Welcome to Clyde's Corner

Hello April and Hello Spring!🌸🐣

Needing some prayers? We got you! If you would like our Big Red Barn Prayer Team to pray for something specific, you can submit prayer requests here! Remember no prayer is too big for our God and with community in prayer, anything is possible❤️

Monthly Updates:

• Natural Playground Donation Update🌿: We have almost made it to our goal! So far, we have raised a total of $7,567!
• Parent's Night Out for April will be held on Saturday, the 12th from 4-8 pm. Please fill out this survey to volunteer to work!
• Expansion Update: Our project is finally underway! As we recieve inspections and move forward we will reach out with our grand opening date! Stay tunned as it will hopefully happen later this month, or the very beginning of May!
• Our Annual Easter Egg Hunt🐰🐣 will be on Friday, April 18th from 3:30 - 4:30 pm!
• Let's Talk Spirituality! Over the course of the next 3 months Ms. Emily will be running a small group for The Big Red Barn staff to dive deeper into all different types of spirituality and world religions. The is going to be an amazing opportunity to learn about faith and spirituality and will serve as an opportunity as a staff body to learn more about each other, our past experiences, and will allow us to dive deeper into each and everyone's individual beliefs! We are so excited to learn and share and grow together, so make sure to put these dates into your calendars! These hangs will be hosted at Ashley's house and will always include dinner, hope to see you all there❤️
  • Thursday, April 29th
  • Thursday, May 29th
  • Thursday, June 12th
• Spring/Summer Clothes Reminders:
  • For Children: Any child wearing a dress (with underwear) must also have shorts or leggings on underneath.
  • For Staff:
    • No tanks tops
    • Shorts must an appropriate length. To be safe use the fingertip rule or try to have them no shorter than an inch above your knee. Remember all body types are different so admin reserves the right to ask you to change even if they are past your fingertips. Some people have much longer arms than others and we want to remain professional at The Barn. If you are questioning the length just don't wear them or just make sure the are no more than 1 inch from your knee.
    • All dresses and skirts must be full or 3/4 length and staff must wear shorts underneath
    • All teachers must always wear closed toed shoes. Sandals are not allowed.
• This is a reminder that all staff must complete this Love Language Test and send your results in your admin text group no later than this Sunday the 6th.
• Ms. Alicia is officially taking on her fulltime role as director this month🥳 That being said, this is a reminder that all administrators (Alicia, Dom, and Kathleen) are an extension of myself. Please respect, listen, and lean on them the same way you all utilize me. With the Little Red Barn opening soon, I will be splitting my time between both locations and therefore will not be as present as I have been since opening. This is your opportunity to grow relationships with your admin and use them as your greatest resource! They are all here to support you, so communicate with them, and trust their guidance and support❤️
• New Cleaning Checklists: Please make sure to be diligent on completing these items daily/weekly and please reach out if you ever need support in completing the items on the list!
• Portfolios and Developmental Checklists: With conferences coming up at the end of May, please make sure we are using our mornings to complete these items. It is extremely important to stay in front of these deadlines for your personal sanity while prepping for conferences.

Staffing Updates

Meet Our New Additions!

Ms. Maria | Lead Toddler Teacher

We are so excited to announce that Ms. Maria has officially taken over for Ms. Alicia and is our new lead toddler teacher in our Porcupette classroom! Check out her Bio here.

Ms. Silvia | Lead Toddler Teacher

Ms. Silvia's first language is Spanish and is an incredible educator. We are so excited to welcome her to the toddler team as we patiently await the opening of our new toddler classroom. Check out her bio here to learn more about her.

Ms. Alicia is finally stepping into her fulltime role as Director this month! Please feel free to reach out to her with any questions ([email protected]), we are so excited to watch her grow into this role!🥳

If you read this newsletter fully please draw a picture and give it to Alicia!

