Little Folks of Fourth Letter from Sally

Little Folks News - November 2009

It's been really busy here at Little Folks lately. Eight of our teachers have just returned from a weekend of teacher workshops in Columbia.  They attended the annual conference of the South Carolina Association for the Education of Young Children in Columbia. They were able to receive professional development credits by going to sessions on topics ranging from brain research and early learning to activity songs and finger plays.  The teachers brought back excitement and enthusiasm and are anxious to implement in their classrooms what they learned. We are very grateful to our parent organization, Big Folks of Fourth, for underwriting the conference. We also had Parent Bag Lunch days where the parents brought their lunches and ate in the classrooms with their children.  The parents said that they really enjoyed getting to know the classmates and teachers and especially being part of a typical day in the classroom.  In the younger classes, the parents expressed amazement at groups of twelve and sixteen children all sitting and eating their lunches at the same time!  I think our bag lunch days will certainly be repeated.

It's November, so it is time for the Little Folks Book Fair.  This year it will begin Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 11 and go until 1:00 Friday Nov. 13.  Once again the Open Book is going to bring a wonderful assortment of both adult and children books.  It will be a great opportunity to do some Christmas or birthday shopping, plus, Little Folks receives 20% of the proceeds!  Good books to read, gifts bought, and money given to a good cause - seems like the perfect combination to me.  Watch for signs and announcements containing the particulars about the hours the Book Fair will be open each day.

We will be CLOSED for Thanksgiving November 25-27.  I hope you have a Thanksgiving holiday filled with good food and the company of ones you love.

Sally