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Tall Pines Tidings Important Dates

November 1 Tuition due – late after the 10th, late fee applies. 4 & 5 Leaf Walk in Pioneer Park Nevada City. Flyer to come! 9 Board Meeting 6:30 pm at school 11 No school ~ Veteran’s Day (Yes, it’s a Wednesday!) 12 No cooking ~ Snack parent brings snack 18 SVC/CCPPNS Meeting in Roseville ~ 6:00pm 19 General Meeting 7pm at school. Mandatory for parents & board. 18 & 19 Thumbprint Pumpkin Pies 20 PT Thanksgiving Feast! Bring a vegetable for Stone Soup. Sign up to share something. 23 & 24 Younger/Older Thanksgiving Feast! Bring a vegetable for Stone Soup & sign up to share something. 25, 26, 27 No school. Thanksgiving Holiday and Break. 30 Return to school

December 1 December tuition due – late after the 10th, late fee applies. 4 Board Meeting 6:30pm ~ Place TBD 9 “A Tall Pines Christmas”: MW & PT1 Singing Program 6:00pm sharp! Please bring food to share: hors d’oeuvres or a dessert (Please make enough for about 20 people). 10 “A Tall Pines Christmas”: TTh & PTII Singing Program 6:00pm sharp! Please bring food to share: hors d’oeuvres or a dessert (Please make enough for about 20 people). 16, 17 & 18 Christmas Celebrations during class Dec 21–Jan 1 Christmas-Winter Break ~ Return to school January 4th (530) 273-4638 www.TallPinesNurserySchool.com November 2015 Tall Pines Tidings

Noted Dates: Nov. 27-29 Christmas Fair (Younger side classroom will be used for Girls Scout Babysitting during the event. January 4 Return to School! 4 Monthly tuition Due ~ Late after January 15th 11 Board Meeting ~ 6:30pm at Tall Pines 13 SVC Meeting ~ 6:00pm ~ Tiny Tots, Sacramento 18 No School ~ Holiday ~ Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday 21 General Meeting ~ 7:00pm at Tall Pines ~ Kindergarten Panel

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President’s Message Business Office

Hello Families! It seems like the start of the school year has My six-year-old told me recently that flown by, but I’m hoping we can now slow Thanksgiving is his favorite holiday. Honestly I down just a little bit and enjoy this amazing was surprised at first since there will be no time at Tall Pines ~ Fall is such a fun time at presents or candy and it always involves a lot school! You may have also noticed a few new of sitting and waiting around. But then he said faces, as families are continuing to inquire that it's just fun to get together. In our family about our wonderful preschool program. this means “getting together” with 40 or so Please help me in welcoming our new families family members and friends. Zoe is the ~ and, be sure to let others know that we are youngest at 3 and my grandfather will sit at the still enrolling! head of the head table. He is 98. We all share the things for which we are grateful and this Thank you to everyone for helping to get your year, like every year, I will be grateful for all of child’s file up to date. However, there are still the people (especially the little people) who a few of you who need to turn in your make my life what it is – a joy. paperwork. Just a reminder that as we enter the

third month of school, these forms need to be ~Meghan Thomas returned ASAP ~ you will not be able to work in your child’s classroom without them! Vice President’s Message Hello Tall Pines Family! One last reminder ~ Tuition is now due by the first of each month, and is considered late after I am so excited for the Fall and all the fun the 10th. I am more than happy to work with it brings! Leaf walks, pumpkins, holidays, you on a payment plan if needed! Also, please and most of all the FOOD. I want to remind make sure that your child’s name and class are everyone that the next General Meeting is written on your check, and place your payment coming up this November 19th at 7PM. If in the black tuition box at my desk. Tuition for you cannot attend, please get the form in the 2015-2016 school year is as follows: the office to fill out and put in my hanging folder. You are allowed to miss ONE 2 x week = $125 per month meeting and after that, you need to pay 3 x week = $188 per month the $$ fine or make up the time, just talk to PT Classes = $52 per month me, Teacher Debby or Teacher Kelsey if you are having difficulty. Otherwise I look On a personal note ~ I can hardly believe that forward to seeing you all there! we are already into the holiday months! As I Thank you, was unpacking my ‘fall’ boxes, I came across Julie Brown so many wonderful projects my kids completed while here at Tall Pines. It reminds me again how thankful I am for our experiences here at school! We have learned so much, and have made so many lifelong friendships, which we will all (both kids and parents alike) cherish (530) 273-4638 www.TallPinesNurserySchool.com November 2015 Tall Pines Tidings forever! I hope that as your Tall Pines experience grows that you, too, will feel this same way. From Teacher Kelsey Enjoy this special season with your children! Happy Thanksgiving The change of season is truly upon ~Nicole us…we are seeing the leaves turn to vibrant colors as they complete this life cycle and fall to the ground. We are blessed to live in an area that has such varied trees…It amazes me how they all have their very own personal way to show Tall Pines families can save money at GV the changing of the season. A few of my Smog favorite activities this time of year that I do Just mention Tall Pines and save $10 on your with my own children are taking leaf walks next vehicle smog test. (we will be going on one with Tall Pines this month) to places like Empire Mine and Call Greg at 274-1533 the Independence Trail and Tribute Trail in 11641B Nevada City Hwy Nevada City. We love to work together @ corner of Joerschke and rake and pile leaves in our yard…and of course jump into them! Another fun place to take a picnic is our very own Lions Lake here at the fairgrounds. Bring your REMINDER lunch and a fishing pole (kids only) and The weather is changing. We keep a look-out for the grouchy sometimes do have snow days goose…He’ll leave you alone as long as because of weather. Please listen you give him some space J Lastly, I LOVE to cook with my kids! We chop, sort, to KNCO 830 AM on the radio or sprinkle, stir and mash all kinds of KNCO.com for Grass Valley school ingredients to create yummy healthy cancellation information. comforting Fall meals. Some favorites are When it rains you can drive in and apple sauce, enchilada soup, homemade mac and cheese, robust salads, zucchini park by the school. Go through bread (with chocolate chips for morale), gate 5, no faster than 5 mph at all and yummy pasta sauces! Enjoy! times!! ~Teacher Kelsey Do NOT park on the grass. Park by the school in back.

