday’s as share days. Please check out the list for share days that was sent home in September. Happy birthday to Josie October 17th and to Freddie October 24th. We would like to welcome Anna, Dominic, Adrienne and Natalie to our class this month. Facebook Have you found us on Facebook? You can “Like” our page, subscribe to updates, keep in contact with other Rainbow families, post your own stories and updates, and more! Follow these simple steps to add RDC’s page: 1.Log into Facebook.com 2.Search for Rainbow Daycare, Inc. 3.“Like” the page 4. Select “Get Notifications” and/or “Show in News Feed” in the pull-down menu, under “Liked” PrePre-K Class: This will be our first full month in our Handwriting Without Tears (HWT) curriculum. We will be learning about rhyming words, capital letters, comparisons and sorting. We also will be talking about the new season, autumn and Halloween. Special event this month is Fall Fun Festival on Thursday October 23rd from 6 pm to 730 pm Parents are encouraged and welcome to join our class for special activities. This month fell free to join us for either or both of the following: • Friday October 24th - Pumpkin painting in the morning around 930 am • Friday October 31st - fall cookie baking in the morning around 930 Thank you to all the families who joined us for our pot luck and for Open House. Parent Board of Directors Please extend a warm welcome to our Board of Directors. Board Officers serve a one-year term from October to October. Rainbow would like to welcome our newest Board Members, Jackie Caldwell and Thad Selden. We would also like to welcome Meridith Selden as our fundraising coordinator. Thank you all for joining us we are so happy to have you on board. Our monthly Board Meetings will be held “offsite” the third Thursday of each month unless otherwise noted. We will be sure to let everyone know the location well in advance. o o o o o o o o President - Thea Perrino-Zago Treasurer - Jeremy Burlingame Secretary - Thomas Barr Member - Andrew Schwarz Member - Steve Lanterman Member - Christina McCain Member - Jackie Caldwell Member - Thad Selden Board meeting minutes are available for review in the front office. RDC October Newsletter Page 4 OUR CLASSROOM NEEDS: Green Class • plastic bags (thank you for keeping us well stocked!) Yellow Class • scratch paper • crayons • markers • autumn decorations. • We would love to have a 5 gallon fish tank for our hamster Flower. She keeps getting out of her current home and we don’t want to lose her. Rainbow can always use donations of plastic grocery bags, collage materials, (sequins, stickers, pom poms, google eyes) bubbles, glue sticks and finger-paint. Purple Class • Radio/cd player • Leaves of all shapes and colors • Acorns • Fall collage materials Pre-K Class • Fall leaves • Autumn collage materials (leaf stickers, nature items, pumpkin shapes and feathers) Check out our “wish list” located by the cubbies. Donating is a great way to earn parent hours! PARENT WORK DAY (PARENT HOURS!!!) Rainbow will be hosting a “Parent Workday” on Saturday October 11th from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. We will be working on the following projects: • Removing and re-positioning some of the rubber tiles on the infant/toddler play-yard. • Sweeping and hosing down all toys and play equipment. • Sifting and removing all bark from sand box • Other smaller projects as needed. If you are able to help with this “workday” please email Caren. A sign-up sheet will be posted in the front office. Thank you in advance for donating your time. Scholastic Book Orders Be sure to place your orders by the 25th of every month. You can order from the fliers you child brings home or directly online at www.Scholastic.com. Use our class code, L6F47, to help Rainbow earn free books and classroom materials. Orders will be finalized on the last business day of each month. For more details, see administration. RDC October Newsletter Page 5 Calendar and Events Page! UPCOMING EVENT!!! Harvest Festival and Spaghetti Dinner: Thursday October 23rd 6 pm- 7:30 pm Thank you to all those who participated in helping us decide what activities we should do this year we had a tie on a few of the events so we will be making our final decisions and posting them in the front office. We will need lots of volunteers so be on the lookout for more information on how you can participate and donate items for the festival. October Events Be sure to check in on our calendar, accessible from our main page! www.RainbowDaycareInc.com Fun, Fun FRIDAY!! Rainbow builds community through involvement. Take part in our fun, silly, and quirky Fun, Fun Friday themes! Parents are always welcome to drop in and participate! If you have more ideas, let us know! October 3rd - Wear your stripes today! October 10th - Wear your favorite team apparel October 17th - Pajama’s for PNO October 24th - Silly hair day! October 31st - Wear black and orange today! • October 11th - Saturday Parent workday 9 am – 2 pm • October 16th - Board Meeting off site @ Hook and Ladder 1630 S Street • October 17th - Parents Night Out 6 pm-10 pm • October 23rd - Musical Moments with Ms. Nancy 9 am-11:30 am • October 23rd - Fall Fun Festival 6 pm- 7:30 pm • October 27th - Picture Day for all classes 8 am-11 am Upcoming Fundraisers Fundraisers Our next big fundraisers will be FAT CAT in November and Fun Pasta in December. We will hope to have samples of FATCAT and the Fun Pasta at the festival so that you can try them out. Our annual Holiday Program & Raffle will be held on Thursday th December 4 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. If you have any connections to places that would be willing to donate items for our holiday raffle (movie tickets, gift cards, restaurants etc.) please let Caren know. Mark Your Calendars! Welcome to another Rainbow school-year! Where joy is shared and hugs are always welcomed. Mark your calendars now for these exciting Rainbow events! November December February March May June Breaking Bread Holiday Program Friendship Day Gardening Party Mommy and Me Daddy and Me Yellow Class Rainbow Rainbow Yellow Yellow Yellow (new event) December 4th (tentative) (TBA) (TBA) (TBA) (TBA) August Bubble Party RDC (TBA) Stay tuned for more details on these events and other fun activities to follow at a later date!