P.O. Box 244 1024 W. 23rd St.

Fremont, NE 68025

402-721-9022 Fax: 721-0504

ssousek@dcheadstart.com

Dodge County Head Start

Newsletter

Fun Facts For December 2017

Safe Toys and Gifts Month - Before letting your child play with a toy/gift make sure it’s safe for your child.

Root Vegetables and Exotic Fruit Month - Explain to your child where root vegetables come from.

“Hi, Neighbor” Month - Tell your neighbors hi and maybe even offer to help them with a task.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

Basketball Day

2

3 4

National

Sock Day

5 6

7 Parent Meeting

at 6:00pm

Pearl Harbor Day

8

9

10

Human Rights Day

11

12

Gingerbread

House Day

13 14

PIWI

15

Bill of Rights Day

16

17

Maple

Syrup Day

18 Winter Programs for

Yellow Room 5pm & Blue Room 6pm

19 Winter Programs for

Red Room 5pm & Purple Room 6pm

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21

National

Flashlight Day

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25 Merry

Christmas!!! 26 27 Make Cut Out

Snowflakes Day

28 29 30

Bacon Day

Create Your Own Holiday Traditions

As the holidays approach your family can start some new traditions:

Read a favorite book as a family.

Volunteer!

Drive around and look at Holiday Lights.

Plan and prepare a meal together and make sure everyone gets to help.

Go caroling throughout your neighborhood.

Make homemade gifts and decorations.

Go visit relatives.

Visit a local nursing home or senior center.

Along with a few new traditions and maybe some that you have enjoyed over the years, your family will make great memories.

What’s In Our Newsletter

Classroom News P. 2&3

December Menu P. 4

Information on

Kindergarten

P. 5&6

Dodge County Head Start is Closed for Winter Break! (No School!)

Holy Cow! December is almost here! This year is not slowing down at all. And neither are your learners! We have been learning all about trees for the last 6 weeks. We have learned about the parts of the tree, where trees grow, what grows on trees, who lives in trees, and what trees are for. It has been fun learning about trees and all the things they do for us.

I would like all the parents to know, not just in the Purple Room, but to all the families of Head Start, it is with a heavy heart that I have decided to leave the Head Start family. I am planning on spending time with my family and hope to return to the teaching world in the near future. My final day at Head Start will be December 1, 2017. Miss Ashley, Blue Room, will be taking my place as the Purple Room teacher. I am confident that she will do an amazing job in the Purple Room as she has in the Blue Room. She has been at Head Start for 3 years now and is very qualified to assume the position as teacher. Miss Katlyn will remain in the classroom.

It has been a blessing to get to know all of you and your little learners. You all will hold a spe-cial place in my heart. Thank you for allowing me into your lives and giving me the opportunity to teach your children. I hope the rest of the year goes well and will be seeing you around. Ta for now!

Thank you all!

Miss Heather and Miss Kaitlyn

Hello from the Blue Room,

I just can’t believe the month of November is over, it just seemed like we started this year. We have been learning so much since we started school. I just want to do a friendly reminder that we do go outside everyday in the morning and in the afternoon, so please make sure your child has a winter coat on them. We do have extra gloves and hats so if you forget yours we have some but please have them wear a winter coat.

I also want to thank you all for doing such an amazing job doing and bringing back the child/parent connector homework. This is an amazing time for you and your learner to spend some time togeth-er and for them to learn too.

We have been doing our building study and the children really enjoyed it lots. They liked learning how to make houses, buildings, and what material they would need for it. We are finishing that study now and we will start off with a new study. We let the children vote on the next study they wanted to learn about and they decided it would be about Balls. So we will be investigating and learning about what a ball is, what’s inside a ball, how they are made, if they are the same and what makes them different.

We are all having fun learning together! Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you again for letting us teach your children every day they are so much fun!

Miss Jillian, Miss Ashley and Miss Leticia

Blue Room News

Purple Room News

The months just seem to be going by faster and faster! Thank you all for coming in to complete parent teacher conferences. This past month we finished up our tree unit study. The kids had a great time with it. Ask your child what the parts of a tree are, or what kinds of animals live in or near trees. Our numbers were 10-13, we looked at letters H, R, M and D, colors green, red, yellow and blue and shapes of octagon, square, hexagon and circle. Coming in December we are starting our unit study on bread. We will look at what we know about bread, how is bread made and what kinds of bread we like. Our letters will be G, O, and L, our numbers will be 14-16, our colors will be grey, brown and green and our shapes will be oval, triangle and star.

Please remember you are more than welcome to come have lunch with your child. Just check with Ms. Sandy at the front desk to set this up. Remember the parent-child connectors are a great way for you to help your child further their learning and also help Head Start with In Kind. The children receive a prize out of the prize bucket whenever they return a parent-child connector. With winter upon us please make sure your child is dressed warm-ly. It’s time to dig out those warm coats, hats, boots and scarves if you have them. All children will use Head Start mittens when it starts snowing and we go outside. This is for two reasons: 1. So their own mittens don’t get lost and 2. So their own mittens won’t be wet when they go home.

