Welcome to
                   Joytime's Diamond Jubilee Year

Joytime "Fun" fact: Trish Burns(an alumni of Joytime) worked at Joytime from 1992 to 1995.She then retired to adopt a baby girl (McKenna).Trish then returned to Joytime in 2007 till present time.McKenna is also a past alumni.

   Dear Parents,
              We celebrated October with it's ever changing weather,by being outdoors as much as possible and by observing seasonal changes taking place.We watched as squirrels gathered nuts and apples from our yard and knew that they were putting some away for the winter.We reviewed the importance of trees and they enjoyed playing,raking and jumping in huge piles of leaves.We also planted tulip bulbs in our "secret garden" for enjoyment seeing them grow up in spring.

              We learned the importance of fire safety including stop,drop and roll and the emergency number 911.We enjoyed pretending to be firefighters and practiced exiting our school with fire drills,which is ongoing throughout the year.

             We also enjoyed celebrating Halloween and the color orange with lots of art work,games and songs,including a visit from one of the Lake Forest Library staff who shared Halloween stories with us.We also enjoyed a neighborhood field trip,looking for signs of Halloween and sharing songs with neighbors.

             The Tuesday and Thursday class continues to "settle in" and continuing to become comfortable with each other and the school routines.We are also continuing to learn one another's names plus the concept of sharing and waiting for a turn(not always easy).We are always interweaving colors(how three colors can make more colors)and shapes in all our projects.

NOVEMBER INTEREST UNITS;

Nov.5-9-Pumpkin recycling/and Pilgrims

Nov.12-16-Native Americans/Pioneers

Nov.19-23-Thanksgiving celebrations

Nov.26-30-Animals/birds preparing for winter

OCTOBER WORDS:Fire drill,911,pumpkin,Halloween and pretend.

NOVEMBER-JANUARY CALENDAR:
Nov.22-23.....NO SCHOOL-THANKSGIVING
Dec.22-Jan.7..... NO SCHOOL-WINTER HOLIDAYS
                           (SCHOOL STARTS ON MONDAY Jan.7th)

ITEMS OF INTEREST:
1.M/W/F and M-Thus.p.m. classes enjoyed a visit from the Lake Forest Library staff,who came to read some of their favorite Halloween books and flannel board stories.We hope to have more visits from the library staff in the future for all our classes.

2.Please read "Winter at Joytime"(enclosed in envelope).Even though winter doesn't officially arrive until De.21st,we will no doubt have some winterly weather before then.Some notes are included on the attached sheet about cold and flu season.

3.Don't keep us in the dark!Please let us know if your child will be absent for ANY reason.Thanks.

4.With the time changing the afternoon Pre-K class will be going outside(weather permitting)at the BEGINNING of the class.


                    Miss Kathleen-Director