New Schedule | 2/16 – 2/27
Barnyard Bulletin | February 2026
Welcome to the Barnyard Bulletin
❤️ Helloooo February! 🩷
Needing some prayers? We got you! If you would like The Big Red Barn Prayer Team to pray for something specific, you can submit prayer request here! Remember no prayer is too big for our God and with community in prayer, anything is possible ❤️
Monthly Updates:
🌟 The Little Red Barn 🌟
As we move into February, I want to thank you all for your continued dedication, flexibility, and love for our kiddos. This season is all about growth, consistency, and connection—and I’m so excited to see what we continue to accomplish together 💕✨
>> 📝 Classroom Cleaning Expectations: Please continue making a conscious effort to maintain clean, organized, and sanitary classrooms each day. This is essential for the health, safety, and well-being of everyone who enters The Little Red Barn. As we remain in cold and flu season, it is especially important that we stay consistent and thorough with all daily cleaning and sanitizing routines.
Please ensure the following expectations are met:
✔️ Daily Sanitizing
- All tables, high chairs, and learning surfaces must be cleaned and sanitized after use
- Sweep and mop at the end of EVERY mealtime!
- Toys that are mouthed must be removed and placed in the “dirty toys” bin
✔️ Toy & Material Rotation
- Toys should be cleaned and rotated regularly
- Sheets, boppy covers, soft toys and restricted toy covers must be sent to wash every week!
- Please don’t put toys in the crib area – We don’t want to restrict play during the day!
✔️ End-of-Day Classroom Reset
- Floors swept and/or mopped as needed
- Shelves and centers organized
- Trash removed
- Sanitized inside and outside of fridge – bottle warmers are wiped cleaned
- Materials restocked for the next day! PT sheets and diapers switched!
We need to be completing the weekly cleaning checklists! Moving forward, I will be checking to see that they are getting completed! 🧡✨
- 📱Brightwheel Photos and Captions: Aim for 2-3 photos per child daily! One of these pictures needs to be curriculum! Add a short learning caption (doesn’t need to be long, just meaningful!)
- 📚 Don’t fall behind on Portfolios: Remember to start completing anecdotal observations and developmental checklists for Spring Conferences!
- 🎨 ART: Make sure you are doing one art project at least once a day! You should be saving art for portfolios and hanging some in your classrooms – this looks great for incoming parents! Product art is good, processed art is HIGHLY encouraged!!!
>> Handwashing Policy 🤚🏼🧼: As we head into flu season, please be extra mindful of handwashing routines with the babies- and yourselves! Parents MUST wash their infants hands at morning drop-off!!
>> Formula Bottle Update:
As the Health Department continues to update rules and regulations, effective mid-February, all bottles containing formula must have a formula band placed on them by parents.
>> Weather Guidelines for Outdoor Play 🌨️ : Once it starts snowing, we may not be able to go outside as much, so take advantage of the nice weather while we still have it!
- Make sure infants are dressed appropriately! (long sleeves, jackets, pants, socks, shoes, hats, etc.)
- Piglets | REQUIRED that you go outside once a day, weather permitting
- Cuddly Calves | REQUIRED that you go outside 2-3 times a week, weather permitting
5280 Gymnastics! 💪🏼✨
We’re excited to share that 5280 Gymnastics will be coming back to The Little Red Barn soon! It was so fun to see the kiddos participate in fun movement activities! More details will be shared as we get closer—stay tuned!
Playground Communication Update! 📲
As you all know, we will be transitioning to a new communication platform, Playground, in the near future. A staff training is scheduled in order to walk everyone through how to use this new system!
In the meantime, please keep this upcoming transition in mind and be prepared for this change as we move forward. More details, including training dates and expectations, will be shared shortly.
📅 Important Date:
February 23rd – Playground will be in full use for all daily communication, classroom updates, messaging, and documentation.
We understand that transitions take time, and we appreciate your flexibility and willingness to learn this new system. 🧡
Christian Academy Updates
We are officially in the inspection phase at the new location! We passed our Health Inspection earlier this week and have Licensing and Fire Inspections scheduled for next week! Things are moving fast are we are looking good to open in March. Opening day is still dependent on when the state give us the final ok, but we are looking at opening on either Monday March 2nd or Monday the 16th!
