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Text Box: Hey Parents, Just a reminder, we are closed Friday, July 4th to celebrate the holiday. Please be safe as you and your family are celebrating. We are in the middle of summer break and Summer Camp is going great!!!!! My how times flies when you’re having fun! Soon it will be time for the School-Agers to hit the books again. The children are having an awesome time this summer, and of course the ice cream truck has been a big hit with all ages. I would like to thank all of the dads who grabbed a sack lunch for our Father’s Day involvement. I hope you enjoyed your lunch. Parents, don’t forget to bring in your favorite recipes to go in our Village Preschool Cookbook. You may send them by email to jbradford@tvpeec.com also. As always if you have any questions or concerns please don’t hesitate to stop by the office. Have a Safe July, Ms. Jackie

Center News	1
Lovebird’s	2
Mockingbird’s	2
Canaries	3
Hummingbirds	3
Our Month In Review	3
Happy Birthday	4

Text Box: What does your child learn while playing in the “Block Center”? (Answer: Page 4)

Text Box: JULY National Ice-Cream Month 4th CENTER CLOSED Independence Day AUGUST 8th 1st Day of School CMCSS (1/2 day) 8th Back to School Bash SEPTEMBER 1st CENTER CLOSED Labor Day Holiday 5th Family Breakfast Grandparents Day Activity 8th—12th SPIRIT Week

Text Box: Hello Parents, Welcome Summer & warmer weather! Due to warmer & nicer weather we will be outside more. Therefore, please bring in sunscreen so it can be applied to your child before we go outside. However, before we can apply the sunscreen we need a signed permission slip on file. Parents please be sure your child always has extra changes of clothing in there bin. We also need for them to have at least five bibs for the week. If you take one home or we have to change your child’s clothing, be sure to always bring a set of clothing back the next day. For the month of July we will be talking all about Fireworks & Flags, Ocean, camping, picnics , watermelons, and transportation. The children will get a chance to look at pictures of fireworks and well as crawl on red, white, and blue stars that have been placed on the floor. They will even get to make their very own flag using their handprint. This month is exciting to us, because we are going to start counting. We will be using two objects for the babies to count along with all the other skills we teach them daily in our room. We would like to say good luck & best wishes to Ryann McClahahan , and Bryant Waite, Bryant will be transitioning to the One year old side. And give a big warm welcome to J.E.T. Sink and his family. We are so glad to have him join us in our nest. Please as always if you have any questions or concerns feel free to come in and talk with us, if we don’t have the answer we will find the answer out for you.. Also if you have any items or ideas that may go along with our themes for this month, please feel free to share them with us. See you next month. Ms. Heather J. & Ms. Heather M.

Text Box: Lovebird’s (Infants & Ones)

Text Box: Don’t forget to enjoy the summer by going camping, go to a space museum, enjoy the sun at the beach, lake, or pool. You could also go to the park and have a picnic. Have a fun, happy and safe summer. Have a Safe & Happy Summer Ms. Marisol & Ms. Shannon

Text Box: Hello to All The Mockingbird Parents The two’s will blast off into space the first week of July, the children will learn about the strange objects that float in space, and what they are called. During the second week they will experience camping while going on a camping in the Dramatic play area. They will even have a camp fire to sit around and tell stories. The third week it’s time to enjoy the sun and a day at the beach, by playing in the sensory table with sand and seashells. We will be search for seashells in the sand table. They will also learn about the different types of animals you may see in the ocean. For the fourth and final week of the month we will have our very own picnic in the classroom, or who knows maybe we can even have it outside on the playground. We will have a picnic basket filled with all types of goodies. Parents you are more than welcome to share or donate a small tent for the class, sleeping bags, beach towels, sunglasses and even empty suntan lotion bottles. If you feel there are other items that you have that could go along with our theme please don’t hesitate to bring them in. Even the smallest items will be appreciated. Our next party will be on Friday, July 25th, please be sure to look for the signup sheet.

