Holiday Fun

IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS, ESPECIALLY IN OUR EXPLORATION AREA WHERE THE CHILDREN ARE EXPLORING THE "NORTH POLE" AND ALASKA IN OUR EXCITING IGLOO. IF THE IGLOO IS FULL THEY ARE BUSY SHOPPING IN OUR INTERNATIONAL MARKET AND LEARNING ABOUT THE DECEMBER CUSTOMS CELEBRATED AROUND THE WORLD. DURING THE MONTH THE CHILDREN WILL DELIGHT TO THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC SHOW PRESENTED BY YOSI AS WELL AS PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES THAT WILL INCLUDE OUR FAMILIES. BE SURE TO WATCH YOUR CLASSROOM DOOR FOR SIGN-UPS AND SPECIAL INFORMATION REGARDING PERFORMANCES AND PARTIES. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR DONATING FOOD AND TOYS TO OUR RECENT COMMUNITY DRIVES, YOUR GENEROSITY IS INSPIRING! ON THAT NOTE AND ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE STAFF WE WISH YOU A SAFE AND WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON!

Darling Dolphins

Happy Holidays! November was a great month. We enjoyed touching leaves, painting with feathers and pushing around the shopping cart. December we will have fun learning about Holiday travel, Customs and Costumes and Holiday Celebration. Our shape for the month is rectangle and our color is green. Let's not forget Hanukkah is the 4th, Christmas is the 25th and Kwanzaa is the 26th. We would like to wish Alexis Happy Birthday! Alexis has been holding onto everything and very soon she'll be cruising. Charlie has the crawling down, now there is no stopping him. Ashley loves flipping over on the activity mat. Brayden is sitting up on his own and trying to crawl. Spencer keeps rolling and rolling and rolling. Mason has grown so much in the past month, when he is crawling, he looks like he is running. Nathaniel, we love watching him give raccoon hugs. Shane enjoys watching his friends while we all sit on the floor. Camyrn is getting around the room now, we'll get her crawling soon. Jasmine has the cutest smile. She is enjoying herself and has made a bunch of friends. Brady and Andrew are having fun transitioning into their new room. We would like to welcome Miss Sharon to our class.

Have a Healthy, Happy and Safe Holiday Season!
Miss Kym, Miss Cherrell, Miss Sharon and Miss Irma

Terrific Turtles

Winter has finally arrived. We hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving and ate a lot of goodies! Thank you to our parents for all the yummy goodies you brought in for our feast! Robert and Victoria had fun going on a leaf hunt. Cooper and Ava loved bagging their groceries. Ashlee and Matthew enjoyed the Thanksgiving Feast in the classroom! Keira, Louis and Madison did wonderful animal sounds. We will be traveling around the world during the month of December. We will learn about airports, customs and holiday celebrations. We would like to welcome a new friend, Adrian. We wish everyone happy and safe holidays!

Miss Lisa and Miss Debbie

Wonderful Whales

November was a fantastic month of Harvest celebrations! We had so much fun learning about Autumn, leaves, supermarkets, Thanksgiving and Farm adventures! Thank you to our parents who helped us with our Thanksgiving Feast! We look forward to a chilly month of December when we will learn about Holiday Travel, Customs and Costumes and Holiday Celebrations. We're excited to have a visit from Yosi! Some important reminders are December 21st is Pajama Day! Also, school will be closed from the 24th- January 1st for a winter break! Happy Birthday to Anthony, Ava and Brent! As always, please remember to label tops and bottoms of your child's containers with their first and last name.

Have a wonderful Holiday Season!
Miss Kim and Miss Niccole

Jolly Jellyfish

The Toddlers have learned so much about Autumn. They love playing in the Exploration area with the supermarket play set and playing in the Tepee. We have had so much fun learning about the different themes. The Toddlers have been having fun learning Spanish and showing off to Miss Barbara with our Sign Language. We enjoyed our Thanksgiving Feast and want to thank all our parents for the goodies. We hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. Our themes for this month are: "Holiday Travel", "Customs and Costumes" and "Holiday Celebrations". The Toddlers can't wait to learn about these. For the Health and Safety of our room we ask please make sure everything is labeled with first and last name. Also please check that your child has two sets of weather appropriate clothing.

