Developing good habits at an early age and scheduling regular dental visits helps children get a good start on a lifetime of healthy teeth and gums.

The Bridge locations will have dental specialists visiting our 3 and 4 year old classes to discuss the importance of dental health. Be sure to ask your children what they learned and help them implement the healthy teeth routine at home!

Partner with The Bridge Learning Centers to make some CASH, $1000 CASH! Refer a preschool student to one of our five locations and we will give you $1000 cash! Refer an after school student to us and we will give you $500! See your director for details and more information. Unlimited referrals, so tell everyone you know!
*program begins on February 6, 2012. Limited time, so hurry! Some rules and restrictions apply.

Puzzles are great at-home activities that are fun, but also very good for development. Puzzles encourage concentration, logical thinking and patience. They also offer a much-needed break from the constant stimulation of technology!

The program provides a full 6.5-hour instructional day for children, five days a week. The program is focused on increasing school readiness and improving overall school performance.

The term “school readiness” means that children are prepared for success in kindergarten in the following areas:

• social development
• emotional development
• physical development
• cognitive development

In addition, the Pre-K program helps children become independent, self-confident and enthusiastic learners.

Participation in the program encourages children to develop good habits and daily routines. Parents are encouraged to volunteer in the Pre-K classroom and to participate in the monthly meetings with your child’s teacher to discuss the developmental progress from month to month.

Pre-K Classrooms have learning areas (or “centers”) set-up in each room and supplied with books, materials and learning activities. Typical learning centers in a Pre-K classroom will include manipulative, blocks, reading/books, art, science, dramatic play, writing, and music.

The learning centers are designed to promote various developmental skills in seven domain areas:

• Language and Literacy
• Math Development
• Science Development
• Social Studies Development
• Creative Development
• Physical and Health Development
• Social Emotional Development

Tasks such as learning simple life skills will be developed in this program along with a multitude of other learning opportunities. These seven domains directly correlate with the Georgia’s Pre-K Content Standards, which help guide the instruction in the classroom and are also correlated with the Kindergarten Georgia Performance Standards.

Registration for current Bridge students has begun and will continue through January 27th. Open enrollment to the public begins January 30th. To register, please come in to fill out enrollment forms, a copy of your child’s birth certificate, proof of residency for the state of Georgia and your child’s social security card.

The Bridge Learning Centers celebrate many special “holidays” throughout the year to encourage fun, learning and great memories. Be sure to check out some of our other special day blog posts while you’re here!

For those of you that couldn’t make it, parents, students and new families had the opportunity to tour our facilities, meet teachers and directors and participate in classroom activities with their children. We also had special tables set up for some of our favorite programs. Information was available for the AfterSchool Zone, the Goal Line program, our Creative Curriculum and a 2012-2013 Georgia PreK information table.

For more information on these programs, please visit our website (links above) and be sure to speak with your teachers and directors about any questions you might have!

The student that sells the most items in the center will be receiving 4 WEEKS FREE tuition

The student that sells the most items overall (5 locations) will receive 6 MONTHS FREE tuition!

Every classroom that meets their goal of $1000 sold gets an ICE CREAM PARTY!

There’s even a nice prize for the teacher who’s class sells the most, so reward your teacher’s hard work by selling more! Everyone wins!

With the proceeds from this year’s fundraiser, we plan to purchase age-appropriate books for each classroom (including the BrainZone!), new playground equipment, classroom furniture, extra Pre-K and AfterSchool Zone supplies. Keep your eyes on the BridgeBlog for updates and pictures of our new purchases!

We know that each of you will do your best to help provide your child with the finest learning environments possible. Please take your fundraiser packets and get started today! All orders are due by October 28 to ensure delivery before the Thanksgiving holidays. All winners will be announced November 4, 2011 on Facebook, Twitter and the BridgeBlog.
*must sell at least 20 items to qualify for prizes, most items over 20 wins

The Bridge’s “Say Hello” campaign can benefit all of our Bridge families! Don’t forget, until October 7th, any family that switches to a Bridge location from another childcare center gets two months for FREE! That should make your job extra easy….we’ll do the rest!

Switch to us from any local competitor and we’ll give you TWO MONTHS of FREE childcare! Visit one of our 5 locations today to enroll by October 7th and you don’t pay tuition for two months. (That’s a lot of money you can save for the holidays!)
Bridge parents, this is a great opportunity for you to take advantage of our referral plan! Convince a family to switch over to us and you get 2 free weeks! And with free tuition offered, it’s easier than ever to get them to change over to the best childcare center around.