April 2014

We are just a week away from starting our 6th six weeks of
school! We have many activities and events coming up so please
be sure to check your childs folder and newsletter information.
Week of the Young Child will be April 7th 11th and we have
many fun activities planned to help celebrate our students. Paris
High Cheerleaders and Blazzettes will be here on Monday to kick off the week
with a pep rally. Tuesday a few of the athletes will be here in their sport
jersey's to read to our students. The rest of the week will be filled with many
other fun events.
The Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme program was a huge success. We have a
couple more classes who have upcoming performances scheduled. Mrs. Gall
and Mrs. Bells class will perform their musical presentation, Moovin and
Groovin the Pre-K Way, on May 15th at 9:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Thank you for your continued support of the staff and students of T. G.
Givens.
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T. g. Givens Early Childhood Center

Lil Wildcat News

A note from the Director

Pre-k Moving Up Ceremonies are scheduled

for Tuesday June 3rd @10:00 and June 4th
@10:00
June 4th: Brazeal, Bell, Gallegos, Vick
June 5th: Smith, Dingman, Miller, Gall

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Highlights

April -2nd Retired teachers read and pass out books

7th 11th Week of the Young Child
7th wear Purple Pep Rally
8th Super Star Readers
9th Art Day
10th Science Day
11th No School Staff Development
14th 6th 6 weeks begins
Commerce Planetarium Field Trip:
15th Miller, Smith, Dingman
16th Brazeal, Vick,
17th Gallegos, Bell, and Gall
18th Easter Hat Parade
23rd Class Group Pictures

Pre-K Moving Up
Packages on Sale Soon!
The $5.00 moving up package includes your students
necklace and a portfolio
containing the diploma and photo. PreK students will pose for graduation
portraits April 29th and May 6th.
Teachers hand out the packages on
the class moving up day in June.

These students were the top cookie dough fundraisers!

Trace Moreland, Dexton Patrick, , Christian Elrod,
Brooke Rosson, and Kynnideee Novas!

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Givens Clothes Closet!

Youth $12.00 Adult $15.00

We now have Childs S and Adult
XL

Our clothes closet is getting low! If you

have any clothing items that your children
have outgrown please consider making a
donation to our clothes closet. We need
boys and girl clothes, shoes, socks,
undergarments and coats appropriate for 4
-5 year olds. Any items would be greatly
appreciated. If you have any borrowed
items that belong to Givens please
return so other students may use
them. Givens Clothes closet is used
by students in case of accidents or
spills. If you have any questions please
contact the nurse Carol Johnson at 903737-7466.

What sounds
should our kids be
able to make right
now?
This is a question we as speech therapists are
often asked. According to the Clinical Assessment of Articulation and Phonology the
following articulation development should
occur.
2 yr. /p,d,m,n,w,h/, 3 yr. /b,t,k,g/ and 4
yr. /n,g,y,f/
Of course none of this is set in stone and it
can differ depending on each childs circumstances. If you have questions or concerns
you can contact the speech therapists at
T.G. Givens Early Childhood Center.

Library Corner

Enrichment News

Mary Jackson, Librarian

Shawn Reeves

April Library Corner

Spring is in the air and everyone is enjoying

outdoor activities. Baseball and Soccer games are
beginning, but remember to keep reading to your
child.
Some tips for book sharing from the Association
for Library Service to Children are:
Set aside a special time each day, such as nap
time, bedtime, or after meals.
Share books when you and your child are both in
a relaxed mood.
Take advantage of waiting times to share
bookson trips, at the doctors office, in
line at the grocery store.
Reading even 5 or 10 minutes a day
to young children helps them
get ready to read on their own.

T. G. Givens classes celebrated

the Texas Public School Week with a lot of
fun and energy. Everyone showed out on
the stage in the cafeteria performing a Texas
Line Dance after weeks of practice in the
gym. During warm-ups we learned how to
focus on the dance steps, sequences of
movements and how to stay within each
ones personal space. Learning how to gallop
on stick horses is another fun rhythmic
movement where one foot leads and the
other is brought rapidly together. Our Science classes have been focused on "things
that could grow on a FARM." We have painted with real vegetables and learned that
some things we eat grow on top of the dirt
while others grow in the dirt. We will be
seeing farm animals on our field trip to the
livestock show as well as keeping baby chicks
and baby ducks in our classroom! This is a
really FUN time of the year for learning!