Ms. Sudha is celebrating 12 years

with Winwood on December 1st.

Please join us in congratulating her!

South Riding

42851 Smallwood Terr

South Riding, VA 20152

703-722-9180

Angie Lawrence

School Director

MWF: 9:30—6:30 pm

T Thurs: 6:30—3:30

Tish Spaulding

Assistant Director

MWF: 6:30—3:30

T Thurs: 9:30—6:30

Theme: Season of Lights

The possible investigations your child

will experience this month:

• The Night Sky

• Winter Sports

• Hibernation Time

• Going to the Store

• Giving to Others

• Holiday Celebrations

• Synonyms

gift

Move both “X “hands from chest outward

decorations Move “C” hands out and down, palms facing outward, to symbolize hanging decorations.

Santa Claus Move claw-shaped hands down from chin as if tracing the shape of Santa’s beard

coat With both hands, make fists with thumbs up. Move them down chest to outline the lapels of a coat

We will also be introducing

the Signs for: blue, candle,

coat, green, hat, music, red,

shoes, snow and stars.

What kind of holiday traditions make up your family’s celebration? Do you make or bake some-thing special? Is there a unique craft or activity that makes your holiday distinctive? Would you please consider sharing this information with us? You may either volunteer to visit with

your child’s classroom and share traditions with them there or simply pass on this information in writing to a manager so that they can share it with everyone. Thanks in advance!

If your child is celebrating a birthday this month, we hope your plans include scheduling a Well Child exam for him/her.

Emmett B. December 7

Ethan C. December 8

Sophia G. December 15

Mason S. December 15

Easton R. December 18

Allison K. December 18

Shanaya S. December 19

Tabitha S. December 28

STAFF BIRTHDAYS:

Ms. Sudha December 30

Life Science: “Five Senses Mystery Bag” Using each sense individually to determine what something is

Everything we know about the world comes to us through our senses. Our senses of hearing, vision,

touch, taste and smell provide critical and essential information about our environment, such as poten-

tial danger and the availability of food. Different regions of our brain work in tandem to process and

create meaning from this flood of sensory data. This is how we understand what we hear, smell, see,

taste and touch.

visual optical auditory

tactile textures

Five senses investigations natural world

Captains Sam and Sara are dangerous pirates on their way to Treasure Island. They are going to bury all their

precious treasure of silver and gold. They must hurry so nobody sees them since they wouldn’t want anyone

to steal their loot. But Captains Sam and Sara and their infamous raft aren’t going very fast. Sam blows hard

on the sail to make the raft go faster. Sara says they will need to hurry if they are not to be seen

Can you help Sam and Sara make their raft sail faster?

Balance

Buoyancy

Pushes and Pulls

Wind Energy

Assembling components

Evaluating

Combining materials

Properties of materials

Area

Float

Force

Load

Stable

Unstable

Sink

Sail

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

1

AcRoKiDz

Make-up day

4 5

Music with

Ms. Linda

6

AcRoKiDz

7

8

Twin Day!

Dress like a

friend or

sibling

11

12

Happy

Hannukah

13

AcRoKiDz

14

Fit Kids 15 Holiday parties, see class-

room for details!

Parents Night

OUT

6:30-9:30

18 19

Music with

Ms. Linda

20

AcRoKiDz

21

First day of

winter!

22

Holiday Hat

day...wear

your favorite

holiday gear

25

Merry

Christmas

26

Happy

Kwanzaa

27 28

29

Please let us know if your child will be in attendance the next two weeks.