The children have been working hard on our songs for our winter program. We hope to see you all here on De-cember 19th at 5:00.

Have a great December!

Miss Laura and Miss Dawn

Red Room News

Hello from the Yellow Room! I can’t believe that November is over and

December is here. Before we know it we will be looking at the New Year!

In the Yellow Room we finished our tree study. Through this study the children

learned parts of the tree, what trees give us and how they change. We are starting the clothes study where we will focus on types of clothing, different fabrics they are made of,

and what types of clothing we wear for all kinds of weather.

I want to thank all of the families that met with me during parent teacher conferences;

I enjoyed sharing all the progress your child has made so far during this school year!

Please mark these dates down on your calendar:

Monday, December 18 at 5:00- Winter Program (Children are working on songs to share with you!)

December 25 through Jan 5- Winter Break (Enjoy this time together!)

Monday January 8, 2018- First day of school after the Winter Break.

Please keep working on the Parent Child connectors and sending them back to school. Remember there is no expiration date, and winter break would be a great time to get

caught up on the ones that are not completed.

Miss Tammy, Miss Myranda, and Miss Leticia

Yellow Room News

At least one serving of whole wheat or whole grain are served daily. All breakfasts and lunches are served with 1% milk. All juices are 100%.

Menus are subject to change, without notice, due to the availability of certain food items.

DECEMBER 2017 HEAD START MENU Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

NO SCHOOL

2

3 4 Egg Patty English Muffin Orange Juice Oven Roasted Drumsticks Green Beans Tropical Fruit Dinner Roll PBJ

Milk

5 Waffle Sticks Strawberries Cheese Omelet Sausage Hash Browns Tortilla Mandarin Oranges Animal Crackers Peaches

6 Oatmeal Blueberries Meatloaf Baked Beans Fruit Cocktail Bread Cheesy Breadstick Marinara Milk

7 Pancakes Applesauce

Tuna Casserole Peas Apricots Tortilla Chips Bean Dip Tomato Juice

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NO SCHOOL

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10 11 Breakfast Burrito Mandarin Oranges Hamburger Pickles Tater Tots Apple Slices Pretzels

Pineapple Juice

12 French Toast Cinnamon Apples w/raisins Ham Sweet Potato Fries Pineapple Cornbread

Celery Peanut Butter Wheat Crackers

13 Bagel Cream Cheese Apple Juice Chicken Strips Mashed Potatoes & Gravy Cherries Bread

Goldfish Milk

14 Cereal Peaches Spaghetti Green Beans Fruit Cocktail Cheese Stick Pears

15 NO SCHOOL

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17 18 Omelet Tortilla Blueberries Chicken Noodle Soup

Oyster Crackers Cheese Stick Tossed Salad Mandarin Oranges Graham Crackers Banana

19 English Muffin Applesauce Sloppy Joe French Fries Orange Slices

Trail Mix

Apple Juice

20 Oatmeal Raisins

Cook’s Choice Cheese

Crackers

21 Yogurt Strawberries Cook’s Choice Cereal

Milk

22 NO SCHOOL

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24 25 WINTER BREAK

NO SCHOOL

26 WINTER BREAK

NO SCHOOL

27 WINTER BREAK

NO SCHOOL

28 WINTER BREAK

NO SCHOOL

29 WINTER BREAK

NO SCHOOL

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HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY!!!

For parents with children who will be

eligible to attend Kindergarten

in the fall of 2018:

(5 years old by 7/31/2018)

We are currently gathering information for Kindergarten Registration. It would be helpful for us to know which school you plan to send your child to.

Please fill out the form below and return to Head Start before 12/15/2017. Thank you!

_____________________________________________________________________

Attn. Kristen

Child’s Parent’s

Name_________________________________________ Name_____________________________________

Address_________________________________________________________________________________

Home School

(school in the area that you live in)___________________________________________________________

School (if different) that you plan on sending your child to

_______________________________________________________________________________________

If requesting a different school, please state a reason why

_______________________________________________________________________________________

Para los padres de los ninos que seran

elejibles para asistir al kinder

del ano 2018:

(5 años de edad por el 7/31/2018)

Recientemente estamos juntando informacion para la registracion del kinder. Sera de mucha ayuda para nosotros saber a que escuela planea mandar a su hijo/a.

Favor de llenar la forma de abajo y regresela a Head Start lo mas pronto posible.

Gracias!

______________________________________________________________________

Attn. Kristen

Nombre Nombre de

del nino_______________________________________ padres__________________________________________

Domicilio______________________________________________________________________________________

Nombre de la escuela

(en el area que vive)_____________________________________________________________________________

Si es una escuela diferente a la que usted planea mandar a su nino/a

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

Si va a asistir a una escuela diferente, porfavor escriba la razon

_____________________________________________________________________________________________