Welcome to 2012! I hope this year brings each and every one of you the very best. This month

we have our annual parent meeting scheduled for Tuesday, January 17th

at 5:30 pm. KELC will

provide food and care for your children while we review what has happened in 2011 and what you

can look forward to in 2012. I hope each family can attend as some important information will be

shared. We would like to welcome Chris Bromberg to KELC as he is an Oberlin College student

working with the Music Therapy Department. He will also be sharing his musical talents with the

children this quarter. ☺ Have a great month! Jeni Hoover, Director

Upcoming Dates: January 2 – Closed for New Year’s

January 5 – Birds visit the Library

January 17 – KELC Parent Meeting 5:30 pm

January 20 – Giraffes visit the Library

January 28 – ELI Family day at Western

Reserve Historical Society

January 31 – Giraffes ELI trip

January 2012 Newsletter

Intergenerational News

We heard great feedback from the residents about how they enjoyed the

children’s holiday program. We hope you had the chance to meet a few new

resident faces at our program! The toddlers have enjoyed taking tools to work on

the residents’ wheelchairs when we visit. They are becoming very handy with their tools. We have also met some new

residents who have joined the Stephens Care Center. In addition we have also enjoyed visiting with the resident pets

around Kendal. The preschoolers are enjoying their time with the residents. It seems like every day they ask if we are

going to go see them. We have been very busy with the residents. We decorated Christmas trees with them and gave

them to the residents to take to their room. We have also been playing board games with them also. As always the

children love story time with Donna and one with Dan. We have been missing Polly these past couple of weeks because

of the holidays and they are anxiously awaiting her return. It is always fun when Marie comes to play on Fridays.

Birthdays This Month:

January 7th

– Alex turns 4!

January 15th

– Sam turns 4!

Happy, Happy

Birthday to You!

Themes this Month: • Winter

• Snow

• Colors

• Martin L. King, Jr.

• Chinese New Year

•

Reminder: As you take your children to

the doctor this winter season,

remember to always get a

medical excuse to return to

school. It’s a safeguard for you

and for us to keep everyone

healthy.

Bird Tweets:

Giraffe Whistles:

It’s a new year!!! Happy New Year everybody!!! The

holidays flew by and we are ready to start fresh. We are talking

about snow and ice in the classroom. It was just our luck that we

finally got some snow! They children enjoyed making a little

snowman out on the play yard as well as playing with the snow in

the sensory table. We also put salt on ice to see what happens.

They really got into making the ice disappear with the salt. We will

also be talking about different methods of art to prepare for our trip

to the Cleveland Museum of Art. We are excited for our ELI trips to

resume this month with our first trip in the New Year on January 31!

With the change in the weather finally here, we would like

to remind everyone to make sure there is weather-appropriate

clothing in your child’s tub in the bathroom. Also, we would like to

remind everyone to make sure to bring in gloves, hats, and boots for

outdoor play. If the “feels like” temperature is above 21 degrees, we

will be taking them out to play and release their energy.

We have lots of birthdays in our room in these next coming

months. Maia and Hayden both turned four in December to start us

off. Then we have one to two birthdays every month! We are going

to be busy!

Have a great month! Sara and Karen

Once again another year has come and gone here at Kendal. Robin made it

to Florida, and we look forward to postcards and pictures from her while she

is gone. Our classroom is getting back to “normal” now that our friends are

back from their holiday vacations.

Over the past month we have had Ian, Brandon, and Cole turn three years

old. The majority of our classroom has become potty trained! Our friends

have started to work on recognizing and understanding what letters make up

their names and identifying them. It’s hard to believe our group is growing

up so fast as six of our nine friends are now three.

During the month of January we plan to focus on winter, snow, and the

color blue. We also will start attending the Oberlin Library on the first

Thursday of each month instead of the first Friday. We thought this might

work out better as more children will get to participate in our trip this way.

We have some very important dates coming up, so please mark your

calendars for the dates listed on the first page.