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What Children are Thankful For

November comes and T. Kelsey’s Fun Friday Class

Cameron: The Pumpking Patch. I’m November goes grateful for Mama and Dada.

With the last red berries, Cruz: Playing with my Dad, at school and Minecraft. And the first white snows. Nolan: Thanks for my Daddy and my Mommy. With night coming early

JoJo: I’m thankful I come to Tall And dawn coming late, Pines. I think for the water orbies.

And ice in the bucket Lily: I’m thankful Ava got her baby. His name is Grady. That’s it.

And frost by the gate Max: I’m thankful for Mommy.

Daddy. And thankful for myself and school. The fires burn Maeve: I’m thankful for everyone in And the kettles sing my family. Auntie Jackie, too.

Stella: Playing with Mom and Dad. And earth sinks to rest My dogs and my brother. I love my Mommy. Until next Spring Note: May you have a wonderful *Clyde Watson Thanksgiving. I am so blessed to have

5 (530) 273-4638 www.TallPinesNurserySchool.com November 2015 Tall Pines Tidings my family and my wonderful Tall All of the other reindeer Pines family. Thank you for allowing Used to laugh and call him names my family also to be a part of yours. They never let poor Rudolph That’s what I’m thankful for. Play in any reindeer games ~Teacher Debby, Tim & Ruby. Then one foggy Christmas Eve Santa came to say: “Rudolph with your nose so bright, Won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?”

Then all the reindeer loved him As they shouted out with glee, “Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer,

You’ll go down in history!”

Practice your Christmas We Wish You a Merry Christmas

songs! The Snowman Our Christmas showcase, “A Tall Once there was a snowman, Pines Christmas” is your child’s a snowman, a snowman. opportunity to sing to you, friends Once there was a snowman, and family the songs that we will be tall, tall, tall. practicing in class. We will be sharing In the sun he melted, he melted, he food and joy, conversation and music melted. on this most enjoyable evening: In the sun he melted, small, small, th th December 10 and 11 (see calendar), small. be early, for the children will sing at 6 pm sharp!! The Little Christmas Tree One little Christmas Tree, standing all alone. His heart was very sad, he didn’t have Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer a home. Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer Then CHOP went the axe, & down Had a very shiny nose went the tree, And if you ever saw it and away he went, with the happy You would even say it glows family!

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May There Always be Sunshine May there always be sunshine. May there always be blue skies. May there always be (Mommies).

May there always be me. *Repeat: insert Daddies, Families, Friends TEACHER DEBBY’S PARENT PAGE Jingle Bells Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the Encouraging Positive Behavior: way! Tips for Avoiding Misbehavior Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh, HEY! 1. Make sure your child gets Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the plenty of sleep: Most way! children need 11-13 hours of Oh, what fun it is to ride sleep a day at least until the in a one horse open sleigh, HEY! age of 5. Dashing through the snow, 2. Make sure your child has in a one horse open sleigh, healthy food to eat: Being o’er the fields we go, laughing all the hungry or thirsty leads to way! bad behavior, so always carry Bells on bob-tails ring, making spirits food and drink with you— bright. you never know when you What fun it is to ride and sing might need it. a sleighing song tonight! 3. Let your child help you: OoHHH. . . Helping gives a feeling of belonging, and this is very satisfying to children. In the grocery store, have your child locate items on the shelf or put the items in the cart. At home, let him clear the table, or sort the

