Post on 03-Apr-2018
7/28/2019 OHU Des Plaines May 2013 Newsletter
1/7
9375 Church St. Des Plaines, Illinois 60016 (847) 824-5180
Kindergarten at Des Plaines Child Development Center 2012-2013
Quick Links
Check Out Our
Website
Our Kindergarten
program offers a
variety of events andfield trips
throughout the
school year.
September:
Welcome
October:
Field Trip to North Maine Fire
Department for Fire Safety
Month
Parent Night
November:
Field Trip to the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra
December:
River Trails Nature Center
January:
Kohl's Children's Museum
Storybus Visit Featuring
Goldilocks and the Three
Bears
Interactive Storyteller
February:Apollo Theater Performance
The Cat in the Hat
100th Day Celebration
Open House
Mongolian New Year
March:
Dupage Children's Museum
April:
Art Institute of Chicago
May 2013
Curriculum
Greetings!
Jolen and Anar read aloud to one another.
Kindergarten is a significant year in a child's development asit marks the introduction to many new learning opportunities.
Kindergarten here at Des Plaines Child Development Center,
prepares your child for more structured learning helping them be
successful for their future educational years. As you begin your
search for Kindergarten you will want to choose a program with
staff members dedicated to helping each child's learning style.
Some areas to consider as you begin your search for the right
program include; facilities business hours and Kindergarten
class hours, pre and post class activities, location, holiday
programing, scheduled days off, child to teacher ratio, and what you
can expect your child to learn in preparation for first grade. Here at
Des Plaines Child Development Center, our program offers hours
from 6:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. with the components of Kindergarten
curriculum beginning at 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Our program facilitates
learning in all of the basic content areas including math, science,reading, writing, social studies and the arts. The program not only
offers studies in all these areas, but it has the opportunity to help
children develop meaningful attachments to their teachers offering a
secure foundation for learning. By remaining in our facility for the
entire day, your child has the opportunity to continue interaction with
the same teachers and classmates. The Kindergarten Program
offers additional opportunities such as working with clay, karate,
music and yoga. Both teachers have Bachelors Degrees in
Education and have been in the field of education for a combined
total of 12 years.
Another added benefit for those currently attending Des Plaines
Child Development Center, is that Kindergarten is an extension of
News from Des Plaines Child Development Center https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview
7/2/2013
7/28/2019 OHU Des Plaines May 2013 Newsletter
2/7
Aleah practices her writing skil ls
May:
Chinatown
Graduation
Aleah works on counting up to
100 using a chart, recognizing
patterns and shows a friend even
and odd numbers.
Anar uses his early phonics
skills to sound out words written
about the classroom rules.
Payton, Sailim, Morgan and
Gabrielle work together building
friendship and teamwork with
their structure.
Stay
Connected
our Preschool program. These children are already familiar with
their environment, staff and peer groups. Children transitioning into
our school, are introduced to the children in the program through
group games, team building activities and educational projects
supervised and encouraged by teachers. Social development and
learning how to communicate and problem solve are recognized as
structural foundations for young minds to learn how to cooperate,
share and to respect others. In our Kindergarten program, children
are encouraged to talk to others about their feelings, their thoughts
and ideas, as well as learn to actively listen to others.
Des Plaines Child Development Center help children learn thebehavioral expectations of an elementary school classroom.
Each day includes a mix of free play and structured activities, both
indoors and outdoors, as well as extended quiet periods that
children need. Our program allows time for children to explore, make
choices, accept challenges, become aware of themselves and
others, work through problems, and make sense of the many new
symbols in their world. Our goal is to help children become
confident, productive, thoughtful, caring, and creative human beings
by providing a setting that is stimulating and supportive. The staff
assist the children to work and play together in an atmosphere that
fosters creativity, curiosity, cooperation, community, and growing
independence.
Language Arts, Reading and WritingSkills
Kindergarten introduces children to literature by teaching phonics,
word recognition, and printing letters. These skills give your child a
sense of pride when each of these tasks is mastered. Your child will
learn the letters in their first and last names, followed by the upper
and lower case letters of the alphabet. The Kindergarten students
are exposed to the structure of a sentence needed for early reading
skills.
Kindergarten
teachers work with the
students to help them
understand
and recognize parts of a
sentence. For instance,that all sentences begin
with a capital letter, end
with punctuation, and all
have a subject
(noun) and an action
word (verb).
Children learn the parts
of a story,
understanding the
concept that a story has
a beginning, a middle
and end.
Through learning parts
of the story,
children begin torecognize the main idea,
the characters, and how
to create stories of their
own using story
dictation, until they feel
ready to write words on
their own. They
learn the art of combining letter sounds to develop words,
familiarizing themselves with inventive spelling to write down their
many ideas, identify their illustrations and send notes to their family
and friends.
Recognizing and discriminating simple sight words such as the, and,
News from Des Plaines Child Development Center https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview
7/2/2013
7/28/2019 OHU Des Plaines May 2013 Newsletter
3/7
7/28/2019 OHU Des Plaines May 2013 Newsletter
4/7
Studying plant li fe such as texture, smell, and root systems are introduced. Here Aleah, Anar, and Gabrielle
explore the veins of a spider plant and compare them to another plant.
