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Happy Birthday Will P. 06/01/2014 Justin J. 06/02/2016 Grace O. 06/03/2014 Evelyn K. 06/05/2012 Hailey H. 06/08/2007 Kaden K 06/09/2014 Max H. 06/10/2015 Nora H. 06/13/2014 Parker J. 06/14/2006 Karyn B. 06/14/2016 Max M. 06/15/2010 Bobby F. 06/19/2010 Ivy Jo B. 06/24/2014 Elena W. 06/26/2015 TJ S. 06/27/2014 Bodie C. 06/29/2017

Ms. Jessica 06/03/???? Ms. Jenele 06/24/???? Ms. Anna 06/29/????

Park’s Edge Preschool

Put a little PEP in your life!

Ms. Caitlin 06/14/2017 Ms. Julie 06/25/2015

Dear Park’s Edge Preschool Families: Thursday, May 24th PEP families and staff celebrated together twenty-four preschool graduates crossing the bridge from preschool to five-year-old kindergarten in fall 2018. Thank you, to Emanuel Church and the Good News Group, for supporting PEP’s Preschool Graduation by giving books and a goodie-bag to every preschool graduate! Congratulations to all 2018 graduates big and small! ‘Muchas Gracias’ to the ‘Good News’ Group of Emanuel Church! The Park’s Edge Preschool staff were treated to an Appreciation Luncheon on Saturday, May 5th…on Cinco De Mayo! The PEP faculty toured 3 accredited child care centers in Waukesha County by the PEP bus and then went to lunch at Jose’s Blue Sombrero at Goerke’s Corners, Brookfield. Touring other child care centers falls under the classification of continuing education and can be used towards meeting the twenty-five hours annual requirement. The first stop on the list was Wee Know School. The center is in the former Bark River School on HWY 83 in Hartland. Second tour stop was at WCTC’s Child Development Center, located on the Pewaukee Campus and is also a teaching lab for early childhood students from WCTC, Carrol College and UW-Whitewater. Apple Ridge was our last destination located in

Brookfield. Each center, unique in design, provides quality care for early childhood. The morning offered an educational and uplifting experience shared by the PEP staff. The staff took pictures and recorded many wonderful ideas represented in each center and will share them at our June 14th staff meeting. You are welcome to join us for the photo tour, just let me know you’d like to attend. Wanted Fathers and Grandfathers…for PEP’s Father’s Day Celebration on Thursday, June 14th from 4 to 5pm. Come share the afternoon with your youngster(s) at PEP…an activity, snack and fun are on the agenda. You do not want to miss it! Watch for an invitation in your family mailbox for Dad and Grandfather(s) too! Wednesday, June 20th PEP’s summer program will get rolling…two, three or four wheels rolling that is. The Park’s Edge Preschool’s Bike Blessing will start the summer off with Pastor Bill blessing the PEP children’s bikes. Every child may bring a wheeled toy from home to be blessed. A ‘thank you’ in advance to Pastor Bill for blessing our bikes and starting our summer safely and spiritually at Park’s Edge Preschool. Thursday, June 28th is PEP Picture Day with Life Touch (again?). Originally, we scheduled a photo shoot with Sylvia and Magic Photographer’s. However, I am sad to report here that Sylvia, the magical photographer, has retired

and the company felt she cannot be replaced. Happy retirement Sylvia…now

you’re the one smiling� A traditional family favorite is…AugustFest! This year’s family fun event for all ages will be held on Sunday, August 5th. AugustFest wristbands for the children are sold in advance at PEP or will be available at AugustFest. Unlimited games, inflatables and a children’s meal (hot dog, chips and a pickle) all for only $15.00 wristband. The tug-of-war between Emanuel Church and Park’s Edge Preschool was lovingly named the ‘John Farina Memorial Tug of War’ in honor of the former Emanuel Church’s Building and Grounds Trustee! We look forward to this year’s AugustFest and the Tug-of-War Challenge! Incidentally, PEP has won the last two years competition! Be sure to watch for details of the summer highlight…you don’t want to miss it! Keeping our cool at PEP now that summer weather is finally here! The staff do apply sunscreen and hydrate the children regularly to keep them safe and healthy! Children stay in at temperatures of 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Please be sure your child has a swim-suit and towel daily for water play. Thank you!

Sincerely, Ellen M. Kvalheim

summer! We are busy preparing for this month’s activities! Colin, Justin

and Hayden have been busy mastering drinking out of an open cup. Karyn and Claire have been

interested in Ms. Nicole’s babies and taking care of the baby dolls in our

class. Amelia and Fletcher have been

interested in flannel stories and doing all the actions that it comes

with. Finley has been working on his animal sounds and identification.

We would like to welcome Natalia

and her family to our class! We are anxious to get to know her!

