Exploring “Let’s Move!”

Hispanic Heritage Month

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

Wear Gold/Yellow FridaysWear Gold/Yellow Fridays

Monday, September 3rd

Labor Day - CENTER CLOSED

Wednesday, September 12th, 5 pm - 6 pm

Parents Council

Sunday, September 16th, 11 am

Grandparents’ Day Performance, Lunch Served

Tuesday, September 25th

Fall Photos

Friday, September 28th

Native American Day

Dear AFDS Families,

Welcome to the 2018-2019 school year!

While we enjoy the last few days of summer, we’ve begun a

brand new school year and couldn’t be more excited.

We have so many wonderful program updates to share with you

and would like to invite you to join us at the Parent Council Meeting

on Wednesday September 12, 2018 at 5 pm in the 2nd fl oor classroom.

In addition to program updates, we would also review the upcoming events and

programs taking place between now and December 2018.

This meeting will be a great way to meet new families, ask questions, sign up for

volunteer opportunities and be a part of the ongoing discussion about how we can

continue to support and grow the program!

We hope to see you there!Sincerely,

Dr. Nadia J. Jones

Executive Director

Exploring “Seeds and Trees”

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Wear PINK Fridays

Monday, October 8th

Professional Development Day - CENTER CLOSED

Tuesday, October 9th - Friday October 12th

School Age Camp Available - See Front Offi ce

Friday, October 26th, 3:30 pm - 6 pm

Fall Festival & Costume Parade

Wednesday, October 31st

Día de Muertos & Halloween

9/17 Eleanor S. 9/17 Ms. Fite 9/30 Mrs. Lowe

9/2 Hazel H. 9/3 Mrs. Felix 9/9 Tobias S. 9/17 - Lillie M.

Classroom Recap: Pre-KClassroom Recap: Pre-K

Classroom Recap: Twos A & BClassroom Recap: Twos A & B

Classroom Recap: ToddlersClassroom Recap: Toddlers

Classroom Recap: Spanish ClassClassroom Recap: Spanish Class

Mrs. Felixsfelix@a1kids.org

Ms. K. Jacksonkjackson@a1kids.org

Welcome Back!!! Pre-K has taken off with a great start with the Beginning of the Yearstudy. The past couple of weeks we’ve spent some time learning about the letters A-P of the alphabet, their sounds, things that start with those letter sounds, and how to write the uppercase and lowercase form of those letters. For math the students have been enjoying counting many things and using technology such as the iPad and Promethean board to enhance their math skills. They’ve also been learning about the letters in their name, recognizing their self features, exploring the many places around the school, how to make friends, and work together as a team. They will spend some time ending the study by presenting their All About Me projects, where they will display their favorite things, family members, etc. Come explore the Pre-K hall and learn more about our students and what makes them great.Next month we’ll begin our Let’s Move study where we will spend some time learning about our bodies and the bones and muscles that are inside. We will also be learning about ways to keep our body healthy such as exercising and eating healthy foods. The students will continue to learn about the letters of the alphabet by recognizing letters Q-Z, their sounds, things that start with those letter sounds, and how to write the uppercase and lowercase form of those letters. As we dig deep into this study, the students will have the opportunity to experience using their senses in various science activities such as taste testing and playing “What’s that Smell?.” To end the study, our students will present their body projects. Come check them out in our Pre-K hall.

Ms. Altizer, Ms. Fite, and Mrs. Massar want to welcome all the Two’s to the new school year. We have been busy bees working on being more independent. August’s theme was All About Me. Some of the children’s art work has consisted of self-portrait puzzles, the house I live in (matching house size), and classroom rules. We have had a great start! September’s theme is Let’s Move. The children will be doing a lot of movement activities like puddle jumping math, an obstacle course in the gym, and morning yoga. Lastly we would like to welcome our newest friend Emma! Welcome Emma and family!