Our mission is to spread God’s love to your kiddos and to help them build a foundation of love, grace, and prayer. Your students will explore different bible stories in chronological order by having interactive and messy activities to learn from. At the barn, learning about Jesus is created to be fun, messy, and will ALWAYS result back to learning about God’s character. No matter the story or lesson, your students will focus their attention on which characteristic that God is displaying or teaching us about and how we can implement that characteristic in our own hearts. Focusing on God’s character will help us disciple children to become kind, graceful, and loving humans who aim to be more like Jesus. We want to bring God’s love and grace into every interaction we have with your students and your family.
With the help of Conscious Discipline and our strong focus on social emotional development of our students, we will help guide your students to build confidence in confiding in God through prayer no matter the situation. Not only will we begin our day with prayer, inviting God into our day-to-day experiences, but we will also help students build an understanding of how we can speak to God using interactive, visual ‘prayer helper books’. This will allow students to build confidence and teach them how to be transparent and honest with God while helping them start their prayer journeys. If behaviors occur between peers, we will also give prayer as an option for students to use as a problem solving technique to start allowing prayer to be the thing that brings them together. Prayer and God’s character will be at the heart of everything that we do!
Upcoming Events!
📌School Closures
- Closed for Teacher Planning and Prep Day on February 16th – This is a mandatory staff work day for all employees! All staff will be required to be onsite from 9-5.
📌School Closures
- Closed for Teacher Planning and Prep Day on February 16th
💕 Valentine’s Day Parties
Our classrooms will be celebrating Valentine’s Day on Friday, February 13th from 3:30–4:30 p.m. Families will be invited to participate in a small craft activity and engage in sensory exploration with their kiddos.
Please be prepared to:
✔️ Set up your classroom prior to the event
✔️ Come up with a small craft to give to parents!
✔️ Come up with one sensory activity to do with kids and families!
Please let Dom know what craft and sensory activity you come up with NO LATER THAN Tuesday, Feb. 9th! ✨
📸 Picture Day is Coming!
Mark your calendars! Picture Day will take place on Friday, February 27th. Photos will begin promptly at 8:00 a.m. 📸💛
Additional information about photo packages will be sent home the week prior✨
🐰 Easter Egg Hunt
Our Annual Easter Egg Hunt is coming soon! Kiddos will enjoy age-appropriate egg hunts and springtime fun. More details to come 🐰💛
Draw a picture of a heart for Dom if you read this months newsletter! 💌
Staffing Updates
✨ Meet Our New Additions ✨
Mr. Harold and Ms. Jade have been wonderful new additions to the LRB family this past month! They have been doing great things in our Piglets classroom and bring so much love, care, and support to our little learners. During this transition, they will be helping to establish a more structured daily routine provide your kiddos with consistency, comfort, and opportunities to thrive! 🌟
You will begin to see Ms. Katie around as she has been hired as a new Assistant Teacher and will be floating between all of our locations! She is currently training here at LRB and will transition to the Christian Academy upon its opening. ✨ Please join us in giving her a warm welcome during her first week!
We said goodbye to Ms. Jayna and we wish her the best in this next chapter!
Upcoming Birthdays! 🎂
Winona | 2/12
Cori | 2/17
Sharon | 2/17
Dom | 2/23
Barnyard Bulletin | January 2026
Welcome to the Barnyard Bulletin
🎉Hellooo Januaryyyy!🤍
Needing some prayers? We got you! If you would like The Big Red Barn Prayer Team to pray for something specific, you can submit prayer request here! Remember no prayer is too big for our God and with community in prayer, anything is possible ❤️
Monthly Updates:
I hope all of you had a wonderful holiday season! I’m so excited to see what this next year has to offer✨
>> 📝 Classroom Expectations: Just a friendly reminder about The Barn Difference – even as a nursery, we still want to make sure that Frog street is a priority. Please utilize the chart I made for you to keep track of daily activities and curriculum!
- 📱Brightwheel Photos and Captions: Aim for 2-3 photos per child daily! One of these pictures needs to be curriculum! Add a short learning caption (doesn’t need to be long, just meaningful!)
- 📚 Don’t fall behind on Portfolios: Remember to start completing anecdotal observations and developmental checklists for Spring Conferences!
- 🎨 ART: Make sure you are doing one art project at least once a day! You should be saving art for portfolios and hanging some in your classrooms – this looks great for incoming parents! Product art is good, processed art is HIGHLY encouraged!!!
>> Handwashing Policy 🤚🏼🧼: As we head into flu season, please be extra mindful of handwashing routines with the babies- and yourselves! Parents MUST wash their infants hands at morning drop-off!!
