The
Purple Preschool
(Ages 3 to 5)
The Purple Room is our
combined age Preschool Room here at Happy Time. We find that this is a huge
advantage because the younger children learn things very quickly from the older
children and the older children learn about responsibility and caring. When
necessary the ages do break up into small groups to do developmentally
appropriate activities. The teachers focus a lot on Kindergarten readiness and
social skills.
Barbara
Eiklenborg, Purple Preschool
Barb has been working at Happy Time for four years. Barbara comes to us
with over seven years of previous experience working with children in childcare
centers. She worked several years as Lead Teacher at the Center Point Childcare
Center and then also at Kids Kampus in Cedar Rapids. Barb loves spending time
with her son John and also enjoys listening to country music and scrapbooking.
Barbara Rego,
Purple Preschool
*On site Supervisor
Barbara has been working in the childcare field for 40 years. She has been at
Happy Time for 7 years. When she lived in California, she was a Kindergarten
teacher in a private school for 5 years. She has over 500 college credit hours
as well as training for the McCracken Reading Program and has attended a 3 day
Bev Bos Conference. She likes working at Happy Time because she gets to meet
wonderful families. Barbara has 3 grown children, 3 grandchildren, and 1
great-grandchild. In her spare time, Barb likes to garden, sew, quilt and
attend house shows.
Jeremy
Neuzil, Teacher Assistant
Jeremy has an AA in education from Kirkwood Community College and will have his
BA from UNI in the spring. He has worked at Happy Time for almost 3 years and
has enjoyed working with all the age groups. Jeremy likes working at Happy Time
because he enjoys building relationships with the kids and their families. He
lives in Vinton with his wife of 3 years and has an eight-month old son who
attends Happy Time in the infant room. When he’s not at Happy Time or UNI,
Jeremy can usually be found flying his R/C airplanes or hanging out with his
family.
Morgan Bender, Teacher Assistant
More info coming soon...
Joanna Kalina, Teacher Assistant
Joanna is currently taking classes to become a Preschool Teacher. She has had
over 10 years of babysitting experience and has worked at Happy Time for 7
months. She loves watching the children learn and grow through active play and
the loving care of the teachers at Happy Time. She grew up in a family of 10
children and enjoys beadwork, painting, scrapbooking, reading, music and being
with her family and friends.
December 2009
Newsletter Update
As we begin the month of December,
our themes will be Toys, Holidays Around the World, and Christmas.
Since this is such a busy time of the
year, we will be taking only one field trip to the library on
December 17th.
Our colors for the month will be red
and green and the shape we will be working on is the star. We will
also continue to work on how to spell our names.
We hope everyone has a very Merry
Christmas and a wonderful New Year!
Ms. Barb E.
Ms. Barb R.
Mr. Jeremy
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