Golden Forest Birthdays 2012-2013

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Golden Forest School Birthday Celebrations

NAME BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION DAY

Natascha Graner June 9, 2006 Friday, September 14
Anna Umlauf June 18, 2006 Friday, September 28

Leon Kohlhaas October 18, 2007 Tuesday, October 16
Daniel Lueken October 21, 2007 Tuesday, October 23
Evening Fisher October 24, 2007 Wednesday, October 24
Ian Wundrow October 24, 2007 Wednesday, October 24
Evelyn Umlauf October 28, 2008 Tuesday, October 30
Atom Zimmermann December 10, 2008 Wednesday, December 5

Sonja Toombs-Kenney July 14, 2007 Wednesday, January 9
Izabella Nikulina July 30, 2007 Wednesday, January 16
Yarrow Batiste July 31, 2007 Wednesday, January 23
Wilder Yanz April 9, 2007 Friday, April 19

(Excerpt from the Children's Garden Parent Handbook/Birthdays)

~ For Children Turning 3, 4 or 5 Years Old
We will be honoring their birthdays at school in a very simple, yet beautiful way. For these children, we want to take great care to support them by creating an experience that does not place them as the focus of attention of their classmates for any extended period of time. On these mornings, the children will become aware that their friend is celebrating a birthday through subtle indications in the room or by the teacher. A simple song or story may be told, muffins shared and a birthday book made. If you know your child will not be at school on their scheduled birthday date, please let your child's teacher know.

~ For Children Turning 6 or 7 Years Old
We would like to invite the parents of those children turning 6 or 7 to join us for part of the day to celebrate with your child. This should take approx 30 minutes. The children will then continue to work and play and parents can leave. If you know your child will not be at school on their scheduled birthday date, please let your child's teacher know.

In preparation of the story we ask that parents prepare a sentence or two to speak about each year of their child's life. To be clear, the child's "first year" is her year from birth to one; "when she was one" is her year from one to two etc. These should be simple and short. For example: "When Olivia was four we moved to Whidbey Island, this is the year she began kindergarten and began to ride her bike."