Happy Ventures Preschool

Check out the Oxnard Insect Festival Saturday, June 4 🐝🐞🦋🐜🦗

We are back and we’re so darned excited!! The Oxnard Insect Festival will be held on Saturday, June 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be insects to eat, insect art to peruse and insects to touch and see! We hope the kids will come dressed in an insect costume to join in our costume contest. You can dance the afternoon away to the sounds of a Beatles (get it?) tribute band. Our after school programs are holding an art contest and you get to vote on the winners during the festival. All this and so much more! Stay tuned for more details!!

Thank you to sponsors Zoo Med Laboratories, Inc., the Oxnard Water Division and Rincon-Vitova Insectaries.

Happy Birthday, Director Autumn!!! We love you! Thank you for all your hard work!

To all my amazing coworkers. You all rock ❤️

Teachers, you are amazing! You are enough. You're doing an incredible job during a very challenging time. We are proud of you! 🥰

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!! We had such a great day celebrating you that we will be doing it all week!! 🎈

Make a heart family! Your students can make their own families or create one from their imagination.

https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2021/01/preschool-valentines-day-craft.html

Tonight! Thursday, February 11 at 7:30pm
Ron Koertge and open mic
Jackson Wheeker poetry series online
Host: Marsha de la O
Zoom opens at 7pm

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9607501600
Meeting ID: 960 750 1600

Ron Koertge
Negative Space
My dad taught me to pack: lay out everything. Put back half. Roll things that roll. Wrinkle-prone things on top of cotton things. Then pants, waist-to-hem. Nooks and crannies for socks. Belts around the sides like snakes. Plastic over that. Add shoes. Wear heavy stuff on the plane.
We started when I was little. I’d roll up socks. Then he’d pretend to put me in the suitcase, and we’d laugh. Some guys bond with their dads shooting hoops or talking about Chevrolets. We did it over luggage.
By the time I was twelve, if he was busy, I’d pack for him. Mom tried but didn’t have the knack. He’d get somewhere, open his suitcase and text me—"Perfect.” That one word from him meant a lot.
The funeral was terrible—him laid out in that big carton and me crying and thinking, Look at all that wasted space.

Starting Feb. 1 add one heart each day for your kids and tell them why you love them!
https://www.skiptomylou.org/heart-attack

Ventura First United Methodist Church would like to invite you to celebrate Christmas Eve with one of the following options:

Christmas Drive-In
December 24th at 3:15 pm & 4:00 pm
Join us in the church parking lot for carols and the reading of the nativity story. This is a drive-in, so please stay in your cars.

Christmas Eve Live-Stream
December 24th at 5:30 pm
Christmas Eve Worship Service will be Live Streamed through our webpage.

If you have any questions, please contact Kimmie at [email protected] or (805) 309-6865.

CHRISTMAS YOGA 🧘‍♀️

Fun for the classroom or at home!

https://www.kidsyogastories.com/christmas-yoga/

All ages and abilities are invited to virtually come and spread Christmas cheer through eight Advent Celebration Webinars led by our "energetic elves." Join in a time of online fellowship, laughs, and Christmas festivities. Please sign-up at https://bit.ly/3mvoal8 to receive the connection information and a list of recommended supplies.

Looking for some new family traditions and activities for this unusual holiday season? Here are some great ideas!

https://biglifejournal.com/blogs/blog/new-holiday-traditions?utm_campaign=Family%20Traditions%20Newsletter%20%2B%20Kindness%20Contest%20%28SNW26X%29&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Big%20Life%20Journal%20Printables%20%26%20Resources&_ke=eyJrbF9lbWFpbCI6ICJlbW1jcGhlZUBnbWFpbC5jb20iLCAia2xfY29tcGFueV9pZCI6ICJNTVNhYmYifQ%3D%3D

45 New Family Holiday Traditions for 2020 Family traditions sustain bonding and connection with loved ones. Create thoughtful traditions that are meaningful to your family, embracing the changes to come while also honoring the past.

Let them be little!!

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See 30 more inspiring quotes here: https://littlepinelearners.com/30-quotes-about-children-and-nature-that-will-inspire-outdoor-play/

Scribbling! It’s not just nonsense.

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In fact, it is SO important to embrace scribbling and recognize it as art and creativity! ⁣
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Things caregivers can say:⁣
“I see you moving your hand in a circle.”⁣
“You are moving you hand so fast in a circle”⁣
“I see you lifting you hand up and down! That makes dots!”⁣
“You are holding a crayon.”⁣
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Don’t stifle the scribble. Embrace it as the most important beginning to a wonderful relationship with literacy and creativity!

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Register your family for Messy Church To Go now!
https://venturafumc.breezechms.com/form/108b63

Please support our school by ordering Pizza Thursday, July 16, from Pizza Man Dans.
Just show them this flier and we get 20% of your purchase and you get delicious pizza!
It’s a WIN WIN!! 🍕

Having fun in the sun at school. 😊 ☀️

Wondering how to talk with littles about racism and inclusion? Here's some awesome read-aloud children's books!

BLM Instructional Library Black Lives Matter Instructional Library Click on each book to hear a Read-Aloud!

This will be well worth watching as a family. If your littles have questions, they can submit them using the form below the article!

CNN and 'Sesame Street' to host a town hall addressing racism As anger and heartbreak have swept across America over the killing of yet another black man at the hands of police, CNN and Sesame Street are refocusing their second town hall to address racism.

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HAVE MORE FUN!