Our playgroups are off to a great start for the 2024/2025 school year! We have lots of fun activities planned for the month of October! We hope you can join us!

This month we will be exploring nature and all the beauty that the fall season brings! We will learn about trees, apples, water and pumpkins! 🌳🍎💧🎃

We also have a couple of fun field trips planned for this month that you won't want to miss!

Reminder: There will be * NO PLAYGROUP ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8TH! * All of our playgroups and field trips are FREE!

Playgroup Schedule:

-Tuesdays @ 9:00am for 1-2 year old's

-Tuesdays @ 10:45 for 3-4 year old's

-Wednesdays @ 9:00am 1-2 year old's

-Thursdays @ 9:00am for infants (0-1 year old)

Evening Playgroups:

Our October evening playgroup will be held on Monday, October 14th at 5:30pm at Family Affair Farm, 30091 Rabbit Hill Rd., Easton, MD. Join us for a fun fall adventure on the farm! Dinner provided! An email survey will go out to all evening playgroup families to sign up! This field trip is FREE!

Field Trips: We have two field trips scheduled for October! We will send an email out to playgroup families to sign up! Please keep an eye on your email! All field trips are FREE!

-Please join us on Monday, October 7th, 10:45am at THE EDGE ARENA, 325 Log Canoe Circle, Stevensville, MD, for a Move It Monday! The little ones will burn some energy and have lots of fun!

-Please join us on Tuesday, October 15th AND October 16th (your choice) at 10:00am at Councell Farms, 11773 Old Skipton Rd., Cordova, MD. We will be at Councell Farms on both days. Please choose which day works best for you. We look forward to a fun filled day on the farm with you and your family! You can sign up by clicking the button below, OR by scanning the QR Code on the flyer, OR, by filling out the google form in your email!

The Judy Center is an ideal setting for young children to develop emotional, social and cognitive skills to become life long learners. If you know anyone in the Church Hill School zone with children ages birth to 5 years old, please spread the word about us! We would love to have them join our playgroups! It's FREE! See our flyers for all the details!

The Queen Anne's County Mobile Library will be visiting our Judy Center on October 28th at 10:30am, following our Music Monday class! The mobile library will be filled with books for children of all ages, as well as books for adults. No library card? No problem! The mobile library staff can sign you up on the spot! Hope to see you there!

We have partnered with The Family Center and The Infants and Toddlers Program of Queen Anne's County to bring you a series of workshops just for parents! All workshops are lead by Amanda Ensor of It Takes A Village, LLC. These workshops are offered virtually via Zoom! Scan the QR code to register. These workshops are FREE!

Need a little extra help with the holidays this year? The Christmas Angels are here to support families in need by providing children with clothes and toys this holiday season. Please click the link below to lean more about signing up, or contact the Judy Center Early Learning Hub at Church Hill Elementary School via email or phone. CHESJudyCenter@gmail.com or 410-556-6187.

Children depend on routine. They use routine as an adult uses a clock. However, breaking routine occasionally is fun and adds novelty which in turn motivates learning by increasing alertness and interest. It is important to make thoughtful decisions about which routines you vary and when and how you vary them.

Toddlers eat and sleep according to habit. Try not to very routines that impact meals or nap times. Sticking to these routines provides security for your child. Here are some considerations for making thoughtful decisions about when and how to break routines at other times:

-Plan out the break in routine. This doesn't mean that you should never be spontaneous; it just means that when you are spontaneous, be thoughtful about your child's condition. Never break routine when your child is tired or hungry.

-Break routines once or twice a week rather than every day.

-Keep mealtime routines intact so your child does not become overly hungry and irritable but vary where you have the meal to add novelty. For example, plan for an outdoor picnic lunch.

-Try not to change bedtime routines because this may over stimulate your child just at a time when you need her to be calm.

The Judy Center Early Learning Hub provides resources to help parents and caregivers prepare their children for success in school and life. We serve children and their families living in the Church Hill Elementary School zone from birth through age five. We also serve children who reside anywhere in Queen Anne's County IF they have an IEP/IFSP.

We provide home learning kits, playgroups, home-visits, field trips, and parent/caregiver support. All of these services are FREE!

In addition, we can connect families to other services such as adult education classes, childcare support, healthcare services, food assistance and much more.

Contact us to learn more!

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.

Judy Center Early Learning Hub at Church Hill Elementary School

631 Main St.

Church Hill, MD 21623

410-556-6187

Stacey Woodworth

Site Coordinator

stacey.woodworth@qacps.org

Jenny Poulin-Gay

Liaison

jennifer.poulin-gay@qacps.org

Judy Center programming is developed with funds form the Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Early Childhood.

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.