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First Circle of Friends Preschool and Kindergarten Newsletter

3-1-22

CALENDAR

3Mar Royaltea Party-3s 4 Royaltea Party all

8 Lock Down Drill 3s 9 Lock Down Drill all

10 Purple & Gray Day 3s 11 Purple & Gray Day all

21-25 Spring Break 25 Tuition #7/10 Due

28 Kinder Resumes 29 School Resumes ALL

*Songs for March are attached.

*Gentleness-A gentle answer turns away wrath…Proverbs 15:1

*Reminder: please remember to have your child use the restroom before schooltime! Thank you,Thank you!

Royaltea Party Calling all princes & princesses!! We will use our imagination to have a royal time at the castle, wear our crowns, enjoy high tea and all the snacks that go with it! I will be sending out another signup sheet for snacks so watch your email for that. If you don’t have Google apps, that is why you aren’t able to access the signup sheet. Let me know if you need the signup sheet sent differently.

Purple & Gray Day Wear your purple & gray colors (my favorite!)

Spring Break is the 21st-25th of March, enjoy time away, have a good time with family!

REGISTRATION FOR 2022-23

Registration is now open, please register asap since spots are filling up! Our new tuition rates go into effect this year as listed:

-3 years olds need to be 3 prior to August 31, toilet trained

–$170 per month/$1700 for the year (10 months)

-4 year-olds need to be 4 prior to August 31

–$340 per month/$3400 for the year (10 months)

-Kindergarteners need to be 5 prior to August 31

–$425 per month/$4250 for the year (10 months)

**Registration Fee $250 K/ (non-refundable, $100 applied to tuition in January if still attending FCOF Kinder)**

–Registration fee $150 for 3s & 4s non-refundable

Construction Making you aware of construction in the front of the Fellowship Hall. The space between the island and building could be blocked so you will need to go around the island on the parking lot side when construction is in progress, thank you for your patience while the church makes updates that are long overdue to the Fellowship Hall.

First Circle of Friends Preschool and Kindergarten Newsletter

3-1-22

March Songs

It is March and It’s Time…

It is March and It’s time to have some fun, Yee-haw

It is March and it’s time to have some fun, Yee-haw

Signs of spring are everywhere

Flowers bloom, birds fill the air

It is March and it’s time to have some fun, Yee-haw

Gentleness

Gentleness. Gentleness

Help me practice gentleness

Being careful doing what I should

Help me choose that which is good

Rain and Thunder

Rain and Thunder,

Rain and thunder

Boom Boom Boom

Boom Boom Boom

See the flash of lightning

Oh! It’s so exciting!

You Are My Sunshine

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine!

You make me happy when skies are gray.

You’ll never know, dear, how much I love you;

Please don’t take my sunshine away.

The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping

I dreamed I held you in my arms.

When I awoke, dear, I was mistaken

So I hung my head and cried.

Have you Ever Seen a Princess? (Have you ever seen a Lassie)

Have you ever seen a a princess, a princess, a princess

Have you ever seen a princess, curtsey just so.

Have you ever seen a prince, a prince, a prince

Have you ever seen a prince, bow so low.

Here’s the Cross (Frere Jacques)

Here’s the cross (2x)

Jesus died (2x)

Here is the tomb, empty, empty tomb

Jesus lives, Jesus saves

I Can Sing a Rainbow

Red, orange, yellow, green,

And blue, indigo, violet too—

I can sing a rainbow,

Sing a rainbow

Sing a rainbow, too!

Listen with your eyes, listen with your eyes

And sing everything you see.

You can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow

Sing along with me

I’m a Little Dragon (I’m a Little Teapot)

I’m a little dragon strong and stout

Here is my tail and here is my snout

If I get upset, you’d better watch out!

I’ll take a breath and blow fire out!

First Circle of Friends Preschool and Kindergarten Newsletter

2-1-22

CALENDAR

Jan25 Tuition #6/10 Due 26 E/F Letter 4s & K

27 PJ Party 3s 28 PJ Party All

Feb1 Collect PB & J-HOPE 2 Fire Drill?-G/H Letters 4s & K

3 Fire Drill All? 9 I/J Letters 4s & K

10 Valentine Party -3s 11 Valentine Party-all

Red, White, & Pink Days

16 K/L Letters 4s & K 21 President’s Day-No School

23 M/N Letter 4s & K 25 Tuition #7/10 Due

*Songs for Feb are attached.

