Happy New Year!! ✨
Let us begin by wishing you all a Happy New Year filled with many successes and continued progress. During winter break, I hope you had the chance to catch up with friends and family and enjoy some rest and relaxation. We certainly spent some time reflecting over the past years and think about the exciting work and opportunities that lie ahead in 2025.
As we begin a fresh start in this new year, we are excited to continue supporting your child's learning journey. We look forward to a year filled with new experiences, academic growth, and meaningful connections. As we continue to strive to be a center focused on educational equity, finding unique and innovative ways to partner throughout the community, support, and create meaningful opportunities. We are focused on ensuring that our local school is a place where all children enjoy learning, playing, and continue to grow each day socially, emotionally, and academically.
As always, thank you for your continued support and partnership. We encourage you to reach out if you have any questions or need support throughout the year.
Not Sure What A Judy Center Is? 🤔
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!
Come Play & Learn With Us!!! 🧸🎨⚽
Register Now...….We're So Excited to Meet You!!!!
Multiple Playgroups Weekly …Join Us!!!
Playgroups are open to all and can be attended multiple times weekly.
**Children learn by repetition**
Playgroups are scheduled and offered according to need and interests of all participants. Currently playgroups are offered:
- Tuesday and Thursday from 10-11:30am.
- Afternoon sessions are available from 1-2:30pm with desired interest
- Wednesday scheduling is reserved for Providers (i.e. private child care providers, daycares, and Early Head Start).
- Evening playgroups will be available monthly from 5:30-6:30pm (with registration required).
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The winter months can bring weather that is not always fun to venture out in. It is good to stock
your pantries so that you are prepared to cook at home. Having things on hand so that you can
make healthy, tasty meals that will please your families will help to take the stress out of winter
mealtimes.
The first step is to take inventory of what you have on hand. This will help you to determine
what you need to supplement your pantry so that you are ready to feed your family. Some of
the foods to stock up on are:
• Dried and canned beans – black beans, garbanzo, lentil, kidney, white beans, pinto etc.
• Whole grains – brown rice, quinoa, millet, amaranth, wild rice, oats, pasta etc
• Oils – vegetable, olive, canola, sunflower, etc.
• Spices and herbs – bay leaves, red pepper flakes, cinnamon, nutmeg etc.
• Dried fruit – dates, raisins, cranberries, cherries, etc.
• Sugars and other alternative sweeteners
• Nuts and seeds (including nut/seed butters) – almonds, peanuts, sunflower seeds, etc.
• Potatoes and sweet potatoes
The Eat Smart website has many valuable sections for finding, preparing, and storing foods.
https://extension.umd.edu/programs/family-consumer-sciences/snap-ed/eat-smart/
The Cooking 5 Ways section tells readers five different ways to use various items they might
have on hand such as:
• Beans https://extension.umd.edu/resource/beans-5-ways/
• Rice https://extension.umd.edu/resource/rice-5-ways/
• Peanut Butter https://extension.umd.edu/resource/peanut-butter-5-ways/
• Tomatoes https://extension.umd.edu/resource/tomatoes-5-ways/
• Canned chicken and fish https://extension.umd.edu/resource/canned-chicken-and-fish-5-ways/
• Canned pumpkin https://extension.umd.edu/resource/canned-pumpkin-5-ways/
• Oats https://extension.umd.edu/resource/oats-5-ways/
• Milk https://extension.umd.edu/resource/milk-5-ways/
• Canned vegetables https://extension.umd.edu/resource/canned-vegetables-5-ways/
• canned fruit https://extension.umd.edu/resource/canned-fruit-5-ways/
• leafy greens https://extension.umd.edu/resource/leafy-greens-5-ways/
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.
