Medfield Afterschool Program
Jump Start – Kindergarten – First Grade
February 2018 Newsletter
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Please check your MAP family mailbox for:
Your child’s MAP Experience Report
The February Vacation Confirmation/Itinerary
& Permission Slip if you signed up
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IMPORTANT DATES in FEBRUARY:
Tuesday 2/1 – Early Release Day - What will happen @ MAP?
If
it is your child's normal day to attend MAP, we will be expecting them (there is no Jump Start). There is no special sign up or extra charge for the extended coverage. If your child will not be coming, please make sure to notify MAP.
Annette.map@comcast.net
(508) 359-2165
Half Day Kindergarten Families
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Please make note that for the reminder of the school year, on Early Release Days & Conference Days, children in AM Kindergarten will not have school & children in PM K will attend the morning session of Kindergarten.
(Early Release Dates: 2/1, 3/15, 3/20, 3/29, 5/11, 6/14 – more info below)
- Jump Start - NO MAP
- AM K & PM MAP – Children in AM Kindergarten have NO SCHOOL – Children in PM MAP can be dropped off at 8:30 am and may stay until 2:30 or their usual pick up time.
- AM MAP & PM K – Children in PM Kindergarten will attend the morning session of Kindergarten and be released to MAP at 11:40. Children may stay at MAP until 2:30 or their usual pick up time.
- 1st Grade & Full Day K have a half-day, and will be released to MAP @11:40.
- All children need to come to MAP with a lunch (and a toothbrush if you gave your permission)
Tuesday 2/13 – Permission Slips for February Vacation due back to MAP.
Monday 2/19
– MAP is closed
February Vacation: Tuesday 2/20, Wednesday, 2/21, and Thursday, 2/22
- MAP will be OPEN from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm on. This is an optional program. Families sign up and pay separately for these special days. We are planning a fun week around the Winter Olympics, as well as a field trip!
Friday 2/23
– MAP is CLOSED for our Program Wide Teacher Professional Day.
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Looking Ahead to MARCH:
CONFERENCE DAYS: Thursday, March 15 & Tuesday, March 20, and Thursday March 29
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What happens at MAP? Children enrolled in MAP on one or both of these days:
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There is
NO JUMP START MAP
on these days.
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AM K & PM MAP
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Children in AM Kindergarten have NO SCHOOL
– Children in PM MAP can be dropped off at 8:30 am and may stay until 2:30 or their usual pick up time.
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AM MAP & PM K –
Children in PM Kindergarten
will attend the morning session of Kindergarten
and be released to MAP at 11:40. Children may stay at MAP until 2:30 or their usual pick up time.
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Children in
First Grade & Full Day Kindergarten have a half day
and will come to MAP at 11:40.
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All children will need to come to MAP with a lunch.
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Please remember to call MAP at (508) 359-2165 if your child will be absent. Our voicemail is always on!
Friday, March 30 – No School, MAP Open -
SPECIAL SIGN UP DAY! MAP will be open from 8-6. Watch for the sign up!
WATCH your EMAIL INBOX for the information to sign up for
APRIL VACATION
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***Your TOP SECRET Assignment! If you have made it this far in the newsletter, give yourself a pat on the back! Then, find the CUTEST picture of a guinea pig and send it to
Meghan.map@comcast.net
. We’ll decorate the wall behind Butterscotch’s cage, and we’ll celebrate the families who are “In The Know” about all the MAP News!
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Jump Start and Half-Day K at MAP
We have been all around the world this month, and all we brought you was this fantastic newsletter! Geography month has proven to be more fun and exciting than we imagined it would. We started with a week on Arctic places – we learned about penguins and polar bears, ice hotels, and the Aurora Borealis. We had some hands-on fun while learning about the Iditarod dogsled race, and the story of the brave dogs like Balto who the race honors each year.
The following week we were off to warmer climates – can you blame us?
We learned about the Equator, and why those parts of the Earth are always warm. We spent some time discovering desert habitats and learning how plants and animals survive there.
We capped off the week with a fun Hawaiian luau and a volcano experiment!
We finished off the month in the Rainforest, taking full advantage of our amazing Dramatic Play area! We explored the layers of the rainforest and the plants and animals that live in each. We learned about all of the important products that come from the rainforest. We found out about the native people of the rainforest and how different their lives are from ours. We even played some games to see how well we would survive in the rainforest – ask your MAPster how he or she fared! And, we discovered the importance of protecting these amazing habitats so they will continue to be strong and vibrant.
