Teach your child the importance of service and generosity this holiday season by putting together a Creativity Bag for a child served by our partners at the Gaithersburg Judy Center. The Gaithersburg Judy Center serves children birth to age 5 who live near Summit Hall Elementary and Washington Grove Elementary, providing educational enrichment and parent support to help prepare children to succeed when they enter kindergarten. GSLP’s Creativity Bags provide these children with materials that build imagination, literacy, and fine-motor skills.
To participate, stop by the tree in the preschool hallway, pick up a bag, and gently tear off an ornament with a shopping list (kids love to choose the ornament!). Please return your filled bag by Tuesday, Dec. 11. All items are available for purchase at dollar and discount stores. Too busy to shop this year? The Preschool Office is also accepting cash or check donations toward the cost of the bags. Just $5 funds the purchase of materials to fill one bag.
Thank you for your generosity!
UPDATE! MCPS and GSLP are now CLOSED Thursday, November 15th!
UPDATE! MCPS and GSLP are now CLOSED Thursday, November 15th! Please remember that GSLP will also be closed on Friday, November 16 for a staff professional development day. We will see everyone again on Monday, November 19th.
GSLP will open at 10:30 A.M. 11-15-18 due to emergency weather conditions
GSLP will open at 10:30 A.M. 11-15-18 due to emergency weather conditions
November GSLP Home + School Connection Newsletter Available
This month’s newsletter features suggestions for fresh new book recommendations from our staff (including one book from the GSLP Family Lending Library!), strategies for building up a parent network, info on upcoming holiday breaks, cold weather tips, family activity suggestions, November songs and fingerplays, and more! Download a copy today or check your child’s tote bag this week.
Puffy Paint
Puffy paint is a wonderful sensory experience for children, both while it’s wet and after it dries. It’s hard to resist feeling these puffy pumpkins in our halls! To make puffy paint at home, mix equal parts shaving cream and white glue. Tint with paint and adjust the mix until it reaches a consistency you like. Cover a table with old newspapers, put on a smock, and dollop some puffy paint on a piece of construction paper. Then let your child loose! Encourage them to push the soft foam around with their hands. Allow to dry for at least 24 hours before hanging your child’s masterpiece.