Grasonville Elementary School

🍂 Hey Boo, just checking in with some Spooktacular Updates! 🎃

The leaves are changing, the air is getting cooler, and Halloween is just around the corner! Fall is officially in the air, and we’re ready for all the fun, laughter, and family memories that come with the season. 🍁✨

From colorful leaves and cozy sweaters to pumpkin patches, costumes, and sweet treats, October is the perfect time to enjoy the magic of fall together. We hope your family takes time to explore, play, create, and enjoy all that this wonderful season has to offer!

We have some spook-tacular activities and family events planned this month, and we can’t wait to celebrate with you! 👻🕷️🎃 Get ready for a month filled with fun, family, learning, and a little festive fright!

As Halloween approaches, we wish all of our Judy Center families a safe, happy, and memorable Halloween! May your evening be filled with lots of smiles, laughter, and just the right amount of spooky fun. 🧡

With Warm Wishes,

🍁 Your Judy Center Early Learning Hub Team 🍁

💀 Why didn’t the skeleton go to the Halloween party?

– Because he had no-body to go with!

⚰️ How can you tell if a vampire has a cold?

– Because of the coffin!

🎃 Find more goofy Halloween jokes

https://tinybeans.com/funny-bones-halloween-jokes-for-kids/

The Judith P. Hoyer Center Early Learning Hubs, also known as “Judy Centers,” benefit everyone in Maryland by improving the quality of life for families. Through a dedicated staff of early learning professionals, they help prepare children age birth through kindergarten for school readiness. Located at Title I schools in every Maryland county, Judy Centers play an important role in the communities they serve. Judy Centers provide services or connect families with local service providers for some of the following options:

• Adult Education
• Case Management
• Developmental and Health Screenings
• Family Engagement Activities
• Parenting Classes
• Playgroups
• Early Intervention Identification

Each Judy Center is unique in meeting the needs of its communities, but if there is a service you are in need of please let us know!

Our playgroups are the perfect place to learn, play, and grow together—and we’d love for you to join us!

🧸✨ Multiple playgroups offered each week!

Because we know that children learn best through repetition, we provide engaging, hands-on experiences that build skills while having tons of fun.

🗓 Current Playgroup Schedule:

• Tuesday & Thursday – Multi-aged playgroups

• Wednesday – Bumps & Babies (for expectant moms & infants)

• Afternoon sessions – Available based on interest

• Evening playgroups – Offered monthly, Available based on interest (registration required)

Spots fill quickly, so be sure to register for your day and come learn, laugh, and play! 💛

Please register here:

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Facebook:

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This fall, we’re discovering the wonderful changes happening all around us! From tasting apples and pumpkins to exploring colorful leaves, children will use their senses to observe, investigate, and learn about the season.

Taste • Touch • Explore • Discover! 🍎🎃🍁

Let’s honor the rich cultures, traditions, history, and contributions of the Hispanic and Latino communities. Together, we celebrate diversity, family, heritage, and community!

🎊🌟¡Viva la Cultura! 💃🏽🎶🌮

National Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15th to October 15th, 2024. In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month 2024, celebrated annually from September 15th until October 15th.

Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.

The observation started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period starting on September 15 and ending on October 15. It was enacted into law on August 17, 1988, on the approval of Public Law 100-402.

The day of September 15 is significant because it is the anniversary of independence for Latin American countries Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence days on September 16 and September18, respectively. Also, Columbus Day or Día de la Raza, which is October 12, falls within this 30 day period.

🎃 Keep it Spooky, Not Scary: Avoid costumes with violent or bloody images. It's okay to look "spooky," but nothing gruesome or violent.

👁️ Masks and Makeup: Masks that cover the eyes and face are fine, as long as your child can see clearly. Please keep makeup minimal and apply it at home. Remember, learning is still happening, so your child will need to remove their mask during class.

🧥 Safe Costumes: Make sure your child’s costume doesn’t have anything hanging below the wrist or ankle to avoid tripping or getting things caught.

🎒 Easy-to-Carry Props: If your child has props, they should be easy to manage, especially if they take the bus.

🚫 No Weapons: Please don’t include any toy weapons in the costume.

🏃 PE-Friendly Costumes: If your child has Physical Education on the 31st, pick a costume that’s safe and easy to move in.

🕷 Fun crafts with stuff you really do have around the house, or classroom

🍪 A quick and easy recipe for green monster sprinkle cookies

🎶 A clean, fun Halloween-themed playlist

Walk Safely

1. Cross the street at corners, using traffic signals and crosswalks. Look left, right and left again when crossing and keep looking as you cross.
2. Put electronic devices down, keep heads up and walk, don’t run, across the street.
3. Teach children to make eye contact with drivers before crossing in front of them.
4. Always walk on sidewalks or paths. If there are no sidewalks, walk facing traffic as far to
5. the left as possible. Children should walk on direct routes with the fewest street crossings.
6. Watch for cars that are turning or backing up. Teach children to never dart out into the street or cross between parked cars.
7. Join kids under age 12 for trick-or-treating. If kids are mature enough to be out without supervision, tell them to stick to familiar areas that are well lit and trick-or-treat in groups.

Costumes for a Safe Halloween

1. Decorate costumes and bags with reflective tape or stickers and, if possible, choose light colors.
2. Choose face paint and makeup whenever possible instead of masks, which can obstruct a child’s vision.
3. Have kids carry glow sticks or flashlights to help them see and be seen by drivers.
4. When selecting a costume, make sure it is the right size to prevent trips and falls.

Drive Extra Safely on Halloween

1. Slow down and be especially alert in residential neighborhoods. Children are excited on Halloween and may move in unpredictable ways.
2. Take extra time to look for kids at intersections, on medians and on curbs.
3. Enter and exit driveways and alleys slowly and carefully.
4. Get rid of any distractions - like your phone - in your car so you can concentrate on the road and your surroundings.
5. Turn your headlights on earlier in the day to spot children from greater distances.
6. Popular trick-or-treating hours are 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Be especially alert for kids during those hours.

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Email: judycenterges@gmail.com

Website: www.smore.com

Location: Grasonville Elementary School
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/100087158001512/
Phone: 410-827-9436

This Judy Center Early Learning Hub programming is supported through funding from the Maryland State Department of Education’s Division of Early Childhood (DEC), under the Judy Center Early Learning Hub Grant.

The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) does not discriminate based on age, ancestry, color, creed, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religious affiliation, belief or opinion, sex, or sexual orientation in matters affecting employment or in providing access to its programs and activities.