The new school year has begun and the children are settling into their new routines and feeling comfortable with their classroom and teachers. Ask your child what their favorite activity is. We have seen lots of painting and playing with Playdough as well as fun outside on the playground and many great books being read. […]
Each September brings new beginnings. Children often move to new classrooms, meet new friends and new teachers. Families may have changes and adjustments as well. This week we focus on getting children familiar with everything new around them. We learn special traits about our friends, classroom, routines and environment. Take a few minutes to talk […]
Where did the summer go? Summer Adventure for Kids celebrated the last days of summer camp with a party at the Stenson center. Dancing to music from a DJ, eating pizza, corn, and watermelon, and jumping and sliding in the Bounce House had smiles on everyone’s face! We hope the children’s summer with Generations will […]
We are happy to announce that Generations is now offering State Ed funded FREE UPK programs in four of our locations within the Fairport School District, Gates-Chili School District and Rochester City School District! Generations is really excited for this opportunity and can not wait for the upcoming school year. Enrollment in a Pre-K and […]
Families that have pets (whether real of stuffed, imagined or living) know the joy they can bring. Some people would attest that their home is more complete with their cat or dog or rabbit. We will share those extra special parts of our families this week! Some may have a bird, lizard, snake, newt or […]
Have you ever noticed how things look differently in the sun compared to the shade? Place 2 pictures of the same scene next to each other taken in the early morning, mid-afternoon and evening. What do you notice that is the same and different – color! We will use our magnifiers and mirrors to see […]
During the school year we talk about air transportation as well as birds and other things that fly. This week we will investigate some more and discover what we haven’t yet seen. We will look at what new birds, bugs and flying vehicles we can see. While we see airplanes and helicopters more frequently, but […]
The summer sun has been happily warm this year and the children have been enjoying water play, bubbles, sidewalk chalk, hula hoops and many other memorable summer activities. This week we talked about how people, animals and plants cool off when they are too hot. We compared how hot and cool water feel differently on […]
Wheels are a simple machine and make so many things easier! This week we will look in our neighborhoods and in our books to see all of the things wheels help us with. Around the center wheels make things easier as well…our kitchen carts, mop buckets, etc. Where else do you see wheels in our […]
This year we got to enjoy the World Cup and see the US team put out an awesome effort. In recognition of these efforts, our children will be playing soccer and learning about the sport to continue to grow the love of the game. What other games do we play in the summer? Look for […]