October Newsletter

Get ready for our Halloween Costume Party on Oct 30th,

2015 at 3:00pm. Please keep costumes friendly so that all

our friends can have fun. If your costume has weapons

please keep them at home. Sign Up sheets will be posted

closer to the date

Birthdays

Students

Upcoming Events

Details

October Curriculum

Overview

October Calendar

C.A.R.E.S.

Enhancements

Fall Festival

New Menu

Teacher of the

Month / M & M

In This Issue

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Join us for an afternoon of fang-tastic fun on October 17th

from 4 to 6:30 pm. Tons of games and rides, and plenty of

food including hot dogs, popcorn, chips, and beverages

Proceeds from this year’s event will be going to the Dayanilayam (Divine Mercy) Orphanage in India

- an orphanage run by one of the families in our community.

$5 will buy you unlimited rides, and it’s only $2 for food and

drinks

Bring your friends along!!! Contact our front desk if you’d

like to volunteer to help at the event

Important Dates

Oct 5 – 9: Fire Prevention Week Oct 27: Pumpkin Patch

Oct 5: Bike-A-Thon (KG Only)

Oct 12 – 23: Food Drive Oct 30: Halloween Party

Oct 17: Fall Festival Nov 25: School Closes Early

(For Thanksgiving)

Gavin F Sahana K. Caitlin M. Haines S. Keller M. Brody C. Megan L. Owen P. Brianna H Tenley N. Cadillina G. Maire B. Isabella S. Kyrie L. Catclina M. Vivienne S. Joseph G

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Fire Prevention Week Oct. 5th – 9th

We will be learning about fire prevention this week. The Fire Department will be coming to visit us Oct. 8th at 3:00 to talk to us about what we should do when there is a fire.

Bike-A-Thon Monday, October 5,2015

We will be having a bike-a-thon in celebration of Child’s Health Day

Food Drive Monday, October 12 – 23, 2015

We will be collecting canned food and perishables for the Houston Food Bank. Look for more details closer to the date.

Fall Festival Saturday, October 17,2015

4:00pm-6:30pm Come join us for an afternoon of food, fun & games. Proceeds will be donated to the

Dayanilayam ( Divine Mercy) Orphanage in India.

Pumpkin Patch October, 27,2015

Kinder will be going to Old McDonald's Farm to ride hayrides and pick out their Halloween pumpkin.

Halloween Costume Party Friday, October 30,2015

We will be having a costume party @ 3:00pm in the children's classroom. Sign up sheets for snacks will be posted closer to the date.

Upcoming Events - Details

Scholastic Book Fair Oct. 5th – 9th

We will be having our fall book fair this week. Please come by and take a look at the reading selection!

Infants Curriculum Overview: Rooms 1-3

This month’s theme for the curriculum is Cars, Trucks and Trains.

We will be focusing on the shape Square and the colors Black and Orange.

We will be learning how to sing “The Wheels on the Bus.” and “How many Cars Do You See?“ The Sign Language focus words for this month is drink and thirsty.

Older Toddler Curriculum Overview: Room 4

This month’s theme for the curriculum is “Wheels.”

We will focus on the shape square and the colors Black and Orange.

We will be learning how to sing “ Down by the Station” and “Five Little Trucks.” The Sign Language focus words are drink and thirsty.

Two’s through Five’s Curriculum Overview

Character Value For The Month: Helpfulness

Curriculum Theme: Community & Careers

Science & Nature Focus: Nocturnal Animals

Math & Manipulatives: Counting, number recognition and

making sets of 2 and 5

Letter Focus: S, R, O, B

Literacy Focus: The Very Busy Spider and Early Bird

Schoolers Curriculum Overview

Along with our homework studies, we will be traveling to Japan with fun and exciting activities. We will be learning about Japan’s geography, culture, history and modern time.

October Curriculum

Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat.

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2 3 Happy Birthday

Gavin F.

4 5 Child’s Health

Day

Bike-a-thon Building a

Healthy Snack

6 Happy

Birthday

Sahana K.

7 Box

Decorating

for Food Drive

8 Happy

Birthday

Caitlin M.

Fire Department Visit @ 3:00

9 Happy

Birthday

Haines S.

