ELDC Newsletter

May 5th-PreK Screening

May 5th- No Early Childhood classes, PreK is in attendance

May 12th-No Early Childhood classes, PreK is in attendance

May 19th-No Early Childhood classes, PreK is in attendance

May 24th-Last Day of School

May 25th-Family Picnic at Lion's Park

Our office will be open until 4:00 P.M. June 2nd. The office will reopen on August 2nd at 8:00 A.M..

Registration is open for all students PreK-12 th grade. You will go to Family Access in your Skyward account and there will be a link to register. If you need your log-in information, please call our office at 754-2999.

WHAT: ELDC will be hosting an end of the year, all school, Celebration!

WHEN: Thursday, May 25th

Morning Students will come with parents between 9:30 and 11:00.

Afternoon Students will come with parents between 1:00 and 2:30.

WHERE: Lion’s Park on Taylor St in DeKalb.

There will not be any bus transportation on this day. Please plan to stay with your child during the celebration.

If you still need to turn in a physical please do so before school ends. Students will be excluded first day of the year if the physical is not turned in.

Note: Students only need to turn in one physical while attending ELDC. The next physical you will need to do and turn in will be for their kindergarten year.

There will be no dropping off students anymore next to the building for EC students.

All families need to park in the parking lot and walk your student to school.

PLEASE help to keep our students and families safe.

From Starnet:

Living Healthy

Introduction

Children need to move their body to release energy. Movement helps the child to explore and makes him feel good and increases self confidence. Healthy children are ready to listen and learn.

Tools and Materials

Have your child wear a helmet when riding a bike or using a scooter.

Steps to take

Use daily routines to talk about health and preventing illness - washing hands, meals, bedtimes.

At Home

If you have 3 minutes

• When leaving the kitchen ask child to jump to the next room. Jump on and off a step. Ask child to shake out the wiggles before sitting down to eating.
• Have your child wash hands before and after meals and when coming in from outside. Use soap and water, rub hands under running water and continue doing this for 15 seconds (you can sing the alphabet song).

If you have 3 minutes or more

• Have a simple bedtime routine that includes washing up, brushing teeth, quiet activity, and a regular bedtime. In preparing meals, talk about healthy choices for food.

If you have more time

• Play the freeze game. Sing or play music, stop the music, and have everyone freeze (stop). Dance with your children to music on TV or radio.
  

On the Go

If you have 3 minutes

• While in the car, Discuss use of seat belts, car seats. If playing music on the car radio, have your child pretend to play an instrument or lead the band.

If you have 3 minutes or more

• Sing songs for movement- like "Head Shoulders, Knees, and Toes", Do the "Twist".

If you have more time

• Play a game asking your child to name 5 fruits, name 5 vegetables. Then go on to name three vegetables that are green. Continue this game with other healthy food choices.
• Play with a ball. Roll the ball- "How far can you roll it?", "How far can you throw it?", "Can you bounce the ball?"
• Move around like different animals: elephants swinging their trunks; snakes slithering; frogs jumping; kangaroos hopping on 2 feet;hop on one foot, like a flamingo.
  

Words to Know

healthy safety exercise forward backward fruit vegetable

Possible Observations

Develops motor skills; names healthy foods; develops healthy hygiene; sings songs using words and movements; follows a routine; responds to requests; follows safety rules

Link to Starnet Website

We are implementing Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS). Acknowledgements help reinforce the teaching of new behaviors and encourage the behaviors we want to occur again. We recognize and acknowledge students who display our school-wide expectations. Our building will have different focus areas (hallway, classroom, bathroom, playground/gym, arrival/dismissal, special activities/events and emergencies/practices) throughout the school year and will earn scales for our school wide expectations.

• Be Responsible

• Be Respectful

• Be Safe

• Be Reflective

As a school, we will be reading Rainbow Fish and explaining our PBIS Matrix. Each classroom teacher will have a big fish and students will earn small colorful scales, as a class, that correspond to the different areas of focus as positive reinforcement. Once our Rainbow Fish is filled up, we will have a school-wide celebration (these happen monthly).

During May we are reviewing all of the expectations.

Our PBIS celebration will be out Family Picnic on May 25th.