November 2016
Innovation and Inspiration
What a wonderful time
to reflect God’s goodness and blessings! I
am humbled at the
amazing gifts of God.
There isn’t room
enough to express my
gratitude in full; however, I would like to express my sincere appreciation for our amazing teachers at CCA. I
am truly thankful for all
the wonderful families
here. I enjoy seeing
the smiles on the faces
of children each day as
they walk in our door.
Thank you for trusting
us to share in their
growth and development. What rich treasures have been bestowed upon us!
We would like to extend a big THANK
YOU to PTO for funding the ‘pumpkin
patch’. Thank you to
all who helped make it
so much fun.
Thank you to all our
families for their hard
work and commitment
in planning, preparing
and implementing our
Halloween parties.
Success!
Throughout November
we will continue to consider the many blessings in our lives and
turn our focus towards
togetherness with family and friends. We will
talk about our own families and the families of
our first Americans.
We will read the story
of The Very First
Thanksgiving Day by
Rhonda Growler
Greene to help the children understand how
important it was for the
Pilgrims and Native
Americans to get along
and work together.
Mid-month our dramatic play area will be
transformed into a Native American village.
Enjoy your
Thanksgiving holiday!
O h give th ank s to the LO RD , for h e is good ; for h is
steadfast love endures forever!
1 Chronicles 16:34
Inside this issue:
No School
2
Parents’ Morning Out
2
3’s, 4’s & 5’s
3
Jr. Kindergarten, Lunch
Bunch
4
Adventure Club
4
Dig Deeper
5
Scholastic Book Orders,
PTO
5
Learning & Growing:
Ministry spotlight
6
Calendar
7
Special points of interest:
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Book Fair November 7
-11
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Nov 9 Grandparents’
Day
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Parents’ Morning Out,
November 19
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Thanksgiving break
P ro fe s s i o na l
d e ve lo p m e nt day
On Tuesday, November 8, 2014, Curiosity
Corner Academy’s teachers will be participating in a Professional Development
Day. There will be NO SCHOOL this day.
Thanksgiving break is November 23, 24, & 25.
There will be no school. May your Thanksgiving
be filled with the sight to see the blessings that
s u rr ou nd
you.
Pa r e n t s ’ mo r n i n g
out
Do you ever say to yourself you’d like a little
time to yourself or some time to shop or just sit
and have some coffee and read a book? Register your child for our Parents’ Morning Out on
November 19, and take some time for yourself.
Being thankful
http://www.celebrating.org/
Join Christ’s Church for worship on Sundays at
10 AM as they journey through God’s word..
t h a n k Yo u
Cost is only $10/ child. Children ages 2-10 may
join us from 9 AM to noon. We will make pancakes, play, and watch a short holiday movie.
Please register by November 15. (A registration form will be sent home with your child.
Should you need another form, just let us
know.)
M i l k & c o o k i e s w it h
s a n ta
CCA PTO is very excited to invite you and your family
and friends to Cookies & Milk with Santa on Sunday,
November 27 from 5-7 PM. This will be a wonderful
time to start your holiday season together as a family!
We will have cookies and drinks, Mrs. Claus reading
holiday stories, crafts, face painting and a chance to
visit with Santa!
The cost is $5/ person. You may register in the education office.. Family and friends are welcome!
We can’t wait to begin the most wonderful time of the
year celebrating with our preschool families!
Thank you PTO and parents for our
pumpkin patch and fun parties!
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3’s
3’s wear BROWN on Thursday, November 3
October was a busy month! We really
enjoyed ‘Silly Sock Day’, learning about
Fall, and having fun with the Halloween season.
During the month of November, we
will celebrate BROWN DAY. Remember to wear something BROWN on
November 3. At the end of the month,
we will talk about the first Thanksgiving that the Native Americans and the
Pilgrims celebrated together. We are
continuing to work on our fine motor
skills as we write in our journals, cut at
the art table, and manipulate play
dough.
4’s & 5’s
This month the 4’s will celebrate “Popcorn
Day”. The children will participate in a variety
of activities including tasting and graphing
their favorite popcorn flavor, counting popcorn kernels and doing experiments with popcorn.
We will read the Frank Asch bear storybook
titled Popcorn.
Later in the month, we will enjoy having a teepee in our dramatic play area. As we prepare
to celebrate Thanksgiving, we will create our
own recipe by dictating our own instructions
for cooking a turkey, and also discuss for what
we are
thankful.
