Reenrolling, Several Event Save the Dates

Please Enroll for the New Parent & Child Session Begins on April 15 and 16


Because our Friday Rosebud class was full this session, and because classes tend to become more full in the spring session, I encourage you to enroll in the 7 week spring session of our Dewdrop (Thursday) or Rosebud (Friday) classes as soon as possible to reserve a spot for you and your child.  Applications are available on-line, and I will have paper copies available in the Butterfly classroom and in the lobby of our school.


To allow more families to experience our program, we will be flexible with the ages for the Dewdrop class for the spring session and will welcome 2 year olds into the Thursday class as well (please disregard the age restrictions on the brochure).  A 3 year old has come to many of our Thursday classes this session and has seemed to harmonize nicely with the younger children.


What follows are previews of events coming up in the break between our winter and spring parent & child sessions.


Grandparents and Special Friends Day, Friday, March 12

We are inviting grandparents of current children in our Rosebud or Dewdrop classes to join grandparents of our nursery and kindergarten children for a mixed age early childhood grandparent & child class.  This free grandparent & child class will take place from 9 to 10:15am.  This will be similar to but differ from the regular classes I teach.  It will be shorter, so snack preparation will be simplified.  Children will vary in age from 1 to 6.  And we may open up the Sunflower or Golden Forest rooms for additional play and/or activities.


This is not a regular class.  Nursery and Kindergarten children will not be in school--unless their grandparents are with them.  This is an offering for grandparents (or other wise friends), and--to make it more delightful--their grandchildren come along.


Please RSVP to the school (341-5686) or me (wdolde at gmail.com).


Grandparents of our Rosebud and Dewdrop children are invited to join other grandparents for a grades school assembly at the Whidbey Institute--we are providing bus service--followed by a catered lunch (why an RSVP is important) and question and answer session.  Parents will need to pick up their children by 10:15; the events after that are more of interest to adults rather than to toddlers.  Everyone, of course, is welcome at the assembly at Thomas Berry Hall at the Whidbey Institute at 11am, but it tends to require more sitting and watching than is pleasant for 1 and 2 year olds.


Dewdrop, Rosebud, and Butterfly Spring Festival, Friday March 19, 9 - 10:30am

Like our other festivals for young children, this is open to friends and the community as well.  I will provide details soon.  RSVPs are helpful but not mandatory; it is largely an outdoor festival and can accommodate many families.


Sample Butterfly Nursery Mornings, 9 until noon
Thursday, March 25 or
Friday, March 26


This is open to current parent & child families and others in the South Whidbey Community and beyond.  As with our parent & child classes,  there is a limit of 8 families per morning.  We are offering two days to allow more families to attend.  Please RSVP to reserve a spot; 341-5686 or wdolde at gmail.com.


I intend these mornings to help with the transition for current parent & child children joining the nursery next year, as an offering of what the nursery is like for current or new or prospective families what it may be like, or as a chance to look toward the future for families with younger children.  I will provide more details soon.  Briefly, parent and child will meet me in the woods, where we will work and play for 45 minutes or so.  Then we will return for 45 minutes of water and sand play on our playground.  After going inside, we will sit for a slightly longer puppet show, some familiar songs and rhymes.  Children will play inside and get to see what rice day in the Butterfly Nursery tastes like.


With Warmth and Light,


William Geoffrey Dolde