Important

Upcoming

Dates

Veteran’s

Day

Center

Closed

Nov. 12th

Thanksgiv-

ing Feast

with Families

Nov. 15th

Family

Conferences

Nov.

16th,

19th,

Thanksgiv-

ing Break

Center

Closed

Nov.

22nd &

23rd

Winter

Break

Dec. 10th

-Jan. 6th

Sinclair Early

Childhood Education

Center

Dear Families,

We are looking forward to Fall Conferences that are

happening in November. Please see the sign up

sheet on your child’s classroom door to sign up for a

time to meet with the teachers. Each conference will

take 15-20 minutes, teachers will discuss your child’s

learning and development and you will have the op-

portunity to plan some goals for the rest of the

school year.

The Thanksgiving Holiday will be here before we

know it! As a reminder, our center will close at

5:00pm on Wednesday, November 21st, and will be

closed on Thursday, November 22nd and Friday, No-

vember 23rd.

As cooler weather approaches, please keep in mind

that the children still continue to go outside each day.

Heavier jackets/coats, hats, and mittens will be im-

portant for outside exploration.

Please make sure all items are

labeled with your child’s name.

Center Closing Dates

The center is CLOSED on Monday, November 12th for Veteran’s Day.

We will CLOSE EARLY on Wednesday, November 21st. We will close at

5:00pm.

We will also be CLOSED on Thursday, November 22nd and Friday, November

23rd for Thanksgiving.

The center will be CLOSED from December 10-January 6 for Winter Break.

The center will open on Monday, January 7th at 7:00am.

Thanksgiving Feast

All of our families are invited to join us for

our Thanksgiving Feast on Thursday No-

vember 15th, from 12:30pm to 1:15pm.

We have planned a traditional Thanksgiving

meal for lunch. Please sign up in your child’s

classroom if you are

able to join us for

lunch.

Daylight Savings Time

Sunday, November 4th,

we set our clocks

BACK 1 hour !

It’s getting cold outside The seasons are changing and the cold

weather will be here soon. The children will

go outside every day, so it is important for

your child to dress appropriately. Please

bring in a warm coat, hat, gloves and boots.

Also, remember to replace your child’s

spare clothes from summer with winter

ones, and please label all of your child’s

clothing and nap items with their name.

Remember to use the feature in Tadpoles when your child

will not be at school. You don’t have to even call the center.

It is so simple and helpful!

Pre-K begins at 8:30am. The children in Red and Purple need to be at

school to begin their day with their classmates at 8:30am. This is so im-

portant to develop and support the academic growth and social/

emotional growth so we can prepare them for Kindergarten.

EXECUTIVE FUNCTION

In last month’s newsletter, I introduce to you what Executive Function is

and why it is important. Going forward each month, I would like to use

this section to give some examples of how you can practice with and chal-

lenge your child in the area of executive function.

Some great games to play at home with your child are:

*Simon Says *Musical Chairs (get the whole family to play!) *Freeze Dance These are great ways to get a child to work on EF. For example, in Simon Says, children have to switch back and forth between following your direc-tions (when you say Simon Says) and not following your directions (when you don’t say Simon Says). They have to keep the Simon Says rule in mind, and inhibit their tendency to respond. You will notice that your child will get better with practice. Challenging your child’s EF skills can easily be done at home by providing them with age-appropriate support. Such as, nudging the correct puzzle piece closer to them so that the child can “discover” the correct piece themselves. This is giving them “just enough, not too much” support and keeps your child exercising their EF skills. Just remember, children devel-op their EF skills by using them!

Costume Parade The children had so much fun during our Costume Parade!

They visited several offices in Building 9, 13, 14, and 11, and

even got to go visit Dr.

Johnson in Building 12!

November Birthdays

9th—Deylon 3 years

25th—Noelle 4 years

29th—Teagan 4 years

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4

5 Daylight

Savings—

Set Clocks

BACK Hour

6 7

8 9 10

Center

Closed

11

12 13 14 15 16

Thanksgiving

Feast—Families

Invited

17 18

19 20 21 22

Family Con-

ferences

23

Center

Closed

24

Center

Closed

25

26 27 28 29 30

November 2016