Newsletter

2019 Year End Review

Throughout the year we diligently apply ourselves to maintaining the required safeguards (to reflect best practice) to ensure your children’s health and safety. We also pride ourselves on providing engaging multi-sensory excellent learning experiences. Thank you for another incredible year.

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Happy New Year from all of us to you and yours!

Happy New Year! Smiles of 2019 video is one of our many accomplishments. It is a pleasure to serve and work along with a group of dedicated parents. The children are growing and glowing. We are thankful for you and the difference we are making

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Gingerbread Man – Sensory Learning

As an extension of our holiday theme, we read Gingerbread Man by Karen Schmidt. We extended the story with questions to foster the children’s narrative skills. Additionally, we followed up with decorating gingerbread cookies. Cooking activities can be very messy. However, we have found that

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Outdoor Play!

Outdoor play is an essential part of childhood. It’s exciting to see children in their natural environment – exploring their surroundings, being curious about their world, and finding excitement in seeing new things. Outdoor play improves physical development. Physical skills are essential for growth, physical coordination, and the movement of

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Celebrate Farm to CACFP Week October 21-25, 2019

October is National Farm to School Month. https://www.actionforhealthykids.org/activity/celebrate-national-farm-to-school-month/ Farm to CACFP Week October 21-25, 2019, is a week dedicated to celebrating CACFP. Here is the website http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/child-and-adult-care-food-program/farm-to-cacfp/.  Want to learn more about Farm to CACFP? Watch this webinar or call Bee Thorp at 804-864-7827 or email her

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