WHERE CHILDREN LEARN TO SHINE

We've been busy at Bright Ideas Cookeville upgrading our classrooms by utilizing SuperPaint® with Air Purifying Technology!

This innovative paint contributes to better indoor air quality by reducing VOC levels from potential sources....which helps keep students & team members safe!

The children at Miramar this month had a bunch of fun doing tons of different sensory activities! These activities also help with their fine motor skills!

This month Bright Ideas Auburn celebrated Valentine's Day, Black History Month, Presidents' Day, and Mardi Gras! The social focus for the month was: Respecting Differences.

This month our students learned about love and celebrated Valentine's Day with parties and sweet cards! We worked on our fine motors skills by sculpting, rolling, and pressing out shapes from playdough!

CCA staff and children enjoyed showing off their moves at their Valentine's Dance as they boogied the night away with their friends and family!

Bright Ideas Cookeville

(Tennessee)

During the month of February, Bright Ideas Cookeville celebrated Valentine's Day with lots of yummy food and adorable valentines! The toddler 2 classroom had a month full of sensory exploration! They played with colored pasta, shaving cream, and built some amazing things with their toys!

One employee I would love to spotlight is Elaine Priest! She has a big love for all of the children and even works full-time while in school full-time! We appreciate her dedication to the kids! ~Director at Cookeville

Bright Ideas Cordova has had a month full of love! They spent the month talking all about the people they love in their lives like family and friends. They even invited all their families to a Valentine's party where they gave out Valentine's cards and ate some wonderful treats!

🌟 Faculty Spotlight 🌟

I want to shout out to Mrs. Julian: she is always so very kind to our children and to the staff. She got the assistant director and the director flowers for Valentine’s Day - she has such a sweet heart!

I want to also shout out to Mrs. Kim who went out her way to buy Valentines gifts for the babies!! ~Director at Bright Ideas Cordova

This month at Brunswick Kids Club, the teams competed in the East Coast North Florida Championships in Jacksonville. Sapphire HIT 0 and came in 3rd place in the Junior Level 1 division, and Ruby came in 4th in the Junior Level 2 division. We are so incredibly proud of both teams for their amazing performances!

This month Stepping Stones celebrated St. Valentine’s Day by having a school wide party. Every child brought in cards and treats to celebrate! The children learned the true story about St. Valentine in their music and chapel class, and they also celebrated President’s Day by doing a coin activity. The children had to sort out pennies (Abraham Lincoln) and quarters (George Washington) and place them with the correct president. They also got to do a President’s Day craft!

🌟 Faculty Spotlight 🌟

This month we celebrated Ms. Addyson's 5 year anniversary and Ms. Amy's promotion to Assistant Director! ~Director at Stepping Stones Academy

🌟 Kids Say the Darndest Things 🌟

* A funny story from Stepping Stones*

Mrs. Val has a special girl named Riley who has flourished with us. Mrs. Val’s class was working on opposites and she was going over the street light colors and what to do when you see them. Mrs. Val asked the class, “What do you do when you see the color yellow?” Riley tells the class, “You speed up!” We love Riley and Mrs. Val!

Bright Ideas Memphis

(Tennessee)

As Tennessee starts to see signs of Spring, the Infant 2 room has been enjoying the warmer weather outside! They've been using their gross motor skills to pull up, stand, and cruise while playing! They've also been exploring music. The 4's have been helping each other with art/drawing, and the Pre-K's have been gearing up for Dr. Suess week and "The Lorax"!

🌟 Spotlight 🌟

A special shout out to our winners of the Friday Smiles challenge this month: Ms. Taylor, Ms. Elizabeth, and Ms. Connie! Each Friday every teacher would start the day with a heart clothespin on their shirt. To keep their clothespin throughout the day they had to remain positive and refrain from saying anything negative! If they happened to "slip" the person who heard the negative comment could take the others clothespin! Ms. Taylor, Ms. Elizabeth, and Ms. Connie were our three winners for each Friday of February as they ended up with the most clothespins at the end of the day! ~Director at Bright Ideas Memphis

This month at Midlothian, the local fire department came to teach the Junior Kindergartners about fire safety! The whole center also celebrated Valentine's Day with parties and by exchanging Valentine's cards!

🌟 Spotlight 🌟

We’d like to take a moment to highlight Tyson from our School Age Program! Last week he was the recipient of a very big award from the Chesterfield County Public Schools Superintendent for the Superintendent’s Citizenship Award. This is a very rare award that is for all elementary, middle and high school students in Chesterfield county-yes, all 64,000 students and Tyson received it! The Superintendents stopped by and made a surprise visit to him to present the award at his school! This award is so well deserved and we couldn’t possibly be more proud! 💙💛💙 ~ Director at Bright Ideas Midlothian

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Clover

By: Lucille Colandro

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring

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Goodnight Gorilla

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Barnyard Dance

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The Lorax

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