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Posted by Susan Hamlin on Sunday, August 22, 2010, In : Child Care 
Our last children are completing the Pre-K program and graduating to kindergarten. They have both worked very hard and learned a lot. One is reading at the beginning of third grade level, and the other is reading at first grade level. 

We also had a former student here for the summer to participate in reading tutoring. He has read over fifty books and made a great deal of progress!

Our three year old has now read 117 books, and the two year old completed learning all of his letter sounds and h...
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This Week at Cupertino Little Stars!

Posted by Susan Hamlin on Saturday, February 6, 2010, In : Child Care 
We didn't see the groundhog's shadow, so according to legend, our spring is almost here! Today is sunny and we spent a lot of time outside once the yard dried out.

Our project themes this week are based on Groundhog Day and Valentine's Day. Next week will continue the Valentine's theme, followed by Presidents Day.

We are also studying letter O items and animals, number ten and decagon.  The oldest three students are reading like champs.  The eldest is reading a series of first and second grade ...
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This Week at Cupertino Little Stars

Posted by Susan Hamlin on Tuesday, January 26, 2010, In : Child Care 
Here at Cupertino Little Stars, we are currently working on the letter O and the number 10. This week olives, ostriches, officers (police) and octopuses are the objects of our studies, as well as ovals and octagons. Our winter theme is also continuing.

Our daily schedule has been disrupted by lots of rain, so we have spent free tim with fishing for letters, sewing activities, block building, cooking and household toys, book and magazine reading, music, train track and road building for our sma...
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This Week at Cupertino Little Stars Daycare

Posted by Susan Hamlin on Friday, January 8, 2010, In : Child Care 
The "Little Stars" and I had a lot of fun visiting with our graduated students over the last couple of weeks. Now we are back to our normal routine.

Out these this week is Families. We will be having discussions, writing and drawing on the different aspects of the subject.

The two year old is doing a color and shape review, since he was on vacation. He is also continuing with his study of letters and numbers. He is doing well on his letter sounds and we are working on counting to thirty.

The thr...
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This Week At Cupertino Little Stars

Posted by Susan Hamlin on Thursday, October 22, 2009, In : Child Care 
This week at Cupertino Little Stars, we are continuing the creation of Halloween decorations. It is also Fire and Earthquake Week. We are doing safety drills, and all of the children are doing fingerplays, music, poems and art projects related to fire fighting.

We are beginning letter F f study this week. The shape for this week is heart and the color is purple. Our youngest will learn the above through art, reading, rhyme, games, music and puzzles.

The older children are reading at their own ...
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This Week at Cupertino Little Stars

Posted by Susan Hamlin on Thursday, October 8, 2009,
We are adding the color orange to our one year old's program this week, by mixing yellow and red. We are also studying square, circle, triangle and rectangle. He is participating joyfully in the alphabet/phonics song and motions, using the chart, which reinforces his new skills. Nursery rhymes and songs are still very popular, as well as "reading" in my lap.

The preschoolers are nearing the end of the 32 page book, number 9 for the reading charts. They are blending three letter words quite eas...
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The Week at Cupertino Little Stars

Posted by Susan Hamlin on Thursday, October 1, 2009, In : Child Care 
This week at Cupertino Little Stars, we are celebrating Diwali in honor of the most recent student to join our class. He now has added yellow to his color pallette. We are continuing nursery rhymes, music, reading & painting, and the introduction of new colors.

The preschoolers are reading book number nine at the moment and drawing & writing about letter jJ objects.  Today they drew colorful jars filled with whatever objects they liked (jelly beans as one example.) They are continuing on the n...

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Karen Hackett
Cupertino, California

Following my career as an escrow officer, I decided to devote my time to my own children at home. Initially I obtained a child care license to bring in a few playmates for my little ones. As it turned out, I discovered I loved teaching and caring for young children. Although my own daughters are grown and teachers themselves now, I still love spending my days with the little ones. I love nurturing them and seeing them grow and progress! My hobbies of reading, playing guitar and learning the Italian language are integrated into the preschool program I provide for my sweet "Little Stars."

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