Happy Holidays Everyone!

Remember the first day of school in the new year will be Monday January 6th.

Snowpants, Boots, Jacket and Hat

Now that the colder weather is here don't forget to that we'll be going outside every day (weather permitting). Children need to bring snow pants and boots every day, even if there is not much snow (otherwise they're cold when we're outside).

Like this....

Not like this....

Here's a song we've been learning to help children remember the order in which to get dressed. Ask your child to sing it to you.

Snow pants, Boots, Jacket and Hat

Snow pants, boots, jacket and hat,

Jacket and hat,

Jacket and hat.

Snow pants, boots, jacket and hat,

Mittens always last!

Ontario Ministry of Education Study on the Effectiveness of Full Day Kindergarten

The Ontario Ministry of Education recently released their study on the efficacy of full day Kindergarten. For those who are interested it is a fascinating read. It's over 200 pages long, if you don't want to read the whole thing I recommend looking at the Results section and the Conclusion and Recommendations section. It says fall 2012 on the cover of the study, but to the best of my knowledge it was made available on the Ministry website in October 2013.

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/kindergarten/FDELK_ReportFall2012.pdf