Riverstone Education
10170 Bismark Drive
Lone Tree, CO 80124
303-790-2001
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
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Maddox O. 5/4
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Ethan C. 5/5
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Hudson C. 5/5
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Evan H. 5/5
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Alex R. 5/5
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Brooklyn S. 5/8
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Austin I. 5/9
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Max. P. 5/10
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Riley S. 5/21
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Gavin M. 5/22
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Hridik S. 5/22
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Avery W. 5/31
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Sydney W. 5/31
If your child is
celebrating a
birthday this month,
please be sure to
bring us an updated
health appraisal as
well as updated
immunization
records.
2017 May News
May Flowers
Thank you to all of the
families who attended our
Earth Day Celebration! The
kids had a great time
exploring with the lady bugs
and helping them fly away! In
all, we released over 8,000
ladybugs here , and over
30,000 in conjunction with
our other Colorado Schools.
M A Y
2 0 1 7
N E W S
Ceremony will be held May 24th at
7:00PM. Friday, May 12th is our
As a reminder, in order to
Mother’s Day Tea. We will also be
keep our terrific teachers on
their toes, we will be CLOSED hosting “Masterpiece’s with
Mother’s.” This is a time when you
on 5/26 for Professional
Development Day and will also can come and paint or decorate a
canvas with your child in the gym.
be CLOSED on 5/31 for
We would like to invite all
Memorial Day.
mothers, grandmothers, aunts or
We will be holding Parent
any special friends to enjoy tea and
This month, we have lots of Teacher Conferences this
cookies with your child at 3:30 PM
month.
Please
look
for
a
Sign
fun events planned for you
in our gym.
Up
Genius
to
meet
with
your
and your family. On
May 8th is our GO LIVE date for
child’s teacher.
Thursday, May 4th, we will
the electronic Sign In/ Sign Out.
celebrating “May the Fourth We are so proud of our K Pre Please be sure that you have
K and Kindergarten classes and
be With You!” On “Star
gotten you picture and PIN set up
Wars Day” you can dress as will miss them tremendously as with Charmagne or Mindy.
they venture onto grade
your favorite character
school. We will celebrate this We are getting excited about our
whether it be a Wookie, a
milestone on May 23rd for Pre Summer Camp Kick-Off which will
Storm Trooper or a Jedi.
happen on Monday, June 5th.
Children and teachers can be K 1 and 2 at 6:30PM and the
dressed in their favorite Star Kindergarten Graduation
Wars Gear!
Teacher Appreciation
We want our Teachers to
feel the love, and to do that
we need your help! We
will be hosting a variety of
events throughout the
week including a Taco bar
on Tuesday and a Ice
Cream Bar on Thursday!
Please check your email for
a sign up genius link for
these special days! The
teachers will also have
special bags in the front.
If you would like to help
fill your child’s teacher’s
bag, we will also be
sending out a teacher
cheat sheet. Thank you in
advance for helping us
show our teachers how
wonderful they are!
- Mindy and Charmagne
May 4th- May the Forth Be With You- Star Wars Day
May 5th- Cinco De Mayo
May 8th-12th- Teacher Appreciation
May 8th- Electronic Sign in/Sign out goes live
May 12th- Masterpieces with Mom at 3:30 “Canvases and Cookies”
May 14th- Mother’s Day
May 15th- Straw Hat Day
May 16th– May 18th– 3:30– 6:30PM Parent Teacher Conferences Intermediates
thru Kindergarten
May 16th– Drawing Day
May 30th– June 1st-3:30– 6:30 Parent Teacher Conferences Infant thru Beginners
May 23rd- Pre-K 1 and 2 Graduation starting at 6:30 PM
May 24th- Kindergarten Graduation starting at 7:00 PM
May 26th- No School—Professional Development
May 29th—No School—Memorial Day
June 5th– Summer Camp Kick Off
Expand Your Picky Eater’s Culinary Horizons with These Tips
Will your child only eat pizza or
chicken nuggets? Are you fighting
an uphill battle to get him to take
just a bite of broccoli? If so, you’re
not alone.
Picky eating is a common and normal behavior for many young
children. It can be their way
of declaring independence, showing preference for familiar foods,
or attempting to establish control.
Most children will
gradually broaden
their palate as
they get older,
are exposed
to more
types of
foods, and
see their
peers and families
trying a wide variety of
foods. The process can be challenging, but below are some ideas
that might help to minimize
mealtime meltdowns.
1. Start small
Meltdowns can occur when children feel overwhelmed, so it’s important to introduce new foods
one at a time, serve them with familiar foods, and keep the portions
small. Your child is likely to try just
two or three green beans, as opposed to a whole pile.
Be patient, praise his effort, and increase the portion next time.
2. Minimize distractions
Set your child up for success at
mealtime by minimizing distractions,
such as TV shows, iPads and toys.
When your child is fully present, he’ll
be better able to concentrate on
the food in front of
him.
3.
Enlist your
child’s help
Make grocery shopping fun by
turning the experience into a scavenger hunt. Create a shopping list with
your child that includes words and
pictures. As you’re walking around
the store, encourage him to help find
the items that you need. At home,
work together to prepare the meal
and to set the table.
4. Grow a garden together
Create a small garden of fruits or
vegetables with your child by
planting seeds, watering the soil,
and harvesting ripe produce. You
might discover that he’s more likely to try food that he helped to
grow.
5. Don’t become a short-order
cook
Cooking different foods for each
family member is not only time
consuming, but it reinforces
negative behaviors
and doesn’t
solve your
picky eater
problem long
term. Instead,
make meals
that offer some
options, such as a
create-your-own
burrito bar. Set out
bowls of diced avocado, beans, shredded
cheese and salsa, and
allow your child to choose
what he wants.
At the end of the day, don’t
be discouraged by your child’s
picky eating. It’s okay if he’s a bit
reluctant to branch out and expand his culinary horizons. The
process is a marathon not a sprint,
so continue offering new foods in
fun ways!
– Lauren Starnes, Ph.D., Director
of Early Childhood Education