December 2016 Newsletter
Tis’ the season for giving, we would like to thank all the KTLC families for their
gracious food donations. I know with all your help, we were able to help provide meals for
local families in need.
Monday, December5th thru Friday, December 16 Kids Town will be collecting items
for St. Mary’s House for Disabled Children. Please place your donations in the area marked
in the front lobby. Room 5 is holding a gently used book drive that coincides with the toy
drive.
Our book fair will be running from Monday, December19th at 3 pm thru Friday,
December 23th, 5:30p.m
Mark your calendars for Monday, December 19, at 10 AM Room 4 will have their
winter program. Tuesday room 5/7 will perform at 10 and Room 6 performs their program
on Wednesday, December 21, at 10 am. Following some the performance parents are
invited to join in with their child’s class for a winter party. (Please see your child’s teacher
for details.)
Just a reminder parents that this is the cold and flu season. Please wash your and
your child’s hands upon entering the classrooms or help yourself to the sanitizing pumps
located all around Kids Town.
If your child has a temperature of 101 degrees or higher, your child throws up or
has diarrhea your child will need to stay home from school. You’re child may return after 24
hours of being symptom free. We want to keep everyone healthy and happy.
During morning drop off and afternoon pick up please drive slowly. If you plan to be
quick you may park momentarily in the right lane in front of the building but not past the
curve of the side walk. This blocks the parent parking area so no one can back out. If you
would like to not rush at drop off and pick up, park in the parent designated area. It is also
not a good idea to leave your car running or unlocked for safety reasons.
Kids Town will be CLOSED the week of:
December 26 thru December 30. School reopens January 2, 2017
We hope you all have a wonderful and safe holiday.
Patti Pirrone, Director
[email protected]
Clare Stefan, Assistant Director
[email protected]
Room 1
Happy Holiday from all of us in room 1, December is here and we’re ready to play, listen,
and learn about music! This month we will have tons of sensory play with our rattles,
drums, and even a guitar! So, great ready to make some music.
Please remember that Kid’s Town will be closed the week of December 26-30th.
Room 1 will have a small little holiday celebration party during our afternoon snack time for
our eating babies! I will post a sign-up sheet for our parents to bring a yummy snack to
share with our friends. Share some holiday cheer. We can’t wait to party the end of 2016
away!
Sincerely,
Ms. Samantha and Ms Arcely
Room 2
Wow, this year is coming to an end already. We have definitely enjoyed watching
our students learn and grow into bright little people, but they could not have done it
without you. We want to wish a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all our families of
Room 2. Each student this month will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of
festive holiday crafts and songs, during our daily learning time. In celebration of the
Holidays, Room 2 will be having a Holiday party Friday December 20th @ 3pm, please come
to celebrate our end of the year party.
Ms. Shelby
Ms. Kaitlin
[email protected]
Room 3
Happy Holidays! Now that Thanksgiving is over, the Christmas season is just
around the corner. For the holiday season, we will be focusing on the colors red,
green, white, and blue. Our activities for the month will focus on winter and
Christmas.
We know that this is a hectic time for everyone, so we just want to remind you of a
few things you may have overlooked.
 Family Boards:
Please work on one for our family wall
 Cups:
Name & Last Initial, Today’s Date, What is Inside Cup
 Daily:
Make sure every section is filled out upon arrival
 Folders:
Check them daily for important paperwork & artwork
** Please make sure to send your child properly dressed as they will still be able to
go outside, weather permitting. **
Look Who’s Turning Two
Happy Birthday Kaya
December 28th
Important Dates to Remember
Monday, December 26th- Friday, December 30th- KTLC Will Be Closed for Christmas
Break
Monday, January 2nd, 2017- KTLC Will Reopen
Room 4
This month we have lots of fun activities planned. We will be having a Holiday Performance.
This will be a new and exciting thing for the children to experience. I will be attaching the
lyrics and ask that you please practice with them at home so that they feel as confident as
possible. Also this month we will be having a Christmas party and I will post the list on the
door when the time gets closer.
