Week of the Young Child
MCDC Parents,
Next week we will be celebrating the Week of the Young Child! Please remember if you are here for any events and take a sibling to another classroom; let the teacher know where you are going, and keep an eye on the sibling in the classroom. We want to keep everyone accounted for and safe! Please let me know if you have any questions! Have a great weekend!
Week of the Young Child April 1st -5th
Monday: Kick Off Parade and Creative Art Day
We will begin the week off on Monday with a parade at 9:30am in front of the building. We will circle the front parking lot twice. Parents are more than welcome to join! Please park next door at the medical center. We will have the front parking lot closed off.
We will also spend the day on Monday doing lots of creative art! If you have any art mediums you would like to donate, or an art project that you would like to do with the children, we would love to have you participate!
Tuesday: Read Aloud Day and Dress as your favorite book character
Bring in your favorite book to share and dress as your favorite book character! We will be reading rock stars on Tuesday. We would love for you to sign up for a time to come read to your child’s class or send in a recording of yourself reading a book!
Wednesday: Field Day and Picnic Lunch
Wear your athletic gear and lather up with sunscreen! We will be outside all day!! We would love to have donations of balls, bubbles, chalk, etc…
We will be having a picnic lunch at 11:00am on the playgrounds. If your schedule allows, we would love for you to join us! Bring a lunch, a blanket or chair and relax! If you have more than one child enrolled and take one of the children to another classroom, please be sure to notify your teacher of your whereabouts. Please send in a packed lunch and drink with your child on Wednesday. (this excludes the creepers and infants) Remember NO PEANUT/NUT PRODUCTS!!
Thursday: Trike-A-Thon and Music Day
Our annual Trike-A-Thon is to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Our goal this year is to raise $5000!! You will find a pledge sheet in your child’s folder or cubby. The pledge sheets need to be turned in by Friday March 29th. The classroom to raise the most money will get a Pizza Party!! You can also sign up online at https://stjude.org/trike. Find our event and register!
The preschool children will bring in a riding toy (tricycle, bike, but nothing electric) and they will ride around the front parking lot. Please make arrangements to have your children dropped off and the parking lot clear by 8:45am that morning. If you join us for the Trike-A-Thon, you will need to park next door at the medical center. Preschool C will ride from 9:00am-9:30am, Preschool B will ride from 9:45am-10:15am and Preschool A will ride from 10:30am-11:00am. The younger children may bring in a riding toy to play with on the playground on Thursday. You can take this riding toy directly to your child’s playground on Thursday when you drop off. The preschoolers will park their tricycles or bikes in the front of the center by their classroom label.
Music will be in the air all day on Thursday! If you have different types of music that you could share, we would love to introduce the children to as many different genres of music as possible. We would also love to showcase any of our parent’s talents. If you play a musical instrument or sing, please coordinate a time with your child’s classroom to stop by and share your talent!
Friday: Science Day and Ice Cream Social
We will end the week with a bang! We would love for you to conduct a science experiment with your child’s class on Friday. We will be conducting science experiments as well. If you have any ideas for us, please let your child’s teacher know!
We would like to invite you to an Ice Cream Social at your child’s snack time. MCDC will provide the ice cream and we will have a sign up for toppings. Again, if you have more than one child enrolled and take one of your children to another classroom, please inform your teacher of your whereabouts.
We appreciate all of the support and participation this week of celebrating our most precious ones!!