Marblehead Childrens Center: Classroom = Newsletter

School to = Family

Marblehead Children's = Center=20 Newsletter

April 2009

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Summer Camp = begins June=20 29, 2009 April and May = Curriculum=20 NewsClassroom=20 NewsYoga Classes for=20 All!Article in = Marblehead=20 ReporterWe are thinking = of providing=20 After School Care for K-1 children. We are = licensed for 8 children. We just wanted to = poll=20 our parents to see if there is a need for = this.=20 Please let the Admin. staff know if you = are=20 = interested.

April=20 and May will be busy times at MCC. We will = celebrate Opening Day for the Red Sox on = April=20 6th. We are planning special = activities=20 school wide for Earth Day on April 22, = 2009.=20

Our preschool teachers are planning = some=20 theme days for school vacation week.

In May, we will be hosting our area = Directors=20 Group for lunch and a = presentation some of=20 the things I learned at the Gesell=20 Institute workshop that I attend at = the=20 beginning of March.

We are planning a special = Mother's Day=20 Brunch in the office on May 7th.

On May 28th, Outside the Box will = visit us=20 with a fun filled and educational = presentation=20 called "Dino Dig".
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Our new security system is up = and=20 running. It seems to be working well.=20

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Marblehead Children's=20 Center

Dear Parents,=20
By now, many of you have read Rosanne's = letter=20 about holding the line on tuition during these = rough=20 economic times. In addition, she mentioned our = summer=20 program and our committment to excellent=20 programming.

Curriculum development and quality = programming=20 is my specialty. I am working with the staff to = provide=20 an engaging and lively summer program for our = children,=20 very different from the school year. Remember, = we are an=20 air conditioned facility.

Our goal is to make sure the children have = fun. The=20 program will include indoor and outdoor games = and=20 activities, water play, picnics. We are also = planning a=20 garden. We will have special visitors and=20 projects.

Our themes will include:

Week 1: Ice Cream, Bubbles and = Picnics

Week 2: Red, White and Blue

Week 3: The Rodeo

Week 4: Pirates and Treasures

Week 5: Boats, Sea Creaures and the=20 Beach

Week 6: Summer Sports

Week 7: Camping

Week 8: Carnival

I am hunting for the game "Dance, Dance = Revolution"=20 and Karaoke Machine. I think our five year olds = would=20 love this! .

We will keep you informed as = we confirm our=20 special visitors. Swimming lessons will be = offered for=20 the older children.

I am always available for questions and = concerns.=20 Please don't hesitate!

Thank you all for your support and = committment to=20 Marblehead Children's=20 Center.

Gail Arsenault

Director

News

Classroom=20 News

T2 is looking for signs of = SPRING! We are=20 very happy to be playing outside. We will be = exploring=20 the theme of Spring and Farm Animals. We will = have some=20 Red Sox fun. We are enjoying our Yoga class = with=20 our teacher Tanya. She will be here on Thursday. = We=20 welcome her! We will also hatching butterflies = with=20 Toddler 2.

T3 is excited about all = the signs=20 of SPRING when we go out to the playground as = well. We=20 will be exploring Spring, planting and farm = animals over=20 the next few weeks. We love our new Yoga=20 class!

T4 is looking forward to Go Red Sox = Day,=20 Enjoying the Spring feeling in the air. We will = begin=20 some indoor and outdoor planting projects = in the=20 coming weeks. We are also hatching earthworms in = our=20 classroom.

TP is happy to have Kaitlyn Curran a = student from=20 Salem State working in our classroom. She is=20 participating in all aspects of classroom=20 management including curriculum planning. We = will have a=20 lot of fun celebrating Red Sox Day on April 6th. = We have=20 two new fish which we named Marlin and Nemo. We = welcome=20 them to our classroom community!!! We will be = learning=20 about ladybugs. We are hatching them in our = classroom.=20 Spring! Earth Day! Planting! We are=20 busy!!!!

