Sealed With Love
February 2019 - Monthly Newsletter
Hip Hip Horray
Thank you to our dedicated families. We could not be happier to see your children's smiling faces each time your family walks through the big white doors! It is with great pleasure we have the opportunity to work with each and every child & create the community that we lovingly call The Learning Cottage!
In addition, we recognize The Learning Cottage could not be without our amazing educators who add values and culture to our everyday environment. Thank you:
- Ms. Kerri - School Leader
- Ms. Julianna - Infant Education
- Ms. Andrea - Infant Education
- Ms. Tyna - Toddler Education
- Ms. Emily- Toddler Education
- Ms. Anna- Jr Preschool - Education
- Ms. Jeanette - Preschool Education
- Ms. Kathy - The Arts, Pre- K
- Ms. Brandi - Math/ Science, Pre- K
- Ms. Sami - School Aide
- Ms. Tatyana - School AIde
Warmly,
Ashley Cabe and Aimee Muldoon
In This Edition:
- February Birthdays
- February Curricula
- Family and Teacher Of The Month
- Valentines Celebrations (Detail Link at Bottom)
- Dates To Remember
February Curricula at The Learning & Little Cottages
Infant & Toddler Art: this month will be comprised of utilizing the color(s) of the month and tools of the community helper. Children and Educators, together, will use nuts & bolts to make prints or mix red and white to make pink. Children will enjoy using toy hammers for paint splatter and attach a pink crayon to a screw driver (plastic of course) to color a template of wood! Sensory & Math: Utilizing the Shape and Number of the month, children will sing songs about counting, mail persons and the heart shape. They will enjoy counting and sorting activities as well as problem solving such as counting hearts, exploring valentines play- dough, making feelings sensory bottles or even sorting hearts by color (pink & red) Teachers will introduce a Mailman to our early learners, talk about who he is and what he does! What does he wear? How does he help? Literacy: Together, our early learners will explore stories such as; "Tap Tap Bang Bang", "Counting Tools From 1- 10", "I Love Tools" and "Delivering Your Mail." Through these wonderful stories, children will focus on language development, learning and utilizing the following signs: "Hat" & "Happy" "smile" & "hurt" (for boo boos)"Truck" & "Heart" Color: Pink Shape: Heart Number: 7 | Jr Preschool Art: This month, in Jr Preschool, children will explore materials through art such as band aids, gauze, syringes and eye droppers to create different works of art. Children will use gauze to "sponge" paint the color red, eye droppers to fill a heart with water color and even syringes to squirt red and white paint to make pink! Science & Math: Each week, students will be introduced to photo cards with community helpers; such as a nurse, doctor and dentist. Together, the class will fill a bag with a few new tools while discussing and exploring the tools and their use. Each Friday, children will count all the tools in the bag! Children will also utilize songs to reach and celebrate the number 7. Literacy: Together, our early learners will explore stories such as; "Going to the Doctor", "If I were a Dentist" and "I am a Garbage Truck." Through these wonderful stories, children will focus on language development, learning and utilizing the following signs: "tools" & "help" "Truck" & "Heart" Color: Pink Shape: Heart Number: 7 | PreschoolLiteracy: Poems & Rhymes Preschool Letters of the week: Uu, Vv, Yy & Zz In addition to the letters of each week, children will enjoy Stories such as: “Helping You Heal”, “Brush, Brush, Brush”, “Police” and “Construction Worker” Science: Preschool Students will study the jobs of a Nurse, Dentist, Construction Worker & Police Officers. Through these explorations, students will learn about people who help in their community while sorting and classifying their tools! Preschool Math- Students will explore the number 7 and one to one correspondence Number- 7 Art: During art lessons this month, students will become the helpers in their community by creating, bags, hats, headbands, badges and more! Students will be given the opportunity, through cooperative and dramatic play, to explore these jobs with one another and discuss how they can be apart of their helpful community as well! |
Infant & Toddler
Sensory & Math: Utilizing the Shape and Number of the month, children will sing songs about counting, mail persons and the heart shape. They will enjoy counting and sorting activities as well as problem solving such as counting hearts, exploring valentines play- dough, making feelings sensory bottles or even sorting hearts by color (pink & red) Teachers will introduce a Mailman to our early learners, talk about who he is and what he does! What does he wear? How does he help?
Literacy: Together, our early learners will explore stories such as; "Tap Tap Bang Bang", "Counting Tools From 1- 10", "I Love Tools" and "Delivering Your Mail."
Through these wonderful stories, children will focus on language development, learning and utilizing the following signs:
"Hat" & "Happy" "smile" & "hurt" (for boo boos)"Truck" & "Heart"
Color: Pink
Shape: Heart
Number: 7
Jr Preschool
Science & Math: Each week, students will be introduced to photo cards with community helpers; such as a nurse, doctor and dentist. Together, the class will fill a bag with a few new tools while discussing and exploring the tools and their use. Each Friday, children will count all the tools in the bag! Children will also utilize songs to reach and celebrate the number 7.
Literacy: Together, our early learners will explore stories such as; "Going to the Doctor", "If I were a Dentist" and "I am a Garbage Truck."
Through these wonderful stories, children will focus on language development, learning and utilizing the following signs:
"tools" & "help" "Truck" & "Heart"
Color: Pink
Shape: Heart
Number: 7
Preschool
Literacy: Poems & Rhymes
Preschool Letters of the week: Uu, Vv, Yy & Zz
In addition to the letters of each week, children will enjoy
Stories such as: “Helping You Heal”, “Brush, Brush, Brush”, “Police” and “Construction Worker”
Science: Preschool Students will study the jobs of a Nurse, Dentist, Construction Worker & Police Officers. Through these explorations, students will learn about people who help in their community while sorting and classifying their tools!
Preschool Math- Students will explore the number 7 and one to one correspondence
Number- 7
Art: During art lessons this month, students will become the helpers in their community by creating, bags, hats, headbands, badges and more! Students will be given the opportunity, through cooperative and dramatic play, to explore these jobs with one another and discuss how they can be apart of their helpful community as well!

