Re: Open Arms Newsletter

Dear Parents

We are lice free, but I will continue to check everyone in the coming weeks to make sure.

Attached are summer enrolment and fall intention to enroll forms.

please return to me as soon as you are able to secure a place.

I always expect changes but I will at least have an idea and can enroll new children.

In the next parent evening here at my home on 2/9/15 at 6 I  would like to talk about age appropriate chores and how it supports child development.

Please come with any suggestions or questions.

I look forward to see you and the children next week

maayan

On Sunday, January 25, 2015 10:58 AM, michael schoeman <schoeman@att.net> wrote:

Dear Parents

we are not out of the woods regarding the lice....

I had the sofas and rugs professionally cleaned today and cleaned the house again thoroughly.

Michael is washing anything that can be washed so we hope to be ready for a new week of school on Monday.

Your part will be to check your children, siblings and yourself. please don't bring your child to school if you even suspect lice.

it is hard to get rid of.

my advice is to buy a lice comb, wet your child's hair and with conditioner comb and look. sometimes its the only way.

I will check each child on Monday and every day this week.

it is unlikely your child has lice but I am not taking any chances since it is hard to get rid of.

it is not a reflection of clean or dirty hair or house hold as they actually like clean hair?!

please let me know of any questions.

best

maayan

On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 7:01 AM, michael schoeman <schoeman@att.net> wrote:

Dear Parents

Our lantern walk is just a week away, on Thursday evening at 5:00pm at Oak Hill park in Petaluma.

The children worked hard on their lovely lanterns and we are singing our lantern song in preparation for the walk.

(we will meet even if it is drizzling but if it is hard rain we will have to postpone)

The lantern walk is a wonderful celebration of each of us inner light, how unique and different we all are yet we share a bright light that connects us to each other.

We will walk together with our lit lanterns on a path lit with luminaries, singing a song together.

I believe it is a lovely way to start the holiday season.

We do not celebrate one particular holiday at play garden but the common thread in many holidays at this time of the year, which is the light at the darkest time of year.

One tradition I do love is lighting a candle each week leading to the holiday break to celebrate the mineral kingdom, plant kingdom, animal kingdom and finally one for Humanity.

We will make candles in the next few weeks for the children to take home.

Please look at our holiday calendar on the website so you are aware of the breaks we take during the school year.

I look forward to the coming weeks with all the fun crafts and stories I share with the children.

I have one request, after pick up, though I don't want anyone to feel unwelcome, if your children still would like to play together please do so at the park or at your home. When they play here while I have children getting ready for nap the noise creates a distraction.

Thank you for the time Barb and I spend with your children.

Best

Maayan

Re: Open Arms Newsletter

Dear Parents

we are not out of the woods regarding the lice....

I had the sofas and rugs professionally cleaned today and cleaned the house again thoroughly.

Michael is washing anything that can be washed so we hope to be ready for a new week of school on Monday.

Your part will be to check your children, siblings and yourself. please don't bring your child to school if you even suspect lice.

it is hard to get rid of.

my advice is to buy a lice comb, wet your child's hair and with conditioner comb and look. sometimes its the only way.

I will check each child on Monday and every day this week.

it is unlikely your child has lice but I am not taking any chances since it is hard to get rid of.

it is not a reflection of clean or dirty hair or house hold as they actually like clean hair?!

please let me know of any questions.

best

maayan

On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 7:01 AM, michael schoeman <schoeman@att.net> wrote:

Dear Parents

Our lantern walk is just a week away, on Thursday evening at 5:00pm at Oak Hill park in Petaluma.

The children worked hard on their lovely lanterns and we are singing our lantern song in preparation for the walk.

(we will meet even if it is drizzling but if it is hard rain we will have to postpone)

The lantern walk is a wonderful celebration of each of us inner light, how unique and different we all are yet we share a bright light that connects us to each other.

We will walk together with our lit lanterns on a path lit with luminaries, singing a song together.

I believe it is a lovely way to start the holiday season.

We do not celebrate one particular holiday at play garden but the common thread in many holidays at this time of the year, which is the light at the darkest time of year.

One tradition I do love is lighting a candle each week leading to the holiday break to celebrate the mineral kingdom, plant kingdom, animal kingdom and finally one for Humanity.

We will make candles in the next few weeks for the children to take home.

