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Events, opportunities and resources for our Garden community.
December 3 is Giving Tuesday, a global movement inspiring generosity and collaboration worldwide and an opportunity to show up to support communities, nonprofits, friends, families, and neighbors.
In honor of this season of gratitude and giving, we’re holding a raffle to win front row seats for your family to Winter Celebration and Art Show and with all proceeds benefiting the Children’s Garden.
Visit our Giving Tuesday page to enter.
Winter Celebration
Friday, December 6
6:30-7:30 pm
Issaquah, Middle School
This family event features seasonal music and dancing featuring the children in each class.
View our Winter Celebration page for location map, event details and to sign up to be a helper elf.
Holiday Nights at Teacher Donna’s
Donna and Cara are excited to continue their fundraising Holiday tradition of hosting two holiday nights at Teacher Donna’s home.
Alum
Holiday Night at Teacher Donna’s
Tuesday, December 17
5-7 pm
Honeybee and Cricket
Holiday Night at Teacher Donna’s
Wednesday, December 18
5-7 pm
We will have an evening of feasting on pizzas, popping our own corn and watching some classic holiday movies. Each participant will come home with a sweet hand made ornament, and memories to last a lifetime! We invite the kiddos to come in their comfy jammies if they choose, so that when they return home, they are ready to climb into bed and dream of Belleamie, sugar plum fairies and time spent with friends.
The Mousehole
Children answered the question
I am thankful for…
Ladybugs
Caleb: …my mushroom stuffy because it is my favorite, my sister because she is my favorite girl and spaghetti because it tastes like chocolate chips.
Canyon: …Mommy and Daddy because they hug me and apples and oranges and cheese and blueberries because they taste yummy.
Charlie:…Mama because we make cookies together and Daddy because he cooks me cookies too.
Hazel:…I am thankful for Mamma and Pappa because they love me!
Isla:…movie night with my family, my mommy and daddy because they are my family, mommy because she cooks me turkey and my stuffies Anna and Elsa because they just are.
Kaisei:…Mama and cars.
Lily:…grandma Patty because she is silly and Mommy and Daddy because I love them.
Lukas:…my puppy stuffy and Daddy and Mommy because they hold us.
Riley:…my Mommy and Daddy because they hug me and sunflowers because I like them.
Robin:…My Mommy because she does so many things for me, Rhea because she shares with me and Sesame Street because I like to see all the kids.
Crickets
Cambrie:…my mommy and daddy because they make me happy and Harlow because she does not be rude. She say “Cambrie put my stuff down”.
Camden:…mom because she makes me happy, daddy because he gives me hugs and I love Madison because she makes me happy.
Coco:…I get to go to Jay and Deda’s house because we sleep in sleeping bags, my mom and my and and Olivia and Lily because they are nice and my dad because he makes me laugh.
Eleanor:…flowers because they are pretty, my mommy because she makes me quesadillas.
Elli:…my pretty pants because they are soft and I love my dogs a lot because they lick and kiss me.
Hudson:…my mommy because she snuggles with me, my monster truck because it goes all around my Christmas tree and I love Sloane because I love Sloane’s presents.
Koa:…my mom and dad because they make me waffles, my rain because it goes all the way around the tree and I love my my mom because she makes me mac and cheese.
Lillian:…my big Christmas tree because it is big and pretty and I love Bimi because she takes me to the Christmas store.
Lily:…flowers because they are beautiful and my mommy because she cuddles with me.
Madison:…unicorns because they make beautiful rainbows. I love my mom and dad because they cook me blueberry cake and I love James because he plays the Lego game with me.
Max:…my cereal in the morning with banana because it tastes yummy and I love my mom because she is really nice.
Noble:…mom because she decorates Christmas trees, my boots because they make me laugh, Camden because he is nice and makes me laugh and Cheez-its because they taste like good and salty.
Oliver:…my mommy because she lays with me, my dad because we watch movies together, Eleanor because she makes me happy and my mom because she makes me happy and I love her.
Orion:…my dad because we watch movies together and I love my mommy because she works at my house.
Presley:…my mommy because she gives the best hugs ever, my teachers because they make me feel great and I love my mom and dad very much!
