Lilliputian News May/June 2012
It seems these days that April flowers bring May showers! Now that spring is here, we will be seeing the arrival of bugs and stronger sunshine. Our time in the playground will be more enjoyable if parents can apply bug repellent (as well as sunscreen when appropriate) to their children before coming to school, as it will be difficult for us to do so after they arrive.
We hope all of our Lilliputian mothers enjoyed the Mother’s Day celebrations this past week. The children were so excited to host these special gatherings, as I’m sure everyone could tell from the energy on the playground this week!
Please remember to check your child’s extra clothing box at school to remove any winter clothes and substitute t-shirts, etc. for the warmer weather. Please let us know if you are missing any clothing as our extra clothes box also tends to operate as a “Lost and Found”. Thanks for your help!
Lilliputian Summer Program & 2012-2013 School Year Enrollment
Currently we still have spaces available in all of our upcoming school programs. Please spread the word to any families who might be interested and have them visit our website at www.thelilliputianschool.com.
Lilliputian’s Big Night
We are looking forward to celebrating our school with Lilliputian’s Big Night beginning at 5:00pm on Friday, May 18th at the 1785 Inn. Thank you to everyone for selling tickets to your friends and families to attend this fun evening. Please contact any Lilliputian alumni you see around town and encourage them to join us as well to make this annual event a Lilliputian reunion!
News from the “Downstairs” (Miss Emily & Miss Lucy’s Class)
The month of April went by quickly as we learned about another vertebrate family, the fish. Many thanks to Clay Groves for coming in to visit with his friend “Musky” and teach us about New Hampshire fish, as well as how to do the “Fishy-Pokey”! Our vertebrate study concludes the year with amphibians, especially frogs! Miss Emily is sharing her family’s South African pet frog “Froggy” for the children to examine up close. We love to watch him eat his food sticks! We are having a great time with the tadpoles that have hatched in our aquarium, watching them swim around amongst caddis fly larvae and other creatures lurking in the muck! Hopefully we will be able to see the complete metamorphosis of the frogs from egg to tadpole to adult frog happen right in our classroom. We continue to expand our math and language curriculums; numbers and letters are of great interest to everyone these days and many of the children are creating their own rhymes as we sing together.
Miss Emily & Miss Lucy
News from the “Upstairs” (Miss Suzie’s Class)
May is a beautiful month but also one of the busiest of the year; I am sure you can feel the energy of the children as they run by you in the playground.
Sewing, polishing, slicing, drawing birds, painting, reading independently or to your friends, sounding, associating sounds and letters, playing pick up sticks with words on each stick, guessing the date, the month and the name of the day in French, following directions to create sculptures, learning new geometic solids, adding long lists of numbers, subtracting, writing the time every day, taking our compost bucket to our compost pile and looking for worms, etc, etc, etc. all happens in one school day sometimes! And they probably answer your question, "What did you do today?" with the reply, “Not much!”.
We are waiting excitingly for the hatching of our poults (baby turkeys). They are due any day now. It should be an interesting 2 weeks with a lot of activities surrounding our new feathery little friends.
We hope to see you all at the Lilliputian’s Big Night. It is one of the only times as teachers that we can have a chance to talk to you and socialize in a different setting without being interrupted by children. Hope to see there!
Merci, Miss Suzie
After-care News from Miss Miriah
I am sad to inform the Lilliputian School Community that I have resigned from my position as the After Care provider for the remainder of the year due to future scheduling conflicts. I am pleased to announce that the After Care program will continue for the rest of the year with Lori Whipple! (This could be a wonderful time for families that will be in the downstairs class next or enrolled in the Summer Program to have their child spend some quality time with her!) It has been wonderful to get to know your children. I hope that everyone has a great rest of the year!
Miss Miriah
Thank You Corner:
We would like to send a special thank-you to the following people for their generosity over the past several weeks:
· Clay Groves: for sharing with us his love and knowledge about fish, especially those that live in New Hampshire!
· Stash Doucette: for bringing in frog eggs to observe their metamorphosis into tadpoles in our classroom, as well as for the beautiful spring flowers in our whiskey barrel at the entrance to the playground.
· Emily Chenoweth: for bringing in two salamanders to share with our classes.
Upcoming Events:
Friday, May 18th: Lilliputian's Big Night: We look forward to this great evening in support of our school programs. Please remember to sell your tickets and return money to the mailbox in the playground as soon as possible!
Wednesday, May 29th (raindate 5/30) and Thursday, May 31st(raindate 6/1): Lilliputian Bike Day with Dads: Our neighbors at H.E. Bergeron have allowed us the use of their parking lot for the children to be able to bring in their bikes, trikes, scooters, etc (with helmets please) to enjoy the spring sunshine and have fun with their friends and fathers! Children can visit various stations and obstacles in the parking lot which will be roped off to car traffic. More details will be coming soon. (Please note that the dates listed above are designed to accommodate children in the 2/3 and 5 day programs).
Saturday, June 2nd: Open House from 10:00am-11:30pm: This is a great opportunity for those families currently enrolled, or families who are considering enrolling their child in our school program for the 2012-2013 school year to meet Lori Whipple, our new preschool directress and share our school with other families in our community.
Wednesday, June 6th: Year-End Celebration at 1:00pm: We hope all of our families will join us for this special year-end gathering to celebrate our year together. This will be the last day of school for our 3-day program, with the 2/5 day program ending on Friday, June 8th.
Saturday, June 16th: Lilliputian Yard Sale: Start saving your treasures to bring to our Lilliputian Yard Sale, which will take place from 9:00am-1:00pm. More details will be coming soon, but help will definitely be needed, so please mark your calendars!
It is hard to believe our school year is coming to an end soon. We wish all of our graduating children great success as they continue their educational journeys, and look forward to another exciting year of growing, sharing and learning together with our children who are returning for the 2012-2013 school year. Have a safe, happy and healthy summer vacation!
Miss Suzie, Miss Emily, Miss Lucy, Miss Miriah & Miss Lori