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Christ the King Community Daycare
68-02 Metropolitan Avenue,
Middle Village, NY 11379
718-417-6770
www.ctkny.org
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Welcome Autumn. The month of September flew by so quickly. The teachers, children and families have all worked very hard together and this helped all the children feel secure in their new surroundings. The teachers helped the children develop social and emotional skills by learning about our families & friends.
Our Back-to-School Night was a huge success. We had a very good turnout. Thank you to all the parents for coming and taking the first step in forging a partnership with us in the care and education of your children.
We kick off our fall curriculum with our Harvest Festival on Wednesday, October 13th. Christ the King Daycare & Preschool will enjoy a pumpkin picking patch, bouncy houses, a tasty apple treat, and many interactive games and activities that we have planned for that day. The children will be provided the ultimate hands-on experiences. This rich content will support scientific thinking in both toddlers and preschoolers through play.
Early childhood is the ideal time to help foster a love of nature and spending time outdoors. There are so many things children can learn from our nature walks, and playground time.
Our teachers encourage children to use their observations and knowledge from their everyday experiences with nature to help develop scientific concepts, and will ask questions that will help guide the children's natural curiosity.
**HARVEST FEST: all children, teachers, and staff should come dressed in their country best !
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Please review the updated COVID Safety Guidelines. All of our policies & procedures are posted on our website for your reference.
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- Please remember that all contract changes must be submitted two weeks prior to the 1st of the following month.
- When calling the facility, please keep in mind that calls should be ideally be made between 12-2pm while the children are napping. The daycare phone number is 718-417-6770.
- Please label all of you child's clothing, blankets and other belongings that you bring in.
- Please remember to make sure your child's cubby contains weather-appropriate clothing. We also appreciate all of our parents continuing to bring in diapers and a box of wipes twice each month on the 1st and the 15th.
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- Color(s): Orange & Black
- Concepts: Farms, Christopher Columbus, Opposites, Autumn, Halloween
- Shape: Octagon
- Letters: C, D
- Number(s):
Ages (1-2) # 2
Ages (3-4) #'s 3, 4
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Science with the Kitties
Last month, the Kitties said good-bye to summer and hello to fall. We enjoyed making many project and learning about the different September themes. One of our Science themes was Learning About Apples. Miss. Sara and Miss. Loreta began by showing the children apples and naming the different parts of an apple. After, the children enjoyed eating the apples at snack time. We reinforced information about apples when we read stories at Circle Time and showed the children pictures of the different parts of the apple. Later in the month, we made Apple Stamps using apples that were sliced in halves. The children like using the apples and the paint.
Science with the Chipmunks
During the month of September the children were learning all about our classroom community and bonding with our teachers and friends. For Science, the children stamped their own hand-print, and the teachers stamped their hand-prints next to theirs. After visually examining the differences, the children noticed that their hand-print was smaller than the teachers. We then decided to take a closer look at the hand-prints by using magnifying glasses. The children identified there were lines and swirls on each of our hands and that the lines were different from their lines. Ms. Gina explained to the children that the lines they saw were fingerprints and that our fingerprints make us all unique. We explained that no one in the whole world has the same fingerprints as them. They thought it was so interesting to learn how we are alike yet so different!
Science with the Turtles
Last month, the Turtles were getting to know one another and shared a little bit about themselves. One of our favorite subjects so far is Science! We are learning that Science is all around us and almost everything involves Science. One of our favorite activities that we did was taking an up close look at our fingerprints using ink pads and magnifying glasses. We had a chance to compare and contrast the lines and swirls of our fingerprints so we could see that although we are different, we are also very similar. We also had a chance to look into a mirror and spoke about what we saw. We noticed that everyone has a face with eyes, a nose and a mouth.
The Turtles even incorporated Science into our cooking lesson. As a class, we made homemade applesauce. The Turtles learned that mixing different ingredients (substances) together, can create a new and different substance, and something delicious. By mixing apples, sugar, cinnamon and water, we get a tasty applesauce!
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Math with the Angels
Throughout September, we welcomed new friends to the Angel room and had a great start to the new school year! We had a great time last month making so many beautiful crafts. One activity that they especially enjoyed was stamping with apples and making apple prints. The teachers cut an apple in half and dipped one half of the apple into red and the other into green paint. As we stamped we counted how many apples we made. When our projects dried, we reviewed our numbers and counted how many apple prints we made in each color. The Angels had so much fun counting and had an even better time getting messy with the paint! Great job Angels!
Math with the Sunflowers
The Sunflowers were so happy to start school this month! We love getting to practice our numbers during Circle Time. We focused a lot on patterns and sequences. We read a book about going to school and then we did patterns where we pasted home and school pictures. The students loved gluing and telling Ms. Danielle that when they leave their homes, they get go to school. We also did a sequence about washing hands, where the Sunflowers glued pictures in order to show what we do first, next, then and last.
The children also love to play in the Math Center and use the activities to color sort. One of their favorite things to play with in the Math Center are the cupcake sorters. They take the different color cupcakes and sort them into the trays. We are so excited to continue learning about Math in the following months!
