Thanksgiving Blessings

Many of the centers celebrated Thanksgiving with various festivities. ELC invited the families of our students for a Thanksgiving feast. Over 100 family members attended, where they enjoyed delicious food and fun with their children and the LVCC staff.

Stones Crossing also invited families to a Thanksgiving celebration. Moms and dads were thankful to spend this time with their precious little ones. And the children, well, as you can see they had a blast!

LVCC is blessed for our students, always eager to learn; our families for being supportive of their children's education; and our friends and donors for making high-quality early education possible.

 

The Next Van Gogh...Is Still in Diapers?

Would you let an infant play with paint? Ms. Bertha and Ms. Ada from the LVCC Teen Parent program at William Allen High School definitely do (with supervision, of course)! They know that even a single brush swipe from a 4 month-old is artwork. According to Ms. Bertha, by 9 months-old, an infant will pick up a paint brush and realize something exciting happens when they take a stroke. October's artwork included footprint ghosts, displayed on the center's wall. The bright colors and feel of the paint on their little tootsie-toes kept the infants curious and engaged.

This week at LVCC, the children took home turkeys - made of a real maple leaf and their very own handprints. Ms. Ada so kindly laminated the artwork for parents and grandparents to treasure forever!

 

 Ms. Bertha during lunchtime rocking an infant.

 Handprint Turkeys

Footprint Ghosts

We Salute the Veterans

LVCC's Fowler Center on Main St. has our very own army veteran, Joel Buskirk. Mr. Joel is our Preschool Teacher. To honor Mr. Joel and the many other military veterans from the area, all the classrooms at Fowler Center created thank you cards and posters to give to Mr. Joel.

The students participated in stimulating activities centered around Veteran's Day. Through drawing, painting, and listening to stories, the students learned that a veteran is a person who has served in the armed forces, which includes the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and National Guard. The students also learned that veterans are special people because they protect us and they deserve to be honored with a holiday. So, thank you Mr. Joel and the veterans of the Lehigh Valley!

Stop, Drop, and Roll

LVCC St. Luke's had a special visitor on Wednesday. Fire Chief David Boehrer from the Fountain Hill Fire Department brought his nicest firetruck for the children to explore. After Fire Chief Dave taught the basics of "stop, drop, and roll", he allowed the children to ask questions. The children asked very good open-ended questions that demonstrated their excellent communication skills (and fascination with firetrucks). Fire Chief Dave rewarded the children with their very own fireman helmuts for being such attentive listeners.

Ms. Natasha from the Preschool class volunteered to try on the fireman's uniform. Once completely suited up, Ms. Natasha was carrying 120 lbs. of gear! All the children agreed, they liked Ms. Natasha in the suit.

Fire Chief Dave was so informative and he even gave the center a "Sparky the Fire Dog" video to watch. Now all the preschoolers and older toddlers should know what to do in case of a fire and that they should not hide from the fireman when he comes to save them.

To see more photos of this event, click on this link to Flickr.com
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We Have Power!

Our power is on again at all centers and we will be ready to welcome your youngsters back with open arms on Wednesday. We appreciate your understanding during our recent power outage due to the weekend snowstorm. Several of the LVCC centers were among the 155,000 unfortunate energy consumers in the area to lose electricity. LVCC would like to reference information in case of future weather closings or delays. LVCC posts updates on WFMZ, WAEB, Facebook, Twitter, and our blog, This Week at LVCC.