April 1- April Fools Day – Today is generally observed by tricking someone. Think of a silly and harmless trick to play. Work with the children to write a silly story to read to the parents. Try serving breakfast foods for dinner or some other harmless way to trick the children.
April is Community Service Month! Join us Wednesday April 3rd as we make a craft for cancer patients.
April 15 – If you earned more than $3800 in 2012 you will need to file taxes by this date.
The annual Touch a Truck benefit for the Westport-Weston Cooperative Nursery School Saturday March 23 had an international atmosphere again when, for the fifth year, au pairs from around the world participated in the fun, family event. Au pairs from South Africa, Thailand, Germany, France and Namibia braved the cold weather and winds to face paint and tattoo the children who blew truck whistles and horns, explored bull dozers, busses, fire trucks and more, jumped in a bouncy house and had a great afternoon.
Kathy, Sofia, Janneke
Jana, Christina, Sofia, Kaysi, May and Franzi
Windy Days – March is known for its windy days. It would be a great day to fly a kite
Sidewalk Chalk– Take advantage of a mild day and head outside to draw on the sidewalk with chalk. Kids love to have their whole body outlined and then fill in the drawing with clothes and a face. If you still have ice or snow outside try white or colored chalk inside on construction paper or brown wrapping paper. The drawings can be made permanent, so they won’t rub off, by spraying with aerosol hair spray (best to spray outside, and certainly away from the children).
Saturday March 23 Westport-Weston Co Op Nursery School fundraiser Touch a Truck at the Coleytown Elementary School parking lot. Join fellow au pairs and help face paint and apply tattoos!
In most parts of the US the snow has disappeared, but you can cook ‘snowballs’ in the kitchen.
Ingredients
1 3-oz bag of natural microwave popcorn
2 12-oz bags of white chocolate chips
1 1/4oz container of white cake sparkles (edible glitter)
Prepare popcorn as directed on the package (do not let children open the bag as the steam can burn). Cool completely and remove any unpopped kernels. Melt the white chocolate chips as directed on the package. Carefully pour the melted chocolate over the popcorn, stirring gently until the popcorn is coated. Gently but firmly mold the coated popcorn into snowball shapes. Set on wax paper and sprinkle with edible glitter. Enjoy!
With so many new arrivals and additions to our Westport cluster, it was fun getting together at my house to meet and greet everyone and make some new friends! 
March 10 Daylight Saving Time Be sure to set the clocks forward one hour! Don’t be late for work!
March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day – St. Patrick is said to have given a sermon from a hilltop that drove all the snakes from Ireland. St. Patrick’s Day has been celebrated in the US since 1737. Traditional icons of the day are the shamrock, leprechaun, the color green and the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
March 20 – Today is the first day of spring! Take a walk outside and look for signs of spring – swelling buds on the trees, flowers poking up from the ground, more birds back in the trees.
March 26 Passover-Passover, also known as Pesach or Pesah, is a Holy Day, observed by several religions, begins today and lasts seven or eight days, depending on your beliefs. It commemorates the exodus and freedom of the Israelites from Egypt.
March 31- Easter is an annual festival commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is always celebrated on a Sunday
