Monday, 6/30, last class

I look forward to seeing you all in a couple of hours!
Like Monday, we will start a bit late, 9:15-9:30 as I'm still caring for Ian (whose dad/caretaker is in China!)

See you soon.
Elizabeth

Last class, June 30th :(

Hello Everyone!

Please come join us at Parkside tomorrow for the last class of summer.  The weather is supposed to be nice so we'll have a couple of fun art projects, outside play and say farewell until the fall semester begins, Monday, AUGUST 29th.

Please continue to check the blog as I will post "park dates" or instruct you how to, so you all can continue to meet up and socialize.  I also will be posting the link for some of the hand outs I've given in class for those of you who missed them re:  safe sunscreens and fun things to do with kids in the bay area.

Hope to see you tomorrow!  Otherwise, enjoy the rest of summer and I look forward to seeing you at the end of August!
-Elizabeth

Monday, 6/27

We will have normal class at Parkside today, probably with snack outside after circle time, for some early outside fun!
Class will start A BIT LATE, 9:30 today, because I'm bringing my little friend Ian again and therefore have to pick him up etc.

Thanks,
Elizabeth

Play class for Thurs. 6/23

We will have normal, crazy, fun class at Parkside on Thurs, 6/23

A couple of announcements:
As you may have noticed on Monday, I have developed a pretty bad cough and am feeling a bit low on energy.  HOWEVER, I want you all to know(and forgot to mention Monday) that I checked with my M.D. and was assured that viruses are only contagious for the first couple of days(which was last weekend for me) and mostly even pre-symptoms.  I just want to reassure you that I would never put your kids or you in harms' way!  I really don't want to have to cancel class since we've had a few "park days" lately.

On that note, this semester has been much better in terms of only a few "cancelled" classes last minute and only a handful of necessary planned park trips.  I was feeling encouraged that Parkside's  principal was catching on.  However, as some of you know, I've recently learned that Lynn Gurnee (Parkside's principal) will be retiring and a new principal will be starting when they return to school Aug. 1st.  Unfortunately, due to the fact that we are at Parkside's mercy since they share the room with us for free, it seems that next week will have to be the last week of classes until after the summer break (starting back up Aug. 29th.)
It makes me very disappointed just as I was last summer, with the last minute realization that we cannot have summer classes.  I love the freedom of being outside more in the summer and having free reign of the playgrounds :)  However, I'm looking forward to beginning a positive relationship with the new principal and hopefully once again having continuity of classes, hopefully into next summer!  I apologize for this change since we all were planning on class through July.  Unfortunatley, because of the guidelines of the class, it doesn't suffice to have class at a park "every class."  However, I will post a park schedule for the group of you to continue to socialize until class resumes at the end of August.
I hope to see you Thursday and we'll have a great last week next (June 27-July1)week!
-Elizabeth

Monday, June 20th

Hello Everyone!

The plan is to have normal class at Parkside!
Hope to see you there!
-Elizabeth

Thursday, June 16

Hello!
We will have class at Ryder Park Playground on Thursday, 6/16.  We will meet there at 9:30.
Our other class days for the next couple of weeks are all clear for our regular class.  So, come play and we can all enjoy the sunshine together!
Also, there is "water play" at this park so you may want to bring x-tra clothes!
Hope to see you there.  Otherwise, I'll see you Monday, 6/20 at Parkside.

Thanks,
Elizabeth

Monday, 6/13

Hello Everyone.
I'm sorry we had to have a class change last Thursday, although we ended up having a wonderful morning at the park!
As of now, we should be able to have normal class at Parkside.
Unfortunately, someone wrote in some dates after I reserved the room for our class and checked with their scheduling.  Once again, we just have to be grateful for the use of their room, although it can be very frustrating!
Anyway, Monday, June 13 still had us only on the schedule as of Thursday.  If anything is different when I arrive in the morning, I'll borrow a phone and post it ASAP here on the blog.  June seems to be a crazy month for Parkside as is true for most schools at the end of the year.
Thanks,
Elizabeth

Monday 6/6

Hello Everyone!
We will be having class as usual on Monday, June 6th.  My girls are out of school so will be joining me for the rest of this semester.  Unfortunately, Nina has a fever and my husband is out of town.  I'll put her in a corner to rest w/a book etc. so your kids won't be exposed.  We might just end class a bit early for her sake and because it is supposed to rain, so most likely won't have our outside time!

Hope to see you all tomorrow!
-Elizabeth

See you next week!

Hello Everyone.
I hope you all enjoyed a nice, long weekend for Memorial Day.
Parkside is in fact using their room one more day tomorrow(Thurs, 6/2) and I'm going to use the morning to do a workshop to catch up on some units.
So, we will have regular class on Monday (6/6) and actually will have class continually, Mondays and Thursdays with July 4th being the only holiday.  It also looks like they should all be "normal" classes unless something comes up with Parkside.

For those of you who'd like to see friends tomorrow, maybe you could all meet at the 10:30 Foster City library story time?
See you Monday!
-Elizabeth