September 2014 Newsletter

Luna, the Sign In/Out gate keeper.

Our newsletter this month reflects on July and August. It's the end of a school year and the beginning of a new one and we have some updates to share with you. Starting the first week of September we have two new friends starting, Saparya and Juliet!

Important Dates to Remember:

• Monday, Sept. 1st - Closed for labor Day
• Thursday, Sept. 4th - Anna's 2nd Birthday, 4pm party at school!

At the end of July we said good-bye to our friends Claire, Sienna and Mateo. On graduation day we had blast by playing a Lego board Game, making Lemon Poppy Cupcakes and sharing hugs a kisses. We wish our friends the best of luck with this new transition and hope they we see them again in the future. Here is a peak at some good times before our Summer Break.

Chase, Anna & Mila cooking together.

Sienna putting her babies to bed.

Mateo & Chase shooting baskets.

Claire & Mateo taking turns tracing each other's hand.

Painting with cars.

Sydney visits us.

The girls working their puzzle magic.

Sienna creating a pattern.

Chase & Mila singing with the musical puzzle.

Mila adding color to our Milk Experiment

Sienna's turn...

Now Claire's...

Then we add soap!

Tyson loved it!

Graduation Day:

Best Buddies, since 5m and 1yr olds

Getting their sillies out!

Hugs!

And Kisses!

Game Time!

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August has been such a short month for us. I hope that everyone had a great Summer Break visiting home towns, family, and just taking a break from reality. We started this school year out with the letters A & B and two friends who came to play with us for a week, Tyson and his good friend Ayla. It has been such a pleasure to have them join us. They were really excited to join us and have been having such a good time, we will miss them when they return to school. We do, however, have some new faces joining us and we can't wait for them to start! Saparya, who we call Jumper will be with us a few short days and a few full days a week. Juliet will be joining us for drop in when our schedule allow for another friend to join.

With this new year's schedule we are having less of our friends come on Fridays. Starting in September,
Music Classes will be held on the first and third Wednesday of every month at 9:30 AM. Please arrive by 9:15. We have made a request for Thursdays so that everyone can participate, in that case Music would be moved from Wednesdays to Thursdays. Will we keep you posted.

Here are a few moments captured this month:

Working on patterns

He's really good with this puzzle.

A is for Apple!

Using apple slices as stamps.

Choo Choo!

Water play for Mila, Ayla & Tyson

My Girls!

July 2014 Newsletter

Jam Session!

It's finally summer, yay! I hope all of your vacation planning and trips are going well. It has been a light month here at Little Foot. It's really given the kids a chance to make some strong friendships and we have definitely noticed some growth.






Important Dates to Remember:

• Tues., July 1st - Mila's 2nd Birthday Party
• Fri., July 4th - Closed for 4th of July

We started out this month with a stick scavenger hunt. Although it was really foggy, it turned out to be such a great trip, perfect for pictures.



We had a little hike to our destination and when we arrived it was magical. The kids were really happy and excited to be able to pick up sticks, we usually keep them on the ground. They were really helpful collecting them and them storing them in basket of our stroller. The baby, not pictured, was excited to watch the two bigger kids explore their surroundings, make leaps off higher surfaces, and run through the grass and flowers. It was really cute to watch them check in with him offer him happy hugs. They also got to take turns and push him in the stroller. What a precious day!

So what did we end up doing with all those sticks we collected? We made trees! Check them out.

 Ice Painting

Sprinkle salt onto ice cubes, we did it while the cubes were still in the ice tray. Wait for the salt to melt the ice creating little pools of water on the tops of them. Have the kids put a drop or two of food coloring on to the top of the ice cube and give them the ice to use on paper.

I was pretty giggly during this project. Their initial reaction to how cold and wet the material they were give, was really funny. Some of the kids really didn't like it while others were pretty interested in how they would be able to paint with it.

Cloud Dough...?

We really don't understand why this dough is called cloud dough. It is very crumbly and only molds when you put pressure on it. If we could rename this dough it would be Sand Dough. We used wheat flour and oil. It was very simple to make but the kids were a little confused after the ingredients were mixed together, I'm pretty sure they were looking for something more like paly dough, but non-the-less had fun touching it and dumping it out of the sand table. This dough, by experience, is definitely an outdoor dough.
Keep the broom handy : D

Shaving Cream!



Good Times: