Asian & Pacific Island Heritage Month

National Mental Health Awareness Month

National Physical Fitness & Sports Month

• May 7 - Family Night 5-7pm
• May 2 - PACT Time with Ms. Scott
• May 3 - Friends of the Rappahannock Field Trip- McGinniss, Francis, Fannin, Walker, Scott, Buckley, Slotnick & Sargeant
• May 6-10 - Staff Appreciation Week
• May 7 - Dr. Yum-Grapes Rainbow Fruit Salad
• May 8 - National School Nurses Day
• May 9 - ECSE Spring Programs 10am & 2pm
• May 10 - Field Day
• May 15 - 3 year-old Spring Program
• May 17 - PACT Time with Ms. McGinniss
• May 20 - Baskin & Hitt Graduation @ 10
• May 21 - FREDERICKSBURG EARLY DISMISSAL/Inservice Day
• May 21 - Herrmann, Fannin, Francis, & Walker’s Graduation @ 10
• May 22 - FREDERICKSBURG EARLY DISMISSAL/Inservice Day
• May 22 - Eggleston, Mann, Buckley’s Graduation @ 10
• May 23 - EARLY DISMISSAL/Inservice Day
• MAY 23 - King George Last Day of School
• May 24 - EARLY DISMISSA/LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

The weather is warming up, which means it's time for sunscreen! Check out these websites about sun screen and sun safety!

How to Choose the Best Sunscreen for Children – Children’s Health (childrens.com)

Sun Safety for Children and Babies | Patient Education | UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals (ucsfbenioffchildrens.org)

Eat with the environment in mind:

Get creative with your leftovers and prevent food waste Cooking enough food to intentionally have leftovers is actually a smart approach that can save you time and provide you with lunch or other dinner options for the week.

Here are a few tips for making the most of your meals:

1. Wash, cut up and keep in the fridge or cook enough veggies for a few days so you can have them on hand for a few recipes or snacks throughout the week. (whether you stir-fry, steam or roast) You can also use any leftover veggies in tomorrow's pasta dish, eggs, quiche, or stir fry.

2. Roasted chicken or turkey can be easily used throughout the week. Even a turkey breast in the crock pot can be used for a few meals. Think about the chicken or turkey with roasted veggies and potatoes the first day and then leftovers for sandwiches or chopped up for a stew or pot pie. Also, using the veggies you cut up earlier in the week.

3. Cooking a few pounds of ground meat (chicken/beef/turkey) at the same time and then either freezing in portions for quick meals at another time or use some for chili tonight, spaghetti with meat sauce tomorrow and tacos at the end of the week.

A good use for leftover hard-boiled eggs: Macaroni and Egg Salad

Growing Great With Sesame Street

Parents are faced with many difficult situations that mean difficult conversations with their young children. Topics like grief, divorce, homelessness, incarceration, displacement and emergencies are tough to talk about with other adults, let alone with preschool-aged children.

The Sesame Workshop through Sesame Street has created an amazing website with videos to help parents explain important topics, articles to give parents more insight on those topics and interactive games, storybooks and activities to help families teach children how to make sense of their world and how to grow in it.

The Family Resources tab has drop down menus to learn more about how to teach young children, have big conversations, help children learn how to identify and manage their emotions and find online webinars, games and storybooks.