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340 West St. Paul Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203
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www.ebenezerchildcare.com
November 2014
Center Happenings
Tuition Due:
Mon. November 3
Mon. November 17
What’s Happening
In Town?
Milwaukee Holiday Lights
Festival Kick-Off
Extravaganza
Thursday, November
20th
5:45-6:30pm
Pere Marquette Park
Inside this issue:
“Out of the mouths
of babes…”
2
Curriculum
Specialist Spotlight
2
Virtues of the Month
3
Save The Date!
2 Events to look for!
3
Featured Classroom
3
Charitable Donation
Drives that need
your help!
3
Parenting Tip
4
Coordinator’s Corner
“Thankfulness creates gratitude
which generates contentment that
causes peace.”
― Todd Stocker
This month I challenge you to
find one thing to be thankful for
each day. On my way to work in
the morning, I find that if I focus a
few minutes on things in my
upcoming day that I am grateful
for, it helps me to feel less
stressed and anxious about the
other parts of my day that may not
be so easy. On the opposite end of
the day, some nights I will find
that my brain doesn’t want to turn
off and I will have a hard time
falling asleep. I find that if I make
a list in my head (or sometimes on
paper), of the things that I have to
be grateful
for that
happened
during my
day, I have an
easier time being able to
decompress and fall asleep.
Since I have been practicing
this gratitude appreciation I have
found that my attitude during the
day is much more serene and
fun-spirited. I have been able to
appreciate the little moments
that happen during the day and
look for things that will add to my
list at the end of it.
Wishing you all a season of
things to be thankful for!
Miss Mona & Miss Lisa
Happy Birthday!
Look who has
a Birthday!
Khloe—Nov. 1st
Ronan—Nov. 15th
Alianis—Nov. 2nd
Rhea—Nov. 25th
Jakai—Nov. 4th
Children’s Quotes
Curriculum Specialist Spotlight on Early
Learning
In the spirit of the upcoming
holiday, we asked the preschool
NAC Accreditation Standards in Our Classrooms: Here
kids “What are you thankful for?” at Ebenezer we are dedicated to upholding our mission,
vision and core values. We work hard at keeping our NAC
“Ummmm…hmmmm...Pink!”
accreditation by meeting all of their standards. How do we
- Isabella, age 3
do this? Well, in the classrooms there are three sections we
focus on to make sure we are living this out. The three
“Ummmm…playing!”
sections are: Section D –Curriculum Standards, E –
- Aiden, age 3
Interactions between Teachers and Children, and F –
Classroom Health and Safety. In this section we will review
“I thankful for fishes, and
a monthly standard so you have more insight on your child’s
hamburgers and tambourines.” classroom and the standards we have for each classroom
in our center.
- Lauryn, age 3
Highlighted NAC Standard: D1. - Written lesson plans
“I hold sharks and fishies. I put reflect planning that promotes children's overall
them in the bird feeder.”
development.
What this looks like in our classroom and the
- Christopher, age 3
importance of this in early education: In our classrooms
“I think, um, my baby brother.” lesson plans are developed by the teachers on a weekly
basis and they include activities in multiple developmental
- Sophia, age 4
domains that promote cognitive, language, motor, social,
(Sidenote, her “baby” brother is age and emotional development. All activities planned out will
3)
give a child a chance to practice within these developmental
domains, but will be appropriate to the developmental stage
“Ummm, my
of the children in the group. Our teachers are flexible and
brother...umm..bites: soda,
adapt their lesson plans to meet the changing interests and
candy, fruits, vegetables.”
needs of their group. Before any planning starts the teacher
comes up with goals for their classroom that are written on
- Nylah, age 4
the lesson plan as group/classroom goals. The teachers
“Ummmm, my mom takes care of reflect and evaluate both planned and unplanned activities
me and lets me go to the park
in the classroom and use that insight to plan for future
and we stay home and eat
activities to better meet the needs of the children. Lastly,
dinner.” - Jordyn, age 3
each classroom has a posted lesson plan for your viewing.
“Ummm...when I’m good I go to You will see this standard upheld in all the mentioned
ways. So go ahead and take a peek at your child’s lesson
the potty.” - Rhea, age 4
plan on the parent board in your child’s classroom!
Featured Classroom of the Month
This month’s Featured Classroom is the Rainbow Room. The Rainbow room is the
youngest infant room in the building. Miss Marthan and Miss Hannah are the dynamic duo
shaping those young minds. This month they will be watching the color of the leaves
change and the trees go naked, and they will be experiencing crumpling dried leaves for sensory.
The Rainbow Room would appreciate donations of plastic bags, crib sheets and mobiles.
We welcomed Thomas, Aiden and Juniper into the room in October and have been enjoying
getting to know them and their families.
We were very sad to say so long to Annabelle and Kyra and we hope that our paths will cross
again. We wish our friends Calil and Kaylah well as they move to the Duckling Room!