Next month we have a large number of our children turn six. Seven students to be exact. And almost as many in April. Of course, we are all very sad we cannot celebrate this important milestone with everyone in the traditional manner but this is no time for the birthday blues. Parents can put a new spin on the day to make it super special. The birthday child may appreciate their pandemic party even more than a traditional one, and it will certainly make for memories that last a lifetime. Here are a few ideas:
- Birthday parade: Invite friends to create signs, decorate their cars and cruise by your child’s house for a birthday parade.
- Video parties: Plan a virtual event using a video chat app like Zoom, FaceTime, Google Hangouts or Skype. Invite your child’s friends to participate in a birthday singalong, dance party or group chat. 23 video chat activities.
- Treasure hunt: Hide presents around your house and give your child clues to find them.
- String hunt: Wind a long piece of string throughout your house, attaching presents along the way. Have your child follow the string to collect their presents, and find you at the end of the line!
- Scavenger hunt: Send your child on a scavenger hunt around the house or yard.
- Spa day: Plan a day of at-home manicures, pedicures and hair styling.
- Game day: Spoil your child with a fun-filled day of board games, card games and video games.
- Bake a cake from scratch: Spend time with your child making and baking their favorite birthday dessert.
- Chef for a day: Have your child choose and prepare their favorite meals for the day.
- Campout: Set up a tent, either indoors or outdoors, for a birthday campout.
- Request cards: Invite family and friends to make cards for your child and mail them in time for the big day.
- Request video messages: Ask family and friends to send video messages. Bonus idea: Ask your family’s tech guru to splice all the messages together into one big montage.
- Do a good deed: Encourage family and friends to do a good deed in honor of your child’s birthday, such as donating supplies to a food pantry, housing agency or first responders, and share a picture.
- Please return library books by next Tuesday for exchange.
- Friday, March 5 will be a Fresh Air Friday. Please dress your child appropriately.
- PAC pizza lunch will be delivered on Friday, March 5.
- Friday, March 12 is the last school day before Spring Break. Enjoy!
- Saturday, March 13 through Sunday, March 21 is Spring Break. School resumes Monday, March 22.
- Change your clocks on Sunday, March 14 for daylight savings time.
- We will have a fire drill Monday, March 29.
- We have had to send children home in all of our extra pants. If your child has worn one of our extra pairs home, please return them as we don't have any more. Thank you.
- There will be no Sharing Project sent home for March as we will not have enough time to share them all due to Spring Break. April's will be sent home in March.
- Scholastic digi-flyers for March can be found here.
- Please have Team Awesome read any little paper books that come home (approximately 1 per week) multiple times for practice/ fluency. Thank you.
- The BEST newsletter can be found here.
- Check out what Mrs. Phillips is doing with Team Awesome here.
- Sight words we are learning in class: come, did, have, get, love, of, said, very, will, yes. Please feel free to practice them at home.
