Bumble & Bloom ELC Franklin Township

🦊 Learning Spotlight: Letter of the Week – Ff 🔤

This week, our little learners are exploring the letter Ff for Fox! 🦊

Through stories, songs, hands-on activities, and play, children are building important early literacy skills while learning to recognize both uppercase and lowercase Ff.

This week we'll be practicing:
🦊 F is for Fox
🐟 F is for Fish
🌸 F is for Flower
🦶 F is for Foot

At Bumble & Bloom, we know that children learn best when they're actively engaged. That's why we introduce new letters through meaningful, hands-on experiences that encourage curiosity, language development, and a love of learning.

🏡 Parent Connection: As you're out and about this week, see how many things your child can find that start with the letter F. Can they spot a flower, a flag, a fan, or even some fruit? Every conversation helps strengthen early reading skills!

💬 Question of the Week: What other words can your child think of that begin with the letter F? Share them in the comments—we'd love to see how many we can come up with!

Kindness is one of the most important lessons we teach.

At Bumble & Bloom, learning isn't just about letters and numbers—it's also about learning how to be a caring friend.

This week, our classrooms are exploring the difference between helpful and hurtful choices while practicing kindness, empathy, and respect.

Children learn these important life skills by:
🤝 Sharing with friends
💛 Using kind words
😊 Taking turns
👂 Listening to others
❤️ Helping classmates
🧩 Solving problems together

These everyday moments help children build confidence, create positive relationships, and develop the social skills they'll use for years to come.

Every act of kindness—big or small—helps create a classroom where everyone feels safe, valued, and included.

🏡 Parent Connection: Ask your child, "What is one kind thing you did for a friend today?" Celebrating these moments helps reinforce kindness both at school and at home.

💬 Question of the Week: What's the kindest thing someone has ever done for you? We'd love to read your stories in the comments!

📚 This Week at Bumble & Bloom 🐝

This week is all about building friendships, kindness, and a strong classroom community while continuing our exciting learning adventures!

Here's what our little learners will be exploring:

👩‍🏫 Our Teacher & Our Friends – Getting to know one another, building friendships, practicing teamwork, and learning what makes our classroom community special.

💚❤️ Helpful vs. Hurtful – Learning the difference between kind, helpful choices and actions that can hurt others, while practicing empathy, respect, and caring for our friends.

🏷️ Our Names – Recognizing, spelling, tracing, and celebrating our names as we build early literacy skills and confidence.

🦊 Letter of the Week: Ff for Fox – Exploring the letter F through stories, songs, activities, and hands-on learning.

🔺 Shape of the Week: Triangle – Discovering triangles in our classroom and the world around us through fun, interactive activities.

💛 Color of the Week: Yellow – Exploring the color yellow through art, science, books, and sensory experiences.

🔢 Number of the Week: 2 – Practicing recognizing, counting, and exploring the number two through games and hands-on activities.

Every day at Bumble & Bloom is filled with opportunities to learn, grow, and build confidence through meaningful play and discovery. We can't wait for another fantastic week together! 🌼

🏡 Parent Connection: Ask your child to point out yellow objects, triangles, or things that start with the letter F while you're at home or on the go. You can also practice writing their name together or ask them to share one way they were a helpful friend today!

💬 Question of the Week: What is one kind or helpful thing your child did this week? Share it in the comments—we'd love to celebrate those special moments! 💛

💙 HELP US HELP OUR INDIANA FAMILIES! 💙

We're collecting donations for Indiana families impacted by the floods. Bring your donations to any Bumble & Bloom location and help us support our neighbors during this difficult time.

Together, we are stronger.

Soccer shots was here at our open-house! They will be back on the 31st to do free demos to families and I will have information on when Mrs. Kaylee’s class will be 🥰✨ was so nice to meet you!-Mrs.Ellie

From sitting up and talking about our colors as infants ALL the way to mastering some fine motor skills with paint or cheerios, we love to use multiple approaches to learning here at Bumble and Bloom Early Learning Center Franklin Township! Please come out and visit for some cookies and lemonade for our open house from 10am to 1pm tomorrow 🥰🥰🥰 it’s going to be a blast!

🐍 Letter of the Week: Ss!

This week, our classrooms are exploring the letter S through stories, songs, hands-on activities, and playful learning experiences.

Children will practice:
🔤 Recognizing the uppercase and lowercase S
🗣️ Hearing the /s/ sound in words
📚 Building early literacy skills
🎨 Creating letter-inspired art
😊 Learning new vocabulary like Snake, Sun, Star, and Smile

At Bumble & Bloom, we believe early literacy begins with fun, meaningful experiences that spark curiosity and build confidence.

🏡 Parent Connection: Look for things that begin with the letter S while you're driving, shopping, or playing at home. Every conversation helps strengthen early reading skills!

💬 Challenge: Can your child think of another word that starts with S? Tell us in the comments!

Every day our kiddos big and small are doing hands on activities in class. This week we are working on the first letter of our names and also painting with different materials! Wouldn’t be a complete week without some sensory+science at our “pizza dough” station. Come visit us this Saturday from 10am-1pm for our open house. We’re going to have refreshments and some community partners out to celebrate along with some of our lovely staff to tour our rooms and get to know us ❤ like I’ve said before former families and already enrolled are also more than welcome 🤗 this is a community event. We’d love to see you there!!

🚒 Why do we practice fire drills?

At Bumble & Bloom, safety is always our top priority.

Practicing fire drills helps children become familiar with what to do during an emergency in a calm, age-appropriate way. By practicing regularly, children learn to:

❤️ Stay calm
👂 Listen carefully to their teachers
🚶 Walk safely together
🛡️ Build confidence instead of fear

We keep our drills positive, reassuring, and developmentally appropriate so children know their teachers are there to keep them safe every step of the way.

Preparing today helps protect tomorrow. 💛

💬 Parents: Have you ever talked about emergency plans at home with your child?

From learning roll over, crawl through…and learning about our grasshoppers outside we love our class and outside time here Bumble and Bloom 🥰🥰🥰🥰 makes every day fun!