March Newsletter

Becky’s Blessings Childcare

March, 2016

Dear Families,

It’s that time of year when everyone wears green and has a touch of “Spring Fever!” Hopefully, we will continue to experience some springtime weather, which will allow us to go outside to play in the fresh air for longer periods of time. We really look forward to going to Sunrise Park and playing on the big playground.

Happy Birthday to Micah, who will turn 2 this month! We will celebrate with a birthday party and cupcakes. Our themes for this month are Dr. Seuss, Transportation, Green, and Springtime. We had fun making Dr. Seuss crafts and reading many books like Hop on Pop, Dr. Brown Can Moo and Green Eggs and Ham. For Transportation week we will be making some cute footprint cars, driving in paint, and playing with our new CAT Dump trucks. We will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day week by wearing green and taking our Leprechaun pictures with funny hats. For Spring time, we will talk about baby animals, the weather, and gardening.

The new Zoo phonic letters we are working are include: Inny Inchworm (i), Vinnie Vampire Bat (V), Yancy Yak (y), and Zeke Zebra (z). Towards the end of March the remaining Zoo Phonics characters and their sounds will be introduced: Catina Cat (c/s), Ellie Elephant (e), Gordo Gorilla (g/j), Ollie Octopus (o), Umber Umbrella Bird (u), and Xavier Fox (x).

 As we get closer to March 17, we will be learning lots about those mischievous little guys, the leprechauns! One of the best things about leprechauns, besides finding their pots of gold, are rainbows! We will be doing lots of activities exploring all the colors of the rainbow. We will use the rainbow parachute to make our mini balls go up and down, make a fizzy rainbow, and make handprint rainbows.  To celebrate the green of Ireland we will make cool clover paintings and make silly green hats to wear during our St. Patrick’s Day Party! At our party, we will try green food and rainbow sherbet.

We will be working on some new finger plays this month which include: “The Color Song” and “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.” For our quiet time of the day, which is right before we go down for our nap we will be reading some new books, including “Goodnight Baby Animals”, “Eating the Alphabet,” and many Dr. Seuss books. They love books, and I love to read to them!