Parents Newsletter – December 2019

Happy Holidays to Our TLC Families!!

As we begin this holiday season, we would like to thank all of our parents for generously donating supplies for our Thanksgiving feast. It was a great time.

We would also like to thank our wonderful families for selling items from our Yankee Candle Fundraiser. We raised $800 that will be put towards updating our flooring in the classrooms.

The staff at TLC are anticipating a fun-filled month of preparation for the upcoming holidays. The children will learn about all the many holidays we celebrate in December. They will discover how families celebrate around the world. They will also explore a winter wonderland.

Our annual Tree lighting spectacular will be December 5th promptly at 5:00. Our crew put a ton of work into prepping this beautiful light show. Please join us for hot chocolate and goodies as we light up our school in a dazzling display.

We will be closed at 12pm on December 24th and December 25th in observance of Christmas. We will be closed at 5:00 on December 31 and closed January 1st for New Year’s Day observance. We will have a sign up on the bulletin board so parents can let us know their holiday plans. This really helps so we can staff accordingly.

Each classroom will have a small celebration in their classrooms on December 19th. Santa will be visiting from 3:30-5:30 pm, as you pick up your child you can visit Santa with your family and take a photo. Santa brings a sack full of toys for all good girls and boys. As in the past, each parent brings in a gift in advance to be given by Santa. The pre-wrapped gift can be brought at any time before the 17th.

Outdoor play is an essential part of your children’s day. Please remember to bring in mittens, hats, boots, snow pants, a warm jacket, and boots. Slippers are also suggested as they keep our feet toasty warm and our carpets clean and dry. Please label ALL items. We tend to get duplicate boots and ski pants etc. Storing them in a recycle bag to hang on their hook is very helpful. Thank you!

Please remember to have your access key card at all times when entering the building. Access keys are only allowed to be used during TLC scheduled business hours. If you are having an alternative person picking up please remember to give them a key. We understand the occasional missing key but it is important to have it with you at all times.

A quick reminder of holidays we are closed: New Year’s Eve close at 5:00, New Year’s Day, Presidents Day, Patriot’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving Day, Friday following Thanksgiving, Christmas eve close at 12:00 (10 families or more) Christmas day.

We wish you a happy and healthy holiday season!

Dates to remember

• Tree lighting ceremony – December 5th
• Santa’s visit – Thursday, December 19th
• Public schools closed for the holiday break – Monday, December 23rd-January 1st
• TLC closing at 12:00 on Christmas Eve, Tuesday, December 24th
• TLC closed – Christmas day observed Wednesday, December 25th
• TLC will open at 8:00 on Thursday, December 6th
• TLC will close at 5:00 pm New Years Eve December 31st
• TLC closed New Year’s Day observed – Monday, January 2nd

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BUSY BEES

The holidays are here!  November was so much fun learning about pilgrims and Native Americans, and especially sharing the feast with all our friends.  Now that it is getting colder be sure to send the warm coats, mittens, hats, and boots every day because we will go outside.  Extra clothes are needed as well because accidents happen to even the best of us.

This month we will learn about:

• Hannukah
• Christmas
• Kwanzaa
• New year

And some of our personal favorite topics

• Letters: j k l
• Numbers 9 10
• Shape star
• Color white

If you have any questions or concerns, please let us know.

Miss Debbie and Miss Tabitha

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SMALL FRIES

We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Small fries had an amazing month in November. We saw the first snowfall of the year. We celebrated with Miles for his second birthday. We made many fun crafts! For the month of December please begin thinking about bringing in snow pants, snowshoes, and anything else your child will be needing to play in the snow. We have started a Christmas donation been for the nursing home if anyone is interested in donating the van can be found below the sign-in sheet. This month we will be celebrating with Maxwell as he turns two!

Important dates:

• December 5th, tree lighting. Everyone is invited to come to drink hot chocolate and eat cookies as we sing Christmas carols.
• December 19th, Santa is coming! We are looking forward to a festive season.

As always if you have any questions please feel free to ask Ashley or me!