We will
model the
Native
Americans by
making
pottery
necklaces.
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J r k i nd e rg a rt e n
Lunch bunch
Does your child wish their day could go on but
you’re not sure about staying until 3 PM? Do
you need an extra hour? Don’t want the fun
to end?
Try our lunch bunch. Bring your child’s lunch.
Pick up is at 12:30. Cost is only $5.
(Lunch bunch is available M-F except for Thursday.)
Discovery, & Exploration
A dv e n t u re C l u b
In November, our 3 year old Adventure Club classes we will be getting ready for Thanksgiving in many
fun ways. We will be making a “What we are thankful for” wheel, as well as making paper plate pie
using yummy spices. We will also be making our own turkey to bring home. The class will learn about
Pilgrims and how they came here to live from a country across the ocean. We can’t wait to start!
In our 4 and 5 year old Adventure Club, we’ll spend time this month talking about the different changes we’ve had in our season of fall and talking about Thanksgiving, especially being thankful for our
bountiful blessings. We’ll be busy making Indian corn, scarecrows, canoes, turkeys, a color leaf booklet
and learning how to make and squeeze our own orange juice. Our group project for the month will
be collaging leaves, flowers, etc… outside items found in our yard.
Our Spanish words for November are café (brown), la familia (family), and el pavo (turkey).
Adventure Club is our extended day option. While at Adventure Club your child will make discoveries
and explore the world.
Adventure Club is offered for 3’s on Tuesday. For 4’s and 5’s it is available on Monday, Wednesday
and Friday.
If you would like to sign up for Lunch Bunch, Jr. Kindergarten and/ or Adventure Club, please email
Stacy at [email protected] or talk to your child’s teacher, and secure your child’s opportunity now.
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November’s Dig Deeper, Grow Stronger is a continuation of our October memory verse of ‘Love one another’. I hope you and your family continue conversations about how to love one another, more and better. (We’d love to hear how those conversations went / go!)
We are programmed to desire love. It is at the core of who God created us to be. We crave relationships…
ultimately we crave love. We are designed with a thirst for love. God is love. We are created to hunger
and thirst for love– God. What is love though? We look to I Corinthians 13 for answers.
For November, please help your child memorize Love is kind. What does it mean to be kind and thoughtful?
Being thoughtful means that you consider others, give attention and care to their feelings first. It helps us
take the load and focus off ourselves, so as to be able to see the needs around us. It is a form of love that
seeks to uplift and do good whenever possible. It is the opposite of selfishness, yet, it does not cause us to
neglect ourselves because that would be unkind to God’s child– you! It is especially appreciated when it is
not expected. Being thoughtful will not allow schedules to take priority over people.
How would you define Thoughtfulness? Do you consider yourself a person who uplifts others? Are you a person who is always in a rush?
What are the things that cause you not to be thoughtful with others?
How does being careless counteract Thoughtfulness? How can you be a person who sees the
value and importance of work, regardless of what the task is?
What happens to our relationship with God and with others when we refuse to work our best
and/or complain about what we do?
Think through the steps you need to take to put Thoughtfulness into action in a specific instance, such as remembering birthdays and anniversaries of significant others. Take careful analysis of your driving habits and
business conduct. Show appreciation for others by saying "please" and "thank you," and ask if you are in line
with God's Word? Also, consider that always being in a rush will cut you off from life's most precious and
needed opportunities. So, be willing to budget your time in order to make the time for others!
Model love through kindness and thoughtfulness to your child. Tell them when you see their kindness and
thoughtfulness that you appreciate it and that they are doing a great job of showing love.
PTO Corner
Scholastic book orders
Save the dates:
Scholastic book orders may be placed online using code: L J L H R
Parents’ Day Out, Saturday, Novemeber 19 from 9 AM– 12 PM. Great
chance to get some Christmas shopping done!
You may also turn in your order to the education office. Make
checks payable to Scholastic.
Cookies & Milk with Santa: Sunday,
November 27 from 5-7 PM
Poker Night: January 20
Movie Night: March 10 (movie to be
announced)
Trivia Night:: March 31
November books orders are due November 21. The order
will be sent / confirmed on November 22.
GROW & LEARN: MINISTRY SPOTLIGHT
Christ’s Church has some amazing ministries. Over the next few months we will be spotlighting some of them. As a part of their family, we invite you to participate as you are called in any of the ministries Christ’s Church offers.
