Tuition is Due:

Monday, January 8th

Monday January 22th

The West Allis Center will be hosting an Open House Event on Saturday January

20th from 9:00 am—

12:00 pm

Wisconsin Happenings

1/13– Yoga @ the Milwaukee Art Museum—

8:15-9:30

1/13– Pong for Pups! - Wisconsin Humane Society

@ 7:00pm

1/26-28– Doc & Hippo’s

Toddler Time @ Sky Zone

1/27- Winterfest @ Washing Park Urban Ecology

Center—10:30-Noon

Curriculum Specialist’s Corner

2

Classroom News 2

Virtues of the Month 3

West Allis/Wauwatosa Center Open House

3

Ice Skating Rink Locations

3

Parenting Tip 4

Inside this issue:

Happy New Year

Welcome 2018! We would like to wish all of our families a Happy New Year. We are looking forward to a fun and exciting year as we become more and more acclimated to our new learning environment! Please help us welcome Ms. McKenzie to our team. She has been hired as our Lead Toddler 1 teacher, and we

look forward to working with her.

We are also very excited about our Open House scheduled for Saturday, January 20th for 9:00 am - 12:00pm. Please join us for all the fun and bring

your friends!

Just a few reminders as we start off the

new year

NAC Update: As part of our reaccreditation process, NAC Surveys were sent out to parents back in June of 2017. The purpose of the surveys was to obtain feedback from parents and families who we serve. Our Accreditation process was placed on hold due to the relocation. However, now that the transition has been made, we will soon undergo our NAC Validation. Within the next few months we will receive a two week window in which the validators will make an unannounced visit to conduct an in-depth observation of our teachers and classroom operations. We will keep you apprised of the process as time goes on. Reminder:

In an effort to have more timely and accurate billing, we encourage you to consider using Tuition Express, which

is our paperless billing option. Please see Marthan for more

information.

In our continuous ef-fort to ensure that we are staffed properly, it is important to report absences in a timely manner. Please call the center by 10:00am if your child will be out for the day or if you are planning to bring them in later in the day. In addition, remember that all schedule changes must be approved by Marthan or Dana. Teachers are staffed based on the children’s schedules provided by

parents.

You are continuously encouraged to take advantage of our Parent Referral incentive. From now until March 31st, if you refer a family to our West Allis Center and they stay with us for four weeks, you will receive TWO weeks

of free tuition, up to a $500 value!

Thank You:

As our way of saying thank you to the families for moving to West Allis with us Ebenezer will give you a free week of your child’s scheduled tuition after a month's enrollment here at the new

center.

We would also like to thank those who shared their concerns about the fence. As you can see those concerns were heard and a taller fence has been installed. Please know that your concerns will always be heard and taken into consideration as we continue to strive to

provide the best care possible.

~ Ms. Marthan

Coordinator’s Corner January 2018

Jacob 1/6 Jaimsen 1/7

Henry 1/21

Lia 1/22

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Classroom News

Infants We did it! The move to the new center is finally done! Thank you to all the friends and families for your patience and support during the transition. We would like to congratulate Shravin and Hannah

moving up to the Toddler 2 room.

The curriculum for the month of January will be focusing on new places, transitions and reaching milestones. In addition, please remember to dress you child appropriately for the weather. We may go outside to explore the new playground area at times

when weather permits. Happy New Year!

~ Mrs. Nayda

Toddlers

The toddlers have loved exploring our new school! We’ve visited the baby & big kid friends, climbed on the big kid playground, and love seeing our Chef

Chad come with our meals!

This month we’re going to focus our learning on snow, clouds, being friends, and cooking. We would also like to wish Jaimsen and Sofia a very Happy 2nd

Birthday! Thanks for all you do!

~ Mrs. Becca & Ms. Megan

Twos

Happy New Year! The two-year-olds have been busy enjoying their new school. We will be learning about dinosaurs to kick of the New Year. Then we will being to explore winter animals. We would like

to wish Lia a Happy 3rd Birthday.

Parents please remember that the weather is getting colder and we will continue to go outside daily. Please be sure to bring appropriate clothing

and outerwear for your child. ~ Ms. Jenny

3K/4K

The 3K/4K classroom is very excited to be starting a new year in a new classroom! We have enjoyed exploring all of the new things in our new classroom. This month we will be learning all about winter! We will be focusing on snow, winter animals, and hibernation. We will be spending as much time as we can outside in the snow to explore with all of our senses! Please be sure your child has all of the appropriate clothing to participate in these explorations. This includes snow pants, boots, hat and mittens. In the month of January we will be celebrating Jacob and Henry's 3rd birthdays. We will also be welcoming Lia into our classroom from the

2-year-old classroom. ~ Ms. Emily & Ms. Regina

Curriculum Corner

By Ms. Dana Brumm ~ Curriculum Specialist

Snow Day Activity Plan

Snow days can occur throughout our long winters in Wisconsin. While the idea may seem like fun, staying stuck indoors with young children can be a challenge. Having a plan can help! Make Music Search your kitchen cabinets for bowls, spoons and plastic containers to create musical instruments. Sing favorite songs while encouraging your child to play along with the beat. Through this play, your child can anticipate patterns and place objects or events in sequence building critical early math and reading skills. Experiment Use the snow outside to create an experiment and talk about cold and compare it ice and water. How does it feel different or the same? Use other words to describe cold, like freezing, icy, or chilly. Watch how ice and snow can melt and talk about the process. Be Active and Get Out Some Energy

Create obstacle courses with pillows and make tunnels with blankets.

Make “snowballs” out of rolled up socks and have a “snowball” fight or strengthen fine motor skills by crumbling paper to create your “snowballs.”

Play hide-and-seek, freeze tag and other active games.

Play “Hop the Iceberg” with pillows or cut out large white circles and have your child hop from pillow or circle without falling into the cold water.

Play Pretend or Read

Pretend it’s one of the stuffed animal’s birthdays and organize a party with all the fixings: tea party, cake, pretend candles and of course, lots of stuffed animal friends. What are the teddy bears eating? What games do they like to play? Activities like this encourage using imagination to expand on a pretend play scenario.

Cut 10-15 squares (about the size of a piece of bread) from different colors and textures of fabric. Say, “I’m going to make a sandwich” and pile up a few squares. Activities like this encourage symbolic thinking and pretend play skills.

Chose snow-themed winter books like The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats or Snowballs by Lois Ehlert.