Now Enrolling Children 6 weeks to 12 years

Dar-Lings Newsletter

March 2020

Social Interaction plays a central role in a child's development. (Vygotski)

Dar-lings Learning Adventure “School Age” Summer Camp 2020

Our Summer Camp program provides learning and entertainment in a structured but fun way. They will have projects according to the theme of the week. Every afternoon the kids will have fun and exercise including Sports. Friday fun includes Wet-N-Wild outdoor activities. Call today for the detailed weekly schedule. Here are the highlights of each week: $190 per week ages 5 – 12.

Week	Topic	Field trip	project	project	Sports/Games
May 26 – 29	Games	Field Trip and Van rules	Games- Connect Four	Make a Game/Write a story	Outside Twister/balloon tennis
June 1-5	Summer safety/community helpers	Trooper & Fire Department Visit Visit Dr. Naz Jump Zone- Willow Bend Show	Tornado, address a letter-visit a post office	High five for safety/learn when to call 911	Rescue Relay/yoga
June 8- 12	Culinary Arts	Willow Bend Show Park – Water Day	Learn about the science of baking vs cooking	Bake/Cook every day!	Water Relay/exercise
June 15 - 19	Planet Earth	Park-Water Day Jump Zone WillowBend Show	Planet Earth Project	Planting	Scavenger Hunt/Yoga
June 22 - 26	Gooey Gooey	Show Park – Water Day	Make Slime	Mud art, Oreo dirt & worms	Egg Toss
June 29 – July 2	Stars & Stripes	Park-Water Day Jump Zone	Fireworks in a bottle	Create own flag/puff painting	Capture the Flag
July 6 - 10	Health week	Sprouts Market & show	Soap experiment/make a veggie drink	Food Pyramid & Toothbrush paint/create a healthy menu	Jump Rope/Heart Rate
July 13 - 17	Math	Movies Willow Bend Show	Turn Numbers into Art	Ice Cream Math	Yoga/Exercise
July 20 - 24	Artists	Willow Bend Show Park – Water Day	Splatter Painting/ Mixing Colors	Study Famous Artists & make a piece of art on canvas	Twister/ exercise
July 27 - 31	Dinosaurs	Perot Museum Dogs Rule	Dig Fossils	Dinosaur prints in sand	Scavenger Hunt/ sack races
Aug 3 - 7	Olympics	Jump Zone Kookaburra Pets	Tie Dye shirts-parents provide white t shirt	Slime	Obstacle Course
Aug 10 - 14	Leadership/bullying	Water Park Jump Zone	Bake a Cake	Write what you what to do when you grow up. Write how to prevent bullying.	Large Tic Tac Toe/water balloons

Our curriculum

Frog Street Press

Teacher Appreciation Week May 4^th – 8^th!!!

Happy Mother’s Day - Friday, May 8^th 7 -9 am Muffins with Mom!

We are closed on Monday May 25^thin observance of Memorial Day!

Please make sure all children that are dropped off after breakfast time at 9am have eaten at home. After 9am the curriculum has already begun for the morning.

Please no nuts of any kind or peanut butter.

Every Friday- Splash day beginning May 29^th- Please provide a bathing suit, towel and swimmer diapers.

Parent Referrals

Refer a friend or relative to Dar-Lings and receive a free week of tuition. They must be enrolled for 8 weeks before discount is applied

Getting ready for some Spring cleaning?

We take donations! (Gently used toys, books, dress up clothes, puzzles, etc.)

Infants

We will be going over textures and colors. Our shape is a heart, our color is red and our baby signs are diaper and happy. Our song is “Wheels on the bus” and Eyes, Eyebrows, Mouth and Nose.

Toddlers I- Age 3

Theme: Bugs

Shape – Oval and Circle, Color – Favorite, Word-Gentleness

Numbers 1-20, Letters – A-I

Learn and internalize rules, routines and directions

Develop emerging skills in caring & cooperation.

Develop a feeling of being valued as an important individual who belongs within the group setting.

Private Kindergarten

Themes: Earth Changes, Nurturing Earth, Before and Now

We will explore the following: Day and Night, Seasons and Weather, Different Types of Patterns, using a T-Chart to organize ideas, the important rale in caring for and nurturing the Earth, using a work Web to show thinking, remembering this past school year & preparing for the changes that will come their way next year, sequencing events, classifies information on a 3 column chart. Words Introduced: Astronomy, Environmentalist.