Inside and Out

 The Recycling Robot paid us a visit to talk about

the importance of recycling! Recycle Robot talked about 

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Everyone was enthused about 

the visit, and more importantly, about recycling!

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has

as special web section just for kids that follows with 

what we learned from our Robot! Please take a look (with your children :)

Lifestyle habits start early! The link is below:

http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/explore/reduce/ 

Yay for warmer weather!

Our teachers, as well as our children, have enjoyed

warmer weather and playing outside! We thought it would never get 

here... Happy Spring everyone! 

When we can't get outside, there's plenty to do inside!

We've enjoyed Music-N-Motion class and puppet 

shows just to name a few! 

We love Holly Tree and think you will, too!

Find out more at:

www.hollytreechildcare.com

Fun Fact: 

Tomorrow, May 1st, kicks off Teacher Appreciation Month, 

and Teacher Appreciation Week is May 5th-9th.

We want to say an early "Thank You" to all the fabulous 

teachers here at Holly Tree Priest Lake! We appreciate you!

It's All About the Children!

Holly Tree Families, teachers, and children

came together in support of 

Pinwheels for Prevention.

The Pinwheels project is:

" ...a national organization whose mission is "to prevent the abuse and neglect of our nation's children,

"our emphasis is to now transform that awareness  into action. We now have that opportunity 

through the pinwheel, which reminds us of childlike notions and stands for the chance at the healthy, 

happy and full lives all children deserve."

For more information about the Pinwheel project and 

what you can do to raise awareness about child neglect and abuse, 

click the link below:

http://www.pinwheelsforprevention.org/index.php

For more information about our fabulous Holly Tree 

preschool program, click:

www.hollytreechildcare.com

We provide care for families with children ages 6 weeks

through twelve years. We currently have four Infant classrooms, 

a Toddler class, two 2 year old classes, a 3's class,

 a 4 year old class, a Pre-K (for those going to Kindergarten in the fall), 

and School-Age before and after care.

 At Holly Tree we believe in Faith, Family, and Fun!

Additionally, our school is based on Christian values and focuses on 

enriching children's lives and helping them develop in every learning area.

Come visit and see for yourself why Holly Tree Christian Preschool is 

a Tennessee rated Three Star center. 

Many Blessings!

Discovering at School!

There's always something to discover at Holly Tree!

www.hollytreechildcare.com

 Holly Tree teachers work with children in groups and individually to promote specific skills. Group time is great for developing social skills, language and speech, and literacy skills. Individual attention has a variety purposes; everything from building teacher-student relationships to how to make letters to how use a computer! Our teachers have a passion for their work and for the young children they teach. Holly Tree teachers are truly fantastic!

Group times for younger children are of great value, too. 

They never last too long because best practices indicate the shorter the better!

Check out the links below for articles that describe some benefits of group times:

http://www.earlychildhoodnews.com/earlychildhood/article_view.aspx?ArticleID=514

http://benefitof.net/benefits-of-preschool-education/

Additionally, check out this link for more about the benefits of individual attention:

http://www.eec.state.ma.us/2013/20131007-individualizing-instruction.pdf

Come and see our teachers and students shine in their classrooms here at 

Holly Tree, and see for yourself why we love our team!

Happy Hump Day!

It's the "Week of the Young Child"

We're celebrating with our fabulous

Holly Tree children. You can celebrate 

too by checking out the National Association

for the Education of Young Children's website 

full of information about this wonderful week:

naeyc.org

Sometimes it's fun to be silly!

We wore our clothes backwards--just for fun!

 We always celebrate young children here at Holly Tree.

We believe that the best foundation for growth is built on 

FAITH, FAMILY, and FUN!

For more information about Holly Tree, click:

www.hollytreechildcare.com

Come see for yourself what makes our program great!

Smiles!

Whether little or big, there's always 

something to smile about at Holly Tree!

We help promote skills development, but we also give lots of love!

Our fabulous teachers are trained in every area of early childhood education,

but most of all, they LOVE what they do! When you become part of the 

Holly Tree Family, we want YOU to be as happy as your children. 

We make building relationships with families a priority, 

and we can't wait to meet yours! 

For more information about our 

family-friendly program visit:

www.hollytreechildcare.com

During class, our teachers help their children do everything

 from learning to make friends to cutting with 

scissors to thinking mathematically!

In the life of a young child, everything that happens is curriculum! 

As our teachers help promote development, they also help children have fun. 

At Holly Tree, keeping your children safe, happy, 

and comfortable comes above all else.

Happy Friday!

Family Night and Open House at Holly Tree

We loved Open House at Holly Tree!

Families visited our Scholastic Book Fair!

Teddy Bear Portraits came with school pictures;

(Un-purchased pictures are still onsite here at 

Holly Tree and available for purchase for the 

next two weeks. Stop by the front desk to

view yours and make your purchase.)

Liberty Nation came and offered free

"Child Safe Kits" for all! More forms for 

the Child Safe Kit are available here onsite

if you were unable to register.

We had Family Finger-Paint, Family Pictures, 

and gave a free week of tuition to a lucky winner!

We also had a fabulous spaghetti dinner!

A GREAT time was had by all;

Thanks to all who came!

Keep a look out for future family events, 

(We love them!)

and for more information about 

Holly Tree click the link below:

www.hollytreechildcare.com