~Jeni, Julie & Jennifer

Welcome to 2012! I hope this year brings each and every one of you the very best. This month

we have our annual parent meeting scheduled for Tuesday, January 17th

at 5:30 pm. KELC will

provide food and care for your children while we review what has happened in 2011 and what you

can look forward to in 2012. I hope each family can attend as some important information will be

shared. We would like to welcome Chris Bromberg to KELC as he is an Oberlin College student

working with the Music Therapy Department. He will also be sharing his musical talents with the

children this quarter. ☺ Have a great month! Jeni Hoover, Director

Upcoming Dates: January 2 – Closed for New Year’s

January 5 – Birds visit the Library

January 17 – KELC Parent Meeting 5:30 pm

January 20 – Giraffes visit the Library

January 28 – ELI Family day at Western

Reserve Historical Society

January 31 – Giraffes ELI trip

January 2012 Newsletter

Intergenerational News

We heard great feedback from the residents about how they enjoyed the

children’s holiday program. We hope you had the chance to meet a few new

resident faces at our program! The toddlers have enjoyed taking tools to work on

the residents’ wheelchairs when we visit. They are becoming very handy with their tools. We have also met some new

residents who have joined the Stephens Care Center. In addition we have also enjoyed visiting with the resident pets

around Kendal. The preschoolers are enjoying their time with the residents. It seems like every day they ask if we are

going to go see them. We have been very busy with the residents. We decorated Christmas trees with them and gave

them to the residents to take to their room. We have also been playing board games with them also. As always the

children love story time with Donna and one with Dan. We have been missing Polly these past couple of weeks because

of the holidays and they are anxiously awaiting her return. It is always fun when Marie comes to play on Fridays.

Birthdays This Month:

January 7th

– Alex turns 4!

January 15th

– Sam turns 4!

Happy, Happy

Birthday to You!

Themes this Month: • Winter

• Snow

• Colors

• Martin L. King, Jr.

• Chinese New Year

•

Reminder: As you take your children to

the doctor this winter season,

remember to always get a

medical excuse to return to

school. It’s a safeguard for you

and for us to keep everyone

healthy.

Bird Tweets:

Giraffe Whistles:

It’s a new year!!! Happy New Year everybody!!! The

holidays flew by and we are ready to start fresh. We are talking

about snow and ice in the classroom. It was just our luck that we

finally got some snow! They children enjoyed making a little

snowman out on the play yard as well as playing with the snow in

the sensory table. We also put salt on ice to see what happens.

They really got into making the ice disappear with the salt. We will

also be talking about different methods of art to prepare for our trip

to the Cleveland Museum of Art. We are excited for our ELI trips to

resume this month with our first trip in the New Year on January 31!

With the change in the weather finally here, we would like

to remind everyone to make sure there is weather-appropriate

clothing in your child’s tub in the bathroom. Also, we would like to

remind everyone to make sure to bring in gloves, hats, and boots for

outdoor play. If the “feels like” temperature is above 21 degrees, we

will be taking them out to play and release their energy.

We have lots of birthdays in our room in these next coming

months. Maia and Hayden both turned four in December to start us

off. Then we have one to two birthdays every month! We are going

to be busy!

Have a great month! Sara and Karen

Once again another year has come and gone here at Kendal. Robin made it

to Florida, and we look forward to postcards and pictures from her while she

is gone. Our classroom is getting back to “normal” now that our friends are

back from their holiday vacations.

Over the past month we have had Ian, Brandon, and Cole turn three years

old. The majority of our classroom has become potty trained! Our friends

have started to work on recognizing and understanding what letters make up

their names and identifying them. It’s hard to believe our group is growing

up so fast as six of our nine friends are now three.

During the month of January we plan to focus on winter, snow, and the

color blue. We also will start attending the Oberlin Library on the first

Thursday of each month instead of the first Friday. We thought this might

work out better as more children will get to participate in our trip this way.

We have some very important dates coming up, so please mark your

calendars for the dates listed on the first page.

