Wesley Kids Korner
June 13-17, 2016
Our Pre-K Graduation Ceremony will take
place on Friday, July 22, 2016 at
4:00pm-6:00pm in the Sanctuary.
Please arrive early to find a seat.
The ceremony will be followed by a farewell
BBQ in the Courtyard.
All family and friends are welcome to join us
for this wonderful celebration.
Wesley Kids and First UMC will be
having an Art Exhibit on Wednesday June 15,
2016 from 4:00pm-6:00pm. All Wesley Kids
families are invited. There will be
refreshments served while you browse the
lovely art work.
The artist behind the captivating art work is
Sharon Higgins, she will be available for any
questions you might have about her lovely art
work.
Sharon has been painting professionally for over 50 years.
She is a realist painter and is best known for her western and
landscape exhibits, although in this exhibit we show some of
her other work from her travels to Italy, France, Mexico,
and the UK . Sharon has painted the large mural in the
Parlor, Noah’s ark up the stairwell, and painted at the top of
Sandia Peak. She has been a member of First UMC for
over 40 years now.
All art work is up for sale.
Attention all Daddies!
On Friday, June 17, 2016, each
classroom will either be
having special treats or
conducting a fun Father’s
Day activity for our daddies,
uncles, grandpas, or any other special
person.
Below you can see a couple of Sharon’s paintings that will be
in the exhibit.
Please mark your calendars to join
your child to celebrate your special
day.
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Milky Way
Theme of the Week: Father’s Day
This week our theme is “Father’s Day”.
Last week the babies started working
hard on their Father’s Day gift.
During story time we are enjoying the
book “Just Like Daddy”. We are also
asking the parents to please send us a
little note about something special they
love about their child. We would like to
share these notes during circle time by
reading them to the babies.
Our word of the week is daddy or papa
in Spanish.
In music we are listening and singing to
the songs “I Love My DADDY” and
adding different people we love into the
song.
Have a wonderful week!
Damaris, Terri, Roberta, & Angelica B.
The babies are learning how to climb up
the ball pit as this is something very
interesting to them.
The Milky Way would like to welcome
Harper, Mateo, and Adrian and their
families to our class.
Little & Big Dippers
Theme of the Week: Father’s Day
This week we are learning about
“Father’s Day”. We are talking to the
babies about how important our
daddies are to us.
In art the Little & Big Dippers are
working on their special Father’s
Day gifts.
The Little & Big Dippers would
like to invite all dads, grandpa’s,
uncles, or others, to join us in the
morning on Friday, June 17th for a
special treat.
Have a great week!
Angelica, Angela, Lisa, & Rachael
In circle time we are enjoying the
books “My Dad” and “My
Grandpa”.
Our Spanish word of the week is dad
or papa.
In music we are learning and singing
the songs “I Love My Daddy” and
“Happy Father’s Day To You”.
Explorers
Theme of the Week: Father’s Day
This week we are talking about our
During outside time we are pretending
“Daddies”, and how important they are to go camping with our daddies.
to us.
Our word of the week is daddy or papa
In art we are making a fun Father’s
in Spanish.
Day gift and learning our daddies
We are inviting all father figures to
names. We are also making our
join us in the morning on Friday,
daddies face using paper bags, google June 17, for a special treat to
eyes, yarn, and much more.
celebrate Father’s Day.
We are enjoying the book “Because
Your Daddy Loves You!” and playing
simon says but using the words daddy
says.
Have a blessed week!
Cherish, Alexis, Rachael, & Theresa
In block area we are building daddy a
car with legos and blocks.
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Rainbows
Theme of the Week: Father’s Day
This week we are talking about
“Father’s Day”.
In art we are working hard making
their Father’s Day gifts.
In math we are practicing our
numbers from 1-20 using pictures to
help us learn them.
In science we are working on a
science experiment using sand and
our sensory table.
In preschool we are working on the
letter “D” by tracing and
outlining it.
This week we are starting water
play. It will be every Thursday at
10:30am. Please make sure your
child has sunscreen, towel,
swimsuit, water shoes, and extra
clothes if you would like your child
to participate.
The Rainbow class would like to
Our vocabulary words in English and invite all the daddies on Friday,
June 17, to come by and pick up a
Spanish are dad/papa,
special treat.
number/numero, and sand/arena.
Have a good week!
Irma, Luanna, Maria P. & Jacqueline
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Martians
Theme of the Week: Butterflies
This week we are learning about
Our word of the week is
“Butterflies”. We are learning about their butterflies/mariposas, life cycle/ciclo vital,
life cycles and will have a butterfly garden caterpillar/oruga, and cocoon/capullo.
in the classroom.
The kids are learning how to put the life
In math we are working on a caterpillar
cycle in order on a sheet of paper.
counting game and graphing our favorite
The Martians would like to invite all
insects to see which insect is the most
daddies to stop by in the morning or
popular.
afternoon to pick up their gift and
special treat the children made.
In art the kids are making a music
butterfly.
In home living we are adding our
butterflies and an ant hill to our
honeycomb.
Have a great week!
Lupe & Alexsandra
Camp Wesley
Theme of the Week: Father’s Day
This week we are going on a fieldtrip
This week we are talking about
“Father’s Day”. In circle time we will be to Duke City Paints & Pins to paint a
special canvas for our dads.
sharing “What makes my dad unique”
and we are also talking about what are
our favorite things to do with our dad.
Have a wonderful week.
We are making memorable arts and
Daniela & Lena
crafts throughout the week for all the
special dads .
Our team building activity this week is
having a scavenger hunt. The children
will be in groups of 4 and may gather as .
many eggs as they can find in the
courtyard. They will then use those eggs .
for our egg toss activity.
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This week we are focusing on “Father’s Day”.
We are discussing what makes their father’s special and unique in
order to help them fill out their Father Day information sheet about
their dads.
On Wednesday, June 15th we are going to Duke City Paint & Pin to
paint a special canvas for their dads.
The children are also making special arts and crafts for their
father’s throughout the week. They are making a
special father’s day card.
We had an awesome time on our fieldtrip to Explora.
The children really enjoyed having lunch at the park.
On Friday, June 17th we are inviting all dads, grandpa’s, uncles,
or others to come in the morning and join us for a special treat to
celebrate Father’s Day.
Have a wonderful week!
Yamina & Pepper
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el Menu´
June 13-17, 2016
Monday
BREAKFAST: Rice krispy cereal, bananas, milk
LUNCH: Chicken salad w/croissants, organic veggie melody,
fresh pears, milk
SNACK: Graham crackers, oranges, milk
Tuesday
BREAKFAST: Homemade French toast, syrup, peaches, toast, milk
LUNCH: Ground beef tacos w/ cheese, corn, organic grapes, milk
SNACK: Wheat thins, canned pears, milk
WEDNESAY
BREAKFAST: Bagels w/ cream cheese, apr icots, milk
LUNCH: Red bir d chicken stir fr y, or ganic veggie melody, fresh pear s, milk
SNACK: Rice cakes, water melon, milk
THURSDAY
BREAKFAST: Sausage biscuits, or ganic str awber r ies, milk
LUNCH: Lasagna w/ meat, green beans, plums, milk
SNACK: Goldfish, or ganic tomatoes, milk
FRIDAY
BREAKFAST: Cinnamon toast, or ganic blueber r ies, milk
LUNCH: Veggie soup w/pinto beans, or ganic veggie melody,
potatoes, wheat tortilla, fruit cocktail, milk
SNACK: J ell-O, vanilla wafers, milk
“You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem,
an smarter than you think.” -A.A Milne/Christopher Robin
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