>> Weather Guidelines for Outdoor Play 🌨️ : Once it starts snowing, we may not be able to go outside as much, so take advantage of the nice weather while we still have it!
- Make sure infants are dressed appropriately! (long sleeves, jackets, pants, socks, shoes, hats, etc.)
- Piglets | REQUIRED that you go outside once a day, weather permitting
- Cuddly Calves | REQUIRED that you go outside 2-3 times a week, weather permitting
Holiday Season RECAP❄️🎉✨
Our Christmas Party was a wonderful reminder of how special our Barn family truly is! 🫶🏼
🎅🏼Pictures with Santa✨📸
I am so incredibly thankful for each and every one of you! You all truly made the holiday season one that I will remember for a long time❤️ The Little Red Barn Christmas was so much fun!
Parking Reminder🚗
Snow could start any day now! ❄️ Just a reminder that during the snowy months, staff need to park in the spots along Alameda in order for the plows to keep the parking lot clear for parents!
What’s New?!
With the New Year comes lots of new and exciting changes! The Barn is making some changes not only to our administrative roles, communication platforms, and classrooms, but to large scale size as well!
- Revamping Piglets! We took some time over the break to begin our Piglet revamp. We have found over the last few months that there have been a few missing pieces to the flow of our facilities since we broke off into 2. That being said we are going to relicense our Piglet Classroom to be a 1-2 year old classroom! This will better help support our kiddos through transitions and gives us more wiggle room to make sure we are properly transitioning our kids to The Big Red Barn.
- What is to come?
- We have added new toys and a more extensive dramatic play area and are working on revamped curriculum to better support this new age group. The new curriculum will be implemented starting in February!
- What is to come?
- Expanding The Big Red Barn! We were very busy over the break and closed on a new facility not far from The Big Red Barn. We are branching out and creating a sister school that will be focused more on our passion for spreading God’s love. The Big Red Barn Christian Academy will hopefully be opening in March or April of 2026! Ms. Alicia will be partnering with Ashley on this adventure as she takes on her dream of creating a Faith Based Bible Curriculum for Early Childhood settings! We will be on the hunt for a new director to replace Alicia at The Big Red Barn over the next few months, but if you see her make sure to give her some love and a big congratulations as she takes this next step into her career.
- New Parent Communication Portal! Now that we will be a 3 site operation we will be switching from Brightwheel to an app called Playground. Playground has all the same basic functions as Brightwheel, but has a lot more to offer when it comes to operating multiple sites. Be on the lookout for next steps in this transition as we will hopefully be switching over by 2/15/26.
- New Administrative Role! We are so excited to officially announce that Ms. Maisey will be coming back onboard as our Conscious Discipline Coordinator and Floating Trainer. She has been working hard on becoming an expert on all things Conscious Discipline and will help us through our implementation stages. She will be working with all teachers in all three locations. Over the next 2 weeks she will be subbing in infant classrooms to get a better idea of the infant world. Please help her feel at home and give her all the knowledge of your classrooms so she can work to support you in the best possible way! To learn more about her role, please click here.
Upcoming Events!
📌School Closures
- Closed for Teacher Planning and Prep Day on February 16th – This is a mandatory staff work day for all employees!
Draw a picture of a snowflake for Dom if you read this months newsletter! ❄️
Upcoming Birthdays! 🎂
Rowen | 1/12
Madison Secor | 1/30
Barnyard Bulletin | December 2025
Welcome to the Barnyard Bulletin
❄️IT IS JESUS’ BIRTHDAY MONTH!❄️
Needing some prayers? We got you! If you would like The Big Red Barn Prayer Team to pray for something specific, you can submit prayer request here! Remember no prayer is too big for our God and with community in prayer, anything is possible ❤️
Monthly Updates:
🎄A month of joy, blessings, and Holiday Cheer!✨
As we wrap up the year, I just want to remind you all how blessed we are to work with each other everyday. Thank you for being a team that shows love, patience, and dedication! 💕
>> 🩺 Illness Policy: Fever of 100.4, three diarrheas, OR one vomit ⇾ Child MUST be sent home 24- hours symptom free without Tylenol or Motrin!
>> 🧽Winter Deep-Clean Tasks: As we are coming up on break, please make sure your rooms are getting thoroughly cleaned!