This month we are adding three new letters they are K, Q and M. This month will also be
about reviewing what we have learned throughout the school year thus far. We will be
finishing up with the numbers 14 & 15 then continuing to review 1-13. The children are
making great progress.
Activities planned for the month should be tons of fun. We will be decorating our own
Christmas tree, making ornaments and stockings just to name a few. Both Ms. Tasha and I
love this time of year and are extremely excited to celebrate with your children.
IMPORTANT DATES
Dec 19th- Holiday Performance @ 10 AM
Dec 22nd- Holiday Party @ 3:30 PM
Dec 26 – Dec-29th KTLC closed
Thank you all for a great year!
Mrs. Abrey & Ms. Tasha
Room 5
It is hard to believe that December is here! This month we have a lot of fun activities that
will be going on in the classroom. We will have a Christmas craft day, we will have a book
drive, and we will have our Christmas performance. The children are excited about all of
our activities we have planned for this month.
The children are progressing well and we are proud of how much they are learning. Please
continue to work on letter recognition and counting. We are working hard on these
activities and they are learning quickly. I would like to thank you all for reading with your
child each night.
We have added stars to our wish list. This month we will be working on a lot of different
crafts and we would love for you to take a star to help us make our wish come true. We
appreciate everything you have provided for us to help our class projects a success. We
cannot thank you enough.
Important Dates:
 November 28th-December 16th- Book Drive for St. Mary’s
 December 20th- Christmas Performance
 December 26th-30th- Center Closed
Room 6
Hello everyone! It is finally December, and the kids are so excited for the weeks to come!
They have been working very hard on learning their new holiday songs for the program at
the end of the month! This month is also filled with new themes, letters, and much more!
Reminder!
The school day begins promptly at 9:00am. If your child is late he/she may miss their
morning learning time.
HOLIDAY PROGRAM: 10:00am – Party to Follow! (We will post signup sheet the week
before!)
PLEASE BRING IN A WHITE T-SHIRT FOR YOUR CHILD TO DECORATE FOR THE
PROGRAM!
T-Shirt due: December 15th! Please and Thank You!
Warm Clothing!
Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather!
If a student does not have a proper jacket/sweatshirt, they will not be allowed to go
outside!
CHAPSTICK!
If your child needs Chap Stick or Vaseline please bring us one to keep in the
classroom!
Important Dates:
Scholastic Book Fair: December 19 – 23rd from 3:00pm – 6:00pm.
HOLIDAY PROGRAM: 10:00am – Party to Follow
Holiday Break: December 26th – December 30th.
School Re-Opens January 2nd
Room 7
Hello! Welcome to the new students and parents in room 7! In December, our class will
continue learning letters, numbers, and working on fine motor skills. The children will be
introduced to letters A, V, and C. The December theme is Holidays; the children will learn
about Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Christmas. Rooms 5 and 7 will be collecting gently used
books to donate to children in need! We will be collecting books until December 16th. The
class is also continuing the reading log to instill the love of reading in young children. Don’t
forget to have your children color in their happy faces when they sit and read a book! If all
the children read at least 20 books, our class will have a popcorn party!
If you have any questions, you can email me at [email protected].
Thanks,
Mrs. Ariel
Room 8
Please help me in welcoming the new assistant teacher in our class, Ms. CiCi!
It is that time of year where the winter holidays are upon us. Our theme for December is
“Music”. We will introduce to the children, string instruments, wind instruments, brass and
percussion. Our readings for this month will be Holiday stories. We will continue working
on our alphabet letters of the week, as well as our counting. The children are doing a
FANTASTIC job with color and shape recognition. During this month, the children will be
using their fine motor skills by making several detailed decorations that will be displayed in
our classroom.
The children are becoming very familiar with the routine we have of sitting on the potty
after every pull-up change, some have even begun “going” in the potty. We also have some
children who will verbalize they have “pooped” after it has already happened but this is still
great because they are aware that they do not want it on them. Although we have the
holiday break approaching, please continue the process.
Please keep an eye on our Face book page, you’ll find pictures that are periodically captured
of the children doing different activities throughout some days.
Dates to Remember
December 19-23….Book Fair
December 26-30….School closed
Ms. Stacey
Ms. CiCi