Holy Mole,y it’s summer already? Where did the time go? This month

we will be learning about so many fun things such as, zoo animals. Many of my friends LOVE zoo

animals!

We will also celebrate how awesome our fathers are, All fathers

are welcome to join us in our

father’s day celebration on Thursday, June 14th from 4-5 where

there will be an activity in your child’s classroom.

Our other themes this month include, busy builders and welcome

Thank you to all the parents who came to conferences. It was nice to

learn a little more about your children and answer your questions.

Thank you to those who attended

Mother’s Day Breakfast. This month, Justin (6/2), Hayden (6/13), and Karyn (6/14) will be turning

two and transitioning to the two-year-old room. Happy Birthday! We are

sad to see them transition but happy we get to see them grow!

Claire is our child of the month, please bring in 6-10 pictures so we

can put them up on her board!

Ms. Terri & Ms. Tricia

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is the time to change out your child’s spare clothing

in their cubby and make sure they are weather

appropriate. They will also need a sun hat for our daily walks. Also, don’t forget to

check your child’s daily sheet for any items they may need. If your child will not

be in attendance on a regular scheduled day,

please call by 9am. Our Love Bug friends are

really growing as fast as the summer weather came.

Abram is getting all around the room by crawling and Sofia is starting to hop on

her bottom across the floor. Our child of the month is

Parker. He loves to look as himself in the mirror and go

outside for walks. He has also started sitting up

without support! We hope everyone has a wonderful

start to their summer.

Ms. Nicole & The Love Bugs

Welcome Summer! Last month we said farewell to

Weston and his family as he moves over to the Beautiful

Butterflies. We also welcomed Donovan and his

family to the Love Bugs classroom.

We hope all mothers and grandmothers enjoyed our

Mother’s Day Breakfast. Make sure to keep your eyes peeled for more information

on our Father’s Day Celebration on June 14th.

If you haven’t already, now

Last month we welcomed Weston and his family to our classroom. He is fitting right in and loves to clap along with all of us. Our other

Butterflies are really growing along as well. Bodie likes to play with the

blocks and Vincent is pulling himself up. Maximilian is walking all over

and enjoys the playground. Phoebe loves to sing and Ezekiel is really

babbling and walking a lot. Please remember to have weather

appropriate clothing for the summer in their cubbies. It is also helpful to have a sun hat and shoes here daily.

Can’t believe we are talking summer already-Happy June! Some of our

themes this month include Dinosaurs, Zoo Animals and My

Father-My Hero. We will celebrate fathers and grandfathers on

Thursday, June14th, so make sure to watch for details in your mailboxes. Happy 1st birthday to Coral 6/3 and Bodie 6/29. Coral will be our child

of the month. She loves pulling herself up and is a smiling, happy

baby.

A fun activity to do during the summer with your family is to go outside, use your senses and enjoy the sights, sounds, and colors of

summer. This month we also challenge you to sit down to a nice

meal with your family and talk about your favorite summer

activities. We hope everyone has a fabulous

start to their summer.

Ms. Julie, Ms. Jacoba & Ms. Adele?

What a marvelous May we

had! We enjoyed celebrating mom this month and are so

excited to start caring for our garden that we planted. We can’t wait to see the fruits of

our labor. We are working on using our walking feet inside and would

love it if parents can help reinforce this at home. This month we will be

celebrating our fathers, so stay tuned for information on our Father’s Day celebration.

We are excited for our themes which include; Zoo Animals,

My Father-My Hero, Busy Builders and Welcome

Summer. As the weather is warming, please check cubbies and

make sure you have appropriate spare clothing.

Also with the summer weather we will be looking forward to water play days. Be sure to watch for notes with reminders to bring a swim suit/ swimmer and

towel. If you’d like you can get some to keep here in your

child’s cubby. Our child of the month is

Matilyn. She likes to pretend

in dramatic play and with the animals. Matilyn also likes

dancing. Be sure to come in, look at her pictures and say,

“hi!” Lastly, please bring in a

picture or note of one thing your child likes about

summer. We are making a board with all the ideas brought in. You can also

e-mail these to Kristin@parksedgepreschool.com We hope everyone has a great

start to their summer.

Ms. Emily & Ms. Mary

example, for some fieldtrips you might

need socks, tennis shoes, a bag lunch,

etc.

In addition, please check your child’s

cubby to make sure they have an extra set

of spare clothes that are weather

appropriate for summer. Keeping a spare

towel, swimsuit, are required for water

days. Water shoes are a good idea as well.

All sandals must have a back strap on

them for safety reasons. PLEASE LABEL

ALL OF YOUR ITEMS! Thank you for keep-

ing these things in mind. We will have a

fantastic summer!