P1 is hatching earthworms. = Spring is a=20 perfect time to study life cycles.We will be = planting=20 and working on our outdoor garden in the coming = weeks.=20 We will also be contributing to a compost bin to = use=20 in our garden. We will celebrate Red Sox = Day and=20 Earth Day this month. We love our new Yoga class = in the=20 morning.

TK1 is hatching earthworms in our = class room.=20 We are learning about life cycles this month. We = are=20 happy to be getting outside again enjoying the = nice=20 Spring days. We are starting our rhyming wall = next week.=20 We are looking forward to doing some planting = projects=20 and celebrating Earth Day. Go Red=20 Sox!!!!

TK2 is - We are talking about Spring = and=20 seasonal changes. We read "The Tiny Seed" by = Eric=20 Carle. We are looking forward to doing = some=20 planting projects insiide and out. We will begin = studying the lifecycle of a butterfly soon. We = will be=20 hatching butterflies in our classroom.

It is time to bring home all the winter = clothes and=20 boots!

We are happy to = have Tanya=20 Hawley join us on Thursday mornings for Yoga = classes in=20 all age groups. The children really enjoy it. We = welcome=20 her son Andu to our Toddler 2 class as=20 = well.

Events

Recently,=20 Rosanne wrote an=20 article for the "Sitting In" column in the = Marblehead=20 Reporter. The article is reprinted below in it's = entirety for those who did not see = it.

A plea = on=20 behalf of working mothers

I am in=20 the business of childcare. I have been = educating,=20 socializing and analyzing preschoolers for over = three=20 decades, and I love what I do.
If truth be = told, I=20 would rather have a conversation with a = 3-year-old than=20 some adults I know. Preschoolers are = refreshingly=20 guileless; they call it like they see = it.
Having said=20 that, however, I recognize that raising young = children=20 is not without its challenges, especially for = the=20 working mother; if the mother is a single = parent, the=20 difficulty increases exponentially.
There are = many=20 reasons why a woman with young children would = choose to=20 work. We all know the economic reasons, but the = reason=20 about which I feel personally guilty is the myth = my=20 generation perpetuated. We told our young women = that=20 they could do it all: You can break the glass = ceiling,=20 raise super children, conquer the Internet, = explore=20 space and be home in time to make dinner. And, = not only=20 could you do it, but you must do it because all = those=20 women who came before you fought so hard to get = you=20 there.
However, what my myopic generation = never=20 envisioned was a world that would change so fast = and=20 dramatically that very few could keep up. Add to = the=20 list of everyday life, e-mail, Blackberries, pin = numbers, passwords, software, Facebook, and cell = phones,=20 and the result is a generation of tired, guilty, = and in=20 some cases angry women. Who can blame = them?
The=20 feminists of my generation have ceased their = roar. They=20 have left women to fend for themselves without = the=20 camaraderie of sisterhood, and the results are = many of=20 the mothers I see: on the edge with no outlet. = There are=20 no placards, marches or rallies, instead the new = cultural paradigm is "grin and bear it."
The = irony is=20 that equality does not bring relief; it simply = adds more=20 to an already overcrowded life. And if that is = not=20 enough, add to the worry list an economic crisis = of epic=20 proportions.
My mission in all of this is to = let you=20 know that there are those of us who are = listening,=20 watching and hoping to help. It is time to = marshal the=20 resources that are available and demand that = they see=20 and hear what is right in front of them. We need = men who=20 "get it" and organizations, pediatricians and = schools=20 that are willing to help, and above all a = government=20 that believes that affordable childcare trumps=20 ridiculous earmarks.
Children get older, = recessions=20 fade, and life goes on. We can all sit back and = bequeath=20 more of the same to the next generation, or we = can start=20 now to find a better way. In our area, we are = fortunate=20 to have excellent preschools and a first-class=20 counseling center. Use them, talk to the people=20 involved, let them know your needs. I am sure = they will=20 listen. I know I will.
Rosanne K. Phelan is = the owner=20 of Marblehead Children's Center and Seaside = Nursery=20 = School.

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