2015-16 Winter Program Guide

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Jerome and Phyllis
Charney
Early Childhood Development Program
Happy Chanukah
December brings with it Chanukah, the
“Festival of Lights,” and our classroom
Chanukah parties that have become a
favorite ECDP tradition! Our Chanukah
parties will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 8 for
rooms 6, 7, 8, A, B and 2. The boys and
girls will be eating potato lakes and jelly
doughnuts. Songs will be sung, dreidels
will be spun, candles on the menorah will
be lit and stories of brave Maccabees told.
Each child will also receive a specially
decorated goodie bag filled with a dreidel,
Chanukah stickers and chocolate gelt to
take home.
If your child will not be scheduled
to attend our program on Dec. 8 for the
Chanukah Party, you may pay for extra
time if space is available. Otherwise,
parents may bring in their child and
STAY WITH THEM for the duration
of the party. NYS licensing regulations
requires a specific student/teacher ratio be
maintained at all times in every classroom.
Ratios vary according to age. Thank you
for your understanding and cooperation
with this matter.
PJ Library
The JCC has partnered with the PJ Library
(PJ for pajamas) which visits our program
monthly. Children are encouraged to wear
their pajamas to school on PJ Library days!
The PJ Library coordinator reads stories,
sings songs and plans activities with the
children. The program offers free, highquality
Jewish books and music each
month to children ages six months to eight
years all across North America to parents
raising Jewish children.
Winter Vacation Camp
The Early Childhood Development
Program will be closed for winter break
Dec. 24–Jan. 1. There will be a vacation
camp offered for our working parents who
need extended-day and full-day child care
on Dec. 24, 28, 29, 30 and 31. The teachers
who will be caring for children that week
may NOT be your child’s regular teachers.
A minimum of five children must
be registered per day to run the winter
vacation camp. The fee is $50 per day.
Please look for the registration form in
your child’s mailbox. We cannot accept
registration forms after Dec. 11 due to staff
scheduling.
Please note that the JCC will be closing
at 1:00 p.m. on Dec. 24 and it will be
CLOSED for all programming on Dec. 25
and Jan. 1.
Preschool Book Fair
You’re invited! We look forward to seeing
you at our annual Scholastic Preschool
Book Fair which will be held Jan. 11–22
from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Early
Childhood wing of the JCC.
Fostering a love for reading early on
helps create lifelong learners. Reading
with your preschooler is one of the best
gifts that you can give your child. Reading
stimulates imagination and creativity,
and provides life lessons from your child’s
greatest teacher—you!
Our book fair is a case fair that includes
a bigger selection of books with a wide
variety of topics to choose from! This is the
perfect way to update your home library at
half the cost! Many of our parents love to
purchase books for their child’s classroom.
To make this easier for you, please look
for the specially marked book bins at the
check-out which contains the wish list of
books for classroom libraries. Your child
will be able to place a special sticker inside
the book that lets the teacher know who
purchased it for the classroom. Please note
that purchasing a book from the wish bin
is optional and not required. The Early
Childhood Development Program greatly
appreciates all wish bin books that are
purchased.
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