Mrs. Altizer (Twos A)saltizer@a1kids.org

Ms. Massar (Twos B)jmassar@a1kids.org

Ms. Fite (Twos A)tfi te@a1kids.org

Welcome to the Toddlers classroom. We are so excited to have all of you new parents and Toddlers. As we learn about what makes us sad and what’s scary about school, how do we make friends at school? This will help the Toddlers become more comfortable with school and their teachers. We will sing silly songs, make fun arts and crafts, and continue to explore activities indoors and outdoors. Let’s get excited about learning! Parents and Toddlers, we welcome you and your wonderful ideas to make our classroom more successful!

Mrs. Garrettcgarrett@a1kids.org

Mrs. Gamblesgamble@a1kids.org

Ms. Bowdenkbowden@a1kids.org

Bienvenidos a la classe de espanol! Welcome to Spanish class! During Spanish class the children will be introduced to a variety of vocabulary in Spanish. The children will also learn through bilingual songs and games. Two of the songs we will sing on a weekly basis with all the classes are “Buenos dias” and “Como te llamas…What is your name?” Each session will be taught by Ms.Sutton-Cannon and Mrs.Massar in 30 minute sessions once a week. Infants, young toddlers, toddlers, and twos will be on Wednesday morning. Preschool, pre-k, and school-age on Thursday morning. We are very excited to start Spanish class!

Ms. Sutton-Cannon

Ms. Massar

Classroom Recap: KindergartenClassroom Recap: Kindergarten

Classroom Recap: First GradeClassroom Recap: First Grade

Ms. Sutton-Cannonmsuttoncannon@a1kids.org

Mrs. Lowealowe@a1kids.org

What we have been learning:The kindergarten students have been working hard over the past several weeks and are off to a great start this school year! For math, the students have been working with numbers by making a number book using number words. They also learned about ten frames, number lines, measurement, and reviewed day and night. For English Language Arts (ELA) The kindergarten students worked on learning about the parts of the book and how to do a story map. We have been working on retelling the story by using beginning, middle, and end. During writing, the students focused on spacing between words and making complete sentences. For social studies, the students did a “Where do we live project” where they learned about what city, state, country, continent, and planet we live on.

What’s coming up:The kindergarten students will be introduced to a new study called Exploring “Let’s Move.” During math the students will learn how to skip count by 5’, 10’s, and 2’s.” For ELA, the students will work on ending sounds and be introduced to vowels. They will spend some time learning the short and long sound of each vowel. For writing the kindergarten students will be introduce to the writing check list and learning how to label, stretch out words, fi nger space, capitalization and punctuation. The kindergarten students will fi nish our social studies unit by working on their globe skills. Then we will be moving onto science and learning about the characteristics of science “curiosity, honesty, and openness.” The kindergarten students will also learn about the scientifi c method by doing a number of experiments.

Shout Outs:We would like to give a big thanks to Mrs. Waddell for coming to read to the class. We enjoyed our fi rst mystery reader.

Welcome to the new school year! So far we must say that the teachers and students alike have all been working to forget about the awesome summer we’ve had. It’s week three, so (with a reluctant sigh) we ARE getting there. The past few weeks have been a time of getting to know one another and adjusting to our new routines, along with reviewing our skills and seeing where we are. We have been reviewing our number skills, recalling how to write our digits in words and labelling amounts with their numbers. We have counted many things and this week reminded ourselves of how to add within ten. Next week we will recall place value, and in this way prepare ourselves to add within 20 and beyond. Now that we are at week four, however, it’s also a good time to get to some new skills started and we have done so with reading and language arts. We are tackling comprehension skills such as schematic connecting and inferring in reading, and learning how to use the word tips and tricks from the dictionary; learning ways in which we can train our brains to recall new information, such as making a table or organizing our thoughts into major categories that will help us connect things such as names and dates for history, recall processes and materials for scientifi c understandings, and pick up tips like how to use mnemonic devices such as rhyming and fi rst-letter tagging that will help us remember spelling and writing rules. We have been having fun, though!As we march into Autumn and progress through the year, we hope to keep this happy classroom spirit of kindness, acceptance and love, but if you see us looking frazzled after a particularly busy day, please feel free to remind us of how much we love our teachers, our classmates and our school.

Mrs. Felixsfelix@a1kids.org

Directions:

Prep Time: 55 minutes

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.

2. Cook pasta according to directions until crisp-tender.

Drain pasta.