*Love - Fruit of the Spirit ”Love one another.” John 13:34

*Reminder: please remember to have your child use the restroom before schooltime! Thank you,Thank you!

PJ Party The movie this year will be Snowman! Tu/Th 3s will be on the 27th, all others the 28January. PJs on that day & a stuffie, as long as it fits in your cubby!

PB & J For HOPE Every year we collect Peanut Butter & Jelly for HOPE (helping other people eat). These are things that the church cannot get for the HOPE recipients so FCOF donates it, so HOPE recipients receive something that they wouldn’t normally get. Please send in jars of peanut butter & jelly with your kids or set up a time to drop off if you have a lot you would like to donate.Thank you for your kind generosity for those less fortunate!

REGISTRATION FOR 2022-23

Registration will open up for next school year on Feb.1st for returning families and to the general public on 21Feb. An increase of tuition will go into effect next fall.

-3 years olds need to be 3 prior to August 31, toilet trained

–$170 per month/$1700 for the year (10 month)

-4 year-olds need to be 4 prior to August 31

–$340 per month/$3400 for the year (10 months)

-Kindergarteners need to be 5 prior to August 31

–$425 per month/$4250 for the year (10 months)

**Registration Fee $250(non-refundable, $100 applied to tuition in January if still attending FCOF)**

Valentine Party

-3s 27 Jan - All others 28 Jan

You should have received a sign-up sheet by email. If not, let me know and I can put you down for something if you like. You should have also received a list of names for your child’s classroom so that you know how many Valentine cards to bring, signed by your child, to school on party day. Kinders: Please write To: and From: on your cards!

An Austrian Went Yodeling

Oh, an Austrian went yodeling on a mountain so high

When along came an avalanche interrupting his cry.

Hoooooo-liiiiiii-aaaaaaah, Ho-li-rah-he-he-ah, Ho-li-rah-cuckoo, rumble, rumble

Ho-li-rah-he-he-ah, Ho-li-rah-cuckoo, rumble, rumble

Ho-li-rah-he-he-ah, Ho-li-rah-cuckoo, rumble, rumble

Ho-li-rah-he-he-ah, Ho

Oh, an Austrian went yodeling on a mountain so high

When along came a skier interrupting his cry.

Hoooooo-liiiiiii-aaaaaaah, Ho-li-rah-he-he-ah, Ho-li-rah-cuckoo, rumble, rumble, swish

Ho-li-rah-he-he-ah, Ho-li-rah-cuckoo, rumble, rumble, swish

Ho-li-rah-he-he-ah, Ho-li-rah-cuckoo, rumble, rumble, swish

Ho-li-rah-he-he-ah, Ho

Oh, an Austrian went yodeling on a mountain so high

When along came an St. Bernard interrupting his cry.

Hoooooo-liiiiiii-aaaaaaah, Ho-li-rah-he-he-ah, Ho-li-rah-cuckoo, swish, rumble, rumble, swish, arf arf

Ho-li-rah-he-he-ah, Ho-li-rah-cuckoo, rumble, rumble, swish, arf arf

Ho-li-rah-he-he-ah, Ho-li-rah-cuckoo, swish, rumble, rumble, swish, arf arf

Ho-li-rah-he-he-ah, Ho

Oh, an Austrian went yodeling on a mountain so high

When along came an grizzly bear interrupting his cry.

Hoooooo-liiiiiii-aaaaaaah, Ho-li-rah-he-he-ah, Ho-li-rah-cuckoo, swish, rumble, rumble, swish, arf arf, grrr grrr

Ho-li-rah-he-he-ah, Ho-li-rah-cuckoo, rumble, rumble, swish, arf arf, grr grr

Ho-li-rah-he-he-ah, Ho-li-rah-cuckoo, swish, rumble, rumble, swish, arf arf, grr grr

Ho-li-rah-he-he-ah, Ho

Oh, an Austrian went yodeling on a mountain so high

When along came an milk maid interrupting his cry.