Please look at our holiday calendar on the website so you are aware of the breaks we take during the school year.

I look forward to the coming weeks with all the fun crafts and stories I share with the children.

I have one request, after pick up, though I don't want anyone to feel unwelcome, if your children still would like to play together please do so at the park or at your home. When they play here while I have children getting ready for nap the noise creates a distraction.

Thank you for the time Barb and I spend with your children.

Best

Maayan

Re: Open Arms Newsletter

Sorry 8/17/15 is our first day back for the new school year

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On Jan 21, 2015, at 7:44 PM, michael schoeman <schoeman@att.net> wrote:

Dear Parents

The children are having a great time outside in this lovely winter weather. I hope we still get some more rain and frost, we leave plates of water out in hope that jack frost will come and freeze the water but so far no luck. It is nice to put leaves and try to make a pattern in the water in hope it will freeze that way.

I have taken out the wood working tools and the children enjoy hammering nails and sawing the wood together.

It is the time of year when I am getting calls and visitors for summer and fall enrolment.

Please let me know if you plan to  have your child return here in the fall (starting mid august 2015).

This summer I will be taking my children to Israel for the first time in 13 years to visit my mother. I hope the weeks I chose will not inconvenient you much. I had to consider work ,school, family and cost in picking the dates.

Here are the weeks we ARE open in the months: June, July and part of August as our school year will start 8/16/15:

6/1 to 6/4 (not Friday we fly Saturday to Israel)

Closed for 2 weeks

6/22 to 6/26

6/29 to 7/3

7/13 to7/17

7/20 to 7/24

7/27 to 7/31

Open arms School year starts august 16th.

We will resume our hikes at Helen Putnam park this summer on Thursdays and Fridays starting the first week in June.

More about enrolment in the next few weeks.

I would like to have another parent evening here at my home on February 9th from 6 to 8 please let me know if you can make it at that date and time.

A correction to our May calendar we will be closed on may 21 not 28th.

With Warm wishes

maayan

On Monday, December 22, 2014 9:27 AM, michael schoeman <schoeman@att.net> wrote:

Dear Parents

I want to wish you and your children a wonderful holiday season and to thank you for this past year.

It is a pleasure to work with you and your wonderful children.

When I see their lovely faces come in in the morning, I see their inner light shine and feel grateful to know them and spend time with them.

thank you for attending the Lantern walk in the rain and for your patience with wet clothes this winter.

I look forward to see you all back in January.

with much love

Maayan

On Monday, December 15, 2014 4:18 PM, Maayan <schoeman@att.net> wrote:

Ok my mistake 

We will meet at oak hill park on Wednesday not Thursday 4:45

Maayan 

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On Dec 14, 2014, at 5:53 PM, michael schoeman <schoeman@att.net> wrote:

Dear parents

We will meet next Thursday 12/17 at 4:45 at oak hill park in Petaluma for our lantern walk. We will have some warm cider and then we will begin our lantern walk.

We will walk up towards the stone labyrinth and can walk the labyrinth or walk around it.

Once we light our lanterns and start our walk you can join me in a song.

It will be the same song we sang last year:

I walk outside with my lantern,

My lantern is walking with me.

Above the stars are shining bright,

Down here on earth shine we

2x  So shine my light in the darkest night

      La bimba La bmba La boom

It is an easy song and we repeat it over and over and will not be hard to learn.

You may invite family members, all are welcome to join. It is a special event for me, celebrating the light that shines in all of us, and units us.

I like celebrating our lantern walk as part of the holiday season, it reminds me of what is important at this time, kindness and love for one another.

with love

Maayan

On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 7:01 AM, michael schoeman <schoeman@att.net> wrote:

Dear Parents

Our lantern walk is just a week away, on Thursday evening at 5:00pm at Oak Hill park in Petaluma.

The children worked hard on their lovely lanterns and we are singing our lantern song in preparation for the walk.

(we will meet even if it is drizzling but if it is hard rain we will have to postpone)

The lantern walk is a wonderful celebration of each of us inner light, how unique and different we all are yet we share a bright light that connects us to each other.

We will walk together with our lit lanterns on a path lit with luminaries, singing a song together.

I believe it is a lovely way to start the holiday season.

We do not celebrate one particular holiday at play garden but the common thread in many holidays at this time of the year, which is the light at the darkest time of year.

