WHERE CHILDREN LEARN TO SHINE

Hello from Auburn! We enjoyed this past month and celebrating Thanksgiving with our friends and loved ones. This month a featured activity is our Pre-K class is working on their fine motor skills by lacing yarn through a Christmas tree! We're so excited for the Holiday season to be here and looking forward to Santa coming to visit on 12/7! We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

" Our spotlight for this month is on Ms. Dee. Dee has been a Pre-K teacher for 15 years. She is a loving and compassionate teacher - all her kids and parents love her dearly. She is very organized and has a structured classroom. We're lucky to have her at Auburn!"

~ Director at Bright Ideas Auburn 

We had so much fun last month learning about Thanksgiving! We're excited for this months themes of "Tastes and Smells of the Holiday," "Sights and Sounds of the Holidays," "Holidays around the World," and "Christmas Time!" We'll learn all about Christmas, Diwai, Kwanzaa, and Hanukkah. We'd like to spotlight an activity Ms. Yelena's class did where her students traced the number 12 using brown paper and glue. The children learned how to use glue, and they used their fine motor skills to pick up the pieces of paper to place on the 12. This activity is a great way to begin to introduce number recognition and early writing skills!

"Ms. Chasity is the lead teacher in our Roly Poly 2 class, and she has worked with the Bright Ideas Family for five years. She is a great teacher and team player who is always looking for new opportunities for the student's learning. We are so happy to have her here with us! Thank you for all that you do!"" ~Director at Bright Ideas Bryant

This past month at Collierville Christian Academy we learned about and celebrated Thanksgiving! We had a wonderful feast with our friends and families and we can't wait to do it again next year! This month, Our two-year-old's are working on creating ornaments for their Christmas Trees, and our Pre-K's have been using their language and social skills to read together, as well as enjoy dramatic play! This helps their imagination and creative skills! Our one-year-olds are working on their fine motor skills as well as color and shape recognition by working on puzzles, and our Pre-K 3-4 have been working on their fine motor skills, math and science, identifying colors, shapes, and sorting with a fun fishing activity!

"Ms. Kim has filled many roles over the years for CCA. We are thankful for her continued love of CCA and her students! Ms. Kim continues to wear many hats in her varied duties with a great sense of humor and a love of children. We are blessed to have her as a member of the CCA family!" ~Director at Collierville Christian Academy

We enjoyed this past month full of fall activities and lots of good food! We loved cooking and sharing a Thanksgiving lunch with everyone this year and we can't wait see you all again next year! Our classes had a lot of fun activities like the fall collage and a fall sensory activity to name a few! This month is all about snow, the holidays, and all the joy the holidays bring.

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"Ms. Tammi has been with the company since 2009. She has been such a great mentor and teacher. One of my dearest friends and an amazing teacher! She is the definition an educator and truly has a love for children and teaching." ~Director at Bright Ideas Cordova

"Our new redone floors make the place look amazing!! The staff worked hard this break to help paint and clean. I am SO proud of them!!" ~Director at Brunswick Kids Club

We are just so excited to welcome the Christmas season and we have many fun activities planned for the joyous time of year. The following events are St. Nicholas Day, a night with Santa and Mrs. Claus, and our annual school-wide Christmas party. Our great teachers are still busy working on educating our students.

 Mrs. Shonda works on math problems with each of her Kindergartners and 1^st graders. She helps children learn math skills by having each of the students come to the board to solve equations. This allows each child to perform math concepts and problem-solve with little to no help but if necessary, Mrs. Shonda or the other students can step in. The understandings of basic mathematical equations are essential for their foundation and to further enhance their math abilities.

 Mrs. Sydney enjoys helping the Infants 2 class in sensory water play. Water play helps infants to strengthen their gross and fine motor skills. This also helps children to use their senses and to experience different substances which in turn help in the role of language development, hand and eye coordination, and problem solving.

Our feature books for December are the classic Gingerbread Man and Merry Christmas, Big Hungry Bear. We love the Gingerbread Man because of its timeless tale and it is a favorite among all the children. Merry Christmas, Big Hungry Bear is a wonderful book with its message of kindness and generosity during the Christmas holiday. We always want examples of kindness so that the children have opportunities to see what kindness can do for someone.

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"We want to shine a spotlight on Ms. Magdalena who has been with Stepping Stones for a year now! Ms. Magdalena works in our PS2 & PS3 class as an assistant teacher. Ms. Magdalena always has a positive attitude. She is hardworking and dedicated to her students. We appreciate all she does for her class and the school. We look forward to many years with her as one of our teachers!"

~Director at Stepping Stones Academy

Bright Ideas Memphis

(Tennessee)

We can't wait to continue celebrating and learning this holiday season! We hope all of our friends and families had a safe and delicious Thanksgiving this year! This month we're learning about Winter, snow, the holidays we celebrate and more! Our older infants are learning about snowflakes this month. So far, they have learned how to use their fine motor skills to paint a snow flake, and they've talked about how no two snowflakes are alike! Also they're cold to the touch - BRR!

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"Ms. Shelia is our December Employee Spotlight! She has been with the company for several years, and

Ms. Shelia is very personable, dependable, and has a good rapport with the children, parents and her co-workers. We couldn’t make it without her!" ~ Director at Bright Ideas Memphis

Here at Midlothian, our Pre-k class has started working on their fine motor skills by using scissors! They are learning the proper way to hold and use scissors. They're practicing these skills by cutting on solid black lines that have different shapes. Since the weather is getting colder, it means less time outside. Less time outside means more fun activities to do inside! Our three year old's had a blast bouncing in the bounce house! They learned how to jump safely with their friends while still having fun! We can't wait to continue celebrating the holidays with you all!

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"Mrs. Sara has been with us for 10 years. She is a very dedicated and loyal teacher. She always greets parents and staff with a smile and kind words. Ms. Sara is very energetic and does a lot of great work with our infant classroom. We are very lucky to have Ms. Sara on our team!" 

~ Directors at Bright Ideas Midlothian

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