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May Book Recommendations

Bucket Fi l l ing from A to Z , by McCloud & Butzke

• Have You Fi l led a Bucket Today? by McCloud & Messing

• How Ful l Is Your Bucket (For Kids)? by Rath & Reckmeyer

• I Can Be Kind , by Jessica Pippin

• I t ’s Mine ! by Leo Lionni

• Rainbow Fish , by Marcus Pfister

• Show You Understand , by Regina Burch

• Why Should I Share? by Claire Llewel lyn

HA P P Y B I R T H DA Y ! !

Amelia E. 5/3

Madelynn W. 5/9

Thomas M. 5/10

Kenzie D. 5/11

Amaury P. 5/13

Cameron L. 5/16

Benjamin B. 5/22

Jacob P. 5/22

Considering the current Stay- At-Home order, we would like to make the following

adjustments to allow for participation across our upcoming Special Events.

Mother’s Day:

As we try our best to stay on track with a structured schedule, we plan on planting the school vegetable garden in keeping up with our tradition for celebrating Mother’s Day. Even though we will miss celebrating with all our moms this year, we will adapt to keep everyone safe during this time. In lieu of having you here to plant in the school garden with your children, we would love to include all our moms/ families staying at home to be a part of this special celebration. You are welcome to pot seeds/ plants from the below list with your child in biodegradable pots and drop them off outside our garden on Friday, May 8th. Please be sure to use biodegradable pots (made of manure or paper) no larger than 3” so your love can be transposed directly to our garden. We hope that it brings the same sense of wonder to children as it did last year, that enjoyed planting & watching it grow during Science center and enjoyed the fruits of their labor during harvest season. We hope to celebrate with our parents just as we did last year and enjoy our very own fresh garden salsa and salad this year around. Seeds: Sweet Peppers Sunflower Seeds Vegetable Plants:

Tomato Vine

Cucumber Vine

Flowering Plants:

Pansies

Butterfly Bush

Teacher Appreciation Week: Due to the low counts in the building across children and teaching staff, we will delay our celebrations to the week of June 22nd

Spring Showcase: Our best estimate for the reschedule date is June 12th prior to child transitions for the new school year.

We hope that virtual enrichments can be re- continued on site after the Stay-At-Home order is lifted.

Pre-K Graduation Information

We could not miss the opportunity to celebrate an upcoming milestone for our graduates. Given the uncertainty of the current situation, we will plan for the following events on Friday June 5th. Graduation Virtual Online Ceremony (10:00am-11:00am) Students will be singing songs that have been taught throughout the year. I have attached the song links to practice if necessary and the lyrics as well. The songs are in order of the ceremony.

Welcome to our Celebration Days of the Week

Months of the Year Fun in Preschool

Graduation

Picture and Video Request • We are requesting 2 baby pictures preferably an infant and toddler photo and

1 current picture.

• A picture of the child holding a poster board with “What I would like to be when I grow up”

• A short video clip of the child answering the following questions “What is your favorite part of preschool and What will you miss the most?

Please email photos to Ms. Kaiya at cllcraleighedu@gmail.com by May 22nd

Graduation Drive Through Party 1:00pm-3:00pm Friends and families can drive up to the school to collect their diplomas and class awards. We will have dedicated time slots for a no-touch photo opportunity as memorabilia of their preschool graduation.

MY 2020 STAY AT HOME TIME CAPSULE

My Name

HOW TO CREATE YOUR 2020 COVID-19 TIME CAPSULE

STEP 1: Print out this Time Capsule Guide at home

STEP 2:

Fill in each page with your favorite moments, things you’ve learned, interviews of your parents and other fun

things!

STEP 3: Save your Time Capsule! Add this to your keepsakes so

you can look back on it when you’re older.

STEP 4: Share this idea with your family and friends! This is so

much fun to do with others and share what you’ve done!

YOU ARE LIVING THROUGH HISTORY RIGHT NOWFill in these pages with some of your favorite and most fun things for

your future self to look back on. Here are some ideas to include:

Draw a picture of the people you are social distancing with here.

Some photos from this timeA journal of your daysLocal newspaper pages or clippings

Any art work you createdFamily/pet picturesSpecial memories

YOU ARE LIVING THROUGH HISTORY RIGHT NOWFill in these pages with some of your favorite and most fun things for

your future self to look back on. Here are some ideas to include:

Draw a picture of the people you are social distancing with here.

Some photos from this timeA journal of your daysLocal newspaper pages or clippings

Any art work you createdFamily/pet picturesSpecial memories

YOU ARE LIVING THROUGH HISTORY RIGHT NOWFill in these pages with some of your favorite and most fun things for

your future self to look back on. Here are some ideas to include:

Draw a picture of the people you are social distancing with here.

Some photos from this timeA journal of your daysLocal newspaper pages or clippings

Any art work you createdFamily/pet picturesSpecial memories

ALL ABOUT MEMY FAVORITES: DATE:

I AM:

I STAND:

I WEIGH:

SHOE SIZE:

MY BEST FRIEND/S:

YEARS OLD

INCHES TALL

POUNDS

INCHES

WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE:

Toy:

Color:

Animal:

Food:

Show:

Movie:

Book:

Activity:

Place:

Song:

HOW I’M FEELING

HOW MY FACE LOOKS

WORDS TO DESCRIBE HOW I FEEL:

WHAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM THIS EXPERIENCE:

3 THINGS I AM MOST EXCITED TO DO WHEN THIS IS OVER:

1

2

3

I AM MOST THANKFUL FOR:

MY COMMUNITY

WHERE I AM LIVING DURING THIS TIME:

Color this house to look like yours.

WHAT THINGS ARE YOU DOING TO HELP FEEL CONNECTED OR HAVING FUN OUTSIDE? (hearts on windows, chalk notes on sidewalk, etc.)

HOW ARE YOU CONNECTING WITH OTHERS?:

ALL THE FUN THINGS I’M DOING AT HOME!

WHAT I AM DOING TO KEEP BUSY AT HOME:

OUR HANDPRINTSPRINT THE HANDS OF ALL THE PEOPLE LIVING IN YOUR

HOME IN DIFFERENT COLORS AND PLACE YOUR HAND HERE

SPECIAL OCCASIONSWHAT OCCASIONS DID YOU CELEBRATE DURING THIS TIME? WRITE THE LIST HERE AND WHAT YOU DID TO CELEBRATE.

(St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, Birthdays, Anniversaries)

EVENT DATE HOW YOU CELEBRATED

INTERVIEW YOUR PARENTSWHAT HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST CHANGE?

# OF DAYS INSIDE

HOW ARE YOU FEELING?

WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR FAVORITE MOMENT SINCE

BEING AT HOME?

GOALS FOR AFTER THIS:

WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR?

TOP 3 MOMENTS FROM THIS EXPERIENCE:

WHAT TV SHOW YOU WATCHED:

NEW FAVORITE FAMILY ACTIVITY:

FAVORITE FOOD TO MAKE:

FAVORITE TIME OF DAY:

1

2

3

LETTER TO MYSELF

DEAR,

LOVE,