- Toy Sanitizing and Rotating Soft toys in laundry (swings, bouncers)
- Shelf & Crib wipe down
- Deep clean and disinfect trash cans
- Deep clean highchairs and tables
- Clean Windows
>> Handwashing Policy 🤚🏼🧼: As we head into flu season, please be extra mindful of handwashing routines with the babies- and yourselves! Parents MUST wash their infants hands at morning drop-off!!
>> Weather Guidelines for Outdoor Play 🌨️ : Once it starts snowing, we may not be able to go outside as much, so take advantage of the nice weather while we still have it!
- Make sure infants are dressed appropriately! (long sleeves, jackets, pants, socks, shoes, hats, etc.)
>> Just a few friendly reminders:
- 📱Brightwheel Photos and Captions: Please aim for 2-3 photos per child daily! Add a short learning caption (doesn’t need to be long, just meaningful!)
- 📝 Don’t fall behind on Portfolios: Remember to start completing anecdotal observations and developmental checklists for Spring Conferences!
TRAININGS:
If your name is listed, please complete required trainings by Friday, December 5th and upload your certificate to staff portal!!
- Jayna – Mandated Reporter
- Layla – Standard Precautions, Mandated Reporter, Infant Safe Sleep
- Dom – Med Admin Pt. 1
>> Monthly Conscious Discipline Implementation: Thank you to everyone for sharing your family photos💕It was so special getting to see each of you in your happy places. I will be putting up our LRB Family & Friends Wall in the staff room so we can look at it each day and remember why we wake up and do what we do. Your “why” matters . Your heart matters. And our babies feel it everyday. ⭐
Parking Reminder🚗
Snow could start any day now! ❄️ Just a reminder that during the snowy months, staff need to park in the spots along Alameda in order for the plows to keep the parking lot clear for parents!
Upcoming Events!
📌School Closures
- Early Release: December 24th @ 12:30pm
- Winter Break: December 25th-January 2nd – Fulltime staff who have been with us for longer than 90 day will get paid 50% of their salary for this closure!
🎄Staff Christmas Party
The Barn’s Staff Christmas Party will be held at Westrail Tap & Grill on Saturday, December 6th at 5pm! Significant others are welcome and encouraged to come – Food and Drinks will be provided!🧡 Join us for a night of awards, friendship, and fun!
🎁Christmas Gifts for Parents!
It’s about that time! Please complete your Christmas gifts for each child by Thursday, December 18th! This way we can make sure to get our kiddo’s present to them even if they will not be present the week of Christmas!
🎉Classroom Christmas Parties
Each classroom will be celebrating with a visit from Santa from 9:30 – 10:30 am on Wednesday, December 24th!
🎅🏽Christmas Spirit Week & Staff Events
Let’s celebrate the wonder of Christmas!! Spirit Week will be held the week of Christmas from Dec. 22nd – 24th! 💙 I would love to see ALL of you participate 🙂
- Monday – Merry Monday | Wear Red and Green and your best Christmas socks!
- Tuesday – Baby, It’s Cold Outside | Wear your favorite holiday sweater!
- Wednesday – ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas | Wear your coziest Christmas Pajamas for a visit with Santa!
🍪☕ Staff Cookies and Egg Nog
Warm up with a cup of egg nog and a soft cookie at lunch on Friday, December 19th! Compliments of Dom 🥰
🤫 LRB Staff Secret Santa Gift Exchange
To help spread the holiday cheer each staff drew a name for Secret Santa! Please bring these gifts with you to work on Christmas Eve!
Bring Dom a red or green piece of paper if you read this months newsletter!💚❤️
Staffing Updates
Ms. Kayla will be joining the team as an assistant teacher who will float between both locations! Help us give her a warm welcome this week💕
We said goodbye to Carmen and we wish her the best in this next chapter!
Upcoming Staff Birthdays! 🎂
Ms. Destanie | 12/27
Barnyard Bulletin | November 2025
Welcome to the Barnyard Bulletin
Helloooo November 🍂🧡
A month to give thanks to our LRB Family!
Needing some prayers? We got you! If you would like The Big Red Barn Prayer Team to pray for something specific, you can submit prayer request here! Remember no prayer is too big for our God and with community in prayer, anything is possible ❤️
Monthly Updates:
It’s November! 🍂 Welcome to month five of LRB being open and thriving!✨
There’s so much to be grateful for this holiday season. The Barn is beyond blessed to have the incredible team of women that we do – I truly wouldn’t have it any other way.❤️ This year has brought a lot of change – good days and hard days alike – but through it all, each of you continues to handle every challenge with grace. Thank you!
