April 2016
TLC is celebrating the Week of the Young Child April 11-15. The theme is “Celebrating our youngest learners”. This is a time to recommit ourselves to ensure that each child experience the type of early learning environment at home, at child care, at school, and in the community that will promote their early learning.
TLC is proud to be part of your family. Two years we were very thankful to our families in helping us build “theme boxes” for the children. It is time to refresh these theme boxes and create some new. We need everyone’s help.
This year we plan to celebrate a different event every day to honor Week of the Young Child.
Monday: Monday will be Music Monday, where we will sing dance and learn through music.
Tuesday: We will have our annual book swap Tuesday, April 12th. Mellissa F. will be taking over this job and putting this event together where children can swap each other for books they have already gently read. Please have your child choose 3 books they wish to give up (close to their age group) and on Tuesday they will be able to pick out 3 “new” books to take home. If you have any questions please feel free to speak with Mellissa.
Wednesday: Wednesday is work together Wednesday. The children will learn team building activities.
Thursday: Thursday is Artsy Thursday. The children will make classroom banners and self-portraits.
Friday: We would like to invite you to our parent breakfast on Friday, April 15th from 7:00-8:30. Parents can “Take 5” and have a light breakfast with their child. Please join us for coffee, juice, muffins, & donuts. Each classroom will be making items for this event.
We would like to take time to appreciate our Educators. Thursday, April 14th will be teacher appreciation day. We truly value our educators at The Learning Center of Hopkinton. Their dedication shows every day when we see those happy smiling faces in the classroom.
Summer Program
Trish is hard at work finishing our summer plans. We will be passing out all of the information as soon as possible. To take a peak at last year’s amazing program, click here.
Theme Buckets
Two years we created our “Theme buckets” and everyone was very generous in helping us fill them. We would like to do some refreshing this year and are asking for your donations. The children thoroughly enjoy using these boxes and use them daily. I am posting our wish list on the parent bulletin board and appreciate any help you can give. Please if everyone can donate a few items our theme boxes will get the rejuvenation the need.
Re-Registration
Thank you to our families who have sent in their paperwork. If you have any questions please feel free to contact the office. This registration process is to hold their spots for the upcoming 2016-2017 school year. We are a year round program so their current spot continues through the end of August. We cannot hold spots during the summer. If you have activities for your children please see us so we can work out a plan. If you are not planning to return in September please let us know as soon as possible so we can plan to use your deposit appropriately. Thank you for your help.
Important Dates
- April 11-15: Week of the Young Child
- Thursday, April 14: TLC Appreciation Day
- Friday, April 15: Early release for elementary
- Monday, April 18: TLC closed (Marathon Monday)
- April 18-22: April vacation (all schools)
We would like to wish all marathon runners good luck in their quest to reach the finish line on Patriots Day, April 18th!
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Busy Bees
The Busy Bees had a fun filled March. We enjoyed celebrating St. Patrick’s Day and Easter. The class learned about nutrition, and explored Dr. Seuss. We are especially excited to welcome Spring.
In April we will be learning all about gardens and weather as well as rainbows…which I know many of my friends will be very happy to explore. We will also be focusing on reptiles this month.
The week of the 11th we will be celebrating the Week of the Young Child. Monday the day will focus on learning through music. Tuesday we will be having a book swap. Each child can bring up to 3 books in the week before and will have a chance to trade them. Wednesday will be all about working together as a class to finish projects and build something special. Thursday we will be making special art projects to be unveiled at graduation. Friday we celebrate the people who mean the most to the children. ..you.
We will be having a parent breakfast. Please plan to spend some time with your child at drop off. This is a fun and special event for your children. As the weather changes daily this time of year please make sure your child has appropriate outerwear daily. As always if you have any questions or concerns please feel free to speak with us.
Thank you,
Christine and Deb
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Heather & Sam
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Clubhouse
As we “spring” into April, let take a look back at what the Clubhouse kids learned!
The kids learned about Dr. Seuss, Nutrition, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter and of course Spring. The Clubhouse children had a blast making their leprechaun traps, but unfortunately Larry the Leprechaun was just too fast.
We enjoyed our egg hunt and the children were egg-cited for their prizes and of course the candy.
This month we will be talking about:
- Gardening
- Reptiles
- Week Of The Young Child
- Earth Day
- Weather
We hope everyone had a wonderful Easter and please remember to bring in the proper attire as the weather is still chilly.
Happy April!
Mellissa and Jeff
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Krusaders
April Showers… Last month was a fun filled month enjoyed by all, starting with a visit from Dr. Seuss on to the naughty little leprechauns causing trouble in all the classrooms and ending with Easter festivities and an Easter egg hunt.
April has us busy learning about gardening and Earth Day. We celebrate the Week of the Young Child with a parent breakfast and a book swap.
- We will talk about various aspects of our ever changing weather.
- The study of reptiles will be a fun topic.
- Letters of the month: V, W, X
- Color: yellow
- Shape: oval
We would like to wish all marathon runners good luck in their quest to reach the finish line on Patriots Day, April 18th. Just a reminder TLC will be closed that day.
Lauren & Melody
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Little Rascals
“April showers bring May flowers” …And many changes in nature that the Little Rascals are excited to see. This month we will be focusing on:
- Reptiles
- Weather
- Gardening
- Earth Day
- The letters V, W, and X
- The numbers 17 and 18
- The color yellow
- Our shape of the month, oval
This month we will be recognizing our youngest learners and their families as we have our annual celebration for the Week of the Young Child! We will be acknowledging our students from Monday 11th to Friday 15th, with each day having its own theme:
- Music Monday with Geri
- Book Swap Tuesday
- Work Together Wednesday
- Artsy Thursday
- Family Friday
For our book swap we ask that your child pick three age appropriate books they are willing to part with to swap for three “new” books! We also ask that you join your youngster/s for breakfast that Friday!
Thank you as always!
Mellissa and Sophia
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Little Tykes
Welcome Spring! … Hello buds and daffodils. We are so happy to see you! It’s time for outdoor fun and activities.
These past few weeks our friends have also started their transition into the toddler classroom…. As sad as it is to say goodbye, it was time for James, Leo and Carson spring forward and make new friends. We would like to welcome our new additions Grace and Nathaniel to our Little Tykes classroom.
Cheers to warmer weather! This snow has to be an April fool’s joke!?
Lisa & Amy
TLC of Hopkinton 