The Early Childhood Team (in no special order):

• Carla Ciardelli, Early Childhood Program Coordinator
• Zohara Zarfati, Early Childhood Special Education Coordinator
• Tracy Towle, PreK Special Educator
• Maureen McNally, PreK Special Educator

If you are interested in a special topic, have a question, or would like to share something, please email Zohara Zarfati, Early Childhood Special Education Coordinator at zzarfati@kingdomeast.org.

Note: Please make sure to include "for newsletter" in the Subject line of the email.

If you have a child who will be 3 or 4 years old before September 1, 2024, your child is eligible for preschool! If you have a child who will be 5 years old before September 1, 2024, your child is eligible for kindergarten!

• Preschool & Kindergarten Roundup Flyer

Vermont Magician Alyx Hilshey is a nationally touring comedy magic entertainer and was a 2024 feature magician on the CW Network's most watched and highest rated entertainment program, Penn & Teller.

Alyx the Magician will be the featured performer for Family Fun Friday on June 14 from 4-6 pm at Bandstand Park in Lyndonville! In case of rain, the event is located at the Lyndon Municipal Office Building Gym, 119 Park Ave. (directly across from Bandstand Park)

Event Details:

• Date: Friday, June 14th
• Time: 4pm - 6pm
• Where: Bandstand Park in Lyndonville

Below is a calendar of summer activities sectioned by skills per week. Please click the calendar image below to view the full summer calendar.

Below are some videos and ideas relating to imaginary play.

Resources:

• Benefits and Family Traditions ideas - Written format
• Benefits and Family Traditions ideas- auditory format
• Introducing the concept of family traditions to kids

One of the activities that involve multiple skills, that prepare preschoolers for further academic school work is: DRAWING A PERSON

1. Body parts - observe, label the parts, count fingers/eyes/legs/teeth

2. Elaborate the drawing - add more parts, compare sizes of people, add vocabulary

3. Multi media - use different sources like markers, glue different pasta on a model etc.

Sample of person drawing guidance:

• Drawing a person with a preschooler
• Follow a model - kindergarten prep

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Q: What kind of dinosaur loves to sleep?

A: A stega-snore-us.

If you would like to share a special activity of your students, please email Zohara Zarfati, Early Childhood Special Education Coordinator at zzarfati@kingdomeast.org.

Thank you for another wonderful school year! This will be our last Preschool Newsletter for the 2023-2024 school year. We will resume our Preschool Newsletter in the fall. We hope you have a great summer!

Below you will find the Kingdom East school calendar for the 2024-2025 school year.

To see all Early Childhood Education newsletters please click the link below to visit the Early Childhood Education page on the Kingdom East website.