This week we are learning about "To have a good Friend, You need to be a good friend." We are always developing social skills! This week we learned more about our classmates and understood what it means to trust and be trusted through a variety of activities. In our block center, students are challenged to work together with a partner to create a building with 20 blocks. They were then invited to describe their building and how they worked together to create it. To have a good Friend, You need to be a good friend Learning Objectives:

• Learn how music can be used to express feelings.
• Recognize cause and effect.
• Identify the first letter in their name.
• Make predictions.
• Build motor skills by cutting out patterns.
• Learn about trust and what it means to be a good friend.

Next week is our last week of our "All About Me" theme and we learn about our 5 Senses! Have a great weekend!

​At Compass Child Care, we're passionate about creating fun, engaging, and immersive learning environments. We believe that every child's journey is an adventure, and at Compass, we're here to provide the guidance they need! In our preschool program, your child will have the opportunity to explore:

• Music & movement
• Art & fine motor skills
• STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)
• Dramatic and imaginative play
• Sensory experiences
• Developing essential social skills

Our dedicated Compass teachers adore children and are passionate about teaching their favorite subject – learning and growth!
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Inquire at compasschildcare.com/request-tour or give us a call at 763-381-1616. Let's nurture your child's love for learning together!

This week we are learned all about My Family, Your Family, and Pets! During our large group time we discussed the importance of family, “Who is in a family?”, “What do you think makes a family?”. We pointed out similarities and differences in the types of families represented in the classroom. To increase our math learning we graphed who had pets and what types of pets. My Family, Your Family, and Pets Learning Objectives:

• Participate in group music activities.
• Begin to identify similarities and differences.
• Identify letters in name; Recognize her name in print.
• Understand family relationships
• Learn how families help each other.
• Recognize the feelings of others through team sports.
• Learn more about others and how all people differ.

Next week we our week is all about how having good friends is about being a good friend! We hope you have a wonderful weekend!! See you on Monday!

This week we learned about Frogs, Turtles, & Creepy Crawlers! Our learning focused on the life cycle of a frog, the life science of turtles and the continuance of bugs and their many varieties. In our Science Center we observed crickets and the chirping sounds they make as they rub their legs together. 
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Learning objectives:

• Appreciation for the natural world.
• Sequence the life cycle of a frog.
• Learn about insects habitats and cohabitation.
• Participating in music, dance, and fingerplays.
• Learning to not give up and to keep trying (through the song, “The Itsy Bitsy Spider”).

Next week we learn all about camping and outdoor adventures!

WEEKLY RECAP - Bugs and Spiders

This week we learned all about Bugs and Spiders! We explored our curiosity about the natural environment. This week we observed and recorded information about bugs and spiders and expressed our findings through drawings, arts and crafts and verbally. Bugs and Spiders Learning Objectives:

X Observe & describe characteristics of bugs and arachnids
X Recognize cause-and-effect relationships
X Building science knowledge and vocabulary
X Understand that some bugs and spiders are dangerous
X Be able to identify opposites
X Sequence the life cycle of a butterfly

Next weekend we learn about Frogs, Turtles, & Creepy Crawlers!

​Half of Minnesota childcare providers are unsure how long they’ll remain in business. Childcare options are drying up and families are struggling to get to work due to the lack of family daycare support. Even with the unpredictability of enrollment, hiring challenges, and inflation, sisters, Ginger Olson and Amy Steiner, opened their fifth Compass Child Care Center over the last year.

Communities from Isanti to Ramsey reap the benefits of a successful childcare business that started from one unified passion of providing quality care. Olson and Steiner, realizing the dire need families were facing, knew their passion could align into a community solution supporting families in finding care for their children and ultimately aiding the community workforce. 

​Compass Child Care opened its first location in Coon Rapids on October 3rd, 2017. When they opened their second location in Blaine on September 3rd, 2019, they were already 50-60% full. Indicating that their business plan was a solution to the immediate needs of their community.

A few months after opening their second location in Blaine, they acquired 2 more locations, one in East Bethel and one in Isanti. Isanti was already an operational business but transitioned to Compass officially in January 2020. Olson and Steiner knew that a company transition would be challenging for families, so they made slow updates and changes to the center, to ease the transition for families. Directors, Sam and Lisa, both worked at other locations before stepping in as management and have created an incredible trust with families at both acquired locations.

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