WEEKEND FOOD PROGRAM
(Because hunger doesn’t take a break on the weekend)
Join the Elementary Schools Missional Community as we, once again, have been given the opportunity to love and care for students who need our
support.
As you are able, please provide item(s) listed, or make monetary donation(s) to Christ’s Church, to help feed those in need each weekend this
2015/2016 school year.
Food to provide for each student, weekly:
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Kraft mac & cheese (microwave kind)
Ramen noodles in Individual Cups
Granola bars
Cheese and crackers
Peanut butter
Crackers
Individual Fruit Cups
Individual Cups of Apple Sauce
What?
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Ensure that some of our neediest students are provided food each weekend throughout the school year
that is nutritious, kid-friendly, and easy to prepare.
Why?
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Students on free lunch may rely on the breakfast and lunch they are served at school, because their
families struggle financially to provide healthy food for them on the weekends.
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Consequences of hunger are much more than a growling stomach. Poor nutrition can lead to:
o Weaker immune system
o Lower IQ
o Shorter attention span
o Lower academic achievement
Who?
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Students who are identified on the free lunch program
Students who are identified as homeless
Students whose teachers/nurse/counselor identify as coming back to school on Monday “hungry”
How?
The counselor will pack the food we provide in bags to, confidentially, put in the student’s backpacks every Friday before school dismissal.
“Goodness is the only investment that never fails.”
- Henry David Thoreau
School calendar
November
8
7-11
9
19
23, 24, 25
27
No School
Book Fair
Grandparents’ Day
Parents Morning Out
Thanksgiving Break
Cookies & Milk with Santa
December
14
Choir of Angels
15, 19
Christmas Parties
12/20 - 1/3 Christmas Break
January
4
Return to school
No School Martin Luther King
Jr
Poker Night
16
20
February
13, 14
Valentine Parties
20
No School President's Day
March
10
20-24
31
April
26, 27
14, 17
May
11, 12
TBD
23, 24
25
CCA Book Fair is November 7-11 and open to the
public. You may order online from October 23 to
November 12 at https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/
bookfairs/cptoolkit/homepage.do?
method=homepage&url=curiositycorneracademy
It’s a great way to kick off your holiday shopping!
Parents’ Day Out:
November 19, 9 AM—12 PM
Pancakes and PJ’s
Cookies & Milk with Santa: November 27, 5-7 PM
Poker Night: January 20
Movie Night
Spring / Easter Break
Trivia Night
Parent Teacher Conferences
No School
Fathers’ Nights: Wednesday, January 25 for 4’s & 5’s (6-8
PM) and Thursday, January 26 for the 3’s (6-8 PM)
Preschoolers will not have school during their normal class
period. Instead, they will come on their designated night
with dad or grandpa (or someone special in their life).
Movie Night: March 10
Trivia Night: March 31
Mother’s Day Tea
Outside Fun Day
Last Days of School
Graduation
Curiosity Corner Academy will follow Fort Zumwalt school district school
cancellation due to inclement weather. Please be sure you are signed up
for remind, so you can get last minute updates!
6930 Mexico Road
Saint Peters, MO 63376
WWW.CURIOSITYCORNER.ORG
Our mission is to develop children with active and creative minds,
a sense of understanding and compassion for others and the courage to act on their beliefs. We cultivate a nurturing, developmentally appropriate environment that emphasizes the social, emotional, physical, intellectual, and spiritual development of each
child.
Phone: 636-299-6597
E-mail: [email protected]
We’re on
Facebook!
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young
minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
~Anatole France
‘OWL’STANDING teachers
Curiosity Corner is incredibly blessed with amazing teachers. They spend
countless hours preparing for your child.
Please keep our teachers in your prayers .
Lord, we thank you for the gifts of CCA teachers.:
Mrs. Christensen
Mrs. Wittich
Mrs. Young
Mrs. Statzer
Mrs. Olwig
Mrs. Zumbehl
Mrs. Thomas
Keep their hearts full of love, their minds curious and guide their hands as
they put Your love into action so they may awaken the natural curiosity of
our students at CCA.
We also pray for the staff of Christ’s Church for rest, passion, wisdom and
guidance.
Pastor Phil Deoschot
Pastor Stephanie Deoschot
Pastor Stephen Schwander
Jenny DuVall
Bob Gordon
Thank you for the blessing of Christ’s Church as part of our preschool family.