Along with things listed above, please

make sure your child has a blanket for rest

time. As the temperatures get warmer

outside, we do turn the air conditioning on

Happy June to all of you! We are so excited

for all of the new things

coming up soon in our Fantastic Frogs

classroom. There are so many exciting

activities planned for summer, along with

some wonderful fieldtrips! There are just a

couple of things we would like you to keep

in mind to help the children have a safe

and fun summer. First, there will be a

binder that has all of the fieldtrip sheets

for the whole summer. We need a parent

signature and phone number for each

fieldtrip. This is something you can fill out

ahead of time to save time on fieldtrip

mornings. Also, we ask that your child be

here a half hour before the time we plan to

leave for a fieldtrip. Please keep an eye

out for special postings of events, or

things that may be needed for the day. For

and it gets a little chilly. We do not have

enough extra blankets for everyone.

Finally, we are working very hard to remind

the children how to treat books with kind-

ness. This is something you can work on at

home as well by talking about how to

look at books without ripping pages and

putting them away so no one steps on

them. Speaking of books, why does an

elephant use her trunk as a bookmark? So

she NOSE where she stopped reading!

Enjoy the sunshine!

Ms. Caitlin & Ms. Michele

ALL children have a spare swim suit and towel in their cubbies, so we may have swim days. We will,

of course, do our best to post about these but sometimes a

fantastic opportunity to get wet may arise and a swimsuit on hand

would be handy for us!

This months “homework” (family engagement activity) will be

create a crazy zoo animal. Students will pick out a zoo

animal from our books and we will send a copy of this animal

home with them and we are hoping that you and your child will create one crazy looking

animal. We will then place these animals in our “zoo”. We hope you have and as always be as crazy and creative as your imagination will take you! Just a couple friendly

reminders – Zoo Creations due June 11th

Please check art folders daily – June 14th Father’s Day Celebration

4-5 p.m. –

Thank you one and all for a great “school-year” and let the

summertastic adventure begin!

Ms. Sandra, and Ms. Jenele

Wow June, you snuck up on us! Can you believe June is here

already? We are so excited to kick start our summer! This summer is

sure to be amazerous! We will have Granny’s Treats – An ice

cream truck- on Thursday’s that we get to pick a treat from. We also look forward to in house

field trips and the always favorite school-age, “We Are Family” projects! (We will work with

School-Agers on various projects through-out the summer). Our class can not wait to start it all.

With the ensuing warmer weather and summer days, we ask that

Busy Bees

Fantastic Frogs

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Bring on the summer heat with June! This month will be the start of our Summer Program

and we will be going on our first field trip on June 15th to St.

Ann's Aquatic Center. Another exciting event we will be doing

this June is our Father's Day Celebration on the 14th at 4:00 PM we hope to see you there!

Even though it is hot outside it gets cool in our classroom; it would be helpful if your child

had a zip-up or hoodie that they

could keep in their cubby if they are feeling too cold.

May was also full of excitement. We learned about

bugs and dinosaurs! During our bug week, we used teamwork to build a spider web out of string

on the floor! We then had fun skipping and hopping through the spider web so we didn't get stuck! During dinosaur week,

we watched a video that talked about animals that are alive

today that are related to

dinosaurs! Our outside classroom excitement was

Preschool Graduation! We watched and celebrated our

friends moving on to Kindergarten! We will miss

them next year!

Please make sure all your Summer Packets get turned in

for summer fun! Also, watch for the daily fieldtrip sign-up

sheets in the classrooms as well. We are all looking forward to an

amazing summer!

Ms. Tori & The Shining Stars

Thursday, June 14th at 4pm.

We look forward to seeing all

the dads and grandpas.

Our first field trip will be

Friday, June 15th to St. Ann’s

Aquatic’s. Please make sure

your child has a swim suit

and towel. Also, children will

need spare clothes in their

cubbies. Spills and accidents

do happen, especially when

we’re having so much fun.

Some field trips have

special requirements, so be

Q: What do you call a dog at

the beach in the summer?

A: A hot dog!

Hello summer! This year is

going to be a blast, so make

sure all your summer packet

forms are turned in. Keep

your eyes out for signature

forms and sunscreen forms

as well. The last day of

school is Friday, June 8th,

woohoo!

We will be having our

Father’s Day celebration on

sure to watch for reminder

signs.

Mr. Matt and Ms. Anna have

been collaborating to plan

some wonderful activities

including giant bubble and

colored rain. We also can’t

wait for the ever popular,

Mentos experiment.

We hope everyone has a

wonderful start to their

summers.

Ms. Anna & Mr. Matt

Now that summer program is

starting, it’s going to be so

much fun. Our days will be

packed with learning and

excitement. Please keep an

eye open for fieldtrip sign up

sheets. This sheet is for every

out of center fieldtrip. Also,

be aware of what field trips

are for the next day and any

requirements. We will have

signs as reminders to bring

items such as swim suits,

towels, bagged lunch, socks,

etc.