Text Box: Hello To all Our Wonderful Parents, First we would like to take the opportunity to welcome Ms. Jennifer King to our classroom. As you all know Ms. Jennifer will be taking Ms. Heather W. position once she moves to Virginia. Ms. Jennifer has been training in both classroom so that she can learn the routines as well as the children’s daily schedule. As the lovebirds fly into July we would like to wish all of our Lovebirds who are celebrating a birthday in this month a “Happy Birthday.” We would also like to say WELCOME to our newest Lovebird friend who has transitioned from the Infant classroom. Welcome to Bryant Waite and his family. The Lovebirds will start the month of July off by going on a picnic, the children may actually get to have their very own picnic on the playground or at least sit on a picnic blanket. During our theme for the second week we will explore the great outdoors while talking about camping. The children will paint with the colors red and yellow while watching it turn into the color orange. On the third week we will be blasting off into space to find who knows what. The children will be singing the song Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star as well as looking for the sun in the sky. The fourth and final week we will go on an adventure to the beach. They will actually be searching for seashells in the sand and we will be reading books about the beach. If you have any items that you fill would compliment our themes for the month, please feel free to let us know or bring in any items that we can use. Have a Safe Fourth of July, Ms. Heather W. & Ms. Mary

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Text Box: News from the Canaries

Text Box: Hello Parents, We’ve got lots of exciting things planned the month of July. For the week of the 4th, we will be creating all sorts of red, white, and blue items including Patriotic Popcorn Balls! Yum, yum! Don’t forget the center will be closed on Friday July 4th for the holiday. During the month of July we will also learn about circus animals and clowns. We will do a graph focusing on how each child arrives to school each day during our transportation week. The children will be singing one of our favorite songs during the week…”The Wheels on the Bus.” Hope you don’t get tired of hearing the song, but we all know children learn by repetition. Stay tuned for more details about our class picnic during the last week of the month. We might even have some little visitors come and join us. Special things to remember: Check your child’s folder daily, but bring it back so we can update the items each day. Please remember to keep toys from home at home. They cause problems when it comes to sharing. They may also end up lost in the classroom. Have A Great July Ms. TeAuana & Ms. Melissa

Text Box: Hello Hummingbird Parents, Our summer is off to a great start. We are busy, busy, busy. Our days will be filled with Ocean fun, Picnics, watermelons, transportation and camping excitement. We want to say a WARM WELCOME to our new friends Hailee, Alexis and Jaidyn, please be sure to welcome them and their parents to the room. Help needed please send in old clothes for our dress-up center. Ex. Old shoes, men’s & women’s clothing, uniforms etc., doll or baby clothes, empty food boxes, or anything else that you feel the children would enjoy that could go in our Dramatic Play Area. July is book drive month please send in slightly used books for the children to use. EX. Cookbooks, storybooks, music books, etc. We need kid size shoe boxes for a special project that we will being doing in the classroom, please have your boxes to us no later than July 3rd. Please be sure to send in a seasonal change of clothes for your child. Some of the children still have Winter items in their cubbies. If you would like for us to put sunscreen on your child please see either Ms. Angela or Ms. Michelle for a permission slip. We cannot apply the sunscreen without permission. REMINDER: Please send your child in tennis for outside play or closed in sandals. Remember all toys from home should be taken from your child before they enter the building. Have a Wonderful July, Ms. Angela & Ms. Michelle

Text Box: THE VILLAGE COOKBOOK Bring us your favorite family recipes! Entrees, Appetizers, Desserts, Snacks Cookbook will be published in the Fall. Turn in to Ms. Jackie or Ms. Laura

Text Box: Hello Parents, July is here and we have lots of exciting things planned this month. The first week is “Independence Celebration.” For the art activity the children will be making construction paper flags and Fourth of July stamp art. The second week is “Bugs, Bugs, Bugs.” Our fun cooking project for the week is spider cookies. “Wonderful Weather” is our third weeks theme. This week the children will create windsocks and attempt to make it rain. We will learn what safety precautions to take in different types of weather . Every other Friday in July the children will be able to BRING THEIR OWN WHEELS the children must have the proper equipment to participate, helmets and pads when necessary. Water days a bathing suit and some sort of water shoe or old sneaker, no flip flops. Ms. Ines & Ms. Lakesha

Text Box: News from the Hummingbird’s

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Text Box: Building with blocks is lots of fun. It teaches many skills that children will use later in life. One study found that many of the concepts learned from block building are the foundations for more advanced science comprehension. Playing in the block center helps children to experiment and learn about gravity, stability, weight balance, and systems. This learning center encourages children to use both fine and gross motor skills/muscles as they classify by shape, size and color. Additionally, children are able to explore concepts of depth, height, measurement, symmetry, and mapping. Language skills are enhanced as children talk about how to build and what to build. As children increase their language skills they foster competence and self-esteem. Building blocks teaches cooperation and respect for the work of others.

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Text Box: July Birthdays

Text Box: I Scream, You Scream , We All Scream For Ice Cream! The Ice Cream Truck will be visiting us every Wednesday this summer!!!! If you would like your child to be able to purchase ice cream please send in a minimum of $1.00 on Wednesday’s and give it to your child’s teacher.