Hoooooo-liiiiiii-aaaaaaah, Ho-li-rah-he-he-ah, Ho-li-rah-cuckoo, swish, rumble, rumble, swish, arf arf, grr grr, tss tss

Ho-li-rah-he-he-ah, Ho-li-rah-cuckoo, rumble, rumble, swish, arf arf, grr grr, tss tss

Ho-li-rah-he-he-ah, Ho-li-rah-cuckoo, swish, rumble, rumble, swish, arf arf, grr grr, tss tss

Ho-li-rah-he-he-ah, Ho

Oh, an Austrian went yodeling on a mountain so high

When along came an Swiss Miss interrupting his cry.

Hoooooo-liiiiiii-aaaaaaah, Ho-li-rah-he-he-ah, Ho-li-rah-cuckoo, swish, rumble, rumble, swish, arf arf, grr grr, tss tss, smack smack

Ho-li-rah-he-he-ah, Ho-li-rah-cuckoo, rumble, rumble, swish, arf arf, grr grr, tss tss, smack smack

Ho-li-rah-he-he-ah, Ho-li-rah-cuckoo, swish, rumble, rumble, swish, arf arf, grr grr, tss tss, smack smack

Ho-li-rah-he-he-ah, Ho

Brush Your Teeth (O Clementine)

Brush your front teeth, brush your back teeth

Brush the bottom and the top

If you brush them each and everyday

Then your smile will never stop

Brushing Teeth (Twinkle, Twinkle)

Here’s my toothpaste, here’s my brush.

I won’t hurry. I won’t rush.

Working hard to keep teeth clean

Front and back and in between.

When I brush for quite a while,

I will have a happy smile.

Counting Valentines (Ten Little Indians)

One red, two red, three red Valentines

Four red, five red, six red Valentines

Seven red, eight red, nine red Valentines

Ten red Valentines.

Ten red, nine red, eight red Valentines

Seven red, six red, five red Valentines

Four red, three red, two red Valentines

One red Valentine.

Daffodil, Oh What a Thrill

Daffodil oh what a thrill to see your yellow faces

A silly word as ever heard to brighten up our faces

February and it’s time to have…

February and it’s time to have some fun! YeeHaw

February and it’s time to have some fun! YeeHaw

Valentines all white and red

Crocus bloom in flower beds

February and it’s time to have some fun! YeeHaw!

I Love the Mountains

I love the mountains; I love the rolling hills,

I love the flowers; I love the daffodils;

I love the fireside when all the lights are low

Boom-di-oda, Boom di-oda

Boom-di-oda, Boom di-oda

Boom di-oda, Boom di-oda

I Love You and God Loves You

I love you and God loves you

And that’s the way it should be.

I love you and God loves you

And that’s the way it should be.

I Love You, Lord

I love you, Lord

And I lift my voice to worship You

Oh, my soul rejoice

Take joy, my king

In what you hear

May it be a sweet, sweet sound

In your ear.

First Circle of Friends Preschool and Kindergarten Newsletter

1-10-22

CALENDAR

4 School resumes

6 Black & White Day 3s 7 Black & White Day All

12 A/B Letters 4s & K 17 MLK Day-No School

19 C/D Letters 4s & K 25 Tuition #6 Due

26 E/F Letter 4s & K 27 PJ Party 3s

28 PJ Party All

*Songs for Jan are attached.

*Patience - Fruit of the Spirit ”...be patient with everyone.” IThessalonians 5:14

*Reminder: please remember to have your child use the restroom before schooltime! Thank you,Thank you!

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas Vacation and a nice start to the New Year!

Alphabet Letter Days Rainbow and Starlight classes should have received detailed information about alphabet days in their child’s backpack. Feel free to reach out to your Rainbow or Starlight teachers if you have questions via Brightwheel.

PJ Party We have made accommodation for this favorite event! With viewing separately it will be possible to enjoy a movie -TBA, and PJ’s this year! So the Tu/Th 3s will be on the 27th, all others the 28January. You can wear your pajamas on that day-make sure they are warm. You can also bring a stuffie, as long as it fits in your cubby!

