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Registration for Summer Adventure Camp is well underway with some sessions already close to being full. The current cost for all sessions is $140, with the exception of session 2. Session 2 is prorated at $108 due to the Memorial Day holiday. After the 30th of April, the cost will increase an additional $10 per session. Pick the weeks that fit with your summer plans and reserve your child's spot now. Space is limited with small class sizes so don't delay and sign up today! Register by going online to http://www.pinnaclepres.org/summeradventure- camp/ or pick up a registration form in the preschool office. Payment is required at time of registering.

PPP's Parent Community Outreach Commitee will be collecting new and gently-used books for Raising a Reader and Reach out and Read from April 15 - 19. Both of these programs aim to educate low income families about the multifaceted value of reading to their child at a young age, and put ageappropriate books directly into their hands to make reading a reality. It's our goal to deliver 1,000 or more new and gently-used books to these programs. Won't you join us in sharing the beautiful gift of reading with other children and families in our community? Look for the drop box that will be located in the preschool courtyard during WOYC.

The Week of the Young Child™ is an annual celebration sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). The purpose of the Week of the Young Child™ is to focus public  attention on the needs of young children and their families and to recognize the early childhood programs and services that meet those needs. The 2013 Week of the Young Child™ is April 14-20 and the theme is Early Years Are Learning Years. The preschool will be celebrating WOYC with a variety of events including an Art Walk showcasing work done by the children of PPP. Other events planned throughout the week are:

• Monday, 4/15 and Tuesday, 4/16 the Scottsdale Fire Dept. will visit with their fire truck and talk to the classes about fire safety.
• Wednesday, 4/17 we'll have a picnic on the playground at 11:00am while being entertained by the Singing Cowboy and his horse Dusty.
• Thursday, 4/18 we'll have The Great AZ Puppet Theater here performing a puppet show, "Old MacDonald".

Consistent with Loris Malaquzzi's concept of the Hundred Languages of Children, the Reggio Emilia approach calls for the integration of the graphic arts as tools for cognitive, linguistic, and social development.  Print, art, construction, drama, music, puppetry, and shadow play are viewed as essential to children's understanding of experience and expression of what they know. Click here to view a video the Hundred Languages of our PPP Children.