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May 2020
May 02, 2020
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Treat Yourself Right Dear Families, Happy May! Let’s hope that April showers bring May flowers—and with it some warmer temperatures, a flattening of the COVID curve or better yet a vaccine, and some return to normalcy! These are trying times. I am finding the uncertainty particu
Continue Reading →ZHPP Board Slate and Annual Meeting – 2020-2021
April 24, 2020
Every year around this time, the ZHPP Board of Directors accepts applications in order to build the slate for next year’s Board. This slate is then voted on at the Annual Meeting of Zion’s Hill Preschool Program, Inc., held in May. This year’s Annual Meeting will be
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April 01, 2020
Dear Families, Well, as you might have guessed, this is an unusual newsletter, brought to you at this most unusual time. It is hard to believe that we were all together just over two weeks ago, and that our daily lives have changed so dramatically in such a short period of time. Who w
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February 28, 2020
Happy March! Dear Families, The third month of the year is upon us—or is it? Fun fact: the ancient Roman calendar included just ten months, beginning with March and ending with December. In many ways, March brings new beginnings as we say goodbye to winter and hello to spring. The day
Continue Reading →Why the Five’s?
January 31, 2020
Perhaps your child’s birthday falls in the second half of the year. Maybe you’re thinking your child needs more social and emotional growth. Or you sense that your child would benefit from additional play-based learning before enrolling in kindergarten. Whatever the reason, you might
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January 31, 2020
Dear Families, Happy February! Winter may have been slow to arrive, but we finally have some SNOW! The children are enamored—they enjoy watching snowflakes fall outside the classroom windows, decorating the snowmen and snowflakes that brighten our halls, and, best of all, playing outd
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January 01, 2020
Dear Families, Happy New Year! I hope this finds you enjoying the holiday break with opportunities for both relaxation and merriment with your loved ones. January is the perfect time to pause, take stock, and set goals for the year ahead. While we adults may see the New Year as a chan
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Endless Play—and Possibilities!—with Dough
December 16, 2019
Making play dough is one of our favorite activities at Zion’s Hill Preschool Program … for children and teachers alike! But did you know that the original Play-Doh® was first made as a wallpaper cleaner in the 1930s? Upon learning that young children found modeling clay too difficult
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December 01, 2019
Happy Holidays! Dear Families, Say it isn’t so … is December nearly here? Time sure flies when you’re having fun, and we’ve certainly been having a lot of fun! A highlight in November was the horse-drawn carriage. Over the wee hill and through the lot, to the church did we all go! I e
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