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Text Box: FEBRUARY 2012 IMAGINATION & FRIENDSHIPS and FIRE SAFETY

HOW TO “DO” VALENTINES:
When you come to school on Thurs. 2/9, please bring 15 valentines.

Valentines should be signed with your child’s name (either by you or by child)

Please DO NOT address these with the other children’s names.

REMINDERS:

· Remember to register for next fall’s classes. New families can start registering in mid-February, so you may want to reserve your spot before then!

· KIDS’ TIME is coming on Sat. 2/11. Sign up now for 4 hours of fun for your children & 4 hours to accomplish some of your “to-do” list (even if that’s reading a good book!)

FRIENDSHIPS— How do we show people we appreciate & love them? What do we say & how do we act? We want you to know how much we appreciate you and your children. Thank you for sharing them with us!	Imagination + Creativity can lead to Science! We experiment with “magic milk” by seeing what moves food coloring the fastest — skim milk? 2%? half & half?	Thurs. 2/9 Early Valentine’s card reading for both classes Parents, Caregivers— please return at 1:00 to share songs & help your child read valentines.
2/13—2/17 —	No school —	Mid-winter break
FIRE SAFETY is being practiced at our FIRE STATION #1	It’s empowering & fun to pretend to be firefighters, but we also emphasize that fire is used by grown-ups & is not a plaything.	Sometimes children think of the birthday candles they blow out and don’t realize that people cannot blow out other fires.
We use obsolete phones to practice dialing “9-1-1”. Many children need help realizing that the “1” needs to be pushed two times.	We sing: “You’ve Got to Stop, Drop & Roll & Cover Your Eyes” as a way to make this an automatic response.	At school we practice our emergency exit plan. We encourage you to do the same at home.