Upcoming Student Birthdays!🎂

Greyson | 4/8         Julian | 4/8         Lincoln | 4/9

Upcoming Staff Birthdays!🎂

Ms. Sam | 4/23         Ms. Cheryl | 4/26

Welcome to Clyde's Corner

Helllloooooo March🌈🍀

Monthly Updates:

• Parent's Night Out for March will be held on Saturday, the 22nd from 4-8 pm. If you would like to sign up to work please fill out this survey. Below is a reminder of PNO incentives for staff!
  • After working 2 PNO's you will receive lunch on us!
  • After 4 PNO's you will recieve $100 of funny money to spend on you classrooms!
  • After 7 PNO's you will recieve an additional PTO day!
• Spring Picture Day will be held on Wednesday March 19th!
• Expansion Update: We have finally received approval from the Fire Department and now we are just waiting to get the final ok from the city! Fingers crossed we can open in April, but as always we will keep in touch as the project evolves!
• Ms. Emily and Ashley are so excited to announce the launch of our Big Red Barn Bible Study (craftier name to come😂)! The Lord has been working in so many ways within our walls since our grand opening and has opened a lot of conversation and questions among you all, so we thought what a better way to grow as a staff body, friends, and personally than dive into the Living Word of God! These will be hosted once a month at Ashley's house and all are welcome! Our first hang will be March 13th and start at 6:30pm. Dinner will be provided! We will start with getting to know each other spiritually and then will get to hear Emily's testimony! If anything, it will be a good time to get to know each other better and pursue a life filled with love and joy together!
• We would also love to invite you all to spend a Sunday morning with us at a local church! All families are also invited to this so we hope to see you there! Skyline Church Denver has played a large role in Ashley's faith journey and is Ms. Emily's second work family! We would love to share this amazing community with our amazing Big Red Barn community, so if you are looking for a church to call home or would just like to come check it out, we would love to host you all on Sunday March 23rd! Obviously everyone is welcome anytime, but on the 23rd Skyline will be hosting extended care in Kid's Ministry for Big Red Barn Families. Join us for service at 10 am and leave your kiddos checked in until 12:30 pm to enjoy a lunch date or afternoon walk childfree!
  • If you would like to learn more about what Skyline is all about, check out their website here.
  • Skyline Church Denver: Newlon Elementary, 361 Vrain St, Denver, CO 80219
• As an added mental health support, I got you all access to an online yoga studio called Bella Prana. There are hundreds of virtual classes for you all to look through from meditation, breathing, stretching, and muscle building yoga classes. You can sort through them by style or even length of class! To access the portal and to start your free Big Red Barn subscription follow the steps below!
  • Use this link to set up an account
  • When setting up and account, input this coupon code: bigredbarnteacher
  • Click register and you are all set!
  • Once your account is set up use THIS LINK to access the full portal - bookmark this link so it is easy to find again!
  • From there always click on the square that says "Annual Unlimited Membership". Once you are in you will see all the classes and be able to filter from there based on your needs or wants!
  • This code will give you unlimited access, meaning you can take as many classes at anytime! Please enjoy and let me know if you have any questions❤️

Extracurricular Revamp

We are absolutely loving out new extracurricular schedule and have already seen so much growth in all our students! last month we rolled out Fun with Faith, Creative Critters, Silly Scientists, and Simply Spanish on a more regular basis and we are so excited to begin our partnerships with Tippi Toes and Altitunes for our dance and music programs this month!

Tiny Tots Dance with Tippi Toes

Tippi Toes® is a fun, high-energy dance program designed to teach children dance in a positive and engaging way, so they have a blast while gaining new skills! Our curriculum is non-competitive and helps all children progress from novice dancers to skilled and confident students.Our dedicated teachers are passionate about bringing joy to each child while encouraging active movement and creativity. Tippi Toes® Lakewood is thrilled to partner with The Big Red Barn Early Learning Center and can’t wait to dance with your little ones!

Music For Munchkins with Altitunes

In an Altitunes early childhood music class you can expect to: move to music, play instruments, sing/vocalize, build friendships and have a great time! Altitunes has been providing music classes developed by music therapists and music educators in the Denver area for over 7 years. Our experienced, highly trained, teachers will spark your little one's love of music and provide a fun and safe learning environment for your child to learn and grow. We can't wait to see you at The Big Red Barn!

Staffing Updates

Meet Our New Addition! Ms. Shalynn has joined our Infant | Toddler team!

Check out her Bio here.

We also said goodbye to Ms. Anna and wish her the best on her next chapter!

Upcoming Student Birthdays!🎂

Bash | 3/5         Nora S. | 3/22         Emmy | 3/30

Upcoming Staff Birthdays!🎂

Ms. Denise | 3/17         Ms. Ashley | 3/28