CCCC News Important Dates: 11-2-16 Wednesday & Speech & Hearing Screenings 11-3-14 Fall 2016 Thursday 11/4/16 Original Works Fundraiser We have had a wonderful start Friday Kickoff to the new semester. Many 11/7/16 Emergency Preparation Drill new friendships are being Monday made as well as reuniting with Election Day 11/8/16 Bring your kids to the polling old friends. Tuesday booth! We will be publishing a newsletter four times 11-9-16 Visit from our local Fire every year. It will include important dates, Wednesday Department (Fire safety month) classroom news, and helpful information about 11/17/16 Original Works Orders Due the center as well as childhood resources. Thursday 11/24/16 Important information will also be Thursday & CLOSED communicated through parent folders, sign in 11/25/16 Thanksgiving sheet notes, bulletin boards, website, and Friday remind 101. We also encourage individual 11/28/16 Scholastic Orders Due communication with your child’s teachers and Monday the administrative staff. 12/2/16 Access Card Audit Ends You may notice some new adult faces around Friday the center. We have new student participants 12/7/16 Ladybugs (Waddler) & and volunteers from SUNY Fredonia and the Wednesday Bumblebee (Toddler) community in each classroom. Please feel free 3:30 pm Cookies & Crafts to introduce yourself if you would like or ask 12/8/16 Fireflies (Preschool) your child about the new Thursday Cookies & Crafts friends in his or her 3:30 pm classroom. These student 12/9/16 Butterflies (Preschool) participants and volunteers Friday Cookies & Crafts are a wonderful resource 3:30 pm to us and being in the 12/26/16 classrooms serves as real Monday— CLOSED world experience for them. 1/2/16 Winter Break Monday Classroom News Twinkle Star News Teachers: Jessica Weatherlow & Kelli Mekus The infant now have several crawlers, a few classroom is a very experimenting with walking, and many climbers. busy place with lots Many of the infants are also starting to finger of happenings! feed themselves and eat off the regular menu. Jonah and Xander We have seen so much growth physically, turned one year old!. socially, mentally, and emotionally. Thank you Happy Birthday to families for trusting us to care for and teach the two of them. your child. It’s amazing how fast we are all growing. We Ladybug News Teachers: Kim’ d’Angelo & Arica Bailey It was a gorgeous summer and our ladybugs learning new language skills, including sign spent a lot of time outdoors. language. The use of sign helps young children Now that fall has arrived we will continue our express their needs outside adventures while talking about the and wants changes we see in nature. appropriately. The ladybugs have settled into a predictable We are excited to be routine and now know what will come next, welcoming a new allowing them to build trust in a predictable assistant teacher this environment. Many of the children are fall, Arica Bailey! Bumblebee News Teachers: Monique Johnson & Maureen Saunders The bumblebees have been the seeds and meat. We also explored and exploring Fall things. We talked about mini pumpkins and gourds. painted with Fall colors We have been preparing for the winter and explored mixing colors weather too! We have a winter station in the together (red & yellow= classroom to help practice putting on winter orange) Pumpkin coats, snow pants, and boots when the real exploration was exciting thing hits! and messy. We looked at CCCC Fall Newsletter Classroom News Butterfly News Teachers: Brooke Bradigan & Christine Egbert The Butterfly classroom is looking forward ourselves, family, and community. Now we are to a wonderful year. Our philosophy is that starting to enjoy our fall Play IS Learning! We believe children learn activities. We will learn and so many skills through play. We want our talk about the changes in the children to enjoy their day and feel safe seasons. and loved. Have a wonderful year! We started the year talking about Firefly News Teachers: Jenn Corcoran –Vigue & Brenda McKelvey We welcomed many new with leaves, apples, and pumpkins. They had friends in September and our lots of hands on experiences with all those class is almost full! things and more. We also love taking walks on The children have been campus and are enjoying baking, play dough, enjoying learning about Fall building with blocks and playing dress up. Wheelock Preschool Teachers: Rebecca Harp & Heather Rosplock We have started a Fall Forest theme, with the building of a classroom tree house . Following our theme, we have gone on nature walks, collecting leaves, sticks, and acorns that have been incorporated into activities such as leaf painting and sorting. We have also been discussing animal tracks as we see a lot of them on the playground. We have also begun