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
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