Woodlake Child Development Center

We are excited that our service day we have coming up has lead to reach outs in regards to what else you can do!

We will be adding a food drive for FeedMore Richmond to our list for the week of January 16th - January 20th!

We have sent out all the information to your Kangarootime accounts, if you have any questions please don't hesitate to reach out!

Can you believe that December is almost over, Christmas is next week and 2023 will be here before we know it?!

We can't either, but we are soaking in the outside as much as we can, our Mobile Infants even saw an owl in the tree! We are also continuing to work on our gross and fine motor skills, as well as building long lasting friendships!

"Maybe Christmas doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more." - The Grinch

Look who stopped by for a grinchy fun visit last week!

Donut lose your cool! We are teaming up with Treat Shop is a sweet giveaway!

Keep any eye on our page and your Kangarootime Messages for more information!

Fall is in full swing here at WCDC!

We are enjoying our new classrooms and the fun activities our teachers are planning. We are also enjoying having Soccer Shots and Dancing Little Stars here back with us as well!

Be on the look out in next months newsletter as we tell you more about our fun family event that we have planned for Halloween and the coming months!

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

Today we had some visitors who were buzzing in excitement for left over Kona Ice this morning!

We learned quite a bit as we spoke to some awesome dads while we figured out how to help the bees and keep everyone safe.

Here are some things we learned this morning:

-The enjoy Blue Raspberry flavoring (this is what it smelt like as we poured some water on the areas they were at).

-Bees have 5 eyes and 6 legs.

-Hives are separated into three different types: queen, workers & drones.

Do you know any cool facts about bees or another animal/insect?!

Wow, we are having so much fun here at WCDC that a whole month has flown by in the blink of an eye!

The past month has been full of adventures to Cobblestone, the VMFA and other places in between. Our younger kiddos have also been hitting lots of new milestones as we prepare for the fall session.

We have a total of 3 weeks left of the summer before the fall semester is back in session, so be on the look out for lots of new things coming our way.

A little birdy told us that Dancing Little Stars will be starting back with us in September! 🙃

Happy Friyay!

Thank you to all of those who came out to our picnic today to kick off the holiday weekend! We got a couple pictures as we enjoyed spending time with all of our families!

Our School Agers are also having a blast at the pool this afternoon!

We hope you all have a wonderful and safe 3 day weekend! We will see everyone on Tuesday!

Can time slow down just a little bit?!

We are already 4 weeks through summer camp and we have enjoyed so much already! We are all enjoying water days, getting the babies out for walks, field trips and the themes of our lesson plans.

We are super excited for our family picnic for all families tomorrow!

The second week of summer is almost at an end! This week week in Preschool we have been exploring camping through pretend play, enjoying lots of outside activities and more. In School Age we have been exploring entrepreneurship and learning about money!

Summer is off to an awesome start! We have enjoyed the start of water days, enjoying the coolish weather outside, fun activities, and a wildlife show with lots of insects, snakes and a lemur!

This school year flew by, but we are so proud of all of our 2022 class graduates!

"Hoppy" April! 🌸🐇

March flew by and the warm weather is coming to stay! This month we are getting outside a lot, as long as April Showers don't rain on our parade. We will also be building on all the skills we have learned so far, such as our letters, colors, shapes, counting, fine and gross motor skills, social and emotional skills, and so much more!

Happy Monday!

Today was a fun filled day full of centers, art, and outside time now that the sun will be setting a little later!

We hope you didn't forget to change your clocks this weekend! 🙃

Happy Friday!

Lets start this beautiful day with a door contest!

Like and comment on the picture of the door, each like and comment counts as 1 vote.

The class with the most votes wins a movie day!

Voting ends at 9 am on 2/14/2022

If Tuckaway-Woodlake has any change in our schedule, the first place it will be announced is on our web site: https://www.tuckawayschools.com/weather/

Flash Voting Friday!

Help us chose a winner for our Halloween Door Contest! Vote here by commenting on the photo and at the center this afternoon!

The winner is the door with the most votes (here and at the school) by 11:59 tonight! Votes will be tallied and shared Monday morning for a special treat!

"Play is our brain's favorite way of learning!" -Diane Ackerman

October is here and in full gear! We are learning so much each day through all the fun activities our teachers have planned for us!

This month we are learning all about fall, counting, shapes, letters, changes in the seasons, and so much more! We also have a ton of extra fun coming our way!

Sometimes you just have to start your Friday off being silly and dancing with scarves! HAPPY FRIDAY from WCDC!

Lots of fun to begin our Thursday! We used clothespins to paint with in our threes, getting our pincer grip all ready for writing!

Art Exploration and Bubbles make for a happy Wednesday at WCDC!

The AMAZING Mr. B amazed our students with a fun filled magic show today! So many giggles were had and we loved seeing everyone so excited and involved!

Feather painting, making suns, lions for letter L and lots of outside play!

We have had an action packed week! We enjoyed The Valentine Museum, lots of fun water play days, music and movement classes and working on matching our letters upper and lower case in our Threes program. Our infants were full of smiles and love to take pictures with their favorite teacher!

RTD The Best 2021

“The Best” Richmond Times Dispatch 2021 voting has started! Let everyone know that Tuckaway is THE BEST! Go to (http://richmond.secondstreetapp.com/RTD-The-Best-2021/gallery?group=377563) and in the “Services” section you will find “The Best Child Care”. Click on the “Vote” button for Tuckaway Child Development!

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Happy Tuesday from WCDC!

Threes had a splash in car wash today, lots of outdoor exploration and tons a baby smiles. Happy Friday and have a wonderful weekend!

Tuckaway had a special guest today at Tuckaway-Barony

Wednesdays at Tuckaway WCDC are full of outdoor exploration, reading and climbing right into the water tables to cool off!

Painting our own cardboard binoculars, exploring our felt wall in twos, playing sports in our Infant Cottage and sponge painting in Toddlers! HAPPY TUESDAY!

Lots of smiles, music class with our friends and practicing with our scissors! That's how we spend our Tuesdays at WCDC!

Splash Day fun with friends and lots of art! Happy Friday!

Oh the joys Kona Ice and being together can bring!

Kona Ice was a great way to kick off summer! We loved painting and playing board games in small group activity exploration! Thank you again to all parents and families who came to our Lunch on the Lawn! It was so great to see parents and students all being together on our playgrounds!

Today we celebrated the end of one very unique, challenging and unforgettable school year. Bonds were created that will never leave us and friendships were cultivated that will carry on with these students well into elementary school and beyond. Enjoy the smiles and happy faces!

Writing our names, sponge painting sea creatures, learning colors in Spanish class and smiling outside! Happy Friday

Exploring fabrics and textures in Toddlers, creating spring rabbits in twos (placing our own facial features, wherever they may land!), mixing colors for STEM experiments through art and just plain learning through play and smiles! Happy Tuesday!

Practicing grip and placement in Toddlers! Ours fours had a Hawaiian Luau Party complete with yummy Hawaiian Pizza!

Our Pre K Fours learned about Volcanoes today and started the lesson off with making their very own! STEM at work at WCDC today!

Smiling faces and making jellyfish! Happy Wednesday!