REGISTRATION FOR 2022-23

Registration will open up for next school year on Feb.1st for returning families and to the general public on 21Feb.

-3 years olds need to be 3 prior to August 31, toilet trained

-4 year-olds need to be 4 prior to August 31

-Kindergarteners need to be 5 prior to August 31

SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS

We are beginning to get caught up with book orders. The delay with Scholastic was quite lengthy and I didn’t want to start up again until we were back in school and orders came in. Please feel free to order online - the next order will be advised soon, just waiting for the new catalog! Let me know if you submit an order before then so I can complete it for you and have it sent to the school to save on shipping fees. The online ordering code is Y3CJY.

First Circle of Friends Preschool and Kindergarten Newsletter 12-3-21.

Season’s Greetings!! Green Day is the 2^nd & 3^rd of December!

We will be having a Christmas party on Dec 16^th for the T/Th 3s and the 17^th for the rest of the kids. If you could please bring something for our Christmas parties, please have it to the school by Tuesday, 12/14. Thank you, you are appreciated! A sign-up sheet will be going out Dec. 1^st or 2^nd, let me know if you haven’t received it by Dec 6th.

**We will be having an ornament gift exchange at the Christmas Party also. Please have a gift-wrapped ornament with a gift tag on it showing who it is from only, leave the TO: blank. Please bring in by Tuesday, 14Dec!**

CALENDAR -The last day for classes in December is Friday, 12/17. Classes resume Jan. 4.-Black and White Day is Jan. 6 for Tuesday/Thursday 3s, and Jan. 7 for all other classes. -MLK Day is Monday, January 17th, so there will be no kindergarten class that day. -The Pajama Party is on January 27 for the Tuesday/Thursday 3s, and 1/28 for all other classes.

-Grandparent’s paperwork isn’t due back until after Christmas. Teachers wanted to send them home during holiday breaks so that when seeing your grandparents, you could fill it out! So, don’t worry about getting them back until after Christmas break. We will let you know that due date in the Jan. or Feb. newsletter.

The next tuition payment is on Christmas Day, December 25! If you pay with a check, you’re welcome to take care of that prior to the last day of school. Let me know if that doesn’t work for you. If you pay with a credit card through Square, go ahead and make your payment shortly after the notification you receive on 12/25. Christmas break makes the timing tricky.

Enrollment: We have two openings in the PM 3s class, if you know of anyone needing preschool for their 3 year-old!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

First Circle of Friends Preschool and Kindergarten Staff

January Songs

January and It’s Time to Have…

January and it’s time to have some fun! Yeehaw! (2 times)

Zip your jacket oh, so tight

Then we’ll have a snowball fight.

January and it’s time to have some fun! Yeehaw!

Patience

Patience, Patience

Help me practice patience.

Waiting nicely, doing what I should.

Help me choose that which is good.

Have Patience

Have patience, have patience

Don’t be in such a hurry.

When you get impatient

You only start to worry.

Remember…Remember…

That God is patient, too

And think of all the times

That others had to wait for you!

A Chubby Little Snowman

A chubby little snowman

Had a carrot nose

Along came a rabbit

And what do you suppose?

That hungry little rabbit,

Looking for his lunch

Ate that little snowman’s nose

Nibble, nibble, crunch!

Dance Like Snowflakes

Dance like snowflakes (2x)

In the air (2x)

Whirling, twirling, snowflakes (2x)

Here and there (2x)

Tune: Frere Jacques

Down, Down, Cold and White

Down, down, cold and white

Snow is falling all through the night!

Pack some snowballs oh, so tight and

Then we’ll have a snowball fight!

Mr. Snowman Short and Fat

Mr. Snowman short and fat!

All dressed up in his Sunday hat;

With a carrot for a nose

And coal for eyes

My, he looks so proud and wise.

Mr. Snowman the sun is hot

And you will melt as likely as not

But when you’re little,

You know what then?

We will build you up again!

My God is So Great…Strong…Mighty

My God is so great, so strong and so mighty

There’s nothing my God cannot do!) 2X

The mountains are His

The rivers are His

The stars are His handiwork too

My God is so great, so strong and so mighty

There’s nothing my God cannot do!

