JOHN KENNEY CHILD CARE CENTER
at Heller Park September 2016
211 Mill Road, Edison, NJ 08837
(732) 287-4888
Fax (732) 287-2161
Subsidized Quality Child Care for Heller Park Employees,
Edison Residents, and Edison Township Employees
and Edison Township Employees
Our Staff
Yellow Room;
The Serious Need for Play
Kelli O’Brien (T)
Michelle Nunes
Alexa O’Connor
Nicole Fabretti
The following is reprinted with permission from ExchangeEveryDay,
8/16/2016. To sign up for a free subscription to this free daily news brief, go
to www.childcareexchange.com.
Green Room
"Free, imaginative play is crucial for normal social, emotional and cognitive
development. It makes us better adjusted and less stressed." This proclamation came from Melinda Wenner Moyer in her article, "The Serious Need
for Play" in Scientific American Mind (Volume 25, Number 2). In concluding
this article, Moyer noted...
Blue Room
"Many parents today believe they are acting in their kids' best interest when
they swap free play for what they see as valuable learning activities. Some
mothers and fathers may also hesitate to let their sons and daughters play
outside unattended, and they may fret about the possibility of scrapes and
broken bones that sometimes arise during rambunctious play....Although
those parental instincts are natural, protecting children simply defrays the
costs to later, when those same children have difficulty in dealing with an
unpredictable, complex world....A better 2015 systematic review reported
that risky outdoor play - climbing on high playground structures, for instance, or engaging in rough-and-tumble play - was associated with better
physical health among kids, not worse, and that it was also linked to greater
creativity and resilience.
Erica Rodriguez (T)
Danielle Pate
Sue Buckland
Jillian Jennings
Amanda Guzman(T)
Monica Kenney
Debbie Testa
Melissa Harriman
Red Room
Jennifer Lapka(T)
Krystal McDowell-Williams
Zeenat Bandali
Stephanie Scuccimarri
Orange Room
Melissa Martin(T)
Brittany Parsons
Jullie Rolon
Katlyn Shaffery
Stephanie Johns
"Parents should let children be children - not just because it should be fun to
be a child but because denying youth's unfettered joys keeps kids from developing into inquisitive, creative creatures."
Gym Instructor:
Curriculum Night
Kelly Boyle
Thursday, September 22nd at 7 PM
Floaters:
AM: Teresa Fiedorowicz
AM / PM—Alexis Forerro
PM—Kaleila Kow-Walker
PM—Angelee Roque
Come for a brief meeting to review the
Parent Handbook and to meet with your
child's classroom teacher!
Please RSVP by signing up on the signup sheet on your child’s classroom door!
Administration
Roxanne Martin
Natalia Hlushko
Babysitting Available
$5 per child
Maintenance
If you would like to use our babysitting services please sign up by the time clock. Space
is limited so it’s first come first served.
Stanley Sencak
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John Kenney Child Care News
General Reminders:
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Please try to bring your child to school by 9:00 A.M.
so they can receive the maximum program advantage as well as not to disrupt the educational
program for the rest of the children.
When you enter your child’s classroom each morning please immediately wash your hands and your
child’s hands. This way we can reduce the amount
of germs that are spread in our classrooms.
If you child is going to be absent please let Natalia
know the by 10 am the day before so their lunch
can be canceled. Lunch Credit will be given to children on the hot lunch program if a child is absent
and has called out before 10:00 A.M. on the day
prior. Lunches that are not canceled will be labeled
with your child’s name and placed in the refrigerator for you to take home when they return to school
Please continue to write your child’s name and the
date on their sippy cups and all items in their lunch
boxes. This is a NJ State licensing requirement and
we can be cited if this is not done.
Thank you to everyone who came
out to our Chuck-e-Cheese Fundraiser
on 7/22/16, with your help we raised
$287.90 for our Student Activity
Fund!!
Our Annual
KidStuff Book
Fundraiser will
begin on Wednesday September 7th.
These books are
filled
with local
deals and lots of
valuable coupons!
Just using a few of
the hundreds of coupons will make the book free
for anyone you sell it to.
These books are great for personal use, as well
as gifts, so think Christmas, Birthdays, or Back to
School time, etc.
All funds raised will benefit our student activity
events that we hold right here at school throughout the year. The money earned replaces a student activity fee that many schools charge as an
additional fee.
If every family sells just five (5) books we should
have enough money to fund our specials for the
entire year.
Also, if you sell five books, you will get one for
free!
Ice Cream Social
If you do not want to participate in our fundraiser,
you can donate to the student activity fund instead.
Keep in mind that with all of the activities that we
provide throughout the year we spend approximately $50.00 per student per year.
Storytelling at Barnes & Noble
Each Saturday Barnes & Noble at Menlo Park Mall
hosts a free children’s storytelling event at 11 am.
Activities are also provided after the storytelling Upcoming stories include:
Thank you to everyone who came to our Stay and Play Ice Cream
Social on Thursday, August 25th . Although it drizzled a bit for a
short period of time, we had a great turn out! We had 55families in
attendance which totaled 165 people! Everyone enjoyed their ice
cream sundaes on the playground and the children really enjoyed
playing with their friends and families.
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9/3- “If You Ever Want to Bring
an Alligator to School, Don’t!”
9/10- “Ada Twist, Scientist”
9/17– “Curious George”
9/24—”The Cookie Fiasco and
We are Growing!”
For more information visit their website
http://stores.barnesandnoble.com/store/2162