East Early Childhood
November 2025
by ‘Ms. Jill’ Hadler
In November, we will be continuing to learn about feelings, ways to handle big emotions, and learning that people can have different feelings about the same event. This will lead us right into our work on friendship skills during counseling centers.
Friendship Skills for Preschoolers:
*Sharing *Taking Turns *Listening *Cooperating *Working through Conflict
Books about Friendship Skills:
The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
How Do Dinosaurs Play with their Friends by Jan Yolen
My Friend is Sad by Mo Willems
You Will Be My Friend by Peter Brown
Llama, Lama Time to Share by Anna Dewdney
Clark the Shark Dares to Share by Bruce Hale
Should I Share My Ice Cream by Mo Willems
It’s Mine by Leo Lionni
The Boy Who Wouldn’t Share by Mike Reiss
Fun at Home with Friendship Skills:
Providing choices of different play options: “Would you rather play cars or blocks?”
Practice turn taking games like memory, tic-tac-toe, board games (Candy Land, Connect Four, and Chutes and Ladders)
Teach your child to play cooperative games (Hide and Seek, Mother May I, Eye Spy, etc.)
Practice sharing legos, blocks, cars, crayons…things there are multiple. “You and Johnny are sharing the cars.”
Need to Talk to the School Counselor?
Please feel free to email or call me if you have any questions: jhadler@jr2mail.org (573) 243-4323.
HOPE FOR CHRISTMAS
We are doing a Christmas drive in EC for our Hope for Christmas event. If you would be able to donate detergent or sheets it would be greatly appreciated. You can drop them off in the EC Main Office in the month of November. Thank you!
After School Kids’ Club (ASKC):
Jackson R-2 School District offers After School Kids’ Club for JR2 students in preschool-6th grade. The program operates Monday–Friday after school until 5:45 PM, whenever school is in session. ASKC is a safe, fun, and engaging childcare program where students can work on homework (if needed) and play at stations that build social, emotional, cognitive, and physical skills! Cost: $8 per day for the first child. $7 per day for each additional child.
Full Day Kids’ Club (FDKC):
Jackson R-2 School District offers Full Day Kids’ Club for JR2 students in preschool- 6th grade. The program operates most days when school is NOT in session. FDKC is a safe, fun, and engaging childcare program where students play at stations that build social, emotional, cognitive, and physical skills!
The next FDKC program operates at South Elementary, Friday, October 31, 2025 and Monday, November 3, 2025, 7:30 am - 5:45 pm.
Cost: $30 per day for the first child. $25 per day for each additional child.
For more details or to schedule a day, visit:
Dates to remember:
Thanksgiving Break- FDKC November 24th, 25th, 26th at South Elementary 7:30 am - 5:45 pm.
Christmas Break-FDKC December 22nd, 23rd, 29th and 30th at South Elementary 7:30 am - 5:45 pm.
NOVEMBER EVENTS
PTO Meeting-November 6, 2025
Parent Teacher Conferences-November 13 and 18, 2025
Parent Teacher Conferences-November 14, 2025
EC Picture Retake Day-November 19, 2025
Thanksgiving Break - No School-November 24-28, 2025
East Early Childhood Center
Email: bking@jr2mail.org
Location: 455 North Lacey St. Jackson, MO. 63755
Phone: (573) 243-5347