~Jeni, Julie & Jennifer

Welcome to 2012! I hope this year brings each and every one of you the very best. This month

we have our annual parent meeting scheduled for Tuesday, January 17th

at 5:30 pm. KELC will

provide food and care for your children while we review what has happened in 2011 and what you

can look forward to in 2012. I hope each family can attend as some important information will be

shared. We would like to welcome Chris Bromberg to KELC as he is an Oberlin College student

working with the Music Therapy Department. He will also be sharing his musical talents with the

children this quarter. ☺ Have a great month! Jeni Hoover, Director

Upcoming Dates: January 2 – Closed for New Year’s

January 5 – Birds visit the Library

January 17 – KELC Parent Meeting 5:30 pm

January 20 – Giraffes visit the Library

January 28 – ELI Family day at Western

Reserve Historical Society

January 31 – Giraffes ELI trip

January 2012 Newsletter

Intergenerational News

We heard great feedback from the residents about how they enjoyed the

children’s holiday program. We hope you had the chance to meet a few new

resident faces at our program! The toddlers have enjoyed taking tools to work on

the residents’ wheelchairs when we visit. They are becoming very handy with their tools. We have also met some new

residents who have joined the Stephens Care Center. In addition we have also enjoyed visiting with the resident pets

around Kendal. The preschoolers are enjoying their time with the residents. It seems like every day they ask if we are

going to go see them. We have been very busy with the residents. We decorated Christmas trees with them and gave

them to the residents to take to their room. We have also been playing board games with them also. As always the

children love story time with Donna and one with Dan. We have been missing Polly these past couple of weeks because

of the holidays and they are anxiously awaiting her return. It is always fun when Marie comes to play on Fridays.

Birthdays This Month:

January 7th

– Alex turns 4!

January 15th

– Sam turns 4!

Happy, Happy

Birthday to You!

Themes this Month: • Winter

• Snow

• Colors

• Martin L. King, Jr.

• Chinese New Year

•

Reminder: As you take your children to

the doctor this winter season,

remember to always get a

medical excuse to return to

school. It’s a safeguard for you

and for us to keep everyone

healthy.

Bird Tweets:

Giraffe Whistles:

It’s a new year!!! Happy New Year everybody!!! The

holidays flew by and we are ready to start fresh. We are talking

about snow and ice in the classroom. It was just our luck that we

finally got some snow! They children enjoyed making a little

snowman out on the play yard as well as playing with the snow in

the sensory table. We also put salt on ice to see what happens.

They really got into making the ice disappear with the salt. We will

also be talking about different methods of art to prepare for our trip

to the Cleveland Museum of Art. We are excited for our ELI trips to

resume this month with our first trip in the New Year on January 31!

With the change in the weather finally here, we would like

to remind everyone to make sure there is weather-appropriate

clothing in your child’s tub in the bathroom. Also, we would like to

remind everyone to make sure to bring in gloves, hats, and boots for

outdoor play. If the “feels like” temperature is above 21 degrees, we

will be taking them out to play and release their energy.

We have lots of birthdays in our room in these next coming

months. Maia and Hayden both turned four in December to start us

off. Then we have one to two birthdays every month! We are going

to be busy!

Have a great month! Sara and Karen

Once again another year has come and gone here at Kendal. Robin made it

to Florida, and we look forward to postcards and pictures from her while she

is gone. Our classroom is getting back to “normal” now that our friends are

back from their holiday vacations.

Over the past month we have had Ian, Brandon, and Cole turn three years

old. The majority of our classroom has become potty trained! Our friends

have started to work on recognizing and understanding what letters make up

their names and identifying them. It’s hard to believe our group is growing

up so fast as six of our nine friends are now three.

During the month of January we plan to focus on winter, snow, and the

color blue. We also will start attending the Oberlin Library on the first

Thursday of each month instead of the first Friday. We thought this might

work out better as more children will get to participate in our trip this way.

We have some very important dates coming up, so please mark your

calendars for the dates listed on the first page.

~Jeni, Julie & Jennifer