Quentin:…I love my mom and daddy because they make a good breakfast, windows because they keep our house dry and monster trucks because they jump really high.
Sana:…my mom and dad because we to to Friday night dinner, my teachers because they are so nice to me and my nanny because she takes care of me.
Sloane:…my mommy because she makes waffles, eggs, butter and toast, my boots because they are comfortable, Hudson because I love Hudson and my teachers because I love the teachers because you are sweet.
Wells:…my dog Cooper because he licks me, eats food and barks, Quentin because I like to sit with him and chocolate cookies because they make me feel so good.
Honeybees
Ainsley:…my mama because I love her so much, stuffy unicorn because I like to play with it and Kennedi because I like to play with her.
Audrey:…my life jacket because it keeps me safe, baths because they keep us clean and all of you guys because you bring my love together!
Bella:…my toys because I like snuggling with them, playing because I like to play with my friends and my stuffies because I like to play with them.
Claire:…my stuffies because I love to play with them, Bella and Maddy because they play with me a lot and bunnies because I like them.
Dominic:…my skull because it protects me, mud because I like to step in it and squish it and Maddy because she plays with me.
Ellie:…Mommy and Daddy because I love them, the swing because I get pushed on it and Koda my dog because he gives me lots of kisses!
Jeffrey:…my mom because she loves me so much, Kennedi because she plays with me and my sweatshirt because it keeps me warm.
Karen:…my teachers because they are so nice, Tatum because I play with her.
Kennedi:…rainbows because they are so pretty and Bella, Maddy and Claire because they play with me.
Korzen:…sashaying with Oliver because it makes my body happy, my teachers because I love them and my cat stuffy because I like to snuggle with it.
Lowen:…mini cars because I can drive them around super fast and Julius, Jeffrey and Rumi because they always play with me.
Maddy:…my mommy because she takes me places and we go on adventures together, sweatshirts because they keep me warm.
Mason:…my mom because she’s my best friend and my baby sissy because she’s so adorable.
Maya:…dolls because I like them, Audrey because we play together and suckers because I love to lick them and eat them.
Oliver:…Korzen because he plays with me all the time, Maddy because we play together and mango because it has protein and it is delicious.
Rumi:…Lowen because we play together, baseball because it is my favorite gam and it helped me play my own game and cars and dinosaurs because I like to play with them.
Rylie:…my bed because it keeps me warm and my birthday because I get presents.
Tatum:…toys because I get to play with them, Dashy because I will get to sleep with her and Karen becasue she always plays with me.
Gratitude Corner
We are profoundly grateful for the unwavering dedication and courage of our first responders, utility workers and road crews. While the rest of us sought shelter during the recent wind storm, they braved the elements to keep our communities safe, restore power, and ensured essential services were back up and running.
Office Notes
News and reminders from the office.
Community Cornucopia
Give requested items to the Issaquah Food bank through our bi-monthly food drive in partnership with the Issaquah Sammamish Food Project.
Donation deadline is:
Friday, December 13
Visit our Community Cornucopia page for an Issaquah Food Bank list of needed items.
Ladybugs
Crickets
Honeybees
Calendar
Please mark your calendar with these important dates.
November
- November 27—29: Thanksgiving Holiday
December
- December 6: Winter Celebration
- December 17: Alum Holiday Night at Teacher Donna’s
- December 18: Honeybee and Cricket Holiday Night at Teacher Donna’s
- December 23—January 3: First Winter Break
Reserve your sitters now and save the Date for these fun social Garden events:
Saturday, January 11:
Parents Night Out location TBD
Saturday, February 8:
Mom’s Galentine’s Night at Teacher Donna’s
Friday, May 2:
Children’s Garden Annual Auction
Daily Class Schedule
Ladybugs
Tuesday and Thursday 8:15 – 10:45 am
Crickets
Monday, Wednesday and Friday 8:15 – 11:15 am
Honeybees
Monday-Thursday 12:15 – 3:15 pm
~ Poems~
School Poems
Part of our daily routine at The Garden is singing or saying a few of our traditional poems.
Find a printable version to our Closing Circle Song, and the poem “We Light This Candle” at the following links.