Wesley Kids Korner January 4-8, 2021 - Wesley Kids Early Education Center
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Wesley Kids Korner
January 4-8, 2021
All tuition payments are due by the 15th of each
month, unless your have made arrangements with the
Executive Director Pamela.
Each child must be picked up by 6:00pm. A late
charge of $25.00 for any part of the first fifteen
minutes will be charged when a child is picked up
past closing time. After this it will be $1.00 a
minute. We close promptly at 6:00pm, so please arrive
at least 5 minutes early so you have enough time to
see how your child’s day went, gather their
belongings, and sign-out your child.
We would like to remind all parents about Wesley
Kids annual supply fee. The supply fee is due once a
year in January in the amount of $35.00. This helps
us purchase needed supplies for the
classroom.
Thank you for all you support!
Wesley Kids will be
closed on Monday,
January 18, 2021
in observance of
Martin Luther King Day.
Wesley Kids will re-open
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
at 7:00am.
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Milky Way
Theme of the Week: Winter
Welcome back Milky Way Families! and “Winter Friends”. We are encouraging
New to our class is Luna, Carson and the babies to turn the page in the book and
their families. We would like to all look at all the pictures.
welcome them to our classroom.
In science the babies are learning how to
During these first two weeks the children use their fine motor skills by filling a
are learning about “Winter”. In art the ba- creamer bottle up with cotton balls to make
bies are painting two different winter a snowman.
scenes. For our first activity we are encour-
aging the older babies to use clothes pins In music the babies are listening and
and pom poms to paint their scenery. The dancing to the music “Five Little
second activity all babies will do is using Snowflakes” and “It Is Snowing”.
the colors blue, white, and light Our vocabulary word of the week is cold or
purple to paint their second scenery. When frio in Spanish.
both sceneries are complete teachers will
add glitter to make it look like snow.
Have a great week!
In story time the babies are listening and
looking at the books “Itsy Bitsy Snowman” Roberta and Clarita
Little & Big Dippers
Theme of the Week: New Year
This week the children are learning and a bringing in the New Year craft.
about “New Year”. The children are
As a large motor activity and outdoor
getting to know their new friends that
activity the children are making bells to
have moved up from the Milky Way
shake , ring ,and dancing.
class and getting back into the groove
of being at school. If we are able to go outdoors weather
permitting the children are playing in
In story time the children are listening
the sandbox and with push toys.
and looking at the books “Brown Bear,
Brown Bear” and “The Itsy Bitsy In science the children are making their
Spider”. own individual 2021 sensory boxes.
In music the children are learning and Our vocabulary for the week in English
singing the songs to the “Itsy Bitsy and Spanish is hello or hola.
Spider”. Have a Great week !
In art the children are making a 2021 Angela, Cherish, & Terrie
handprint, a 2021 handprint firework,
Explorers
Theme of the week: Artic Animals
This week the children are learning In story time the children are listening
about “Artic Animals”. and looking at the book “Polar Bear
Night”.
In circle we are talking to the children
about polar bears, artic foxes, the In music we are introducing a new
narwhale, and walruses. We are also song adventure to the children. The
looking at realistic pictures of these children are learning and singing the
animals. song “Adventure Through The Snow”.
We encourage parents to send pictures Our vocabulary words of the week in
of the children in the snow or if you English and Spanish are artic/artico,
have gone to see the polar bears at the and animals/animales.
zoo. We will share these pictures on
popcorn Wednesday.
Have a great day!
In art the children are making polar
bears using cotton balls, making an Theresa, Lisa, and Cecilia
artic fox, making a cupcake filter
walrus, and a narwhale paper craft.
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Rainbows
Theme of the Week: New Year
This week we are focusing on talking In science the children are
and learning about “New Years” experimenting making fire works in a
celebration. jar.
In art the children are decorating a Our vocabulary words of the week in
New Year hat and a making a New English and Spanish are Happy New
Year mask. Years or Feliz Ano Nuevo.
In story time the children are Rainbow families, please tell us
listening and looking at the books about how your family celebrated
“Happy New Year’s Around The New Year’s. Please send it by email
World”, “Shante Keys”, and “The New or send a note with your child. So
Years Peas”. we can share with our friends
during circle time.
In music the children are learning .
and singing the songs “New Year’s
.
Here” and “New Year’s Resolution”.
Have a blessed week!
.
Damaris and Janet
.
School-Age
Theme of the Week: Online Schooling
Throughout the morning and early On Tuesday the children are
afternoon the children will log on working on water color paintings.
to their online schooling. The
On Wednesday the children are
children will work on their
doing a chalk galaxy drawing.
schooling and any school work
that has to get done. We will work On Thursday the children are
with the children individually on painting the solar system.
the work they have.
On Friday the children will finish
In the afternoon they will be any unfinished art projects.
working on hands on projects.
On Monday they are making
Have a great week!
Happy New Year handprints.
Vanessa & Marcella
Martians
Theme of the Week: New Years
This week the children are and black light.
learning about “New Years”.
In math the children are using
In circle time the children are party hats we made to play a New
reading, listening, and looking at Year’s counting memory game.
the books “The Night Before New
Outdoors the children are having
Years”, “Happy New Year,
fun playing a New Year’s
Everywhere”, and “Squirrels New
scavenger hunt.
Year’s Resolution”.
Phrase for the week in English
In art the children are making
and Spanish is Happy New Year
New Year party hats as well as
or Feliz Ano Nuevo.
making firework art.
In science the children are
making a firework in a jar using Have a wonderful week!
oil, glow in the dark paint, water, Alex and Jackie
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el Menu´
January 4-8, 2021
Monday
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs & whole grain toast,
canned mandarin oranges, milk
Lunch: Breaded chicken patty, mashed potatoes, can sliced carrots,
canned pears, whole grain bread, milk
Snack: Canned fruit cocktail, graham crackers, milk
Tuesday
Breakfast: Sausage muffin w/cheese, canned applesauce, milk
Lunch: Hard beef tacos w/cheese, canned corn, canned pineapples, milk
Snack: Chez it’s, milk
Wednesday
Breakfast: Oatmeal, canned plums, milk
Lunch: Grilled ham & cheese sandwich, fresh cucumbers, thawed mango, milk
Snack: Wheat thins w/cream cheese, milk
Thursday
Breakfast: Cornflakes, thawed blueberries, milk
Lunch: Egg salad sandwich, canned peas/carrots, fresh pears, milk
Snack: Bean & cheese roll, milk
Friday
Breakfast: Cottage cheese, whole grain toast, thawed peaches, milk
Lunch: Spinach lasagna, canned green beans, fresh cantaloupe, milk
Snack: Whole grain goldfish, fresh watermelon, milk
“While we try to teach children all
about life, our children teach us
what life is all about.”
-Angela Schwindl
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