GLCDC News — August ‘12 1415 N . S t ephenson Hwy. , Roya l Oak , M I 48067 — 248 -547 -1600

Our Website is: www.greatlakescdc.com

Rate changes coming in September With this month’s newsletter you will find an updated list of our daily and weekly

fees. As of Sept., 1, 2012, rates will increase by $2 per day and $10 per week.

The fees for child care at GLCDC have not increased in a couple of years. Unfortu-

nately our operating costs have increased, making it necessary to raise our rates a bit.

Fees for Rams Club students will increase a little less — 25 cents per hour and $1

per week — because those rates did go up about a year ago.

Albert Einstein supposedly said: “Everybody is a genius. But if

you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life be-

lieving that it is stupid.”

As the parents and teachers of young children, what does this

mean to us?

Very simply, it means that every child at the Great Lakes Child

Development Center is a genius … BUT, each child has his or her own

special abilities and talents.

For example, Billy could count to 500 before he was 3 years old.

Susie can’t count to 50, but she CAN write all of her letters and spell out

the names of every child in her class.

If you feel like your child doesn’t measure up to the other kids in

class, don’t worry about it. Change your perspective. Pay attention to

your child’s interests. Every child is a genius, but just like we can’t ex-

pect fish to climb trees, we can’t expect every child to have the same

skills. Embrace your child, and especially embrace what makes your

child unique and special.

“Fish in a tree?

How can

that be?”

- Dr. Seuss

Every child is unique and special

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August birthdays

Bryce 8 / 9 / 08

Reese 8 / 10 / 11

Julian 8 / 18 / 11

Jack B. 8 / 24 / 11

Olivia 8 / 29 / 11

Ryan 8 / 29 / 08

Miss Katie M. 8 / 12

Miss Erika 8 / 15

Miss Carol 8 / 26

New rooms opening in the fall

Our child development center continues to grow

— what a blessing! We are preparing to open a second

room in the south wing for our Early Toddlers, with

Miss Jackie as lead teacher. That will give us a total of

two Baby rooms, two Early Toddler rooms, and two

Toddler rooms in the South Wing. In addition, we have

two carpeted rooms filled with large-motor activity

toys; we call these the Romper Rooms. Check it out!

Consider GLCDC for

Kindergarten in 2013

We have been considering of-

fering Kindergarten here at Great

Lakes Child Development Center,

but we need YOU to make it work! If your child is going into

Pre-K this school year, and will be ready for Kindergarten in

the fall, please let us know if you would consider keeping

your child at GLCDC for Kindergarten. The class would be

taught by one of our Pre-K teachers, Miss Benni, who taught

Kindergarten at St. Dennis School for several years.

School supply lists coming soon The hot days of summer are passing quickly, and on its

heels is a new school year. The first official day of classroom in-

struction is Monday, Sept. 10.

A supply list and classroom assignment will be coming

home soon with your Pre-Kindergarten and Preschool student(s).

Preschool teachers are Miss Marianne, Miss Carol and Miss Jo-

sie, with Miss Kristie and Miss Benni teaching Pre-K.

Shortly after school starts we will have a schedule of spe-

cial classes, including two new specials: Italian language and mu-

sic. Special classes include German, French and Spanish lan-

guages; library; art and computers.

Register early for Rams’ trips Rams Club has been going on lots of

great field trips this summer, and there are more

exciting trips planned for August. Please check

the Rams Club calendar of events — if your

child wants to join us on a field trip, you must

sign up at least THREE DAYS in advance.

We need time to schedule enough teachers and

drivers for each trip.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Coloring

2

Butterfly

3

Puzzles

6

Animal Sounds

7

Colors

8

Finger Paint

9

Ladybug

10

Glue

13

Play Doh

14

ABCs

15

Stamps

16

Fish

17

Sun

20

Bug Hunt

21

123s

22

Water Color

23

Crab

24

Moon

27

Rice Table

28

Shapes

29

Paint

30

Rainbow

31

Clouds

August 2012 Toddlers

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

ZOO

30

Zookeeper

31

Gorilla

1

Elephant

2

Lion

3

Alligator

Cooking Week

6

Rice Krispies Treats

7

Bagel Pizza

8

Fruit Salad

9

“Ants on a Log”

10

S’mores Mix

Safety Week

13

Fire Safety

14

Weather Safety

15

Stranger Danger

16 Safety on

Wheels and Walking Safety

17

Safety Town

End-of-Summer

Fun!

20

Fishing

21

Nature Walk

22

Ride-on Toys

23

Roller Coaster

24

Water Fun

Get Ready for Back to School

27

Alphabet Game

28

Counting Game

29

Color Match

30

Shape Hunt

SEPT. 1 New

Classroom, New Teacher

August 2012 *** Early Preschool

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

TRANSPORTATION

Letters: D, W Numbers: 19, 20

30

Letters D & W

31

Numbers 19 & 20

AUGUST 1

Make a Fire truck

2

Wheel painting

3

How else can we get around?

SPORTS WEEK

Letters: C, V Numbers: 5, 8

6

Letters C & V

7

Basketball

8

Numbers 5 & 8

9

Baseball

10

Soccer

HEALTHY EATING

Letters: E, O Numbers: 7, 10

13

Numbers 7 & 10

14

Healthy vs. Not healthy

food choices

15

Letters E & O

16

What should my plate look like?

17

Healthy food collage

REVIEW

NUMBERS & LETTERS

20

Letters A—F

21

Name that shape

22

Numbers 1—5

23

Letters G—K

24

Numbers 6—10

GETTING READY

FOR THE NEW SCHOOL

YEAR

27

Rhyming Words

28

Addition & Subtraction

concept review

29

Phonics review

30

Number concepts

31 My favorite

thing in Preschool

was ...

August 2012 Preschool

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Zoo

30

Which animals live in zoos?

31

If I Ran the Zoo ...

AUGUST 1

Zoo animals: Words and

spelling

2

Zoo counting

3

Fun Friday!

Reptiles

6

What is a reptile?

7

Where do you find reptiles?

8

Does anyone have a pet

reptile?

9

How do reptiles move around?

10 FUN FRIDAY:

Bring in reptile books, toys,

games, puzzles

Stars and Planets

13

The planets have names

14

Some stars have names

15

Can you count all of the stars?

16

The Earth is an important

planet

17 FUN FRIDAY:

Bring in space-related books, toys, games

Weather

20

What makes weather?

21

Seasons of the year

22

Water weather: Rain, snow,

ice, fog

23

Hot, cold, sun-ny, cloudy

24 FUN FRIDAY: Hopefully we

can blow bubbles outside!

REVIEW: Alphabet, Counting, Shapes

27

28

29

30

SEPT. 1

August 2012 Pre-Kindergarten

We have been reviewing our basic skills throughout the summer, but there’s only

one more week until KINDERGARTEN starts! We’ll be reviewing letters,

numbers, shapes and other basics needed for Kindergarten.