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Early Childhood Learning Center

December, 2024

Early Childhood Learning Center December, 2024

Message From Dr. Grillo

The students had a ton of fun during Read Across America Week as we celebrated various authors. Please make sure you are following us on Instagram to see the various events and activities that take place here at The ECLC. This week with the help of The Special Events Committee, we placed Interactive Nursery Rhyme Displays throughout the hallways. These interactive displays recite Nursery Rhymes when the students press a button. Nursery Rhymes are beneficial for language acquisition and help with speech development. Students also develop auditory skills such as discriminating between sounds.

Important Dates

Important Dates:

  • March 14th - Single Session Day (12:05 PM Dismissal) & Panda Express Fundraiser Event
  • March 17th - Wear A Green Shirt! (Uniform Pants Required)
  • March 19th - Single Session Day (12:05 PM Dismissal)

Thank You!

  • Thank you to all the community guest readers who came to read to us this week for "Read Across America".

STEM Exploration In Classroom 2-5

After reading If You Give A Pig A Party by Laura Numeroff, the students in Classroom 2-5 extended the story by utilizing STEM. The students solved how to bounce a pig off a mini trampoline onto a mud puddle. One student figured out if they bounced the pig closer, the pig would not go in and determined that they should hold the pig higher up.

Lines In Classroom 2-4

Students in Classroom 2-4 read When Pencil Met Eraser by Karen Kilpatrick. After, some of the students created mazes on their own in the math center using tangrams. When the students finished creating their mazes, they took a picture of their creation with the iPad.

Different Ways To Show 10

Students in Classroom 2-1 learned different ways to show ten while reading 10 Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle during their author study.

Nurses Corner

Be On the Look Out for both BABY BOTTLE AND PACIFIER USE!

These items have been seen being used by some of our students during drop off.

Baby Bottles and Pacifier use for 3 and 4 yr olds is a big “ NO NO!”

WHY YOU ASK?

Multiple Pediatric and Dental websites support stopping BABY BOTTLE / PACIFIER BY 12-18 MONTHS

Preschool children should be using a “sippy cup” with a straw or a regular cup.

PROLONGED BOTTLE AND PACIFIER USE CAN LEAD TO:

  • MOUTH AND TEETH DEFORMITIES
  • SPEECH ABNORMALITIES
  • TOOTH DECAY

Parents do you want to have to pay for extensive orthodontic work to straighten you child’s teeth because of prolonged baby bottle / pacifier use?

Parents do you want to have your child undergo root canals and extensive dental work for tooth decay because of extended baby bottle / pacifier use?

IF YOU ANSWERED “ NO “ TO ANY ONE OF THESE QUESTIONS THEN IT IS TIME TO HELP YOUR LITTLE ONE KICK THE BABY BOTTLE OR PACIFIER HABIT RIGHT NOW!!

YOU AND YOUR CHILD WILL BE GLAD YOU DID!

Speech Corner

Building Language in Everyday Life

Your child gathers information about the world from their environment. Their environment can be your home, your car, the park, the grocery store or any place you and your child happen to be. Here are a few tips to stimulate language during your daily routines:

  • get down on your child's level, and be physically close (face to face if possible)
  • follow your child's lead; letting your child pick an activity reveals their genuine interests and builds their confidence
  • let your child participate in day-to-day activities such as setting the table, mixing ingredients for meals
  • talk about what YOU are doing and what YOU see as you play with your child

You can help your child learn language anytime, anywhere!

Important Memos

The ECLC
Newsletter Editors - Ms. Mains & Ms. Fecher