February News: Weeks of February 2nd and 9th
Announcements
Sproutlings will be closed on Friday, February 13th for Staff Development Day and Monday, February 16th for President’s Day!
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2026 Holiday Closing Dates
Our 2026 Holiday Closing Dates can be found on our website. https://sproutlingschildcare.com/calendar/
Peapods
The Peapods have had a couple of great weeks. We had so much fun shaking our maracas and ringing the bells making our own kind of music! It was joyful. We also enjoyed playing with and in big boxes. We never knew how much fun was to be had! The tunnel was also brought out, and, boy, did we love it. Some of us had so much fun with it that we didn’t want to get out. We can now say we have an official walker. Wonder who will be the next one? We’re hoping you love our Valentines card-it was made with . One of the books we read was Happy Valentines Day Mouse! By Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond. Hoping everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend.
Peapods II
Happy February! We had so much fun in January, but we are off to an awesome start for this month! Over the last two weeks we have been using our imagination while playing in cardboard boxes. By doing this activity we are allowing ourselves to be creative and learn new things through imaginary play. While some used the box as a drum and tapped our hands on it others pretended it was a house and used the flaps as doors. We also loved sitting in it and pretending it was a boat while our teachers sang “Row, Row, Row Your Boat.” We also did an art project using dot markers. We created Valentine’s Day hearts which you can see hanging up in our classroom. We also had an opportunity to bring some indoor playground equipment into our classroom! We had a lot of fun crawling through the tunnel, going down the slide and balancing on the bridge. This month has been so much fun so far and we can’t wait to see what’s next!
Seedlings
Oh my! It has been such a busy but fun couple of weeks. The Seedlings learned about the groundhog and that it saw its shadow. We loved making our own groundhogs. It was so much fun to glue on the face and celebrate everyone’s differences. We also made a groundhog using our footprint. It was silly, a little confusing, and very ticklish. Then we used our hands to make the grass. For Valentine’s Day, we got creative by making different types of hearts with a variety of materials. We painted a heart, made squished hearts by pressing down on folded paper to see the designs we created, and colored a big heart with red crayons and red stickers. During circle time, we read I Love Pete the Kitty by James Dean. It is one of our new favorites, and we sang Pointer Finger. We have fun pointing to our different body parts. We also want to thank our parents for putting together our special Valentine’s Day party. Everyone had fun!
Little Sprouts
The past two weeks have been filled with fun and learning as we explored two exciting themes: Groundhog Day and Valentine’s Day! Each morning, we kicked off our day with our Good Morning song, practiced the days of the week, reviewed our ABCs, and counted together as a class. Story time was a big hit! We enjoyed reading The Night Before Groundhog Day by Natasha Wing and Llama Llama, I Love You by Anna Dewdney. Our young artists were busy with creative projects, including splatter paint groundhogs, love monsters, handprint hearts, and ladybugs. We hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
Beanstalks
We had so much fun these past two weeks in Beanstalks! We finished learning about arctic animals and learned all about Valentine’s Day! We read Puppy Loves, Puppy Cares, I Love You Little Pookie, and Larry Love San Francisco. We enjoyed talking about who we love and care for. We had fun working on our cutting and gluing skills to make Valentine’s Day hearts. We used forks and paint to make polar bears. We enjoyed exploring the snow all last week with our arctic sensory bin. We practiced pinching pipettes to unfreeze animals frozen in ice with water. We also had so much fun playing with coaches during Stretch and Grow! Over the next weeks, we will continue to learn about Valentine’s Day and start learning about Lunar New Year!
Beanstalks II
What a fantastic two weeks we’ve had here in Beanstalks II. Last week, we learned about Groundhog’s Day. We were very excited to make our predictions and see whether he saw his shadow. We really enjoyed reading Substitute Groundhog by Pat Miller. This week we are talking about Valentine’s Day and all the ways we can show our love. We loved getting to work on our fine motor skills both with scissors and with our threading activity. We were all so proud of the necklaces we made! Our favorite book this week was Clifford’s First Valentine’s Day by Norman Bridwell. We hope you all have a wonderful Valentine’s Day and long weekend. We’ll see you next week!
Saplings
The past two weeks have been filled with so much fun and learning! We’ve been exploring Arctic Animals. We made ice cube patterns in which the children had to match the patterns of the icebergs to the color that were on the pattern sample. The children put polar bears in size order from small to big. They also worked on matching shapes! We used forks to paint a polar bear and made handprint valentine trees! Also, we practiced recognizing the letters in our name by feeding the walrus! In our fine motor journals, we peeled stickers and stuck them to the first letter of our name. The kids learned a few new songs in the past two weeks! Our favorite songs were “The Animals in the Arctic” and “The Penguin” song. The stories we read were If You Were a Penguin by Florence and Wendell Minor, Polar Bear Polar Bear What do you Hear by Bill Martin Jr/ Eric Carle, and Hedgehugs by Steve Wilson and Lucy Tapper.
Pre-K 3
Pre-K 3 has been having a lot of fun finishing up our snowy activities to move on to other things, like Groundhog Day and the Winter Olympics! Of course, we still had some polar bears to finish and even some Arctic animals to save. But the students were very excited to start learning about what sports are competing in the Winter Olympics! But first, we needed to give some special attention to our Groundhog. Making our own little groundhogs in class was a small yet fun way to learn about the origin of Groundhog Day. Then, we played some “Pin the Skier to the Ski Slope” and learned all about the Winter Olympics! The kids had a blast making their own Olympic Medals and practicing cutting with scissors. Then, suddenly, the Super Bowl came into play, and we tried to “kick” some small paper footballs through a goal post! We did a lot of hands-on work these past few weeks and we all love to see the children improving little by little in each skill! After a lot of running in the school playroom, dancing to music, and even some beautiful ballet, the children read a bunch of books! Their favorites were Who’s Tracks in the Snow? by Alexandra Milton, Snowy Bear by Tony Mitton, Goodnight Hockey by Michael Dahl, Max and Marla by Alexandra Boiger, and Robin Hill School: Groundhog Day by Margaret McNamara.
Pre-K 4
In Pre-K 4 the children loved learning about Jan Brett, Groundhogs Day, and the Winter Olympics! We have discussed if the groundhog saw his shadow, different winter Olympic sports, and compared Jan Brett books. We enjoyed reading Tacky the Penguin and the Winter Games by Helen Lester and The Mitten by Jan Brett. Throughout both weeks, we have been developing our literacy skills by identifying letter sounds, matching uppercase and lowercase letters, and finding rhyming words. We have been working on recognizing and counting numbers 11-20 in our math activities. Next week we are looking forward to learning about dental health, and we will have a visit from a dentist!