Private Pre- K ( Ages 3 1/2 - 5)
Literacy: Focus on Types of Authors (Fables, Journalism, Comic & Rhymes)
Letters of the week: Uu, Vv, Yy & Zz
Students will learn about fables, parts of a fable and lessons learned through stories such as “The Tortoise and The Hare”, “The Crab That Walked Sideways” & “The Grasshopper & The Ant”. They will learn of Beatrix Potter and her journal; which was turned into the story, “Peter Rabbit.” They will also explore the wonder of Stan Lee and the formation of comic books. Children will end the month by learning about Dr. Seuss and his love for encouraging children to read though rhymes and silly characters!
Science: Preschool Students will study the jobs of a Inventor, Scientist, Architect & Carpenter Through these explorations, students will learn about people who help in their community while sorting and classifying their tools! through these lessons children will learn to share their ideas, problem solve and make predictions.
Math: Students will explore the number 7 through child lead lessons. In small group children will use shapes to create math sentences, finally using them to problem solve and build early algebraic thinking using shapes around the world.. (ex: square + triangle = house)
Art: Students will follow another set of people in our community. They will act as Farmers, Grocers, Dentists, and Doctors/ Nurses; while learning life skills such as planting and harvesting foods, choosing healthy foods at the grocery and taking care of their bodies.
Family Of The Month

The Spanellis Family
Thank you for always being huge supporters of The Learning Cottage, but most importantly of Theo's Early Education! Thank goodness we get to share many more years with your family and darling baby girl!
Teacher Of The Month

Ms. Jeanette, Preschool Co- Teacher
Ms. Jeanette has been a beautiful addition to our community. Her peers, families, and students equally enjoy her calm & loving nature, commitment to her classroom and her creative abilities to engage her classroom day to day!
Thank you Jeanette, for your choosing The Learning Cottage as your home away form home and the place you love to educate young minds and hearts! Thank you for your positive vibes and & giving heart. THANK YOU for your top notch care of each of your students!
You are appreciated.
Click The Link Below For Your Classroom Valentine Information
Important Dates To Remember
Early Release/ Art Show Students Picked up by 3 pm. Teachers hard at work preparing for February Curricula. Please enjoys your students artistic abilities, studied through the month of January! | Classroom Valentines Parites Candy- Free, Valentines :) | Early Release Students Picked up by 3 pm. Teachers hard at work preparing for March Curricula. |
Early Release/ Art Show
Please enjoys your students artistic abilities, studied through the month of January!
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