3. Place drained pasta in a 13x9 baking dish.

4. Place broccoli in a stockpot of boiling water or a

steamer for about 5 minutes.

5. Rinse broccoli with cool water.

6. Add the drained broccoli and the precooked chicken

strips to the pasta.

7. Sprinkle shredded cheeses over pasta mixture.

8. In a mixing bowl, combine milk, chicken broth, salt,

and pepper.

9. Pour milk mixture evenly over the pasta mixture and

mix in with a spoon.

10. Cover baking dish with foil.

11. Bake 30 minutes, until mixture is bubbly and cheese

is melted.

Knowing whether a child is well enough to go to school

can be tough for any parent. It often comes down to

whether a child can still participate at school. Having

a sore throat, cough, or mild congestion doesn’t always

mean a child can’t handle class and other activities.

When in doubt, check in fi rst. Most child cares, preschools,

and grade schools have rules about when to keep kids

home. For example, kids with strep throat need a dose or

two of antibiotics fi rst, which can mean staying home the

day after diagnosis (or possibly longer).

Fever with no other symptoms usually isn’t reason enough

for a child to stay home. But many schools or childcare

centers request that a child not return until at least 24

hours after a fever has broken naturally (without fever-

reducing medicines).

Chickenpox sores should be dry and crusted over before

kids go back to school (usually this takes about 6 days).

Other contagious infections — like rubella, whooping

cough, mumps, measles, and hepatitis A — have specifi c

guidelines for returning to school. Your doctor can help

you fi gure this out.

Lice, scabies, and ringworm shouldn’t keep kids out of

school. If the problem is found by the teacher or school

nurse, the child should stay in school until the end of the

day. Kids who get their fi rst treatment after school should

be able to return to the classroom the next morning.

Kids with colds, coughs, or pinkeye can go to school if

they feel well enough, don’t have a fever, and don’t

need so much care that they will burden the teachers.

Some schools or childcare centers require time at home

or a doctor’s note for pinkeye, so ask about their policies.

Of course, never send a child to school who has a fever,

is nauseated or vomiting, or has diarrhea. Kids who lose

their appetite, are clingy or lethargic, complain of pain,

are drooling with mouth sores, or who just don’t seem like

themselves should also take a sick day. If your child will

need more care than the teacher can provide, it’s only

fair to the other kids that your child stay home.

Most important, go with your gut. You know your kids

best. If your son has the sniffl es but hasn’t slowed down at

home, chances are he’s well enough for the classroom.

But if he’s been coughing all night and has a hard time

getting up in the morning, he might need to take it easy

at home.

Dragon Con

Thursday, Aug. 30 - Sunday, Sept. 2

Atlanta’s very own Dragon Con takes

place in downtown Atlanta during Labor

Day Weekend. Atlanta First UMC will be

handing out water bottles and comic

books during the Dragon Con Parade,

which goes right past the Church along

Peachtree Street on Saturday at 10 am!

Ingredients:

1 box Whole-Wheat Penne Pasta (14 oz)

3 cups Raw Broccoli Florets

3/4 cup Precooked Chicken Strips (4 oz)

1/2 cup Reduced-Fat Cheddar Cheese, shredded (2 oz)

1/2 cup Mozzarella Cheese, shredded (2 oz)

3 tbs Skim Milk

2 tbs Low-Sodium Chicken Broth

3/4 tsp Salt

3/4 tsp Ground Black Pepper

Jazz Matters Summer Concerts

Now Through 9/21, 8 pm - 11 pm

At Wren’s Nest

1050 Ralph David Abernathy BLVD SW

Jazz Matters because music matters!

Jazz is America’s only original art form

and this national treasure was created

by African Americans. It is our vision to

Preserve a Musical Culture, Tradition &

Art Form by educating & developing new

audiences; inspiring new Jazz artists; and

providing a forum for artists to perform

and perfect their craft.

The Toirtose & The Hare and Other

Aesops Fables

Now Through 9/23

Center for Puppetry Arts, 1404 Spring St NW

Aesop’s circus is in town and the animals

are ready to take the stage in this

cheerful, interactive production designed

specifi cally for the very young. Adapted for

the puppet stage by Michael Haverty.