This month’s themes:

• Classroom choice
• Happy Hanukkah
• Merry Christmas
• Kwanzaa/ new year

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TINY TOTS

The tiny tots had a great month exploring the five senses, learning about community helpers and most importantly being thankful for all we have. We had so much fun at our feast, one of our Favorite celebrations thank you for all of your contributions to help make this day a success.

December has lots in store for us as we celebrate and talk about the many different holiday celebrations this month. We will be busy decorating, singing and dancing, and making some special treats for our families.

December’s themes:

• Happy Hanukkah
• Merry Christmas
• Kwanzaa/New Year
• Letters J, K & L
• Shape: Star
• Color: white

Please remember to send weather appropriately outdoor gear each day as well as a change of clothes in your child’s cubby or backpack. Have a great December!

Miss Stefanie & Miss Liz

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LITTLE RASCALS

The Little Rascals had a wonderful November learning all about our senses, the Pilgrims and Native Americans as well as Thanksgiving and community helpers.  Our feast was super tasty, thank you, everyone, for your donations that made it a success.  We hope you all enjoyed the children’s stories about how you make your turkeys.

We will be celebrating TLC with School Spirit week.  Please keep a lookout for our list of special days.

The Little Rascals are looking forward to learning more about Hannukah and Kwanzaa.

Christmas is in the air this month.  We will be exploring our family traditions and making special surprises.  Shhhh…don’t ask!

The weather is growing colder please be sure your child has labeled winter coat, mittens, and hat every day.  If it is easier you can leave a set her so you know they always have them.  A water bottle daily is also important.

Please keep an eye out for special dates this month as we celebrate the holidays with a tree lighting and visit from Santa.

Every child needs either a pillowcase or a reusable storage bag for there sleeping mats.

As always, if you have any questions and concerns please feel free to come see either of us.

Thank you,

Christine & Tami

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KRUSADERS 

This past month we had lots of fun learning and exploring with our Five senses, we learned all about community helpers and what they do, and we talked Thanksgiving and what we are thankful for. We also reviewed letters G, H, and I as well as numbers 7 and 8.

Next month we will be reviewing letters J, K, and L.  Our shape for the month is a Star and we will be talking about the color white.

The Themes for the month are Gingerbread, Happy Hannukah, Merry Christmas, and Kwanzaa / New Year.

Happy Birthday Ellie 12/11/14

Reminders:

• December 5th at 5 is our Tree lighting.
• Santa will be here December 19th 3:30-5:30
• December 24th we will be closing at 12:00
• We will be closed December 25th and January 1st
• We will be closing at 5:00 on December 31st

**Please remember to label outside gear including hats and mittens.

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CLUBHOUSE

Can you believe it’s already December? The Clubhouse is very excited for the upcoming month and all the cheer it brings! November was filled with thankfulness, friends and family.

The feast was fantastic as always and the Clubhouse thoroughly enjoyed all the crafts and games they did this past month. Decorating cookies for the Veterans was a big highlight as we talked about giving back to our community and thanking our Veterans.

Coming up in December, we will be getting ready for our annual tree lighting on December 5th at 5pm! Please come enjoy our light display, carols, and some warm treats!

Santa will come and visit Thursday, December 19th between 3pm and 5:30pm. Please keep a lookout for more details on that event!

We will be closed Christmas Day and New Years Day. We close early at 12pm on Christmas Eve and at 5pm on New Years Eve.

Also, please let us know what your holiday plans are!

We are looking forward to a great month and the start of a wonderful New Year. We hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season as well! If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask!

Miss Lauren and Miss Carina

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

 

 

Parents Newsletter: December 2016

Happy Holidays to Our TLC Family!!

Happy Holidays from TLC – The Learning Center – Hopkinton, MA

As we begin this holiday season, we would like to thank all of our parents for generously donating supplies for our Thanksgiving feast. It was a great time.

We would also like to thank our wonderful families for selling items from our Fun Factory Fundraiser. We raised $600 that will be put towards updating our playground equipment in the spring.

The staff at TLC are anticipating a fun-filled month of preparation for the up-coming holidays. The children will learn about all the many holidays we celebrate in December. They will discover how families celebrate around the world. They will also explore a winter wonderland.

Our annual Tree lighting spectacular will be December 6th. Trisha and her crew put a ton of work into prepping this beautiful light show. Please join us for hot chocolate and goodies as we light up our school in a dazzling display.