One tradition I do love is lighting a candle each week leading to the holiday break to celebrate the mineral kingdom, plant kingdom, animal kingdom and finally one for Humanity.

We will make candles in the next few weeks for the children to take home.

Please look at our holiday calendar on the website so you are aware of the breaks we take during the school year.

I look forward to the coming weeks with all the fun crafts and stories I share with the children.

I have one request, after pick up, though I don't want anyone to feel unwelcome, if your children still would like to play together please do so at the park or at your home. When they play here while I have children getting ready for nap the noise creates a distraction.

Thank you for the time Barb and I spend with your children.

Best

Maayan

Re: Open Arms Newsletter

Dear Parents

The children are having a great time outside in this lovely winter weather. I hope we still get some more rain and frost, we leave plates of water out in hope that jack frost will come and freeze the water but so far no luck. It is nice to put leaves and try to make a pattern in the water in hope it will freeze that way.

I have taken out the wood working tools and the children enjoy hammering nails and sawing the wood together.

It is the time of year when I am getting calls and visitors for summer and fall enrolment.

Please let me know if you plan to  have your child return here in the fall (starting mid august 2015).

This summer I will be taking my children to Israel for the first time in 13 years to visit my mother. I hope the weeks I chose will not inconvenient you much. I had to consider work ,school, family and cost in picking the dates.

Here are the weeks we ARE open in the months: June, July and part of August as our school year will start 8/16/15:

6/1 to 6/4 (not Friday we fly Saturday to Israel)

Closed for 2 weeks

6/22 to 6/26

6/29 to 7/3

7/13 to7/17

7/20 to 7/24

7/27 to 7/31

Open arms School year starts august 16th.

We will resume our hikes at Helen Putnam park this summer on Thursdays and Fridays starting the first week in June.

More about enrolment in the next few weeks.

I would like to have another parent evening here at my home on February 9th from 6 to 8 please let me know if you can make it at that date and time.

A correction to our May calendar we will be closed on may 21 not 28th.

With Warm wishes

maayan

On Monday, December 22, 2014 9:27 AM, michael schoeman <schoeman@att.net> wrote:

Dear Parents

I want to wish you and your children a wonderful holiday season and to thank you for this past year.

It is a pleasure to work with you and your wonderful children.

When I see their lovely faces come in in the morning, I see their inner light shine and feel grateful to know them and spend time with them.

thank you for attending the Lantern walk in the rain and for your patience with wet clothes this winter.

I look forward to see you all back in January.

with much love

Maayan

On Monday, December 15, 2014 4:18 PM, Maayan <schoeman@att.net> wrote:

Ok my mistake 

We will meet at oak hill park on Wednesday not Thursday 4:45

Maayan 

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 14, 2014, at 5:53 PM, michael schoeman <schoeman@att.net> wrote:

Dear parents

We will meet next Thursday 12/17 at 4:45 at oak hill park in Petaluma for our lantern walk. We will have some warm cider and then we will begin our lantern walk.

We will walk up towards the stone labyrinth and can walk the labyrinth or walk around it.

Once we light our lanterns and start our walk you can join me in a song.

It will be the same song we sang last year:

I walk outside with my lantern,

My lantern is walking with me.

Above the stars are shining bright,

Down here on earth shine we

2x  So shine my light in the darkest night

      La bimba La bmba La boom

It is an easy song and we repeat it over and over and will not be hard to learn.

You may invite family members, all are welcome to join. It is a special event for me, celebrating the light that shines in all of us, and units us.

I like celebrating our lantern walk as part of the holiday season, it reminds me of what is important at this time, kindness and love for one another.

with love

Maayan

On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 7:01 AM, michael schoeman <schoeman@att.net> wrote:

Dear Parents

Our lantern walk is just a week away, on Thursday evening at 5:00pm at Oak Hill park in Petaluma.

The children worked hard on their lovely lanterns and we are singing our lantern song in preparation for the walk.

(we will meet even if it is drizzling but if it is hard rain we will have to postpone)

The lantern walk is a wonderful celebration of each of us inner light, how unique and different we all are yet we share a bright light that connects us to each other.

We will walk together with our lit lanterns on a path lit with luminaries, singing a song together.

I believe it is a lovely way to start the holiday season.

