GLCDC News * Sept.

2013
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Our Website is: www.greatlakescdc.com

GLCDC will be closed on Monday, Sept. 2 for Labor Day. We will reopen at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 3.

Holiday closure Back to school time!

Welcome to the start of the 2013-14 school year at Great Lakes Child Development Center. We are starting our eighth year, which is very exciting!

We have six age groups at GLCDC: Infants, Early TodTeaching healthful eating and fitness dlers, Toddlers, Preschool Prep, habits to children is important for a lifetime of Preschool and Pre-Kindergarten. good health. The first official day of the new school year is MonFor that reason we are adding Health & day, Sept. 9. Pre-K students begin their day at 8 a.m. PreFitness to our specials classes. The teacher will school Prep and Preschool kick off at 9 a.m. each day. be Miss JoAnn, a gymnastics coach with GymYou can bring your school supplies on the first day, or nastic Training Center of Rochester. earlier if you like. Please write your childs name on the outThe list of specials classes will be pub- side of the bag. lished by the end of September and includes Welcome to another year of fun and learning at Computers, Library, Art, Spanish, German, GLCDC! Italian, Music and Health & Fitness.

Kids health & fitness class

Fever policy reminder

If your child is unwell over a weekend, especially if he or she is running a fever, please make sure your child is fever-free for at least 24 hours before returning to school. Oftentimes, a fever will return after 18 or 20 hours, which means the childs body is still fighting off whatever is causing illness. This also means that the child is exposing other children and GLCDC staff members to the illness. For this reason its very important to keep a sick children at home until they are fever-free for 24 hours.

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Free vision, hearing tests for Pre-K

We are working on scheduling vision and hearing tests for Pre -Kindergarten students who are going to Kindergarten next year. (2014-2015) The vision and hearing screenings are free, and they are mandatory for every child beginning school in the state of Michigan. Macomb County Health Department screeners will perform the tests, here at GLCDC. We will send home letters as soon as the test dates are set.

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When the subject of back to school comes up, people seem to have mixed feelings. Some of us dislike the end of summer and the idea that snowy days are close at hand. Others love back-to-school time fresh school supplies, shopping for shoes and clothes, the opportunity to make new friends. For better or for worse, the new school year means new beginnings. Change can be scary, but it can be exciting too. Look at back to school as a chance to make a fresh start, and share that positive outlook with your child. If we start now with getting kids excited about back-to-school, theres a good chance they will stay excited about school for many years.

Notes about lunches at GLCDC

On Bring Your Own Lunch Day please pack limited treats, and do not send candy or sodas. Also, please send sandwiches or something in a Thermos or a cold entre because teachers cannot leave the classrooms to microwave entrees. If your child has food allergies or cannot eat certain foods at lunchtime you only need to send a sandwich or Thermos or cold entre. Your child will be served the daily fruit and vegetable, and milk to drink. That way, all the children can eat together family-style. A child who does not have an allergy, but simply does not like something, should be encouraged to try the menu items being served at GLCDC. We put a lot of effort into making the selections appealing to children, as well as including a mix of hot and cold entrees. Give your children a chance to try new things and expand their palates!

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Sun Mon Tue Wed

Pre-Kindergarten
Thu Fri Sat

REVIEW Alphabet

GLCDC CLOSED for LABOR DAY

9

Do we know our ABCs?

10

Uppercase letters
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Lowercase letters
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Writing words
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WELCOME TO SCHOOL!

FIRST DAY of SCHOOL!

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Get to know your teacher

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Get to know your new class

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Get to know your classmates

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Tell us about YOU!

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REVIEW Counting

How high can Fingers and we count? toes and other counters
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Writing numbers
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Why do we need numbers?

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How high can we count now?

