Making Friends!

Making Friends

Friends are an important part of school and your child's social life. Making friends can help make your child become more outgoing and actually fall in love with school! We love to see our students communicating with each other and becoming friends. It helps them show their personality and learn more about who they are as a person. They learn skills like conversational skills and emotional self-control out of making friends. There are ways for you to help your child learn to make friends that you can do while we try to help them here in the classroom! Things that you can do is teaching your children how to communicate in a polite way with other people, help your child learn to play well with others, encourage others to watch what others are doing and try to find positive ways to join in with them, if your child comes to you with issues about stuff going on with other students then bring it up to the teachers to make sure they are aware so they can try to help fix it, and so many more ways to help! 

To see more ways to help visit either this website or you can even watch the video above, 

https://raisingchildren.net.au/preschoolers/behaviour/friends-siblings/preschoolers-making-friends

Classroom Birthdays!

classroom pictures

craft idea for parents

  How to Tie Dye Shirts (with parents):





Materials needed:

• Prewashed, 100% percent cotton shirt 
• 3-gallon bucket
• Glass jar with a tight sealing lid 
• Rubber gloves
• Measuring spoon 
• Fiber reactive dye
• Soda ash fixative

 Step one: Prepare the shirt

•  Immerse the shirt in hot water and then lay flat 
• Tie your shirt tightly with rubber bands to make your desired design 

 Step two: Make the Dye Bath

• To make things easier I would recommend using a premixed tie dye kit 
• Add a cup of salt to enhance the color 
•  Put on the rubber gloves 
• Fill the bucket with 1 gallon of cool water 
• Fill the jar halfway with water 
• Measure 2 to 4 teaspoons of dye powder into the jar. 
• Close the lid of the jar and shake the jar until all the powder is dissolved
• Pour the dye into the bucket and stir 
• Fill the jar halfway with hot water and add 6 teaspoons of soda ash and shake 
• Pour the mix into the bucket and stir

 Step three: Tie Dye your shirt

• Wet your shirt and place it in the bucket with the dye and stir with the spoon
• Let it soak for 30 min to 1 hour
• Remove the shirt with tongs or a big stick. Rinse under warm water, then run cool water on it until the water runs clear (wear gloves so your hands won't get dyed) 
• Throw your shirt in the laundry. Wash it alone in warm water, rinse in cool water, then dry
• NOW it time to wear!!

Here is a website for better instructions:

https://www.parents.com/fun/arts-crafts/kid/how-to-tie-dye-shirts/ 

Child Abuse Facts:

Of the over 70 Million children in the United States, 1 is killed every 5.5 hours due to abuse or neglect. In other words, 4 children die as a result of maltreatment every single day.

Each day, 1 white child, 1 Hispanic child, 1 black child, and 1 Asian, American Indian or Pacific Islander child, are killed as a result of child abuse.

Child abuse facts show that 10% of children in America suffer from maltreatment. There is no strong difference between the statistics for boys and girls. We should be treating our princes and princesses better. Roughly 48% of children abused are boys and 51% of children abused are girls. Sadly, child abuse facts tell us that boys are more likely than girls to die from child abuse. More than 57% of the children who die from child abuse are boys.

 More than 70% of fatalities occur in children who are younger than 3 years old. Child abuse facts show that children in their first year of life are the most likely to be victims of child abuse.

 21.9% of child abuse cases involve children in the first year of their life. Each year of life thereafter, until the age of 4 years old, accounts for roughly 11% of cases. As children get older, the rate of abuse declines. 17-year old’s account for fewer than 4% of child abuse cases.

 The picture painted by these child abuse facts is incredibly sad. Even sadder is the fact that the biological parent is the perpetrator in 88% of the 80% of child abuse cases where parents are the perpetrators of repeat child abuse. These child abuse facts also show us that it’s up to law enforcement and the community to monitor children and make sure they are not being abused.

Statistics show that 13.3% of child abuse victims have some sort of disability.

Over 250,000 children are abused by their mother each year, compared to roughly 125,000 cases of child abuse by the father alone.

These facts are referenced by: interesting-facts.com/child-abuse-facts/#kcmenu

April Menus

Putting A Little Spring Time in the Classroom.

Making flowers out of fingerprints and footprints.

RECIPE:

HOMEMADE PLAYDOUGH: 

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup of water
• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1/3 CUP of salt
•  1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
• gel food coloring**

1. Add flour, cream of tartar, and salt to a saucepan

2. Add water, vegetable oil, and food coloring

3. Cook and stir until your playdough starts to solidify

4. Keep stirring.

5. Remove from the saucepan and cool

6. Squish and knead your doh to remove lumps

That’s it! You’ve made homemade playdough!

Below is a link with a step by step video

https://livingwellmom.com/easy-homemade-playdough-recipe/

Items Needed:

Spring Is Here! 

Please remember that warmer weather is coming and we need at least 2 sets of clothing in your child's cubby at all times. We also encourage each student to have an extra pair of socks and shoes. 

If you want us to apply a bug repellent or sunscreen before recess you will need to bring the item in and fill out the topical ointment paper. 

WATER DAY will be every Friday, each child will need a swim suit and a towel. 

If you have any Questions/Concerns please contact us at (828) 123-4567