For you and you and you!

Once There Was a Snowman

Once there was a (snowman) 3

Once there was a snowman (tall) 3X

In the sun he (melted) 3

In the sun he melted (small) 3

Penguin, Flap your Little Wings

Penguin, Penguin flap your little wings

Penguin, penguin flap your little wings

Chasing fish you swim all day

You can’t fly, but that’s okay.

Penguin, penguin flap your little wings.

Royal Penguins

One royal penguin feeling very blue

Called for his brother,

Then there were two.

Two royal penguins

Swimming in the sea,

Called for their sister,

Then there were three.

Three royal penguins,

Waddle on the shore,

Called for their mother,

Then there were four.

Four royal penguins

Learning how to dive

Called for their father,

Then there were five.

Snowflakes

Snowflakes, snowflakes all around (Twinkle, Twinkle)

In the air and on the ground

Some are big and some are small,

Roll them into a snowball

When the sun comes out to play,

Watch as they all melt away.

Snowflakes Are a’Floating

Snowflakes are a’floating, floating, floating

Snowflakes are a’floating all around

Snowflakes are a’floating, floating, floating

Shake the snowy tree

All float down

Ten Little Snowflakes (10 Little Indians)

One little, two little, three little snowflakes,

Four little, five little, six little snowflakes,Seven little, eight little, nine little snowflakes,

Ten little snowflakes on my tongue!

One little…

Ten little snowflakes on my hat!

One little…

Ten little snowflakes on my mittens!

One little…

Ten little snowflakes on my boots!

December Songs

The Angels Sing La la la

The angel sing, La la la,

The Shepherds Laugh Ha Ha Ha,

The donkey brays hee-haw, hee-haw

The crows all caw—caw caw caw!

Moo-oo lows the cow, baa baa bleats the sheep

Mary smiles and Joseph leaps—

Moo-oo lows the cow, baa baa bleats the sheep

How on earth can God’s baby sleep?

(repeat last line, speaking loudly!)

Away in a Manger

Away in a manger,

No crib for a bed

The little Lord Jesus lay down His sweet head

The stars in the sky looked down where He lay

The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.

The cattle are lowing the poor Baby awakes

But little Lord Jesus no crying He makes.

I love Thee Lord Jesus look down from the sky

And stay by my side ‘til morning is nigh.

Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask Thee to stay

Close by me forever and love me I pray.

Bless all the dear children in Thy tender care

And take us to Heaven to live with Thee there.

Happy Birthday, Jesus

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday to you

We love you dear Jesus

Happy birthday to you.

I’ve Got the Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy, Down in My Heart

I’ve got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart, down in my heart, down in my heart. I’ve got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart, down in my heart to stay!

And I’m so happy, so very happy

I’ve got the love of Jesus in my heart

Down in my heart!

And I’m so happy, so very happy

I’ve got the love of Jesus in my heart!

Peace that passes understanding

Love of Jesus

It’s December and It’s Time…

It’s December and it’s time to have some fun!

Yee-haw!

It’s December and it’s time to have some fun!

Yee-haw!

Baby Jesus on the hay…

Christmas time is His birthday.

It’s December and it’s time to have some fun!

Yee-haw!

Jingle Bell Rock

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock

Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring.

Snowing and blowing up bushels of fun

Now the jingle bell rock has begun!

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock

Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time.

Dancing and prancing in jingle bell square

In the frosty air.

What a bright time, it’s the right time

To rock the night away.

Jingle bell time is a swell time

To go gliding in a one horse sleigh.

Giddy up jingle horse pick up your feet

Jingle around the clock.

Mix and mingle in a jingling beat

That’s the jingle bell

That’s the jingle bell

That’s the jingle bell rock!!

J-O-Y This it Means to Me

J-O-Y, J-O-Y This it means to me

Jesus first, yourself last and others in between.

There Was a Little Baby

There was a little baby, oh my Lord. (3x)

Way down in Bethlehem, way down in Bethlehem.

They laid Him in the manger, oh my Lord. (3x)

Way down…

They named the baby Jesus, oh my Lord. (3x)

Way down in Bethlehem, way down in Bethlehem.