Pixie Play School

Pixie Play School is full of very crafty mom’s and this year they have all decided to come together to support our children’s school and host a craft fair this Saturday, March 24th, at pixie. Each vendor will donate a % of their profits directly to pixie play school to help keep the rates low, and the school going.

Please come and support our little school for our very first craft fair!

Here are the vendors:

Lindsey S.- Aprons (our fundraising lady)
Nora D.- Hair accessories, etc.
Heather S.- Bead jewelries
Tasha W.- Crocheted hats

We would really appreciate if we would see you then! (^_^)

We are having another open house on January 17th 9am-11:30am, and January 18th 9am-11am.  Please feel free to stop by and check us out!

This Saterday December, 10th, Santa will be coming to Pixie Play School from 8:30-11:30. We will have holiday crafts available, photo with Santa, Cookie decorating, and breakfast (juice, muffins, pastries) !

This our once a year community outreach events and is free of charge. Please join us for this fun filled event at Pixie Play School.

The Rummage Sale last weekend went very well. We were able to sell a majority of the items donated and raised $470 for the school!

We had donuts donated, and offered hot coffee to everyone who came to look at our stuff.

Thank you to all our families that donated and helped out at the rummage sale.

We our having our annual Rummage Sale tomorrow from 7am to 3pm. There are all kinds of items. Here’s a short list:

• Boy kid clothes: all sizes
• Girl kid Clothes: all sizes
• Adult clothing
• Books
• kitchenware
• Toddler Bed
• Toys
• Stuffed animals
• Blankets
• Shoes (there’s a coach pair)
• Sewing Machine
• Pictures
• Craft Supplies
• Games

All Items have been donated from our families, and also from our school’s garage. Stop by and check it out!

November is our month at the Clayton Library Display Case this year.

The theme is Fall Into A Good Book. With a few of our favorite Fall books on display and wonderful leaf artwork that the Pixie Children Made. So Stop by and check it out. It will be in the library until Nov 30th.

Clayton Library: 6125 Clayton Road• Clayton • CA •94517

As our NAEYC Accreditation renewal get’s closer and closer, your going to be hearing a lot about it. One of the biggest portion’s of this is to remember to wash your hands upon entering the building. It can be a little difficult to remember at times, which is why we have been stressing it a lot this month to get it to become a habit.

According to the NAEYC the practices regaurding hand washing are for:

• Staff members and those children who are developmentally able to learn personal hygiene are taught hand-washing procedures and are periodically monitored.
•  Hand washing is required by all staff, volunteers, and children when hand washing would reduce the risk of transmission of infectious diseases to themselves and to others
• Staff assist children with hand washing as needed to successfully complete the task. Children wash either independently or with staff assistance.

Hands should always be washed when:

• on arrival for the day;
• after diapering or using the toilet (use of wet wipes is acceptable for infants);
• after handling body fluids (e.g., blowing or wiping a nose, coughing on a hand, or touching any mucus, blood, or vomit);
• before meals and snacks, before preparing or serving food, or after handling any raw food that requires cooking (e.g., meat, eggs, poultry);
• after playing in water that is shared by two or more people;
• after handling pets and other animals or any materials such as sand, dirt, or surfaces that might be contaminated by contact with animals; and
• when moving from one group to another (e.g., visiting) that involves contact with infants and toddlers/twos.

Adults Should also wash their hands:

• before and after feeding a child;
• before and after administering medication;
•  after assisting a child with toileting; and
• after handling garbage or cleaning.

And last but not least, Proper hand washing procedures are followed by adults and children and include:

• using liquid soap and running water;
•  rubbing hands vigorously for at least 10 seconds, including back of hands, wrists, between fingers, under and around any jewelry, and under fingernails; rinsing well; drying hands with a paper towel, a single-use towel, or a dryer; and avoiding touching the faucet with just-washed hands (e.g., by using a paper towel to turn off water ).

Thank you for working with us on renewing our NAEYC accrediation.

Taken from http://www.idph.state.ia.us/hcci/common/pdf/naeyc/standard_5_naeyc_criterion.pdf

Pixie has a display in the concord library for the month of August. The theme this month is PIXIE SUMMER FUN! With lots of paintings, crafts and pictures from last year’s students.

Be sure to check it out soon as it gets taken down on the 31st. We will be having another one at the Clayton library in November.

The Library is located at: 2900 Salvio Street Concord, CA 94519-2535
Their hours are posted on their website at: http://ccclib.org/locations/concord.html

        

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