A big thank you to everyone who participated in our Week of the Young Child activities and Family Fest!  We were so lucky to have had the best evening of Spring so far!  It was a wonderful time and it appeared that everyone enjoyed themselves!  We raised almost $1300.00 from food sales and the Silent Auction!  Thank you again to all who donated items or requested from businesses and those who bid at the auction and enjoyed dinner!  We could not have done it without your support! 

For those who may not have heard, Miss Rachel is counting down the days to her wedding on May 9th!!  We all here at Today's Child
are very excited and
all wish her much happiness!

On May 19th, we will be celebrating the 1st anniversary of the opening of our Infant Program!  It has been so much fun watching our first "babies" Lucas P., Damian and Madeline grow and develop over this past year!  Miss Linda has been working hard to keep the babies busy and they work very hard to keep her on her toes!  Three of our four babies are crawling and exploring all areas of the classroom!  I am very excited to announce that we are expanding our infant program and will have a full class of 8 infants starting late August!

I will be sending out our Fall registration the week of May 18th.  Please complete and return, even if your child will remain on his/her current schedule.  If you know of anyone looking for daycare or preschool programs, please refer them to our website at todayschild-palatine.com for information on our programs, tuition, staff, etc. and/or ask them to give me a call and I will be happy to schedule a tour.  At this time, we have openings in all classes.

Summer Camp plans are under way!  We have recently come to the decision, based on parent comments, financial concerns, decreased enrollment and the overall economic situation that we will not be hiring buses for our summer field trips.  Instead our field trips will be, with the exception of one or two, onsite for our 3's & 4's program and we will have some off site field trips for the school-age camp using Metra for transportation.  I am very excited to announce that Miss Debbi has arranged for Carole Peterson, well known children's musical performer, to provide two weekly movement and music programs, one for the toddler and 2's class and one for the 3's & 4's class!!  This program will replace our weekly trips to US Academy of Gymnastics.  More information will be coming soon regarding each camp program and outlining
the events planned!

I would like to welcome three new families to our school in mid May!  The Taylor family, Rob & Kathy and their children.  Adam attends Pleasant Hill for the afternoon kindergarten program and Christian who will be joining our 3's class!  Also, the Gallicho family, Chris & Kristin and their son, Declan who will be joining the toddler class! 
The Goettsche family, Ken & Jenny and their children Riley who will be joining our 3's class and her newborn brother, Tye who will join our Infant class in August! 
Welcome to our "Today's Child Family"!

If you have any questions or concerns, as always, please feel free to contact me.

Miss Colleen
 
 
 
 


Happy Birthday
Michael T.  6   Jack  10   Miss Debbi  11   Sophia  12   Graham  14   Roarke  14  
Sydney  18   Grace R.  20  Miss Rene'  25   Zachary G.  26 

Thank you
To all our families for you continued support!

Important Dates
May 28th - Last day of preschool 
all school celebration
May 28th - 4's class graduation at 7:00pm
June 5th - Dist 15 last day of Kindergarten
June 8th - Dist 15 last day of school 
 for grades 1-7

Day care as usual for the
week of June 8th - June 15th 
First day of summer camp programs

News from the Infant Class
We had a great month we had.  We created lots of Spring art and look forward to exploring bugs this month. 

We have enjoyed some of the beautiful rain free days, going on walks and
playing in the backyard! 

This months milestones have been exciting!  Lukas S. is crawling and got his first tooth.  Jason is sitting up and will be crawling very soon.  Lucas P. stands alone and has started taking a few steps.  Damian has started eating our lunches and "dines" daily with Lucas.  It is so cute when I announce it is lunch time and they
crawl over towards the table!! 

We are looking forward to many more sunshiny days filled with more walks and hopefully lots of play time in the back yard!

Miss Linda

News from the Toddler Class
Wow!  What a busy month we had with the Art Show and the Week of the Young Child!  It seems we only just started in September and now our year is coming to an end.  This month we will be talking about Zoo Animals, Mother's Day, Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes.  We will finish up the month with a week of crazy, mixed up activities!

Thank you for all of your support this year!  It has been a pleasure to watch your child grow and develop and getting to know all of you!

Miss Debbi & Miss Lidia


News from the 2's Class
Welcome Spring, finally!  It's hard to believe we only have one month left of preschool!  We will be very busy talking about Insects, Under the Sea, Fairly Tales and Nursery Rhymes.  Our color this month is PURPLE and various shades; lilac, plum, etc. 

This is my last newsletter and I want you to know how much I have enjoyed your children this year.  I have a special surprise planned for the children later this month, so keep an eye out for the invitation.

Have a great summer!

Miss Rene'

News from the 3's Class
Wow!  It is so hard to believe it is May already!  We have had such a busy month.  Thank you to everyone who came to the Art Show and Family Fest.  It was wonderful to see such a great turnout!

During the Week of the Young Child, we studied the country of France.  The kids can say please, thank you, red, blue, white and pink along with some numbers in French.  We painted Eiffel Towers.  We also learned about the famous artist, Monet and his painting techniques.  We even had a chance to try it ourselves!  We learned that grapes grow in France.  We had a grape taste test and we painted our own grape bunches.  We really enjoyed making and eating Creme' Brulee!

Can you believe that this is our last month of preschool?  Our themes will include; Under the Sea, Kings, Queens, Castles and things, Mother Goose and lastly we will have a mixed up crazy week!  During our last crazy week theme, please feel free to send in anything that your child wants to share
for Show & Tell!

Miss Robin & Miss Cindy

News from the 4's Class
Wow!  May is here!  We are putting the final touches on our graduation program.  The children are excited and doing a great job practicing.  Graduation is on Thurs., May 28th at 7:00pm.  The graduates need to be at All Saints Lutheran Church, Quentin Rd., no later than 6:45pm.  There is a sign up sheet on our parent Board in the Annex for anyone interested in bringing treats for the reception that will immediately follow the graduation ceremony.

This year has been a wonderful and fast year!  Everyone of the children are more than ready to begin kindergarten and are quite excited, too.  Good luck to everyone!  We will miss those who we will not be seeing during the summer or the next school year!

Miss Rachel and Miss Megan

News from the School-agers Class
The kids are doing great with the "Good Deeds for Books" program.   It's awesome  the see how excited they get!  Some are already on their way to earning a 3rd book.  
 
Thank you for paying attention to the weather and sending your child in appropriate attire!! It was great to see some of you at the Family Fest!  I can't believe we are in the final stretch of the 08-09 school year.  Summer will be here before we know it!!

Miss Megan