Arroyo Grande United Methodist Children's Center www.worshipweekly.com February 2025

Children’s Center Chronicle

Message from Ms. Maddy

Friendship and Love are the foundations of building solid relationships.

This month, we will share the importance of friendship and how to show

friendship to one another. It is through acts of love that friendships are

fostered. By our actions and words, we hope you see how the staff of

AGUMCC demonstrates love for you, your child, and your family. We feel

blessed that you have entrusted your greatest gift to us. We sincerely

desire to foster a growing relationship to benefit your child during this

precious learning and development time.

March is Enrollment time for our 2025-2026 session, which begins July 1, 2025. This a

the time to think about next years enrollment and if you are wanting to expand your

child care days and hours. Later this month you will find registration information be in

your child’s family folder. To secure your child’s spot with AGUMCC, registration of and

payment of $150 per child is due by March 14th. See me for an additional “Registration

Form” if you have a second child on our “Waiting List.” You can also enroll him or her at

this time. I will contact families on our “Waiting List” starting April 1, 2025.

A Tuition Increase will take effect on July 1, 2025. It will be an annual increase to

provide a cost-of-living increase for our staff.

It is always good to plan when looking for a quality program. We pride ourselves on

having an educated staff who love and are committed to working with children. We also

work hard to create quality interactive environments in the classroom and outside by us-

ing evaluative and assessment tools: the Environmental Rating Scale, Desired Results,

and Ages and Stages. Thank you to our staff, families, church, and board members

for all your time and dedication to making this a great program.

Dates to Remember

• Friday, February 7– Staff Devel-

opment and School Spirit Day. Wear

your school T-shirt to show your school

spirit. School will be CLOSED at 3:30

pm on this day.

• Monday, February 17- PRESI-

DENT’S DAY. School will be closed.

BIBLE STORY AND GOODIE BEAR TIME

In the Narthex Wed. Feb. 5 and Thurs. Feb 6 at 9:05 am

This month the story is “Jesus Loves the Lit-

tle Children”, from the Beginning Bible,

Matthew 19:13-15. Our “Fruit of the Spirit”

teaching is “Love”.

Bible Verse: “As I have loved you, so you

must love one another.” John 13:34

THANK YOU TO OUR FEBRUARY

“Friend’s of the

Children’s Center Sponsor”

UNITED WOMEN OF FAITH

Do you know someone who would like to be

our next months

“Friend’s of the Children’s

Center Sponsor?”

Please contact Ms. Maddy 805-481-2223

Ms. Swati Pre-K Class

In January, the TK class theme was Winter. Chil-

dren enjoyed the block area and worked coopera-

tively to create a home for the artic animals. See-

ing them work together and use their imagination

to get creative when building and using all the

blocks available in the area has been amazing. They

have been busy building train tracks and using a

variety of creative ideas to build long tracks. We

have also learned about animals that live in the

Arctic and how they can survive in frigid weather

as we watched videos about it. For art, children

made their own unique Snowy Owls, which went

along with our letter of the week, “O.” They also

made penguins by using black and orange paint and

learned about the method of line of symmetry to

create a them. Children learned that each snow-

flake is unique, just like them. We learned various

fun facts about owls, penguins, and quail.

For February, we will dive into Spring Conferences.

We will start practicing spelling and writing their

first names. Children will have an opportunity to

mail letters to friends and family from the dra-

matic area. Our bible story's focus will be “Love,”

and the story will be “Jesus Loves the Little Chil-

dren” Matthew 19:13-15. Since it's the month of

friendship and love, we will talk about our love and

friendship towards others and Jesus' love toward

all of us. In addition, we will focus on

the heart shape and continue with our

Zoo Phonics letters R, S, and T. We are

excited to celebrate Valentine's/

Friendship Day in our own unique way,

spreading love through kind acts and showering love

to others. With all love and blessings ~ Ms. Swati

Ms. Liz Preschool Class

Happy February! Can you believe January is over

and gone? Last month, our preschool class enjoyed

celebrating the winter and bringing in the New

Year. We talked about winter and where it snowed

in California. We also used the Arctic mammals and

placed them on ice blocks. The children had a lot

of fun! We also talked about what the weather

felt like outside. We asked each student if it felt

cold or hot.

This month, we celebrate Love and Friendship.

We will talk in class about how we can show that

same love and friendship for each other and our

families. We will discuss what we can do to love and

protect our environment. We will also explore how

Valentine’s Day is a day to celebrate love and

friendship. We are working on recognizing letters

in each child’s name through several projects, such

as stomping and clapping out the letters in individu-

al names.

Last month, we learned about the colors black

and white. During February, for art we will work on

various fun heart projects. This month, we will

begin working with your children on springtime as-

sessments, where we will document all their amaz-

ing skills. I want to start planning conferences to

meet with families in March. I will contact you indi-

vidually to make these arrangements. These can be

done in person or via FaceTime. I would also like

the children to share a toy that would be appropri-

ate for our classroom but will only be used during

group time and then put away for the rest of the

day. If your child would like to share a toy, please

bring them in on Tuesday or Thursday.

Thanks to all the families for their help and

support. You are truly appreciated and loved.

~ Liz Delory

Ms. Sibyl and Ms. Cindy Bo’s Toddler

Welcome, Toddlers, to February 2025.

The children had so much fun in the classroom talk-

ing about wintertime in January. They showed great

enthusiasm as they learned about snow, arctic ani-

mals, and making individual snowmen for art. We

also introduced the class to the concept of cold and

hot and helped them identify what kind of animals

live in the snow. We taught them this by making

homemade snow in the sensory tub so they could

feel the texture and temperature of real snow.

They also showed daily excitement in learning the

concept of winter by having group time activities

and verbalizing the name of the article animals

while playing with them on blocks of ice in the wa-

ter table for free choice playtime. Please don’t be

surprised if you hear them talking about whales,

seals, and polar bears in the snow and the Arctic

Ocean.

This month, your child would love you to join us in

the McMillian Room at 9:00 am on February 12th

as we will have our Friendship Celebration. This is

a special day f were we can enjoy special friendship

activities and share a breakfast together. Please

find the ‘Sign Up Sheet’ for the celebration to join

us and to bring something to share.

Also this month we will be learning about the shape

of a heart, and our Fruit of Spirit, Love, Yay…..it’s

going to be great! Please remember that school is

closed on February 17th for Presidents Day! Have

a wonderful month. We look forward to seeing each

of you everyday. ~ Ms. Sibyl

WISH LIST

* Gallon Jugs of Water, *Bird Seed, & *Bubbles

THANK YOU LAUNDARY HELPERS!!

We greatly appreciate the support we get from

those who take home the laundry to be cleaned.