The teachers stage experiments that the children could work through on their own about gases, cause andeffect, wind, movement, resistance, decomposing materials, condensation, and learning about the effects of
exercise and healthy food choices.
Children are encouraged to work through their thoughts and ideas to see if they will work. While studying
animals the children visit the River Trails Nature Center. Payton shows one of the many ways children are
empowered to study, observe and listen to support their ideas.
News from Des Plaines Child Development Center https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview
7/2/2013
7/28/2019 OHU Des Plaines May 2013 Newsletter
5/7
Anar illustrates a part of the story and uses phonics to sound out the words to
write his caption.
Throughout the school year children are encouraged to explore and read. One way that our Kindergarten
program encourages the love of reading is the study of different authors. Author studies are done to help
students develop their reading skills, build critical thinking skills, improve writing skills, establish a community of
readers and expose children to different types of literary voices and styles. The study begins by learning small
facts about the author, such as where they are from, who they write for, who illustrates their stories, and what
they write about. Next, a collection of books written by this author are brought in for children to explore and
read.
During this time, children are encouraged to write or illustrate their own version of the stories. As a follow-up,
children participate in a graphing activity by documenting their favorite book. Some of our favorite authors are
Jan Brett, Dr. Suess, Julia Donaldson, Eric Carle, Leo Lionni, and Robert Munsch, just to name a few.
Study of ArtsThere are many benefits to using art within the Kindergarten classroom. At the beginning of the
school year, students are at varied levels of self expression. The classroom provides children with a plethora
of materials for enhanced creativity. When your child enters Kindergarten, he/she is invited to participate in art
activities promoting their own style of self expression. Teachers allow students to draw their ideas not only
differentiating instruction but provide students with a variety of options to express their emotions and be
creative. It has been shown that many children are visual learners and using art within the content of the
Kindergarten classroom, the children find it easier to better understand material. Art stimulates both sides of the
brain and promotes learning and can also be one of the most influential and important resources within the
classroom. Allowing students to express themselves through art, is an engaging and stimulating way for them
News from Des Plaines Child Development Center https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview
7/2/2013
7/28/2019 OHU Des Plaines May 2013 Newsletter
6/7
Payton replicates Georgia O'Keefe
Mansi rides a scooter coordinating upper and lower
muscles.Katie masters our climbing wall developing upper body
strength.
to show their understanding of material. Art is another
way to stimulate their brains, and it helps students
develop hand and eye coordination.
To illustrate a varied way of expression with artistic
materials, a study of artists takes place. An artist's
pictures are studied to learn about his/her thoughts
and feelings. The children learn about the artist
through biographies, geographical influence and area
of interest.
Art promotes self-esteem with many students.
Students are always proud of their work and theyenjoy sharing and reflecting on their accomplishments.
Asking open-ended questions about their work allows
students to use oral language to describe their work,
as well as feel a sense of pride for their creation. It is
easy to see why the Kindergarten classroom
introduces a variety of important artists to understand,
explore and learn a new style of creating. After learning about our studied artist, children are invited to explore
the artist's techniques using a wide variety of materials and then their artwork is displayed.
Physical Education
Physical education plays a vital role in the students'
development and growth here at One Hope United. Our Kindergarten program promotes the value of physical
fitness by teaching proper hygiene habits such as brushing your teeth, visiting the doctor, eating healthy foods,
and regular exercise. Teachers help children learn that through healthy eating and exercise, children have the
control to avoid preventative diseases such as chronic heart disease, hypertension, diabetes and obesity.
Kindergarten teachers recognize that children need to develop their motor skills promoting hand eye
coordination. Physical activity continues to develop the upper body muscles by encouraging children to use
scooters, push ups, monkey bars and our climbing wall. Our program teaches children the value of core
exercises by having children participate in stationary jumping jacks, abdominal crunches, running and
stretching.
News from Des Plaines Child Development Center https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview
7/2/2013
7/28/2019 OHU Des Plaines May 2013 Newsletter
7/7
Our teachers recognize the importance of physical health and it's connection with academic learning. With
cardiovascular activity, children circulate their blood and oxygen, which in turn means more nutrients
throughout the body including the brain. The circulation process produces longer attention span allowing
longer concentration and more retention. Our program allows for children to be active both indoors in our
spacious gym, and outdoors on our large playground.
Our Kindergarten helps students to interact with each other in both body and mind especially when children
participate in group games and sportsmanship. Children learn the basic rules for cooperative games including
soccer, basketball, and hockey.
Contact us
Cheryl Davis-Malone, Child Development Director | Julie L. Doyle-Garcia, Assistant Site Directorwww.onehopeunited.org
9375 Church St.
Des Plaines, IL 60016
Hoping To See You Next Year!
Copyright 2013. All Rights Reserved.
Forward this email
This email was sent to jdisterhoft@onehopeunited.org byjdoyle@onehopeunited.org |
Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe | Privacy Policy.
One Hope United | 2300 E. Devon, Suite 171 | Des Plaines | IL | 60018
News from Des Plaines Child Development Center https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview