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This is a sample of one of our Maloney Adventure Time newsletters: WELCOME TO MALONEY! Our A.T. Staff is excited to meet all the new faces as well as seeing all those returning. We have a fun and exciting year planned for all of you. There are lots of activities, games, arts, and crafts as well as parties and a whole bunch of fun. SEPTEMBER THEMES AND ACTIVITIES September 4-6................. Welcome September 9-13............... Circle of Friends September 16-20............. Awesome Apples September 23-27............. Messy Fun September was a month of getting to know one another and enjoying being together again with familiar faces. Maloney always has a close-knit group of kids. The children personalized their cubbies, made friendship bracelets for each other, laughed at mix/match face books they created, and munched on scrumptious caramel apples from our own kitchen corner. We also had fun getting messy making our own slime, oatmeal clay, and soda clay. They always enjoy messy projects. OCTOBER THEMES AND PROJECTS September 30-October 4.................. Autumn Colors October 7-11................................... Paper Plate Pizazz October 14-18................................. Sugar and Spice October 21-25................................. Pumpkin Patch October 28-November 1.................... Happy Halloween A.T. started the month of October off decorating our room in beautiful fall colors with such projects as autumn wreaths. Instead of our yearly fall tree, though, we constructed a scary street post with arrows pointing towards Spider Lane, or Ghostly Way. Staci and Francisca did a fantastic job with the kids creating a haunted mansion scene with flying ghosts and hairy spiders. October is always a fun month preparing for the celebration of Halloween. A.M. Hello! Welcome to A.T. mornings with Staci and Francisca! We have begun a fun-filled year with your children. To start things off in September, we spent a lot of time getting to know one another and getting ready for Halloween. We all worked together in constructing a scary Haunted House. The children really enjoyed participating in making pumpkin pancakes for our morning snack. Every day after group time, we all do our morning stretches. What a way to start the school day! Parents, please feel welcome to come to any teacher with questions or concerns, and we'll be happy to help. P.M. Safety, along with fun, is our goal. When your child gets out of school, we immediately take roll, have a snack, and then the activities begin. We have one or two teachers outside with a project and one or two inside with another. Then, with kids who are still here at 4:15, they may have a snack that they brought from home. After that, we have another activity hour and then Super Clean-Up. If they help during Super Clean-Up, they earn a prize, which they love. All afternoon we have an area set up for your child to do his or her homework-Homework Heroes Club to get them in the habit of studying and completing their homework. We love to help them get set up and started, but we do not sit one-on-one with them because each teacher is responsible for a group of kids. They earn a prize for every five days of homework. Rewards work so well! If you would like your child to participate, let a teacher know and we will remind and encourage your child by checking his or her Hero Sign-off Sheet. Watch for names of kids who are working under the Homework Heroes Club banner in the newsletter. Please let them know it's never too late to start. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES Outdoor activities consist of baseball, nationball, kickback, tetherball, volleyball, badminton, football, jump rope, basketball, 1,2,3 breathe, SPUD, steal the bacon, and off the line. That, just to name a few. It's always a good idea to have your child wear comfortable play shoes when at school and A.T. KINDER TIME with Gail Gail always looks forward to her new group of kinders every year. The kids enjoyed getting to know one another and playing together. Our weekly schedule is: Mondays-story time, dramatic play Tuesdays-art Wednesdays-cooking Thursdays-science Fridays-large motor movement Busy kinders sometime have accidents, so perhaps it would be a good idea to have a change of clothes in your kinder's cubby, in a name-labeled ZipLoc bag. Also, it's very helpful to send a backpack or something in which your child can carry belongings. Thank you for your support in all of the above; it makes for a safe and happy atmosphere for everyone. The staff of Maloney Adventure Time is looking forward to a wonderful year with all of you. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free at any time to come in or phone and talk to any of the staff. We love to hear from you! Gail, Staci, and Francisca