 Dates to Remember: Dec 2 – Santa visits UCD! 10:00 AM Dec 6 – Ali’s Birthday! Dec 9 – Christmas Program, 6:00 PM Dec 16 – Kellan’s Birthday!! Dec 21 – Grant’s Birthday!!/1st day of Winter Dec 22 – Tatum’s Birthday Dec 23 – Christmas Pajama Party and book exchange!! (Be sure to sign up for snacks and bring a wrapped book as a gift for your child to exchange.) Dec 26-Jan 2 – NO SCHOOL! Christmas Vacation! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!  Themes: Nov-28-Dec 2 – Family Dec 5-9 – Christmas Around the World Dec 12-16 – Seasons: Winter Dec 19-23 – Christmas!  Show-and-Tell: Dec 2: A PICTURE of my family! Dec 9: Free Choice! Dec 16: Something WHITE or something to do with SNOW! Dec 23: My STOCKING or something to do with CHRISTMAS!  The Elf on the Shelf - A Note from Ms. Rachel: Every Christmas I sit down with my students and read to them, “The Elf on the Shelf” by Carol V. Aebersold and Chanda A. Bell. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this story, it is an interactive holiday hide-and-seek tradition. We start by reading the book and naming our stuffed toy elf. Our elf then sticks around the classroom, magically moving to a different lookout every day because, as the story goes, he flies back to the North Pole to report to Santa Claus every night and then flies back by morning. The kiddos love looking for his new hiding place every day and it becomes a favorite game until our elf “goes home” on Christmas Eve. As I have worked in childcare for many years, I understand that not every family celebrates Christmas in the same manner. Please do not hesitate to let me know if you do not wish your child to be encouraged to believe in Santa Claus. It will only take a few moments a day for me to pull your child aside and remind them that we are just pretending. It will not mess up or interfere with our fun tradition and will allow me to help reinforce your own family’s traditions. Thank you!  Christmas Program Friday, December 9th is the big day! UCD’s 5th annual Christmas program! Together with the Toddler and Preschool rooms, we will be performing an adaptation of “Christmas Around the World” by Leanne Guenther. What you need to know: The program will start at 6:00 PM, so please drop your child off (in costume) in our classroom no later 5:45 PM. Family members can then head to the church sanctuary to find their seats. Costumes are colorful winter hats, scarves and mittens, as we want to give the children the appearance of playing outside in the snow without actually wearing coats. Refreshments will follow the production in the gymnasium. Families are encouraged to sit together and enjoy their refreshments while playing Christmas games from 12 countries around the world. 
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 Dates to Remember: Nov 6 – Daylight Saving Time Ends. Don’t forget to set your clocks! Nov 8 – Election Day Nov 11 – Veterans Day Nov 18 – RSVP cut off for Thanksgiving Luncheon Nov 21 – Turkey Feather Homework due! Nov 22 – UCD Family Thanksgiving Luncheon / Ms. Joyce’s Birthday! Nov 24-25 – NO SCHOOL! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! Nov 28 – “My Family” Homework due! / Boomer & the Library Lady visits Themes: Oct 31 - Nov 4 – Pumpkins Nov 7-11 – Manners Nov 14-18 – TESTING Nov 21-25 – Thanksgiving Nov 28 - Dec 2 – My Family Show-And-Tell: Nov 4 - Something ORANGE or something to do with a PUMPKIN! Nov 11 - FREE CHOICE! Nov 18 - Something I am THANKFUL for! Thanksgiving Luncheon: Tuesday, November 22th will be UCD’s Family Thanksgiving Luncheon. From 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM family members are invited to enjoy a Thanksgiving lunch with their children in the gymnasium, served by our very own G’s Catering. Please R.S.V.P by Friday, November 18th so we can have an accurate head count for the big day!  Allergy Alert! We have several allergies in the classroom that we would like all of our families to be aware of as the holidays approach. These allergies include beef, cinnamon, and latex. This means that things like balloons and band aides made with latex cannot be in the classroom. The cinnamon allergy is an airborne allergy so we would appreciate the classroom also being cinnamon free. Student of the Month:  |
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