F A L L S R O A D E D I T I O N. Happy Springtime to all of our PNS families!

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1 PNS NEWS Falls Road Edition March 2014 Reptiles Alive Wednesday, March 12 Green Day/ St. Patrick s Day Monday, March 17 F A L L S R O A D E D I T I O N Happy Springtime to all of our PNS families! March Themes Our study units this month will include rainforests, springtime, and learning All About Me. F E B R U A R Y Special Days Thank you! Contact Us! Telephone: (301) potomacnursery@aol.com Address: Potomac Nursery School Falls Road Potomac, MD And /or P.O. Box 2194 Rockville, MD Green Day will be held on Monday, March 17th for St. Patrick s Day. Wear your green and we ll provide some fun green snacks. Tori Alexander s grandfather will be here that morning at 10:00 a.m. to play his accordion and share some fun Irish music with all of us! Tuesday/Thursday children are welcome to come to school that day to join in the fun. Remember to wear your green! Spring Break Potomac Nursery School will be closed from April 14th - April 21st for spring break. We would like to thank those parents who brought in various pets for us to see and enjoy! We also would like to say thank you for all the lovely Valentine treats, cards, and presents that were sent to school. We all had a great time at our Valentine s Day parties. Poetry Corner Two Left Feet Eileen Spinelli Two left feet? It doesn t matter. Turn the music on and start. Dancing s less about the feet and so much more about the heart.

2 Spring Programs! Our annual spring programs are scheduled for the following days: Mrs. Hilliard s 3 s program will be on Wednesday, May 7th at 9:00 a.m. All AM children will come that day at 9:00. Mrs. Haas and Mrs. Halpern s 4 s class will have their program on Thursday, May 8th at 9:00 a.m. Mrs. Hilliard s 2 s class will have their program on Thursday, May 8th at 12:30 p.m. The children have been working on the songs and dances throughout the year. We are planning a great show. Please mark your calendars! Reptiles Alive! Reptiles Alive will be at PNS on Wednesday, March 12th at 10:00 a.m. with some very interesting animals! Tuesday/Thursday classes may come at 10 a.m. to enjoy the show. Federal Tax ID Number For those of you who need the Federal Tax ID Number for the school, it is Registration for and Summer Camp 2014 There are still spots available for the Fall. Some of our classes are beginning to fill up. Please make sure you have registered for the school year. We would also like to remind you that we are offering a great summer camp experience during July! Sessions include Fairytale Theater/Knights and Princesses, Big Top Circus, and Let s Go to the Beach! If you misplaced your application for either the school year or summer camp, please stop in the office to pick up another one. We are offering a 25% discount on registration if you sign up by March 1st! This discount applies to the camp session, not before/after care. Before/ Aftercare may be available for camp. We will make a decision based on interest. PNS NEWS PAGE 2

3 March Songs One Elephant One elephant went out to play, out on a spider s web one day. He had such enormous fun, he called for another elephant to come. (2 elephants went out to play, then 3, then 4, etc.) The Clown Jolly and gay is the funny old clown, merriest fellow that comes to out town. Everyone laughing wherever he goes, tumbling about in his funny old clothes. When I m old enough I ll be a clown. Little Peter Rabbit Little Peter Rabbit had a fly upon his ear, Little Peter Rabbit had a fly upon his ear, Little Peter Rabbit had a fly upon his ear, and he flicked it and it flew away. (fly upon his head, fly upon his paw, fly upon his eye, etc.) Grey Pony The little grey pony looked out of the barn, he wants to go out to play. The little grey pony jumped over the fence and galloped and galloped away. And galloped and galloped away, and galloped and galloped away. The little grey pony jumped over the fence and galloped and galloped away. Six Little Ducks Six little ducks that I once knew, big ones, fat one, skinny ones too. But the one little duck with the feathers in the back, he led the others with a quack, quack, quack. Down to the river they would go, wibble, wobble, wibble wobble, to and fro. But the one little duck with the feathers in the back, he led the others with a quack, quack, quack. The Merry-Go-Round Let s Go to the Zoo Let s go to the zoo and see the shiny black seals. Let s go to the zoo and see the shiny black seals. The seals, they flap like this, the seals, they flap about like this. Oh, come let s go, oh, come, let s go, oh, come let s go to the zoo. Oh, come let s go, oh, come, let s go, oh, come let s go to the zoo. In the Long Grass Who s that hopping (crawling, walking, etc.) in the long grass? Hop, hop hopping (crawl, crawl, crawling) in the grass. It s a kangaroo (bunny, bear) that s hopping. Hop, hop, hopping in the grass. Oh, the camels and bears and ponies are found, prancing around on the merry-go-round. Too-dle-oo-toodle-oo, on the merry-go-round. Little Bunny I m a little bunny and I hop, hop, hop. Right foot left, oh I cannot stop. Now my ears are wiggling and I feel so free. Let me find a bunny who will hop with me. PNS NEWS PAGE 3

4 March News From The Classrooms Mrs. Haas & Mrs. Halpern s Four Year Old Class - The Penguins February was a busy month! We celebrated Chinese New Year complete with a real dragon dance and special treats at snack time. Mrs. Yuzuki (Sky s mom) helped with stories and snacks. We also celebrated Valentine s Day with projects, games, and songs. We learned about Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, and saw and learned about how to take care of pets. It looks like March is coming in like a lion, and will hopefully go out like a lamb. This month we will learn about the tropical rainforest and springtime. We will make many rainforest animals from the rainforest floor up to the emergent level. We ll also talk about how important the plants in the rainforest are to people. Please keep on reading and telling family stories to your child. Chatty parents build great vocabularies and imaginations in their child. Please remember to send in a list of books you have read with your child. After 25 books, a special award is given, and after 50, a prize. The books can be checked out at the school and/or gotten from the library. Mrs. Hilliard s Three Year Old Class - The Turtles What a busy, busy February we had with our Valentine s Day parties. Thank you for all the wonderful treats and thoughtful gifts. As the flowers, buds, leaves, insects, birds and all spring to life again, let s make it a point to spend some extra time with these young minds and point out all the wondrous things that are happening around us. I think we are all looking forward to SPRING! Our unit this month will focus on zoo animals. We will learn about the habitats of these fun animals, what they eat, and what they do! PNS NEWS PAGE 4

5 Mrs. Hilliard s Two Year Old Class - The Bumblebees This month our class will be learning about Spring! We will learn about pets, big and small. We will have our own little Leprechaun party and learn some springtime songs. Mrs. Levick s After Care Notes I will begin a discussion about spring in the After Care program. What changes do we see happening around us? What are the animals doing now that they are no longer hibernating? What are the trees and plants doing? I will have the children plant something easy (like parsley) to grow in school. Hopefully the seeds will grow and then the children can each take home a container. I am also planning for the children to each make a bird s nest, maybe a classroom bird s nest too. I would like to read the book The Hungry Caterpillar and then have a cooking lesson based on the book. Finally, as always, we will try to go outside to run around and observe nature close-up. Article of Interest Nancy Samalin, Founder and Director of Parent Guidance Workshops (located in New York City), has written an article regarding the differences between authoritative and authoritarian parenting techniques. If you would like to read the article, it is located at the following website: PNS NEWS PAGE 5

6 March 2014 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Daylight Reptiles Alive Savings Time begins 10:00 a.m St. Patrick s Day Wear your green today! Momo Yuzuki s bday 31 MCPS Closed/ PNS Open