WHERE CHILDREN LEARN TO SHINE

Bright Ideas Auburn had such a wonderful September, and boy did it go by fast! Our staff have been working hard on our fall bulletin boards, and the kids are enjoying sensory play with acorns and leaves and lots of fun things from outside as we watch summer turn into fall. 

" Our staff spotlight this month is on our Tigers 2 Pre-K teacher, Ms. Stephanie. Stephanie is a team player and is willing to help in any way possible. She does an excellent job with curriculum and exploring our natural environment." ~ Director at Bright Ideas Auburn 

Fall is here and we couldn't be more excited! Our themes for October are "Harvest Happenings," "Fall on the Farm," "Fall in the City," "Community Helpers," and "Happy Halloween!" This past month we've been working on learning our shapes. Below a student is working on a shapes collage. This not only helps with shape recognition, but also color recognition and fine motor skills since they are having to use their pincher grasp to pick up the shapes and place them on the collage.

"We want to spotlight Ms. Natalia! Ms. Natalia is the assistant teacher in the Roly Poly (12-18month) classroom. She has been with the Bright Ideas family for two years. She works hard to keep her toddlers happy at all times. Ms. Natalia's students feel loved and cared for by her. She not only makes her students feel cared for and loved but the parents love her too" ~Director at Bright Ideas Bryant

We're so excited to welcome fall at Collierville Christian Academy, and we can't wait for all the fall activities we have planned for October. This past month, our PreK 4-5 class had so much fun with their Natural Science insect identification experience. They went outside to find insects and used charts to match the insects they found to their pictures. This helps them identify and name the insects they find! Our toddlers have been working on sorting different sizes, counting, and color recognition. They've also been enjoying taking time for their favorite books and identifying colors, objects, and characters!

"We would like to throw the spotlight on Ms. Tamekia! Thank you, Ms. Tamekia, for always bringing a sense of humor, a positive attitude, attention to detail, a willingness to assist all, and a love for all the CCA infants and families! We are thankful you are a member of the CCA family!" ~Director at Collierville Christian Academy

We're so excited for the fall season! We have a fall festival coming up this month, and lots of fall activities planned! This past month we focused on color recognition and using our fine motor skills! We finger painted with the color blue which is a tactile experience, it stimulates the senses, it helps them use their imagination and be creative, as well as helps with color recognition!

🌟 Faculty Spotlight 🌟

"Our teacher spotlight this month is Ms. Gabby! She is such a great addition to our team. She is gentle and loving to our kids, and she is always on time and gives 100%! I appreciate all she does for us!"

 ~ Director at Bright Ideas Cordova

We've been busy at Brunswick Kids Club! We're introducing some new programs, and we just got our new cheer uniforms in! We can't wait to show off our routine and compete with our new look!

We are so excited to enter the fall season since we have so many activities planned. We will be having a Trunk-or-Treat open house, and we will have a nocturnal treat walk (the children will walk along the school learning about animals at night). We just celebrated our Rodeo Roundup. This fun event had the kids participating in games and hands on activities. The children were able to do agricultural science activities such as shearing sheep and how we use wool in textiles. The children also learned to milk by squeezing a milk filled latex glove. They learned about dairy farms and the importance of milk pasteurization. These agricultural science activities help the children to explore and understand the importance of our farms and how they impact our everyday lives.

Our young Kindergarteners were very excited to do a life skill activity of washing their horses. They were shown the importance of being clean and healthy life skills. These skills help to encourage self-confidence, decision making, problem solving, and success. Our Pre-K Classes have been working on their fine motor skills by using scissors to cut out their daily curriculum. Using scissors helps build hand strength, hand-eye-coordination, promotes grasp patterns, and finger dexterity. 

🌟 Faculty Spotlight 🌟

"Our spotlight teacher is Mrs. Venissa who has been with our school since 2005. She takes great pride in educating young minds. During our Rodeo Roundup, she talked about the importance of farmers and the science of milk production. She continues to school children in the science fields and loves for the children to be engaged." ~Director at Stepping Stones Academy

Bright Ideas Memphis

(Tennessee)

For the month of September, Bright Ideas Memphis's unit theme was "My Wonderful World". During the 3rd week of the month, we talked about our friends and how we can be a good friend to others. To show how we can be a good friend to others, we decided to do pair painting with our younger 2's!  They were paired off and each pair was given a piece of poster board along with paintbrushes and paint (fall colors). The kids learned how to share and how to work together to create their own masterpiece. This activity also helped our children with color recognition! [Picture 1] 

We are also learning about the beautiful fall colors and exploring with our hands! We had a sensory activity where we experienced how paint feels being squished between our fingers. [Picture 2] 

🌟 Faculty Spotlight 🌟

"Ms. Taylor is one of our lead toddler teachers, and she has been with us over a year! She loves the toddlers and they love her. She is always happy and willing to go above and beyond. We wouldn't want to make it without her!"

~Director at Bright Ideas Memphis

We've been busy this past month at Midlothian! Our three year old's had so much fun working on their gross motor skills with an obstacle course outside. Our two's, three's, and junior kindergarten classes enjoyed the demonstration from Stretch and Grow: please reach out to us to sign up! Our two year old's focused on shapes this past month and loved making a shape collage and painting circles. The highlight this past month was our junior kindergarteners enjoyed their first field trip of the school year to the Richmond Metro Zoo!

🌟 Faculty Spotlight 🌟

"Our teacher spotlight this month is Ms. Carmen. The Toddlers love circle time with Ms. Carmen. She is dependable and kind, and ways willing to lend a helping hand." ~ Directors at Bright Ideas Midlothian

The Color Monster

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