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Lentil Soup did you eat yours?
Ingredients 2 tablespoons olive oil, plus extra for drizzling 1 medium onion, chopped 2 carrots, peeled and chopped 2 celery stalks, chopped 2 garlic cloves, chopped Salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 (14 1/2-ounce) can diced tomatoes 1 pound lentils (approximately 1 1/4 cups) 11 cups low-salt chicken broth 4 to 6 fresh thyme sprigs 2/3 cup dried elbow pasta 1 cup shredded Parmesan

Ivy League Early Learning Academy

School Newsletter
Volume 4

January 2013

Contents
Winter sing along Upcoming Events Columbia Crawlers 1 News Columbia Crawlers 2 News Columbia Crawlers 3 News Brown Bears 1 News Brown Bears 2 News Fun NYC Events Cornell Cubs News Yale Youngsters News Dartmouth Juniors News Princeton Preschool News Harvard UPK 1 News Harvard UPK 2 News Harvard Pre-K News Teacher spot light Holiday Recipe Contact Information 1 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4

Ms. Cynthia is this months teacher in the spotlight! She is willing to help in any room and help administration with any new task. In Administration we are thankful for all she does and her positive attitude.

Directions Heat the oil in a heavy large pot over medium heat. Add the onion, carrots, and celery. Add the garlic, salt, and pepper and saute until all the vegetables are tender, about 5 to 8 minutes. Add the tomatoes with their juices. Simmer until the juices evaporate a little and the tomatoes break down, stirring occasionally, about 8 minutes. Add the lentils and mix to coat. Add the broth and stir. Add the thyme sprigs. Bring to a boil over high heat. Cover and simmer over low heat until the lentils are almost tender, about 30 minutes. Stir in the pasta. Simmer until the pasta is tender but still firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.Ladle the soup into bowls. Sprinkle with the Parmesan, drizzle with olive oil, and serve.

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Classroom News
Columbia Crawlers 1 News
For the month of January Teachers will be cutting out snowflakes then encouraging infants to pretend theyre walking on them by putting paint on their feet and pressing down gently to decorate. We will be reading Avery special snowflake by Don Hoffman and Todd Dakins, How to build a snowman by Jo Moon, Ten Shiny Snowflakes by Russell Julian. Happy New Years everyone!

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Columbia Crawlers 2 News
This month we will be focusing on the following themes: creative movements, lets count, what your job is and who lives in the fire house. During this month the children will be engaging in activities such as baby yoga, fine and gross motor exercises in the small playground, fireman clothing and a number collage. All these activities will help to enhance their fine motor, gross motor, emotions, social, communication and cognitive skills. We are looking forward to this months activities.

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Classroom News

School Newsletter
Yale Youngsters News

Princeton Preschool News

Columbia Crawlers 3 Happy New Years! As we bring in 2013 CC3 we will be focusing on the following themes. Lets Make Music, creative music, lets count, whats your job and who lives in the firehouse. We will be working on a lot of art and exploring. We will also be reading books pertaining to each theme followed by many different activities.
Brown Bears 1 News Happy New Years to all. We would like to wish you a safe and happy new year. Our friends will be bringing in the New Year celebrating Kalebs 2nd birthday. We will also be welcoming our new friend Eli, Georgina and Jordan. We plan to make their experience with us a great enchanting one. For the rest of the month, we will enjoy creating different wintery displays for our classroom. Friends will also participate in making special treats such as brownies, fruit salads and cupcakes.

This month we will be learning about the different types of communication. Students will be learning about who invented the telephone and also other forms of communication such as letters and e-mails. Students will also discover different types of music from around the world. Students will enjoy making their own instruments, such as drums and maracas. Students will also learn all about counting and will discover how to take away and add objects to a group of manipulative. We will also be introducing the children to fractions by using a fruit to be cut into fractioned parts.

This month in Yale Youngster we will be continuing our lesson about the winter season. We will be discussing what different activities we can do outside in the winter like skiing, sliding and iceskating which will tie into our physical fitness and creative movement lesson. The themes for this month are Whats your job? and who lives in the fire house and the students will be learning and different careers. We will also be learning about winter holidays like Martin Luther Kings Birthday and why it is important to all people. Some exciting upcoming events in our classroom are Thursday, Jan. 10th our cooking project will be pizza making and January 17th we will be celebrating Shutaro Iwamas 3rd birthday!!Have a wonderful and healthy winter season everyone!

Harvard UPK 1 News

Brown Bears 2 News

Happy New Year! We are very excited to continue our winter theme as we make snowman puppets, snow globes and explore ice painting. Some of the themes we will be focusing on this month will be creative movement, lets count, whats your job and who lives in the fire house? We are also very excited to celebrate Makayla and Mylas 2nd birthday this month!

Happy New Years everyone. This month the students will be working on integrated curriculum focusing on transportation. The students will be using the community as a learning tool to help enhance their knowledge about how various types of transportation is used through New York City. We will be going on various mini trips such as neighborhood walks to explore our neighborhood and investigate, the most commonly used transportation method. The students will also be collecting data of their own and examine their method of transportation. Harvard UPK 2 News
Happy New Years to all our families and friends here at Ivy League ELA! We hope that everyone enjoyed the beautiful holiday season and that you are ready to begin a prosperous new year. During this month we will be focusing on building strong healthy bodies by learning fun exercises and yoga moves and learning how to eat healthy foods and monitor our calorie intake. We will also be discussing winter across our curriculum as well as beginning a thematic unit on transportation. Have a great month and see you next newsletter.

Harvard Pre-K 3 News Dartmouth Juniors

Winter is here and its an exciting time. This period marks the end of a year and signals in the beginning of The New Year. We will embrace the cold and unpredictable winter weather we will be exploring the different changes that comes with winter. Through boots activities, projects, etc. we will take a look at temperature and the way matter changes. We will continue to focus on reinforcing the recognition of letters, colors, shapes, gross and fine motor skills. We will also continue to work on developing peer interaction and communication skills. Winter contributions are greatly appreciated.

Cornell Cubs News

For the month of January we will be exploring several themes. For example making music, a topic they enjoy on a daily basis will now involve creating our own musical shakes, as well as an Instrument Parade where we will sing and make music in our schools hall ways. We will also be participating in a Modes of Transportation theme where the children will learn about all types of vehicles and transportation apparatus that exist in the world we live in.

This month Pre-K 3 students will become junior artists as they explore the paintings of masters such as Leonardo DaVinci and Vincent Van Gogh through Venn Diagrams, favorites charts, and recreations. But their creativity won't stop there. They will also learn about the art of sound as they listen to pieces from famous composers and even try to create music of their own. To top it all off, Pre-K 3 will also learn about art created by the body as they view videos of dances from around the world and then pair off as they enjoy trying out some dance moves of their own. We are looking forward to enjoying the start of 2013 together and we wish you all a very Happy New Year! Citi Pond at Bryant Park
Sixth Ave, New York
Classics For Kids and Their Families Greenwich Village Film Forum, 209 West Houston Street between Varick Street and Sixth Avenue Sundays at 11am through March 31 $7 Film Forum just kicked off this Sunday morning film series for families and we really love the lineup. It's a mix of oft-seen movies and flicks your kids (and you!) have probably never watched, at least not on the big screen. All of January's offerings are cool: January 13 is Buster Keaton's silent comedy Sherlock Jr. and January 20 is the Marx Brothers in Horse Feathers. But our favorite screening this month is the 1954 B-movie.

Your family can take in Bryant Park's winter-wonderland transformation as the iconic space puts its festive tree on display. During the lighting ceremony on Nov 27, look for skating performances on the ice rink and listen for accompanying live music.