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2016 | June Newsletter Bright Horizons Child Care Center Of Ministry Saint Josephs Hospital & Marshfield Clinic From the Director Important Dates We can feel the excitement in the air as school comes to a close and summer camp is upon us! For those families utilizing our Camp Xtreme this summer, we look forward to an amazing summer full of fantastic adventures and memories to share for years to come. June A few reminders for all our families: 6/19-Father’s Day For safety purposes we ask that your child /ren have closed toe shoes while here at the center. Flip flops or open toe sandals are not allowed. Also, with the increase in outdoor play and the summer sun, please ensure your child has a sunscreen permission form on file. We do offer Rocky Mountain Sunscreen or you can elect to bring in your own. No aerosols are allowed, so please ensure it is in lotion form. Throughout the summer we will be celebrating various special events and we encourage and invite you all to join us whenever you are able! Watch the Lobby Monitor or your child’s classroom for more details! **Summer Camp families see the monthly calendar for specific events! 6/3- Last Day of School; Early Dismissal at 1130am 6/6- First Day of Camp Xtreme 6/6- Norwex Fundraiser 6/20- Debut of new Breastfeeding space July 7/4-Center Closed Reasons to Celebrate Our center is blessed with 61 dedicated staff that truly are the reason for the excellent care and love your children receive each and every day! This month we are honored to share with you that we have achieved our NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) Accreditation! Many hours of hard work went into this process and I couldn’t be more proud of our team! Tonya Glamann Director Bright Horizons at 601 N Pine Ave, Marshfield, WI 54449 | P: 715-387-7555 Mon-Fri, 5:30 a.m. – 7:45 p.m. http://child-care-preschool.brighthorizons.com/WI/Marshfield/saintjosephshospital/ © 2016 Bright Horizons Family Solutions LLC CLASSROOM HIGHLIGHTS Infant Infants begin to engage in simple role plays by using props such as textured hair rollers. They are beginning to demonstrate an ability to use their imagination and express it through play. By exploring the hair rollers and looking at themselves in the mirror, the children are engaging multiple senses and learning to identify themselves in a mirror. Toddler While exploring silk flowers toddlers are able to explore different parts of a flower. Teachers use this time to expand the children’s vocabulary by labeling parts of the flower. “Look at the stem.” “Here is the petal.” The children used a sticky mat to make a flower collage and spent time exploring the mat with their hands. With this activity they are increasing their vocabulary, increasing their small motor skills, and exploring textures that are sticky. Transition In the transition wing the children participated in a recycling challenge. For this challenge, each room was given a different recycled item to explore and be creative with. Many classrooms began by exploring within the visual art area of their classrooms. By participating in this challenge, the children were embracing the concept of reusing items and showing stewardship for the environment in which they live. This enabled the children to explore and compare materials they see within their physical environment. They also gained a sense of accomplishment when seeing their finished product, such as the musical instrument shown in the picture. © 2016 Bright Horizons Family Solutions LLC Preschool / Kindergarten Prep Preschool children explore the properties of varied art materials such as clay. The children used their fingers to break off pieces of clay to squeeze in their hands. By adding clay to the sensory area the children were able to explore physical properties such as shape and texture. The children described what they were feeling and compared it to other materials. School Age In school age children learn to problem solve and work with other children of various ages to complete a task. The children work to see how long they can keep the beach ball off the ground. This requires the children to use positive communication and teamwork to figure out strategies to keep the ball up for longer periods of time. © 2016 Bright Horizons Family Solutions LLC READY FOR SCHOOL NEWS Phonological Awareness: Ideas for Home Maybe you’ve heard of phonological awareness, and are left wondering what it really means? Phonological awareness is more than letter and sound recognition; it is the awareness of groups of sounds or individual sounds within words. Several studies suggest that children who enter school with strong phonological awareness skills tend to become better readers (Adams, 1990; Snow et al., 1998). Literacy experts, V. Susan Bennett-Armistead, Nell K. Duke, and Annie M. Moses, consider the following phonological awareness skills critical to later reading success: 1. Separating words into syllables or beats 2. Recognizing rhyming words 3. Generating (coming up with) rhyming words 4. Recognizing words that start or end with the same sound 5. Generating words that start or end with the same sound 6. Blending sounds into words 7. Segmenting words into sounds 8. Moving sounds around to create new words Children who can recognize patterns and beats in words, rhymes, and beginning and ending sounds use these skills later to break down and decode words, spell words, and even figure out new words. Every child is different, but children typically learn to separate words into syllables or beats before they can rhyme, blend sounds, or segment words. Children can typically recognize words before they can generate them. Blending words, which means sounding out a written word, such as c-a-t to spell cat, typically comes before segmenting words, or breaking a spoken word apart to spell it. Fostering your child’s phonological awareness needn’t be time-consuming or difficult. Try playing word games in the car or establishing a nightly bedtime reading ritual. Below are a few strategies to try: Sing every day. Music almost always contains patterns, rhythms, and rhymes, making it a perfect introduction to phonological awareness. Try leaving the ending word out of a phrase and see if the children can remember it. Silly songs like “Down by the Bay” and “Willoughby Wallaby Woo” (both available from Raffi) encourage rhyming and even allow children to generate their own rhymes. Read Mother Goose rhymes and poetry to the children. Read tongue twisters and stories with alliteration. Picture books with repetitive, rhyming texts, such as “I Went Walking,” by Sue Williams and “Brown Bear, Brown Bear,” by Bill Martin Jr. build confidence and encourage participation. Play word games. Say a word and then break it into syllables, using one of two techniques. Clap each syllable or place your hand under your chin and count the number of times your mouth opens to say a vowel. Play the “rubber band” game. Say a word and then stretch it out, stretching your hands apart as you say and prolong each sound. Then snap your hands back together, saying the word quickly. Chances are, you’re already doing many of these things intuitively. With just a little intentional effort, you can create rich phonological awareness experiences for your child. © 2016 Bright Horizons Family Solutions LLC CENTER MARKETING NEWS Learning at Home Activities Our Learning at Home ideas offer parents fun ways to extend their child's learning opportunities beyond the classroom. These activities cover key developmental and academic areas, including social skills, language acquisition, science, math, learning to read, and more. Infant: Peak – A - Photo Glue six to eight photographs onto a poster board. Attach pieces of cloth to the board by gluing along the top edge of each photograph. Hiding each photograph, say to your baby, “Let’s find Aunt Agnes;” then lift the cloth and comment, “Oh, here she is!" Toddlers: Color Cards Show your child one color at a time and have him or her find something in the area that is the same color, or think of something that is that color. Having the card to look at while you say the name of the color is a great help for toddlers who are learning their colors. Preschool: Creating Science Collections Talk about collecting with your child and ask what kind of things your child would like to collect. If your child likes rocks, go to an area where there are many rocks. Go outside and start collecting. Have your child put each object into the container to add to his/her new collection. Display the collections in the home. K-Prep: Grocery Shopping This activity encourages children to assist in shopping and helps with reading skills. Make a list of needed shopping items. Prepare a visual list ahead of time or have children help cut pictures of items out of newspaper, magazine, or ads and glue onto paper. Go to the grocery store. Have children use child pencil, crayon, or marker to mark off items when found. Kindergarten: Family Culture Collage Have children help select the photographs and items. Ask them why that particular photo/item was chosen. Write what your child says. Keep small pieces away from younger siblings. If your child selects heavy objects to attach, you may need to provide heavier paper or cardboard for the base or have your child turn it into a 3dimensional sculpture. CONNECT WITH BRIGHT HORIZONS © 2016 Bright Horizons Family Solutions LLC