Meet our newest gekko friend! Our Animal Embassy visits in December and January included frogs and turtles in many different sizes and colors and with a range of talents from digging and climbing to swimming and jumping. They live in the trees, in the water and/or on the land. We also saw a ferret, a hedgehog, a gekko and the fours saw a duck. The youngest children study each of them...
Coach John has some old favorites that he introduces children new to his classes to every year and always seems to find new activities to add to the mix. The Older Toddlers had their first go at the “Chicken Dance” along with many other fun dances and tasks. The children always bring their own variations on each activity which never fail to entertain us. The...
On Wednesday, January 13, 2010, Mike brought animals to share with the toddler and preschool classes that have special jobs where they live: “Barking” Tree Frog. Their job is is to tell if the air and water is clean. They breathe through their skin and sing when it rains. They live in the rain forest. Corn Snake . Their job is to help keep us healthy. They eat...
Don’t forget to use the Amazon link on the home page of our web site for your holiday purchases — CCDC gets a percentage of each sale! A win, win! Our home page also includes a link to our school store where you can buy t-shirts, sweatshirts, tote bags, etc. with the CCDC logo. Birthday/Holiday Sing-a-long Our sing a long this month will be on Monday, December 14th...
CCDC has accepted United Way’s invitation to participate in the 2009 Days of Caring Healthy Baby Diaper Drive and help collect HALF A MILLION DIAPERS for lower income families struggling to make ends meet. They need our help! Our participation will go a long way to ensuring that babies start life healthy and ready to learn. As the cost of basic needs rises and unemployment worsens,...
Amazon and CCDC have teamed up!! Good news…many of you already shop online at Amazon.com. CCDC has entered a new partnership with Amazon, the largest web retailer. CCDC will receive funds equaling 4-10% of all purchases made on Amazon, depending on the price and number of items sold per month. This includes not only Amazon’s vast selection, but also all of their web partners, including Target...
We had such fun on halloween again this year. There were parades in the morning with surely the cutest children around, the Preschool 4′s Class made witches brew and spider bread. There was also climbing, building, reading, running and playing like any other day. The complete photo album can be viewed in Eileen’s Photos ...
On Thursday, October 29, Miss Deborah visited from Westport Library. She told a few singing stories with props — Mary had a Little Lamb and Five Little Monkeys — and read two books — Old MacDonald and Maybe a Bear Ate It. Remarkably, some of the children remembered the names of her puppets that she brought last year. She encouraged the children to come and...
One of our families has generously donated two tickets to the Yankee game (the American League Championship Series or ALCS) on Saturday , October 17 at 7:57 pm. The tickets are in the Main Section 212, Row 3, Seats 5 & 6. The yankees.com web site will provide a view from the seats. The face value of the tickets is $116 each. However the tickets in this...
We introduced yoga to our Older Toddler and Preschool groups last year and it was such a hit, we decided to schedule it more regularly this year and to buy yoga mats for the children. Our yoga teacher, Jeannie Stevens provides visuals for various postures including, “table” “cat” “cow” “tree” and“airplane” and “flowers”. She always ends with “shavasana” where children relax on their mats and...