Week of Jan. 12-16

We survived the first week of this cold snap!  I hope to get outside by the end of the week!  As the temperatures near the cut off for going outside, please make sure your child has everything they need to go out...so that if we get the opportunity to we can take advantage of it!  Being that we haven't been out in a while, there is a good chance I might make a judgement call to get out for a short period even if it is a little below what they recommend!  Dress warm!

Last week we kept ourselves busy with Travel Tots and Music Class...as well as many creative indoor activities!  Lots of dance parties, had a princess tea party, created massive towers and so on!

We started our Monthly curriculum as well!  We started learning a little bit about animal tracks as well as penguins!  The kids love the penguin theme!

This week we have DRESS SILLY DAY on Wednesday!  Come looking as goofy as you can!  Crazy clothes, crazy hair...whatever your child can come up with!  We'll have lots of silly fun that day!

Menu:
Monday- Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches, corn, apples and milk
Tuesday- Chicken and Broccoli Pasta, garlic bread, peaches and milk
Wednesday- Chili, corn bread, fruit cocktail and milk
Thursday- Sloppy Joes, bananas, Green beans and milk
Friday- English Muffin Pizzas, grapes, carrots and milk

Just a little reminder for parents of children between the ages of 3.5 and 4 (or older if you have yet to do this...)  The school districts now require an Early Childhood Screening before entrance into kindergarten and recommend doing it around 3 years and 8 months.  Here is the link to the Mounds View School districts Screening page, but you can do it in whatever your home School district is for free (or Mounds View if you plan to open enroll your child there)  It is a good tool to assess where your child is at with all areas of development!

http://www2.moundsviewschools.org/communityed/index.asp?ID=1808