Dear Joyful Beginning Families,

It has been another great week in Joyful Beginnings. We had a lot of rain last week. The children loved jumping in the muddy puddles and playing in the mud kitchen. Some of them were covered in mud, but they had so much fun. We introduced a Chinese story to celebrate Lunar New Year. In the ancient times, there was a monster named Nian, he was giant and fierce but he was scared of the color red, loud noises, and bright light. The story explained why Chinese and other Asian people put red decorations in their houses, play with fireworks, and light up lanterns on New Year’s Eve.

We continued to serve rice and oatmeal last week. Many friends who did not try these shared snacks the first time enjoyed eating them this time. This Wednesday and Thursday, the children will chop veggies and we will have soup on Thursday and Friday. Next Tuesday (01/31), we will have rice and Wednesday (02/01), we will have oatmeal.

From the week of February 6, we will serve one hot tea day and four warm snack days in school.

Here is our snack and activity plan:

Monday (02/06): Hot Tea & Watercolor Painting (please pack a full snack and bring one vegetable to school)

Tuesday (02/07): Rice & Watercolor painting (please pack fruits and bring one vegetable to school)

Wednesday (02/08): Oatmeal & Chopping (Please pack fruits)

Thursday (02/08) : Lentil Soup & Chopping & Farm (please pack fruits)

Friday (02/09): Rice soup & Farm (please pack fruits)

Spring conferences are coming soon! They will be held during our school mornings on February 16, and 17. Please sign up for a time here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4BA8A92CA2F4C43-spring.

If there is not an available time that is convenient for you, please email me and we will schedule a different time. Or if you would like to meet online, please let me know. Thank you!

Upcoming events and friendly reminders:

01/26 & 01/27: Soup day: Please bring one vegetable on Monday or Tuesday. We will wash the veggies and get them ready for the children to chop on Wednesday and Thursday.
2/4: Community Work Day / All-School Meeting–A Community Event
2/15-2/17: Half Days and Parent Conferences
2/20-2/24: Mid-Winter Break (No School)
2/27: Teacher In-Service (No School)

Thank you for sharing your lovely children with us and thank you for your support.

Best,

Ki Siyu and Ki Priti