the process of making alphabet books with children based on our letter of the week. We hope each child will have the entire alphabet by the end of the year. Our college Interns have started, and how funny that their names are Heather and Rebecca! School Age News In October, the school age superheroes hosted their Open House as they celebrated the 17th annual Lights on Afterschool event. This is a national event intended to help raise awareness of the need for after school programs. The halls were decorated with superheroes the children made, a friendship tree, and photo collage posters of the children’s favorite activities. During the event, the children enjoyed a glow-in-the-dark dance party! The school age programs also reach out into the community through service projects. This month they made tiny paper pumpkins to give to patients at Brooks Memorial Hospital. CCCC Fall Newsletter FUNDRAISERS to ceramic tiles, t-shirts, note self-esteem. The resulting cards, and nearly two dozen products make unique gifts that We are pleased to announce that other products. are practical for any season or during the fall semester we will Each child is eligible to occasion. be running the Original Works participate in this wonderful Complete details on the program Program at CCCC. program. Once the artwork is will be sent home shortly. Through the Original Works created, parents and children Proceeds from the program will program, each child will have the will have the opportunity to be used to purchase art supplies opportunity to have their very select which product or for the center. For more own artwork reproduced onto a products they would like to information on Original Works variety of high quality products. feature their artwork. The please visit their website at The products range from program is designed to www.originalworks.com. magnets, mugs and mouse pads, encourage creativity and student ANNUAL FUND DRIVE You may be surprised to know that parent fees, subsidies, scholarships & grants do not cover the actual cost of child care. Fundraising is needed for the Center to continue providing high quality care & education services into the future. CCCC will be embarking on a fund drive beginning mid –November. A flyer will be sent to current and past CCCC families, friends, and businesses to encourage year-end charitable giving & support for the center. The information below is an excerpt from the flyer. Feel free to pass the information along to grandparents or other entities looking for a great cause. Ways to Give: How your generous gift will be used: Make a safe and secure $10 could buy a board book to broaden our early literacy online donation by visiting development programming. the center website $25 could buy a magnetic gear set to expand our STEAM www.fredonia.edu/cccc activities. Drop off or mail your $50 could buy a set of washable paint to increase creative donation expression and art design. Purchase a desired item for $75 could buy a set of realistic baby dolls to promote caring, a classroom or the center nurturing and socio-dramatic play. (list can be provided) $100-$250 could buy blocks with accessories to expand our work Qualified Charitable with mathematical and special learning. Distributions (QCD) from an $1,000 could buy a water exploration center for real-life IRA. See your Tax Adviser experience with erosion, flood control, building, recycling, or Financial Adviser for teamwork, communication, and motor skill development. details. DON’T FORGET ABOUT OUR ONGOING FUNDRAISERS CCCC Fall Newsletter Dressing for the Weather Winter weather is coming soon! Winter Clothes Exchange Please make sure your child is prepared We will be having a winter for daily outdoor play. clothes exchange in the 1. A heavy jacket months of October & 2. Snow Pants November. If you have 3. Hat any gently used winter 4. Gloves (2 pair) - waterproof works items that no longer fit best your child please consider 5. Snow Boots bringing them to the 6. Extra full set of clothes center. It is not uncommon for children to have Families are welcome to come any time during the similar coats, mittens & boots so be sure day and pick up winter clothing items that may fit to write names on all clothing. their children. We have gloves, boots, snow pants, We recommend having a complete set of coats & hats. winter gear that you leave at the center We know that winter clothes can be expensive and and take home to wash as needed. thought this would be a nice way for our families to Rest time items will also need to go work together to offset this cost. Check out the home weekly for washing (blankets, table outside the gym at the center today! pillows). Fall Parent/Teacher Conferences & Parent Surveys Be sure to sign up for a Fall Parent/Teacher conference.