We will be closed on Monday, December 26th in observance of Christmas. We will be closed January 2nd for New Year’s Day observance. We will have a sign up on the bulletin board so parents can let us know their holiday plans. This really helps so we can staff accordingly.

Each classroom will have a small celebration in their classrooms on December 22nd. Santa will be visiting from 3:30-5:30 pm, as you pick up your child you can visit Santa with your family and take a photo. Santa brings a sack full of toys for all good girls and boys. As in the past each parent brings in a gift in advance to be given by Santa. The pre-wrapped gift can be brought in any time before the 21st.

Outdoor play is an essential part of your children’s day. Please remember to bring in mittens, hats, boots, snow pants, warm jacket and boots. Slippers are also suggested as they keep our feet toasty warm and our carpets clean and dry. Please label ALL items. We tend to get duplicate boots and ski pants etc. Storing them in a recycle bag to hang on their hook is very helpful. Thank you!

Please remember to have your access key card at all times when entering the building. Access keys are only allowed to be used during TLC scheduled business hours. Non authorized entrance will sound the alarm. Police will come and administrators are called to come put in the access code. Anyone entering will be charged the $150 fine set by the Fire department.

A quick reminder of holidays we are closed: New Year’s eve close at 5:00, New Year’s day, Presidents day, Patriot’s day, Memorial day, Independence day, Labor day, Columbus day, Thanksgiving day, Friday following Thanksgiving, Christmas eve close at 12:00 (10 families or more) Christmas day.

We wish you a happy and healthy holiday season.

Dates to remember: 

• Tree lighting ceremony will be on Tuesday, December 6 at 4:45 sharp.
• Santa’s visit – Wednesday, December 22
• Public schools closed for holiday break – Monday, December 26-January 2
• TLC closed – Christmas day observed Monday, December 26
• TLC closed New Year’s Day observed – Monday, January 2

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Busy Bees

We hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving Holiday.  It’s hard to believe that Christmas is just around the corner.  It will be a fun and busy month for all of us at TLC.
The themes this month will be:

• Fairytales
• Hannukah
• Christmas
• New Year

Our letters this month are J, K, L and our numbers are 9 and 10.  Our shape is a star and our color is white.

As the weather gets colder please makes sure the kids have warm coats, hats, mittens and boots!

Miss Debbie and Michelle

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Small Fries

Happy Holidays! Winter is approaching us fast! We please ask parents to bring in mittens, hats and a nice warm jacket along with a change of weather appropriate clothes. Our themes this month include fairytales, Hanukkah/Kwanzaa and Christmas. This month Santa is coming for a visit! If you have any questions don’t hesitate to ask ).

We have notice a great improvement with your child’s fine/gross motor skills along with memorizing the alphabet and numbers! We are currently working on our shapes and colors and practice every day! Sam and I love watching your child learn and develop new things every day. We please ask you to look at your child’s daily sheets for anything they may need for the following day. Small fries go through quite a bit of wipes and request that you send them in frequently. Also a reminder that we typically change diapers around 5 times a day if not more. All diaper changes are noted on their daily notes

We hope you all have a good holiday season!

Nicki & Sam

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The Little Rascals

We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving day and long break! Now that we have welcomed everyone back, we would love to say thank you to everyone who donated to our feast! Little Rascals had a busy November. We were very busy getting our parents Christmas gifts ready, learning about their five senses, the history behind thanksgiving, what each Little Rascal was thankful for – we now say goodbye to November. With December here, our Little Rascals have a busy month ahead of them.

This month’s themes are:

• Community Helpers
• Fairytales
• Hanukkah
• ChristmasKwanzaa/New Year

Parents just a reminder, now that the weather is getting colder outside, please bring the appropriate attire for your children. Hats, gloves, winter jackets and a water bottle! We hope you all have a happy holiday and a new year!

Mellissa and Christine

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Clubhouse

Hi everyone,

We hope all our TLC families had a great Thanksgiving! The Clubhouse enjoyed the Thanksgiving Feast on Wednesday.  Thanks to all who donated to help make the feast a success. November was a fun month for us, we took a sensory walk to Elmwood School and set up sensory tables in class for the children to test their senses.

