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Another year is here, I cannot believe it is 2015! This month as we kick off another new year we will have our annual parent meeting,
and we will also be visiting Natural History Museum for our ELI trip.
Please mark your calendars to attend our Parent Meeting on Thursday, January 22nd
, at 6 pm.
Have a great month and I look forward to spending 2015 with you and all it brings to Kendal Early Learning Center! ~ Sara Kelly
Upcoming Dates:
January 1 – Closed for the holiday
January 5 – New Cycle – Tuition Due
January 7 – Swimming
January 8 – ELI field trip to Natural History Museum
January 16 – Giraffes’ trip to Library
January 19 – New Cycle – Tuition Due
January 21 – Swimming
January 22 – Parent Meeting at 6pm
February 2 –New Cycle – Tuition Due
February 4 - Swimming
February 5 – ELI Field Trip to Botanical Gardens
February 12 – Intergen Valentine’s Day Celebration
January 2015 Newsletter
Birthdays This Month:
January 7 – Alexandra turns 7!
January 21 – Abby turns 3!
January 23 – Sam turns 4!
Happy, Happy Birthday to You!
January Parent Meeting:
Our annual Parent Meeting will be Thursday,
January 22nd
, at 6 pm in the Kendal Education
Center. Please park in employee parking lot,
walk to and out the front door of Heiser and
walk to the left to the Education Center. Please
mark your calendars for this event. We will be
talking about the importance of Literacy in a
child’s life. Dinner of pizza and salad will be
included as well as child care.
Intergenerational News:
The Twigbee Shop was so much fun! The
children loved going shopping for the
special people in their lives! The
Hanukkah Tea was a great success. The
children did a great job making the
decorations and decorating cookies for
the event. Then they got to play the
dreidel game with all of the residents. A
great time was had by all.
From the Classroom:
December is finally over; it has been a crazy month. We want to thank all our families for your support and cheer.
Christmas at Kendal is always a festive time. The children enjoyed making tree ornaments and gifts, decorating cookies, decorating a
tree with our Grand Friends, buying gifts at the Twigbee shop, having a pajama party, and visiting Santa (proud to say that we had no
criers this year). We know that not everyone celebrates the holidays the same way. This year we learned about Christmas in France,
Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. Laura, Phoebe’s mother, told us all about how her father spent Christmas in France and helped the children
make their own Christmas log cupcake and leave their shoes out for Pere Noel to deliver presents. The children then prepared for a
Hanukkah tea party with our Grand Friends by learning a dreidle game and song, decorating gingerbread cookies, and making dreidle
and star decorations for the tables. The children had a blast playing the dreidle game trying to win gold gelt and drinking tea.
We have finally finished conferences. Spring conferences will be held in April, but if you ever have questions or concerns
about your child’s progress or experience at Kendal, feel free to talk to our teaching team at any time.
In January we are starting Creative Curriculum again with a study about exercise. The study will last seven weeks. If you have
any stories or skills that you would like to share with the children or know someone that does, we would love to have you visit the
classroom.
With the New Year, we also have a new ELI field trip. On January 8
th
we will be going to the Cleveland Natural History
Museum to learn about Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age. We are excited to learn about these ancient animals and
what their lives were like.
Happy January!
Sara, Karen, Robin, and Mary

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January 2015 newsletter format

  • 1. Another year is here, I cannot believe it is 2015! This month as we kick off another new year we will have our annual parent meeting, and we will also be visiting Natural History Museum for our ELI trip. Please mark your calendars to attend our Parent Meeting on Thursday, January 22nd , at 6 pm. Have a great month and I look forward to spending 2015 with you and all it brings to Kendal Early Learning Center! ~ Sara Kelly Upcoming Dates: January 1 – Closed for the holiday January 5 – New Cycle – Tuition Due January 7 – Swimming January 8 – ELI field trip to Natural History Museum January 16 – Giraffes’ trip to Library January 19 – New Cycle – Tuition Due January 21 – Swimming January 22 – Parent Meeting at 6pm February 2 –New Cycle – Tuition Due February 4 - Swimming February 5 – ELI Field Trip to Botanical Gardens February 12 – Intergen Valentine’s Day Celebration January 2015 Newsletter Birthdays This Month: January 7 – Alexandra turns 7! January 21 – Abby turns 3! January 23 – Sam turns 4! Happy, Happy Birthday to You! January Parent Meeting: Our annual Parent Meeting will be Thursday, January 22nd , at 6 pm in the Kendal Education Center. Please park in employee parking lot, walk to and out the front door of Heiser and walk to the left to the Education Center. Please mark your calendars for this event. We will be talking about the importance of Literacy in a child’s life. Dinner of pizza and salad will be included as well as child care. Intergenerational News: The Twigbee Shop was so much fun! The children loved going shopping for the special people in their lives! The Hanukkah Tea was a great success. The children did a great job making the decorations and decorating cookies for the event. Then they got to play the dreidel game with all of the residents. A great time was had by all.
  • 2. From the Classroom: December is finally over; it has been a crazy month. We want to thank all our families for your support and cheer. Christmas at Kendal is always a festive time. The children enjoyed making tree ornaments and gifts, decorating cookies, decorating a tree with our Grand Friends, buying gifts at the Twigbee shop, having a pajama party, and visiting Santa (proud to say that we had no criers this year). We know that not everyone celebrates the holidays the same way. This year we learned about Christmas in France, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. Laura, Phoebe’s mother, told us all about how her father spent Christmas in France and helped the children make their own Christmas log cupcake and leave their shoes out for Pere Noel to deliver presents. The children then prepared for a Hanukkah tea party with our Grand Friends by learning a dreidle game and song, decorating gingerbread cookies, and making dreidle and star decorations for the tables. The children had a blast playing the dreidle game trying to win gold gelt and drinking tea. We have finally finished conferences. Spring conferences will be held in April, but if you ever have questions or concerns about your child’s progress or experience at Kendal, feel free to talk to our teaching team at any time. In January we are starting Creative Curriculum again with a study about exercise. The study will last seven weeks. If you have any stories or skills that you would like to share with the children or know someone that does, we would love to have you visit the classroom. With the New Year, we also have a new ELI field trip. On January 8 th we will be going to the Cleveland Natural History Museum to learn about Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age. We are excited to learn about these ancient animals and what their lives were like. Happy January! Sara, Karen, Robin, and Mary