Another year is here, I cannot believe it is 2014! This month as we kick off another new year we will have our annual parent meeting,

we will celebrate “National School Choice Week”, and we will also be visiting Western Reserve for our ELI trip.

This month we are welcoming three new children to Kendal Early Learning Center! Jayana, Alexavier, and Eli are all starting the New

Year off at KELC and we are so glad to have them and their families here. Welcome!

Please mark your calendars to attend our Parent Meeting on Thursday, January 23rd

, at 5 pm. We will plan on going over the following:

• How to get the most out of your child’s information in Gold Online

• Goals for 2014 and results of parents surveys

• Fundraising ideas for 2014

• NAEYC renewal process for 2014 – visit NAEYC’s family website at http://families.naeyc.org/

Have a great month and I look forward to spending 2014 with you and all it brings to Kendal Early Learning Center! ~ Jeni Hoover

Upcoming Dates:

January 1 – Closed for the holiday

January 2 – Birds’ trip to Library

January 6 – New Cycle – Tuition Due

January 8 – Swimming 3-4 pm

January 15 – ELI field trip to Western Reserve

January 17 – Giraffes’ trip to Library

January 20 – New Cycle – Tuition Due

January 22 – Swimming 3-4 pm

January 23 – Parent Meeting at 5pm

January 27to 31 – National School Choice Week

February 3 –New Cycle – Tuition Due

February 5 - Swimming 3-4 pm

February 6 – Birds’ trip to Library

January 2014 Newsletter

Birthdays This Month:

January 7 – Alexandra turns 6!

January 20 – Gregory turns 4!

Happy, Happy Birthday to You!

January Parent Meeting:

Our annual Parent Meeting will be Thursday,

January 23rd

, at 5 pm in the administrative

conference room. Please mark your calendars

as we will be discussing our goals for 2014 and

results from the parent surveys. In addition we

will go over how to use the Gold Online

Parents’ access.

Intergenerational News:

We had a great time sharing Holiday

traditions with our KELC families and

residents. Marie came and shared her

traditions with us that they do in England,

and we all had a great time cooking and

playing with the poppers she brought in.

Thank you, Marie, for sharing with us!

Bird Tweets:

Giraffe Whistles:

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We would also like to thank all of you for your

participation in sharing your family traditions and for

attending our holiday program. The children always

get so excited when they share their home life with us.

It is a great way to help them feel they are unique and

special. They also worked really hard as they practiced

their songs for our program. We have a great group of

performers this year.

Now that the excitement of the holidays is over it is

time to get back to work. Sara has already shared with

you that our next study will be on clothing. As I

mentioned at several conferences we will also start to

introduce our sight words to help prepare those who

will be going to kindergarten in the fall.

Please remember to dress your children appropriately

so that we all may enjoy the great outdoors.

Karen and Julie

Welcome to 2014! We can’t believe it is a New Year!

December was such a busy month. The children did such

an AMAZING job at the Holiday Program. Thank you all for

coming! The children really enjoyed sharing and learning about

everyone’s holiday traditions. From Ping Pong, to peppermint pigs,

to the dice game, Epiphany Crowns, and so much more, the children

really enjoyed doing all the fun things that our amazing families do

for the holidays. Thank you so much for sharing your traditions!

The children also loved the Twig-bee Shop that the residents made

for the children. It was such a great experience for them!

January brings a new study. We will be beginning our

study on clothing. We will go in depth on different clothing people

wear and how clothes are made. We will also begin back our ELI

trips. We will be going to the Western Reserve.

Have a great month!

Sara and Julie