>> ⏰ Quick Reminder: We’ve noticed that staff have been returning from lunch breaks late. Please be mindful about staying as close to your scheduled time as possible. If you anticipate being late, just send a quick message in the admin group chat to keep things running smoothly. Thanks
>> Please make sure we are keeping up with daily and weekly cleaning checklist – Making sure that diapers are stocked, soap dispensers, disinfectant, soapy water are filled.
>> Handwashing Policy 🤚🏼🧼: As we head into flu season, please be extra mindful of handwashing routines with the babies- and yourselves! Make sure hands are washed:
- At drop-off
- Before and after meals
- After outside play
- After wiping noses
- Before and after diaper changes
- After sensory play
>> Parents MUST wash their infants hands at morning drop-off!!
>> Weather Guidelines for Outdoor Play 🍂 : Fresh air is great for the babies, but comfort and safety come first! Please consider these guidelines when planning outdoor play for the infants:
- If the temperature is between 40s and 50s, please consult admin before going outside!
- 50s and above, you can take your kiddos outside! (During the snowy months, this may vary)
- Please make sure infants are dressed appropriately! (long sleeves, jackets, pants, socks, shoes, hats, etc.)
>> Just a few friendly reminders:
- Please make sure to rinse your dishes before you put them in the dirty dishes bin – makes washing dishes much easier! REMINDER: no food should be discarded in ANY sink. Please discard all food in a trash can prior to rinsing them.
- Don’t forget to use the soapy water bucket at the end of the day!
- Please sweep and mop behind trashcans, diaper genies, and step stools!
>> 🔔BUDDY SYSTEM: Now that it is dark outside when we close, no one is allowed to go to the trash cans or leave at the end of the night without a buddy! This is mandatory! NO EXCEPTIONS 🔔
>> Monthly Conscious Discipline Implementation: As a continuation our 4 year implementation plan we ask that you all send photos of your families and friends in Group Me with a brief description. This will not only help us get to know each other better, but we will also be printing these photos to make our work space feel more like home! At the end of the day we love our jobs, but we work for ourselves and others, this will be a daily reminder of who we do this life for💕
Halloween Sensory Night RECAP🎃✨
Our very first Halloween Sensory Night was an incredible success thanks to all of you! It was so rewarding to see the babies having a blast with the bubble foam and the spaghetti noodles 😂 Events like this remind us how special LRB truly is and it adds another layer of community, which is what The Big Red Barn Difference is all about! ✨ I couldn’t have done it without you 🧡
Upcoming Events!
📌School Closures
- Thanksgiving Break – November 27th & 28th!
- Winter Break – December 25th-January 2nd
🥖 Staff Thanksgiving Dinner
Mark Your Calendars! BRB/LRB Staff Thanksgiving Dinner will be on Friday, November 21st starting promptly at 7:00pm! Dinner will be hosted at Dom’s house ☺️ Address will be posted in Group me! BE THERE!!!!!
🍂 Three-Day Spirit Week: Nov. 24th-Nov. 26th
Get ready to show your festive fall spirit! We’re celebrating Thanksgiving with a fun-filled Three-Day Spirit Week! ❤️ I would love to see ALL of you participate 🙂
- Monday – Cozy Flannels Day | Stay warm and snuggly in your favorite flannel!
- Tuesday – Team Spirit Day | Wear your favorite sports team jersey or logo!
- Wednesday – LRB Thanksgiving Day | Dress in your favorite Thanksgiving outfit!
🦃 Thanksgiving Parties
Each classroom will be celebrating with Thanksgiving-themed activities from 3:30-4:30 on Wednesday, November 26th! Please come up with an activity and give Dom your supply list NO LATER than Nov. 14th!🥧
🦃 Write down something you’re grateful for and leave it on Dom’s Desk if you read this months newsletter!! 📝
Staffing Updates
🌾Meet Our Newest Additions! ✨
We’re thrilled to welcome two familiar faces into new roles here at LRB – Ms. Emily and Ms. Carmen! Both of them will be float infant teachers, providing extra support in the classrooms as well as helping with lunch breaks on most days! 🧡
Welcome Ms. Jeanie! We are so happy that you have joined our team as extra support in the classrooms! It’s been so lovely working with you so far and we’re so excited to see what the future holds! 🎉
We said goodbye to Ms. Kayla and Ms. Michelle, we wish them the best in their next chapter!
Upcoming Staff Birthdays! 🎂
Ms. Emily | 11/13