Happy Holidays!
Miss Bethanne and Miss Kimberly

Fantastic Fish

The Get Set class has had a busy month. We had wonderful Fall adventures as we learned about Autumn fun, falling leaves and supermarkets. We shared a wonderful Thanksgiving Feast. We would like to thank the families who helped to make our celebration so special and so much fun. December will be a busy time as we continue to learn about celebrations around the world. We will talk about holiday travel and airports. We will explore customs and costumes and learn about holiday celebrations. Happy December Birthday to Sydney, Abby B. and Kayla. Happy Holidays to all of our families. We wish you joy, peace and all the best in the new year!

Miss Joan and Miss Sabrina

Super Seals

The children were so busy throughout the month of November. They created many beautiful projects and enjoyed several activities using leaves, pine cones and branches. They learned all about trees and how important trees are to our environment. Everyone enjoyed working and shopping in our Supermarket and we had so much fun playing the Shopping Cart relay race. As the month came to an end we gathered together for a delicious Thanksgiving Feast. Each child had the opportunity to tell us what they were thankful for. December is now upon us and we will be busier then ever. We will be exploring many places during our Holiday Travel theme and we will be learning about we will be learning about many different cultures and how they celebrate the holiday season. We would like to wish a Happy Birthday to Nic, Lauren and Lucia! We wish everyone a Happy and Safe Holiday Season!

Miss Jeanette and Miss Lisa

Lovely Lobsters

The Lovely Lobsters learned all about trees in November. The children got to identify different types of leaves and the pretty Fall colors that they turn. We also turned the classroom into a Supermarket. We added food boxes, drink containers and play money to Dramatic play center. During Thanksgiving Feast week we dressed up as Pilgrims and Indians. Thank you to all the parents who brought in the yummy treats for the Thanksgiving Feast! Also, thank you to everyone who donated to our Food Drive for the Ocean and.Monmouth County Food Pantry. In December we will be learning about different holiday customs and different ways to travel. We will be making our own ornaments while awaiting the Holiday Season. We are looking forward to seeing some snow. Happy Birthday to Quintus!

Thank you
Miss Chrystal

Marvelous Manatee

It's hard to believe December is already upon us! The month of November blew by in the Manatees room. We all enjoyed learning about leaves and creating various projects with them. During our "Supermarket" week, we did a wonderful job collecting for the Ocean/Monmouth County Food Drive. We also had a blast eating many yummy treats at our Thanksgiving Feast. Also, all the Manatees loved creating animal projects during "Autumn on the Farm" week. December's theme's include "Holiday Travel/ Airports", "Customs and Costumes" and "Holiday Celebrations". We're looking forward to another wonderful month of exploring and learning about all our December holidays!

Happy Holidays!
Miss Kristen and Miss Debbie

Sparkling Seahorses

Wow! It's hard to believe that the holidays are upon us. We hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and friends. November was a fabulous month, the Seahorses enjoyed learning about the season of Fall and all the beautiful changes that occur during this time of year. The children are doing a terrific job with their Spanish and sign language skills. We are using these skills throughout the day in all of our activities. We have learned the letters J through L and their sounds. The children love listening to our stories that relate to the letter of the week and of course meeting the letter puppet. The Seahorses are doing a fantastic job recalling the stories in sequence and having fun creating new endings. Our Thanksgiving Feast was a fantastic celebration, our little pilgrims and Indians were very thankful. A big thank you to all the parents who helped prepare this special luncheon. The month of December is going to be so exciting as we travel "All Around the World" to share and learn about various Holiday celebrations and customs. Please feel free to share any of year family's customs or costumes with our class during the month of December. We want to wish a very Happy Birthday to Taylor, Paul, Kenzie, Candace and Abigail. Important reminders: Please label everything that belongs to your child with first and last names. If your child keeps a water bottle in their cubbie it must be labeled and a fresh bottle should be supplied each day. Please supply your child with the proper utensils and a napkin in their lunch. We wish everyone a very Happy Holiday, enjoy this special time of year with your families and friends!

Thank You
Miss Elyssa and Miss Rebecca

Shining Starfish

November was a great month full of fun Fall activities. We learned about the changes in the season and celebrated with a Thanksgiving Feast! Everyone really enjoyed it and I would like to thank all the families for bringing in all the great food. Get ready, get set and let's go! We are going to be busy, busy, busy! In December we will be learning about new places and cultures around the world. We will be finding out how different parts of the world celebrate different holidays. If that is not exciting enough, we will be taking a trip to see the Nutcracker, swapping cookies and singing for you, just to name a few! I hope you can participate in some of these activities with us. Check our door for further information.

Happy Holidays!
Miss Jami