Hello June! The summer is

here and we finally have the

weather to prove it. I’m sad to

say goodbye to some of our

families, we will truly miss

you. It was a joy to be with

your children this school year.

I loved getting to know each

and every one of you. We all

worked very hard this year

getting ready for Kinder-

garten (Ha! See, I even

spelled it right).

For your child’s cubby, please

bring extra clothes and an

extra swimsuit and towel if

they have one. You can also

just bring clothes they can get

wet in. If you have any

questions or concerns, feel

free to come and talk to me.

Hope everyone has a safe and

wonderful summer.

Ms. Melinda & The Purple

Moon Room

Purple Moon Room

June 2018

Important Dates: Friday, June 8th– Last day of school for Whitnall Schools Monday, June 11th– Summer Program Kickoff ***All summer packet forms MUST be turned in for participation*** Thursday, June 14th- PEP Father’s Day Celebration 4-5pm Friday, June 15th– St. Ann’s Aquatics– Swim Suits and Towels needed Younger– 8:30am Older– 11:30 am Tuesday, June 19th– Moreland Mini Golf Younger 9:00 am Older 12:00 pm Wednesday, June 20th– Annual Bike Blessing– Bring bikes and helmets from home **All age groups toddler & up** Thursday, June 21st– AMF Bowling– Tennis shoes and socks required Younger 9:00 am Older 12:00 pm Monday, June 25th- Altius Gymnastics Younger 8:30 am Older 12:00pm Tuesday, June 27th- Pump It Up– Socks Required Younger 9:00 am Older 12:00 pm Thursday, June 28th- Picture Day– Lifetouch: 7-11am Wednesday, July 4th- PEP Closed for the holiday

Upstairs Themes

06/03-06/08– Zoo Animals

• Genesis 7:13-19; 8:13-19

• Noah and the ark

06/11-06/15– My Father, My Hero

• Story about a father and two sons (Luke 15:11-32)

• What’s special about your dad?

06/18-06/22– Busy Builders; Tools & Construction

• We are workmen of God. 2 Timothy 2:15

• We are expert builders. A wise man builds his house on a rock; a foolish mans builds his house

on sand

06/25-06/29– You Are My Sunshine; Welcome Sum-mer!

• God said, “Let there be light.”

• Genesis 8:22 “As long as the earth endures…”

Themes w/ Christian Sub Themes

Downstairs Themes

06/03-06/08– Zoo Animals

• Genesis 7:13-19; 8:13-19

• Noah and the ark

06/11-06/15– My Father, My Hero

• Story about a father and two sons (Luke 15:11-32)

• What’s special about your dad?

06/18-06/22– Get The Summer Rolling

• In every season, God never changes

• Genesis 8:22 “As long as the earth endure…”

06/25-06/29– Summer Olympics

• Parable of 5 talents

• We are to use our gifts to edify the body of Christ

Parent Advisory Council

Hello…are you ready for summer fun? We are at Park’s Edge Preschool! We have a season planned with fun-filled activities and field trips. As you will see the summer is a busy time of year at PEP. I am confident

the summer will pass all too quickly…because we are having a lot of fun…and educational too!

I am excited to share with you that we have hired two college students from UW-Oshkosh. They will be helping in the classrooms and participating on field trips too. Mr. Matthew is majoring in early childhood and

special education. Ms. Miranda is a nursing student with only one more semester to go. Her plan after graduation is to become a pediatric nurse. (In answer to your question…no, they did not know each other in

college.) All PEP staff are required to have a background check and be finger-printed through the FBI.

We do allow parents to help chaperone fieldtrips. Let us know if you are interested in participating. A background check is required to be completed before allowing parents to go along as chaperones. Thank you!

Warm Regards,

Kristin, Burr, Assistant Director

Thanks again to all the parents for attending PEP’s Conference Night held Thursday, May 10th. It is a pleasure meeting with each individual family to discuss your child’s developmental progress. We know the time allotted for conferences passes all

too quickly. I want to encourage you to call during naptime if there is anything else you’d like to discuss with your child’s teacher(s). Your child’s portfolio is accessible to families anytime. It is always fun looking back at the milestones and realize

how quickly they grow up; isn’t it?

Thank you for taking the time to complete the NAC Parent Survey. Seventy-five percent of our families enrolled need to

complete the survey. The survey results are sent to the Association for Early Learning Leaders the governing board of NAC

Accreditation and reviewed in meeting accreditation standards. Your feedback is valuable in encouraging the highest level of

quality care. The results are tallied and shared with our staff as well in better serving the needs of each of our families at

Park’s Edge Preschool. Thank you.

NAC Nook

10627 W. Forest Home Ave Hales Corners, WI 53130 Phone: (414) 427-9561 Fax: (414) 427-1220

Email: Ellen@parksedgepreschool.com

CC: Kristin@parksedgepreschool.com