We do not celebrate one particular holiday at play garden but the common thread in many holidays at this time of the year, which is the light at the darkest time of year.

One tradition I do love is lighting a candle each week leading to the holiday break to celebrate the mineral kingdom, plant kingdom, animal kingdom and finally one for Humanity.

We will make candles in the next few weeks for the children to take home.

Please look at our holiday calendar on the website so you are aware of the breaks we take during the school year.

I look forward to the coming weeks with all the fun crafts and stories I share with the children.

I have one request, after pick up, though I don't want anyone to feel unwelcome, if your children still would like to play together please do so at the park or at your home. When they play here while I have children getting ready for nap the noise creates a distraction.

Thank you for the time Barb and I spend with your children.

Best

Maayan

Re: Open Arms Newsletter

Dear parents

It's is great to be back with the children, they all grew so much over the break! 

Thank you for the gifts, cards and warm wishes we received before the holiday break.
We are back to our usual rhythm with a new story and new winter songs, and we are painting with red and blue to discover purple.

We will have another parent evening soon I will give the date as soon as I have it.

On another note one of the children had lice at home. I cleaned and washed here, and checked the children that came to school yesterday and I will continue to do so until we are sure no one got it. It is very rare in preschool, in 8 years teaching I have not had more then just one other scare and no one got it here.

If you have questions about it please ask me I will be happy to help and give advice.

Warmly

Maayan 

On Dec 22, 2014, at 9:00 AM, michael schoeman <schoeman@att.net> wrote:

Dear Parents

I want to wish you and your children a wonderful holiday season and to thank you for this past year.

It is a pleasure to work with you and your wonderful children.

When I see their lovely faces come in in the morning, I see their inner light shine and feel grateful to know them and spend time with them.

thank you for attending the Lantern walk in the rain and for your patience with wet clothes this winter.

I look forward to see you all back in January.

with much love

Maayan

On Monday, December 15, 2014 4:18 PM, Maayan <schoeman@att.net> wrote:

Ok my mistake 

We will meet at oak hill park on Wednesday not Thursday 4:45

Maayan 

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 14, 2014, at 5:53 PM, michael schoeman <schoeman@att.net> wrote:

Dear parents

We will meet next Thursday 12/17 at 4:45 at oak hill park in Petaluma for our lantern walk. We will have some warm cider and then we will begin our lantern walk.

We will walk up towards the stone labyrinth and can walk the labyrinth or walk around it.

Once we light our lanterns and start our walk you can join me in a song.

It will be the same song we sang last year:

I walk outside with my lantern,

My lantern is walking with me.

Above the stars are shining bright,

Down here on earth shine we

2x  So shine my light in the darkest night

      La bimba La bmba La boom

It is an easy song and we repeat it over and over and will not be hard to learn.

You may invite family members, all are welcome to join. It is a special event for me, celebrating the light that shines in all of us, and units us.

I like celebrating our lantern walk as part of the holiday season, it reminds me of what is important at this time, kindness and love for one another.

with love

Maayan

On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 7:01 AM, michael schoeman <schoeman@att.net> wrote:

Dear Parents

Our lantern walk is just a week away, on Thursday evening at 5:00pm at Oak Hill park in Petaluma.

The children worked hard on their lovely lanterns and we are singing our lantern song in preparation for the walk.

(we will meet even if it is drizzling but if it is hard rain we will have to postpone)

The lantern walk is a wonderful celebration of each of us inner light, how unique and different we all are yet we share a bright light that connects us to each other.

We will walk together with our lit lanterns on a path lit with luminaries, singing a song together.

I believe it is a lovely way to start the holiday season.

We do not celebrate one particular holiday at play garden but the common thread in many holidays at this time of the year, which is the light at the darkest time of year.

One tradition I do love is lighting a candle each week leading to the holiday break to celebrate the mineral kingdom, plant kingdom, animal kingdom and finally one for Humanity.

We will make candles in the next few weeks for the children to take home.

Please look at our holiday calendar on the website so you are aware of the breaks we take during the school year.

I look forward to the coming weeks with all the fun crafts and stories I share with the children.

I have one request, after pick up, though I don't want anyone to feel unwelcome, if your children still would like to play together please do so at the park or at your home. When they play here while I have children getting ready for nap the noise creates a distraction.

Thank you for the time Barb and I spend with your children.

Best

Maayan