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REVIEW Shapes
THEME: Apples Letter: M Number: 0 Color: Red Shape: Circle

Basic shapes
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Big shapes, Little shapes

OCTOBER 1

Look for shapes in everyday things

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Use shapes to make designs

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COMING NEXT WEEK: The Letter People

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Meet Mr. M and his munching mouth

Apple Math

Apple Art

Mr. M munch- Can you count to zero? es M foods

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Preschool
Fri Fri SatSat

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Animal Crackers Graham Crackers

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Vanilla Wafers

Chicken Nuggets

Mac & Cheese

Pretzel

Yogurt

Chicken Alfredo

Croissants ChYogurt

Ham Sandwich
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Animal Crackers

Fish Sticks
Ice Cream

8 9 10 11 Cereal Bagel w/ Butter AM Snack: Juice Vanilla Wafers THEME: All About Me Corn Dogs 2 Chicken Noodle3 Bring Your 4 Own Lunch Letter: Aa, Number: 1 Cheez-Its Soup GLCDC Goldfish Color: BLUE Self -Portrait Practice Cookies CLOSED for Shape: CIRCLE Tracing 15 LABOR DAY16 17 18 Vanilla Wafers Yogurt Croissants w/Butter Lunch: Milk Nacho Chips & Ham Sandwich Cheese Fruit THEME: Apples 9 10 Veggie Pretzels Cheese Quesadilla 11 Bb; 2; RED; SQUARE Graham Crackers Fresh Fruit Letter Parts of an Number 2 22 23 24 25 Bb apple Practice Cutting Vanilla Wafers Yogurt Croissants w/Butter PM Snack: Milk Nacho Chips & Cheese THEME: Fall 16 Ham Sandwich 17 18 Pretzels Cheese Quesadilla Cc; 3; BROWN; Graham Crackers Fresh Fruit TRIANGLE Number 3 Paint TRIANGLE Leaves 27 25 26 28 THEME: Farm Dd; 4; ORANGE RECTANGLE

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Pizza

Roll w/ Butter

Decorate Portfolios 19
Animal Crackers

Smoked SauMuffins

Muffins

Practice Cutting 20 13

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Pizza

Roll w/ Butter

12

Smoked Sausage
SQUARE 27
Goldfish

Ham & Potato 19Meat Lasagna Pudding Casserole

Muffins Make a tree

Cereal

Paint Apples 26

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Graham Cracker

Letter C c Practice Tracing 30 26

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French Toast
Pretzels

Fresh Fruit

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Hot Dog w/ Bun

Make a barn

Animal Crackers

Veggies & Dip 24

Bring Your Beef-a-Roni Own Lunch 25 Vanilla Wafers

Roll w/ Butter

Cheez-Its

Chicken Nuggets
Donuts

Muffins

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Letter D d

Number 4

Make a cow

RECTANGLE Practice Cutting

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Sun Mon Tue Wed

Preschool Prep
Thu Fri Sat

Getting Ready for Back to School

3 Alphabet Game 10 Make a friendship tree 17 Bring in pictures of your family to share 24 What do feelings look like? Make a collage Finish friendship tree Counting Game

4 Color Match

5 Shape Match

GLCDC CLOSED for LABOR DAY

9 Get to know each other and our classroom 16

Welcome Back!

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12 Design a friend Working Together exercises

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Letter: A Number: 1 Color: Red Shape: Circle Letter: B Number: 2 Color: Blue Shape: Square Letter: C Number: 3 Color: Green

18 Who is in your family? Draw a picture 25 Make a mobile showing our feelings

19 Paint your family portrait 26 Finish our mobiles Lets play house!

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Family

Exploring differences in families 23 Exploring our feelings through acting

27 Making faces with Play-Doh

Feelings

Shape:
Triangle

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Toddlers
Fri Sat

2 GLCDC CLOSED for LABOR DAY 9 A is for Airplane 16 B is for Ball Two 2 One 1

3 The Number 10 10 Blue The Color Green

4 Circle

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Special Project for the last day in Toddler Room!

11 Star

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13 Colored Cool Whip fun

17 Orange

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19 Rhombus

20 Music Movement 27 Fun with Play-Doh

23 C is for Car Three 3

24 Red

25 Hexagon

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