We are ready to take some steps back in time, since February is HISTORY month – there’s a lot to squeeze in to such a short month!!!
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Session 3 Clubs
MONDAY
Frozen Club with Jodi
- Frozen club had a great start with a generous snowfall that allowed us to have fun painting the snow piles, and then warm up with some indoor snow puffy painting! We followed that up by making some different types of snow since the real stuff had melted! It has been a bit messy, but we have been enjoying the snow fun!
TUESDAY
Papier Mache Club with Jeanne
- With smocks on and sleeves rolled up the Papier-Mache Club members were very excited to start working on their first project . . . a bowl. They worked hard as they dipped strips of newspaper into the Papier-Mache solution (flour, water, and a bit of glue), and layered them around a plastic bowl. Once the newspaper was dry, the plastic bowl popped out, and voila!, a perfectly shaped Papier-Mache Bowl. Onto project #2 . . . maracas!
Color My World Club with Meghan J
. – We have all enjoyed our coloring time together, making the stunning Martin Luther King poster hanging in the MAP room, and trying out a fun new coloring app on our iPads. The kids sound like they’re ready to do a little more than just coloring, so we are going to move on to some color science and cooking before the club ends.
WEDNESDAY
Rock Band Club with Mike
- Rock Band Club is hard at work in the studio, and has already recorded several great covers of songs by The Band, The Ramones, and even The Beastie Boys! Hopefully they haven't trashed their hotel rooms at home!
Building Club with Kim
- Club has been so successful! The kids have been challenged to make a home for a peep, a structure to withstand an earthquake, and a paper bridge to hold pennies. The kids are super excited each week to see their new building challenge!
THURSDAY
Fun & Games Club with Trish –
We have been having a great time in Fun & Games Club! We started with a board games day - we played Feed the Kitty, Race to the Roof & Race to the Treasure! The next club we tried out card games - Go Fish, Uno, & Garbage (a numbers card game). Last week we played Huckle Buckle. It is a hiding an object game & the kids need to find it without giving it away to others! The kids did great taking turns hiding the object for each other. Great job Fun & Games Club!!!
Minute to Win It Club with Scott -
Minute to Win It club has been a huge success these past few weeks. Everyone has been giving their best efforts each week. Sometimes the easiest of tasks becomes increasingly more difficult once you put a time on it. Everyone has been in good spirits and helping each other to encourage learning and understanding during our weekly challenges. Balance, speed, action, and thought are all being thrown into a one minute sprint. We have a handful of weeks left filled with more challenges to conquer.
FRIDAY
Spy Club with Megan S.
- Our Spie
s have been hard at work creating secret agent names and disguises! The ID cards
came out so cute and our MAP spie
s enjoyed finding and creating outfit disguises for their picture IDs. This week will be doing our fingerprints
and creating secret messages. We’
ll have to work as a team to figure out what the secret messages say. Tr
aining will start up soon and we’
ll be taking on obstacle courses! Be ready for some more SPY fun!
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Afternoons at MAP
The beautiful white, fluffy snow was a welcome addition to our play outdoors. Climbing on snowbanks, creating snow forts, and just rolling around in it was great fun. New club offerings, projects, time in the gym (especially the new favorite Pirates of the Caribbean game – complete with theme music!), and playing in the MAP room continue to keep the children busy as they use their imaginations and share their creativity.
A few of the special projects were fluffy penguins, colorful snakes, glittery snowflakes, and rainforest cookies. Some friends made life-size portraits with balloons attached declaring their favorite foods from the Memorial cafeteria – bacon, sausage, and chicken patty were the most popular. Visit the cafeteria to see them hanging on the walls. Comical construction paper likenesses were made of kids and their open mouths, with a poem attached urging them to catch a snowflake before it hit the ”icky street”! The MAPsters have also been very busy helping to decorate the MAP Rainforest! After asking many children what their favorite part of MAP is, the overwhelming response was PROJECTS and CHOICE TIME. So many fun things to choose from everyday!
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It's Tax Time!
MAP's federal tax ID # :
04-3061993
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CONTACT US:
Annette Gallagher, M.Ed., Jump Start Kindergarten First Grade Program Director
Gaye Shannon,
Executive Director
MAP provides high quality afterschool enrichment programs and is supported by tuition & tax-deductible contributions from families, their employers, other organizations. Proudly serving Medfield families for over 20 years! A nonprofit organization.
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