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School Newsletter
These Are The Years These are the years, the gentle years, The soft and sentimental years When wee little fingers Reach and touch And little eyes gaze With wonder and trust, When you love so tenderly And so so much, These are the gentle years. These are the years, the rainbow years, The quiet, walk-on-tiptoes years, And smiles and sighs When both of you watch With misty eyes The tiny bed Where a cherub lies, These are the rainbow years. These are the years, the tender years, The blissful, sweet-surrender years, When your little treasure From above Is the soul and purpose And center of Your plans and dreams And dearest love, These are the tender years. - Barbara Burrow

Ivy League Early Learning May 2013 School Academy

Newsletter

We would like to thank ALL of our teachers for their hard work and continuous dedication to our school and the children.

Contents
Recipe Upcoming Events Columbia Crawlers Brown Bears Cornell Cubs Yale Youngsters Dartmouth Juniors Princeton Preschool Harvard Pre-K Events Around Town Enrichment Focus Teacher Spotlight St. Patricks Day Song Contact Information 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4

Strawberry Yogurt Pops

Ingredients 2 Cups Frozen Strawberries 1 Medium Banana 1 Cup low-fat yogurt or vanilla yogurt cup cranberry juice cocktail or pomegranate juice 1 tablespoon pure maple syrup

Upcoming Events Ms. Brittanys Birthday, Friday, May 3rd. Ivy League Early Learning Academy 1779 Richmond Avenue Staten Island, NY 10314 Phone: (718) 982-0202 Fax: (718) 982-0206 E-mail:
Statenisland@IvyLeagueEarlyLearning.com

Teacher Appreciation Week, May 6-May 10

Place strawberries, banana, yogurt and maple syrup in a blender and blend until smooth. Divide among six 4-ounce freezer-pop molds. Freeze until firm, at least 6 hours. This will be a YUMMY Memorial Day Treat for the kiddies as well as the adults.

Mothers Day Tea Friday, May 10th. Mothers Day, Sunday, May 12th. Memorial Day, Monday, May 27th School Closed

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Classroom Columbia News Crawlers News

For the month of May, we will be doing sensory and gross motor skill activities along with arts and crafts. We will be making Mothers Day Cards and playing with play dough. Our babies will also be exploring their culture. Where are we from?

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Cornell Cubs News

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Yale Youngsters News
In the month of May, we will focus on the earth and all around it. Yale Youngsters will be learning about the sun , the planets, and mountains and lakes. As a class, Yale Youngsters will investigate the world with fun and interactive activities. We will also welcome the nice, spring weather! On the health and fitness side, Yale Youngsters will learn how to Go Green and what it means to be green. We are looking forward to great, healthy month of May!

Teacher Appreciation Week, May 6 May 10th

For the month of May, our Cubs will be learning about the Sun and the Moon, Health and Fitness and How Plants Grow. We will be watching everyday how plants grow. We will also be following the life cycle of a butterfly and how they grow too. The Cubs will learn about our solar system, focusing on Earth. We will discuss how we keep our planet clean, healthy and how to Go Green. Our children will be focusing on community helpers such as policemen, firefighters, and mailmen as examples. We will talk about how each one helps our community.

Happy Birthday Ms. Brittany! Friday, May 3rd. Dartmouth Juniors News

This month Dartmouth Juniors will be exploring outer space. Packed in our rocket ship we will pass by the moon through the stars and put our shades on in just enough time for the sun. After landing back on earth we will be hiking through mountains and swimming through rivers. We will understand the importance of our planet in relation to the sun. Geography and Astronomy will be the new subjects for this month of May!

Monday, May 27th

Princeton Preschool 1 News This month children will engage in activities and circle time based on the following: sun, moon, planets, mountains, rivers and lakes. In math we will be focusing on numbers 20 and up, learning how to count by 5s and learning how to use a ruler to measure. Spring is finally here weather wise and we are looking to spend a lot of time outdoors for activities and small lessons. Please remember children are allowed to bring a small item on Fridays for Show and Tell.

Brown Bears 2 News

Brown Bears 1 News

May Flowers are in full bloom! The letters of the month will be H&I and the numbers will be 5&6. We will be making a surprise gift for our mommys for Mothers Day. Our lil
ones will also be learning about different shapes and sizes. Moms please remember to join us on Friday, May 10 th for a Mothers Day Tea.

Brown Bears will be exploring the universe in the month of May. Learning opposites, Brown Bears will learn all about the sun and moon, the high mountains and low lakes and all the round planets. This month we will create string art and focus on exercising, using work out routines created to get our Bears up in the morning.

Princeton Preschool 2 News

Summers almost here! Princeton 2 for the month of May will be learning about the sun and the moon. We will be learning how far the sun is away from our planet earth and how the moon affects our oceans. We will also learn about our 8 planets and examine their characteristics. We cant forget about Mothers Day, Princeton 2 will be making Mothers Day cards and talking about all the great things our mothers do for us. The weather is getting nicer, so we will be enjoying the weather in our Willowbrooks Park. Children will observe the change in weather and all the animals that are now coming out. Sight words will be reviewed and we will be reviewing addition and subtraction with small numbers.

Events Around Town

Harvard Pre-K News
For the month of May, Harvard Pre-K will be engaged in a lot of fun filled activities. Themes the children will learn are Dinosaurs, Ocean Life, Outer space, and Pond, River and lake creatures. This month the children will do a lot of crafts, sorting, measuring and counting activities pertaining to the specific themes. Also, they will act out songs and poems relating to the themes. The children will take part in creating foods/snacks related to the themes as well. Investigations will be a major factor in each theme. For example, fossil searching, sand creatures, testing different types of water from ponds, rain and regular tap water.

Mothers Day Tea Friday, May 10th

Staten Island Zoo Sunday, May 19th from 12-3 Farm Day and Shear Madness Staten Island Zoo Sunday, May 26th from 1:30-3:30 Dinosaurs and More