REMINDER: our morning hours start promptly at 9:00 a.m. ending at either 11:30 a.m. or 1:00 p.m. (for extended day classes). Please be on time for our teachers have many wonderful activities scheduled and I know they plan on starting ON TIME!!!
"Speech and Hearing Screenings: We will be offering FREE speech and hearing screenings on Tuesdays, November 1st or 8th (8:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.) here at the preschool through the "Hearing, Speech & Deaf Center of Greater Cincinnati". Gwen Haid, Pathologist, will screen children ages 3 years through 6 year 11 month. Parents will be required to remain with their child for this screening. Sign ups are at the preschool office starting in October.(http://www.hearingspeechdeaf.com/)
"Mommy and Me Bible Time": Come bring your child (19 month through 3 years) to our Mommy and Me Bible Time beginning every Monday, starting October 3rd! This FREE story and activity time gives parents a chance to engage with their child in fun Bible based songs and stories in a wonderful preschool setting. Miss Megan, our preschool 3's teacher, will facilitate the morning in room 112/113. Bring a friend and enjoy learning songs and stories. Please complete a registration form (look for them throughout the preschool wing) and drop it off at the perschool office.
Weekday Ministries Monthly Outreach: Each month we offer an opportunity for you and your child to help a ministry through specific donations. For the month of September we be collecting SCHOOL SUPPLIES for the children of Romania. Our Remember the Children ministry (http://www.remember-the-children.org/) will ship these items next spring when a container is available. Watch as each month we offer a new ministry to support with different donation themes! The purple collection bin is located by the preschool office.
Preschool Chapel: Remember that you (and your whole family) are always invited to attend chapel (3's, 4's and 5's) with your child each week. Mark your calendar beginning Thursday, September 15 & Friday, September 16 at 11:10 am or 12:40 pm in the Sanctuary. You, too, can meet our favorite puppy, "Scrappy", and learn how to "sign" our Bible words for this month! Reminder: we still have a few "End of Year Chapel" DVD's here at the preschool office that some of you had ordered last May!
Children's Choirs @ CCM: "Praise Company Children's Choirs" are graded for 4's & 5's, 1st thru 6th graders. More information and registration- http://www.ccmason.org/ .
Ladies Fall Bible Studies: CCM offers a variety of wonderful Bible Studies on Monday evenings along with Tuesday & Wednesday mornings. Childcare is available for some studies. For details, look on the Preschool parent board in the hallway or go directly to http://www.ccmason.org/ and go to Women's Ministries/Bible Studies.
Donation Request! We are asking each preschool family to donate two (2) rolls of papertowels and two (2) boxes of kleenex the beginning of this school year! This really helps us off-set the cost in this area!! You can drop these off at the preschool office or give them directly to your child's teacher. Appreciate it!!
Reminder @ "Unknown Callers": In the event that the preschool tries to contact you through your home phone or cell phone, note that our number might come up "unknown caller". Please know that we will only contact you for very important reasons, so we need you to be available and ready to pick up your phone while your child is in our care!!! This is for your child's security and safety!
Bible Theme & Words
God's Kids - All About Me!
Psalm 139:14
"I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your words are wonderful..."
Lambs (Monday & Tuesday Ext. Day) & Turtles (Wednesday am. and Thursday/Friday a.m.) "2 Year olds": Miss Robin, with Miss Adele, Miss Becky and Miss Diane , will focus this month on some fun activities. Miss Robin will share her monthly "letter bag" with the letter Bb specifically. As Robin focuses her Bible story of Creation and how God created each child special, her books will be Wake Up Me!; Sleepy Me; God Knows You; I Can Help and Mortimer Mooner Takes a Bath. The sensory table is filled with smooth sand and crafts will include dressing a paper doll (like me); face stamps, hand prints (counting 1 & 2) and bubble art. Along with puzzles, happy/sad music with shaker maracas, your child will enjoy large muscle time in the muscle room and preschool playground.
Bears "4 Years" monday/wednesday/friday AM & PM & tues/thurs. Ext. Days: Miss Linda, along with assistants Miss Brenda, Miss Stacy and Miss Nancy, will be focusing their activities and games on "All About Me": how unique and special your child is along with family and friends. Remember your child's TWO family photos (that will be used for a craft) on September 6th or 7th. Also, your child needs to bring in their favorite item to share in the making of "trail mix" on Sept. 28th or 29th. Miss Linda will be checking her emails every WEDNESDAY, so don't hesitate to email at LsBallard@roadrunner.com. If you have questions or concerns at any other time, please email Miss Marsha (Director @ marsha.collins@ccmason.org) or call the preschool office at 229-5400.
Raccoons "4 Years" monday/wednesday/friday AM & PM and tues/thurs. Ext. Days : Miss Julie, along with assistants Miss Dana and Miss Jaime, will be focusing their activities and games on "All About Me": how unique and special your child is along with family and friends. Remember your child's TWO family photos (that will be used for a craft) on September 6th or 7th. Also, your child needs to bring in their favorite item to share in the making of "trail mix" on Sept. 28th or 29th. Miss Julie will be checking her emails every WEDNESDAY, so don't hesitate to email at Jaballard@roadrunner.com. If you have questions or concerns at any other time, please email Miss Marsha (Director @ marsha.collins@ccmason.org) or call the preschool office at 229-5400.
Bridges "Pre-K" Tuesday-Friday AM: Miss Patty, with Assistant Miss Julie, are preparing all sorts of challenging & fun activities for this month. The Bible lesson will be "Designed by God: So I Must Be Special!” Your child will be spending time getting to know their new friends as well as experiencing new books, fun games, creative art activities, and creating a habitat for their "mystery class pets". Weekly lesson plans are posted outside the classroom each day. Your child will experience activities focused on the monthly theme (God's Kids-All About Me!) in literature, art, science, math, language arts , handwriting, dramatic play, building/blocks and Bible. Please check your child's backpack DAILY for important notices and updates. You are welcome to contact Miss Patty if you have any questions at 229-5400 or email at waidpa@aol.com.
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