We took another walk to Elmwood School to find walking sticks, which we then decorated, we discussed what the children were learning about the Pilgrims and Native Americans in school while also making some fun related crafts. This week our theme is Community helpers, and as we enter December our themes will be Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Fairytales.

I’m looking forward to a fun month ahead, I hope the children are too. Just a reminder that coats, hats and gloves are needed to go outside, it has become very chilly and we do get out to play for a bit after the children get off the bus and have a snack. Thank you everyone and have a great December!

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Krusaders

We all had a great time at our Thanksgiving feast! Thank you to all of the parents for donating food for the day.  We also hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and few days off with your family.  The Krusaders enjoyed learning about the Native Americans, Pilgrims, and the first Thanksgiving.  We enjoyed hearing all of the things your children were thankful for this year!  We also had fun exploring our five senses, night creatures, and community helpers

This month we prepare for a busy holiday season as Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa are upon us. We will start the month by exploring fairy tales and nursery rhymes.  We are looking forward to our annual tree lighting ceremony and prepare for Santa’s visit. Keep a look out for dates and times. As the year comes to a close it is times to think of our New Year’s resolutions and the beginning of a new year.

• Letters of the month are J, K and L
• Numbers 9 and 10
• Color: white
• Shape: star

We would like to thank you for another successful year and wish you a Happy Holiday Season!

Miss Lauren and Miss Sarah

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Happy Holidays to all of our TLC families. We have wonderful events coming your way. Santa will be arriving on December 22 from 3:30 to 5:30. If you would like to bring your child see Santa please send in a wrapped gift with their name on it and bring it to the office. The staff and children are looking forward to our annual tree lighting we will keep you posted on the date and time. We hope you and your families had a wonderful thanksgiving.

Lisa ~ Amy

 

 

 

Karate Classes at TLC Teaches Discipline and Safety

Villari’s Martial Arts is an enrichment program at TLC that offers children the ability to learn self-defense techniques, improve coordination, hone reflexes, develop self-confidence, and increase self-discipline. Each class is taught by Christine, a certified black belt instructor, whose mission is to provide you with the highest quality martial arts training where each individual can reach their personal goals.

One parent recently asked their children, “What do you do if a stranger talks to you or tries to take you?” The children are part of Christine’s karate class and the answer – without hesitation – was remarkable: “Christine said that it is unlikely to happen, but if it does, we use our karate techniques to get away and say to others teach us this too! Christine says, don’t yell, because others might think we’re just throwing  a tantrum but instead say, “This is not my Mom or Dad”. Even parents learn something new!

Do your children know the proper techniques to protect themselves or get away, if necessary?

This post is not to install fear by any means. More importantly, it is to showcase that karate is a positive experience to enhance self-defense and safety for your children in so many ways. At TLC’s program, Christine and TLC present karate to children as a body, mind, and spirit practice. And it’s also fun! The mental and physical elements of karate improve their fitness, concentration and coordination. The children also learn age appropriate skills for dealing with bullying and other forms of violence.

TLC’s karate program through Villari’s is committed to maintaining a culture of discipline, cooperation, and respect where your children can practice asserting themselves, taking on leadership, working as part of a team, and solving conflicts non-violently, while they become fit and learn skills to keep themselves safe. Jousting just might be their favorite as well as yelling the karate commands loudly!

Throughout its history, TLC has supported the development of martial arts and personal safety curricula for children. Karate enhances this. Together, TLC and Villari’s provide learning experiences that are age and developmentally appropriate. The spirit building and non-competitive environment enable every child to be proud of doing their best and feel successful with their effort. Earning a new belt is also a sign of progress and something the children are very proud of.

If you are interested in enrolling your child(ren) in karate at TLC, please speak to Trish, Jen or Melissa. A typical class begins and ends with a bow to Christine, the master. After a warm-up, students practice the art’s particular skills, which may include kicks, punches, and blocks. Each requires concentration and strict attention. Experts say that it is the respect kids learn, whether from bowing or standing still and waiting for the next command, that can be the most important benefit and it carries over into school, helping to improve behavior and even grades.

(Karate at TLC is on Tuesdays and a great way to have your children exert some extra energy!!)