7 (530) 273-4638 www.TallPinesNurserySchool.com November 2015 Tall Pines Tidings laundry, or entertain the point out something he can baby while you get dinner. play with. “Look at this little 4. Let your child help herself: car. Want to see how far it Can’t tie shoes? Get slip-ons. will go?” With preschoolers, Can’t do buttons? Get snaps. distraction won’t always Set up an environment in work, but it’s worth a try which your child can help sometimes. Conversation herself sometimes. A low can become a good drawer with plastic cups distractor at this age: your enables her to get her own child begins to whine about drink of water. doing errands, you say, “I 5. Always have some was wondering, did you get entertainment on hand: Be to play with the sand table at prepared when you might school this morning?” have to wait: a little pad of 7. Talk with your child about paper and a pen at the bank, feelings: Preschoolers are plastic animals at the trying to get a handle on how doctor’s office, crayons and they are feeling and how that paper at a restaurant. Don’t relates to how they are ask your child to wait acting. Ask your child to stop patiently with nothing to do: and take stock sometimes: if this is asking for trouble. she’s whining, point it out 6. Try distraction when you and ask if she’s hungry, or don’t like where things are frustrated by her buttons, or headed. With toddlers, angry about the play date distraction works well. Give that was cancelled. Soon, them something else to she’ll begin to make these focus on. If the child is connections, too. Use play as screaming in the car, ask a way to address things that what song she’d like to sing, might be bothering him. or point out a big truck in Starting school? Have plastic dramatic tones. If a child is animals act out the first day pulling on a cord to a lamp, of school, with you playing tell him “No, that’s the little animal that doesn’t dangerous,” and in the next want to say good-bye to breath move him away and mom. When children are 8 (530) 273-4638 www.TallPinesNurserySchool.com November 2015 Tall Pines Tidings “heard” this way, it helps end making decisions, one source of misbehavior. something we’d like her to 8. Give your child time to do well when she gets older. transition: Changing 10. Establish routines: Routines activities is one of the wash away questions. If he hardest tasks for most young gets two stories before bed children. Give your child a each night, it is never up for warning when one activity is negotiation. Routines help about to end, particularly if children know what to that activity is unstructured expect, and this helps play: “Dinner is going to be children feel safe, secure, ready in about 5 minutes. and cared for. Time to find a stopping place 11. Use specific praise: A little in your play.” Then, “Dinner praise is a far more powerful is almost ready, could you thing than negative please wash your hands?” be discipline. Link the praise sure there really are just 2 directly to what your child minutes left when you give a did and be specific. “I love 2 minute warning before how you cleaned up your transition- you’re at a room!” Aim to praise friend’s house and you say, behavior and not the child: “Two minutes and then it’s avoid using “Good girl!” or time to go”, so don’t start a “You are so sweet!” and whole new conversation with instead label the behavior. your friend. “You put your coat on all by 9. Let your child make simple yourself” or “That was nice of choices. Offer two options you to kiss the baby—look that are both okay with you how it made her smile.” and let your child choose: As we venture into the Holidays “Do you want to wear your these points can be very helpful. red shirt?” “Would you like oatmeal or cheerios for General Meeting Nov. 19th @ breakfast?” Making simple 7pm choices gives a child a sense

of control and belonging. It also gives her practice in 9 (530) 273-4638 www.TallPinesNurserySchool.com November 2015 Tall Pines Tidings The parent General Meeting is coming up on November 19th at 7pm at school. This is a mandatory meeting for all of us! We have a guest speaker, Dr. Joyce. The topic will be nutrition, which is a big part of behavior. SEE YOU at the meeting!

Kids are Cooking! Science Corner November 4 & 5 Balloon blow Up! Leaf Walk in Pioneer Park Nevada City. Pack a lunch & Put 1-tsp of baking soda into Drink. a balloon. Pour ¼ c. vinegar 11 into a 10-oz bottle. Now Vet’s Day attach the balloon to the 12 mouth of bottle… the baking Parents bring a snack soda in the balloon will 18 & 19 slowly fall into the vinegar at Thumbprint pumpkin pies the bottom of the bottle! 20 Amazing… like magic! PT Thanksgiving feast. Bring a

vegetable for the sharing soup & What really happened: The sign up to bring something carbon dioxide gas rises and 23&24 inflates the balloon. Enjoy Y/O Thanksgiving Feast. Bring a over and over again! vegetable for the sharing soup &

sign up to bring something.

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