Math with the Ducks
In the month of September, we learned about “Our Community.” For the exploration unit of “Our Community” we first talked about our classroom and the community we are building together. As a class we worked on understanding, recognizing and creating AB patterns. The students were asked to create an AB pattern using pictures of a home and school. After the students created their AB patterns, we had a discussion about how this AB pattern appears in their everyday life. Every day we leave our home to come to school and then leave school to go back to our homes.
The second math activity we worked on was counting how many people are in our family. Students were given a picture of a house and people counting manipulatives. Students were asked to place the people counters in the picture of the house to represent the people who are in their family. Students were then asked to count the total number of people who live in their home.
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Art with the Lions
As we welcome October, and the Fall season, I’d like to recap some things we have learned in the Lions class. In the month of September, the Lions focused on learning all about our classroom and centers, getting to know the teachers, other children and our daily routine. Becoming familiar with our classrooms and centers is important in helping the children to feel comfortable in their new environment. One area, the Lions especially loved, was the Art Center. The Art Center is filled with many different materials including feathers, foam stickers, pom poms , googly eyes , glitter, markers, paint,and much more! For our first art project the Lions were able to use anything they wanted in the art center to create their own collages. A lot of the children loved using the feathers in their collages, and said that it made it look like a bird flew by! The children also liked all the different sized googly eyes too. By allowing the children to explore the Art Center on their own, it helped them to feel confident and secure. They were able to choose which materials they liked best, and it made them feel excited, and want to come to school the next day to try different materials and make more wonderful Art collages!
Art with the Dolphins
As we welcome the month of October and lots of Fall fun, I would like to share some of September's highlights. September’s unit theme was “Welcome to Pre-K.” During Art time, students made a self-portrait. Students looked in a mirror and then drew a picture of themselves. Students then observed their classmates and described how we are the same and how we are different. Students understood that we are all unique, but we still have some things in common.
In September students also painted their school. Students painted a picture of what their school looks like and answered the question, “What do you like about school?” Students discussed how they felt on the first day of school vs. how they feel now.
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Music with the Snugglies II
Music is such an important part of our day in the Snugglie room. In the morning we listen to finger plays such as "The Itsy Bitsy Spider." At nap time we listen to lullabies such as "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," and, in the afternoon we listen to nursery rhymes like, "Old McDonald." The "Biggest Hit" in our class right now seems to be "If You're Happy and You Know It!" As the teachers sing, the children are smiling and some are even clapping along. We look forward to learning more gestures next month to go along with the music.
Music with the Monkeys
The Monkey class loves music! During the month of September, the Monkeys spent a lot of time learning new songs and singing each day. During Circle Time, we sing our ABCs, "Months of the Year" and are learning “The Days of the Week” song. Since we focused on the letters A and B last month, we also introduced the "Letter A Song" and the "Letter B Song."
As we are walking in the hallway, we love to sing songs too! “We Are the Monkeys Marching” (sung to "We Are the Dinosaurs") is our favorite one to sing while we are walking to an activity. The Monkey class also loves dancing. "Bear Hunt" is one of our favorite songs to dance to. We also love to “Dinosaur Stomp.” We have music playing throughout the day and it helps soothe the students as well as it keeps them happy as we do activities!
Music with the Bears
Welcome October, and the season of Autumn. In September our theme "Welcome to Pre-K" was explored throughout all of the centers in the classroom. The students were able to engage in many multisensory activities. During small group time, the students used the Smartboard and we talked about all the different things we find in the classroom. The children remembered how we clean up, and then go and wash hands. The Bears learned some new songs that aligned with our theme. The children had a great time leaning all these songs. Here are a few of our songs that we learned:
Clean Up
Clean up, clean up,
Everybody, everywhere,
Clean up, clean up,
Everybody do your share.
I Have a Friend Named
I have a friend named (child name), (---) is her name.
Get up and dance (---), get up and dance, (---),
get up and dance (---) (---) go wash your hands.
(Each child gets a chance to get up and dance before going to wash their hands, getting their jacket, etc. You can sing to more than one child at a time to make transitions happen more quickly.)
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Gym Time with the Puppies
Throughout the month of September, we had the pleasure of getting to know one another and exploring our new room and schedule. The Puppies had a great time moving their bodies and engaging in gym activities. They get very excited whenever the teacher says, “It is gym time!” The first thing they do is going straight to the door.
In the gym, the children select different toys to play with. On the roller-coasters and small bicycles, they are learning how to hold their balance. They also love to play catch and bounce the balls. Some of the children are walking independently and go in and out of the cars by themselves. Other children are using push carts to hold onto and practice walking. Another activity that the children enjoy is listening to music and dancing. We use songs like “Head Shoulders Knees and Toes” to help the children learn about parts of their bodies and following directions. As we are doing some of these activities more and more, we are really seeing progress in their growth and development.