Wear Red

for Fire

Prevention

10

11 12 Columbus Day

Columbus Day

Craft

13

14 Happy

Birthday

Keller M.

15 Happy

Birthday

Brody C.

&

Megan L.

16 Happy

Birthday

Owen P.

Wear Blue

for Police

17 Fall Festival

4:00-6:00

18 Happy

Birthday

Brianna H.

Tenley N.

Alexis R.

19 Happy

Birthday

Cadillina G.

20 Make your

own cookie

21 Happy

Birthday

Maire B.

22 23 C.A.R.E.S

Career Speakers

24 Happy Birthday

Isabella S.

25 26

Wear Your

PJ’s

27 Old

McDonald’s

Farm Field

Trip Dress Like

Your Favorite

Book

Character

28 Happy

Birthday

Kyrie L.

Sport’s Team

Day

29 Dress Like

Your

favorite

90’s

Cartoon

30 Halloween

party

@3:00

Wear Your

Costume

31 Happy Birthday

Catalina M.

Vivienne S.

Joseph G.

Houston Food Drive

Scholastic Fair & National Fire Prevention Week

We continue to make excellent progress with the roll out and implementation of our 2015-2016 curriculum. The focus of the C.A.R.E.S curriculum is freedom within structure to help children build on the

At Home

What You Can Do At Home To Compliment Your Child’s Learning Be familiar with the themes your child is learning and reinforce theme-related concepts. Check your Tadpoles reports for the latest information on this front. Example 1: If your child’s class is learning about apples, point out all the different kinds of apples on your next trip to the grocery store Example 2: If you child’s class is working on letters S, R, and O, talk about what sound they make and point them out when you seen them.

Enhanced 2015-2016 C.A.R.E.S. Curriculum

knowledge that they have, and to explore their surroundings in a safe and fun environment. Our activities and lesson plans help stimulate and make connections with the children at the school. The curriculum has moved beyond STEM ( Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) to now to include STREM enhancements (adding Reading and Art) which increase a child’s achievements through the use of science literacy integration and technology. As earlier, our curriculum will continue the use of age-appropriate applications such as Hooked-On- Phonics and ABC mouse to help promote higher levels of thinking. The Character Values section of the curriculum will help build healthily social and emotional skills through the use of related exercises, and books, activities and group discussions based on the monthly character value.

• Bounce House / Slide

• Rock Climbing

• Velcro Wall

• Jousting

Join us for an afternoon of fun & games $5 - unlimited rides.

$2 – Food and Beverage.

Bring your friends and family along.

OCTOBER 17TH, 2015

FROM 4:00 TO 6:30 P.M.

• Balloons

• Face Painting

• Games

• Food & Drinks

Proceeds will be donated to the

Dayanilayam (Divine Mercy) Orphanage in India

2885 Waterbend Cove Dr., Spring, TX 77386

(832) 813-8307 | www.childrenslighthouse.com/spring

New Menu

As you may have noticed, along with the new school

year, we have launched our new menu – which we are

still in the process of testing. This new menu not only more than

doubles the variety of food items while still maintaining healthy

standards and remaining nut free.

Check out our website at

childrenslighthouse.com/spring/nutrition

for the latest version of this menu

We would like to thank Mr. A for all that he does at our center. Not only is he our After School teacher extraordinaire, but has also got out Music & Movement off to a resounding success. We love his always positive attitude with the children, parents and teachers. He is constantly looking for ways to improve things. Thank you for all your hard work Mr. A.

This Fall, our music enrichment program has taken morphed into our own brand of M & M’s – Music & Movement - led by our very own Mr. ‘A’. The program includes the instruction and application of rhythmic song and dance to enhance childhood development and productivity.

"Since as early as I can remember, I was fortunate enough to have been enriched with the joyous wonderment that's comes from both the learning and sharing of music and dance. As I roll out our program at Childrens Lighthouse, I look forward to working with our students to help them build such a love for music and dance”, says Mr. A.

Even though it saddens our old music teacher (and owner), Mr. ‘H’ to not be teaching our kids going forward, he is most thrilled to be handing over the music baton to Mr. A.