We are excited for warmer weather and springtime fun! March begins with Read Across America Day on March 2 and Family Workshop on March 11. The Family Workshop this semester will be an open discussion led by parents about Strengthening Families. See Zoom information below about the Family Workshop.

Topic: BGCC Family Workshop – Strengthening Families

Time: Mar 11, 2022 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://tamu.zoom.us/j/98145048411?pwd=Y1Ayd3B0VDAxSjN3ZDVjYnRwVTIyZz09

Meeting ID: 981 4504 8411

Passcode: 040570

Early Childhood Texas Website Launch

Texas Health and Human Services has launched the Early Childhood Texas website. The website has information about programs and different resources in health and development, parenting, education, and eligibility programs. We encourage you to visit this new website as it is a great resource for all our families!

Learn, Grow, Eat & GO!

In March we begin the 10-week Junior Master Gardener Learn, Grow, Eat & GO! research-based and evidence-based curriculum from AgriLife Extension. This year, the Aggies and 12th Man classrooms will be piloting the new Early Learning version while the rest of us will continue using the modified Elementary version. We are super excited to get our garden beds full of beautiful plants again and learn about nutrition, garden science, food preparation and fresh vegetable tastings! Our newsletter recipes will come from the curriculum! We hope you have a chance to try the recipes at home

Loose Parts

Khali, Reveille Lead Teacher, attended a Loose Part Summit recently and presented at our Professional Development Day. During the training we developed a definition of loose parts for our center, “Any material that is passive and open-ended, that leads children to use their imagination and problem solve.” From there we created a list of loose parts we need added to our program and divided up collecting responsibility to different classrooms. We decided to ask our families to collect one item per month to help us out. In March, we are asking you to bring in fabric! We will have a collection container in the front for you to drop off your fabric scraps, fabric swatches, ribbons, etc. We are excited to partner with you in collecting loose part items for the classrooms!

Center Events & Closures

• March 2nd- Read Across America Day
• March 11th- Family Workshop
• March 18th- Closed for Spring Break