Gym with the Bumblebees
The Bumblebee class had so much fun last month visiting each of the Specialty Rooms throughout the week, especially our indoor gym. The children enjoy playing catch, riding the bikes and climbing the steps in the gym. In our classroom, we worked on gross motor skills by incorporating the numbers of the month, 1 and 2. We do this by practicing hopping on 1 and 2 feet. In the indoor gym, the children continued this game by hopping in square tiles. This game is similar to the traditional hopscotch game. It is so much fun to watch them try to jump up high and observe how they are developing their balance.
Gym and Tech with the Pandas
Tune: A hunting we will go
To preschool we will go,
To preschool we will go,
We’ll learn and play and make new friends
To preschool we will go!
This month the students were welcomed to their new classroom. They learned all about what it’s like to be Pre-K and be a Panda! The Pandas enjoyed playing games in the soccer field and exploring in the school’s playground! They really loved using the rock climbing wall, the slides, and the climbing dome.
In the classroom, Ms. Krystal introduced the Pandas to our SMART board. The students learned to play fun and interactive games. They even enjoy following along to dancing videos and Kids Yoga! The children followed along to yoga and learned about mindfulness and what we can do to relax our bodies using breathing techniques. The children especially love the yoga stories of their favorite characters.
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The safety of our children and staff is our top priority. Please review our Health Policy. We ask for your cooperation to help us maintain a healthy environment.
On our Current Parent Page of our website you can find all medical/health forms you may need.
- Medical Form - Our center is licensed by the Department of Health which requires all children to have an up to date physical and immunization form on file.
- 504 Medication Administration Form – This form needs to be submitted for any long-term medical conditions such as asthma or allergies.
- Dietary Restriction Form – This form should be submitted to inform us of any dietary restrictions that we should be aware of. Dietary restrictions may include any dietary restrictions due to preference, allergies or medical requirements.
- Please remember to inform our center of your child's absence on a daily basis. Such absences include: reporting a contagious illness, children not feeling well or simply not coming in on their scheduled day. Reporting these absences are a Board of Health regulation.
Safety & Health Reminders
- We are a peanut-free school. Please help us to maintain a nut free environment by refraining from sending any such items (nuts, peanut butter, almond butter, any items containing nut oils, etc.) to school with your children.
- Please complete your child's Dietary Restriction and Allergy forms, if you have not already done so, and update them as needed.
- We are planning to celebrate Halloween during the month of October. Costumes may be worn to school as long as they are appropriate in length, in order to prevent any accidents.
Please contact the Nurse's office at daycarenurse@ctkny.org with questions or concerns you may have at any time.
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Angels
Angels
Madison is so proud of the artwork she made. We painted circles and every time she sees her project hanging up she points and says, “Circle!”
Bears
While the children were sitting at the table for a snack, they were talking about how they love the Bear room and all the new toys we have in the classroom. Cooper and Aiden were talking about the new toys in the Science Center. Cooper said Ms. Kerin, “Are we going to get new toys every day for the Science Center? ”I said, “No honey we only get new toys in September.” Aiden said, “Oh man. I hope September comes quick so I we can get new toys.”
Bumblebees
One morning we asked the kids what they wanted to eat for snack time. They all responded with snacks that we have in the cabinet except for Brody. Brody specifically asked for “Dunkin Donuts.” Although we couldn’t come through on his request, we all agreed that “Dunkin Donuts” would be a yummy snack.
Chipmunks
As we hand out the children's center cards every day, Ms. Gina asked the children where they want to play. When I got to Luca's card, he said "I want to play with her!" (and pointed to Ms. Anisa). We thought it was so cute!
Dolphins
When discussing how we are all similar and different Selena said we are all the same because we come to the Dolphin class and have fun!
Ducks
The children loved making patterns and started to come up with their own patterns. Lucca Bella said, “Let’s make a pattern using the blocks! We will first put a small block and then a big block!”
Kitties
When Eliza takes her daily sheet at the end of the day, she always points at the kitty and says, “Meow.”
Lions
On day Johnny walked up to Miss Kaitlin and said, “I tooted!” Miss Kaitlin explained to Johnny that when this happens we say, "Excuse me" instead. So then Johnny said, “Excuse me. I tooted.”
Monkeys
The children were drawing outside with chalk. One of the teachers drew a big heart. Willow pointed to the heart and said, "Aww. My mommy!"
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Pandas
During Circle Time, Ms. Krystal and the students discussed emotions. Ms. Krystal asked the students what emotion they felt on the first day of school. They were asked to think back and reflect on their first day of school experience. Aiden responded, “I am so happy in school. I want to come back here again!”
Puppies
During Circle Time, the teacher was showing flashcards. When Lucas saw the banana, he said, “Nanna um um!”
Sunflowers
Miss Danielle was reading a book when Julian said, “Miss Danielle, I love to read books during Circle Time!”
Turtles
While preparing for snack some of the children started asking if they could have bones for snack, to the confusion of Miss Samantha and Miss Nancy. We quickly found out that by “bones” the children mean Scooby snack cookies.
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