January 2026 Breakfast and Lunch Menus
Winter 2026 (January-May) Snack Menu
about 2 months ago, Curious Kids
January 2026 Breakfast Menu
January 2026 Lunch Menu
January - May Snack Menu
See you in the new year!
2 months ago, Curious Kids
Happy Holidays! Early Childhood wishes you all a wonderful and safe holiday break! See you on January 5, 2026.
Thank you to all the families that came out to support our students for their 2025 Winter Performance! It was a great success. The love, joy and laughter that filled the room was awesome to be a part of!
2 months ago, Curious Kids
GSRP class singing Mitten Color Song & Walking With the Penguins
Mixed Age performing their version of Jingle Bells
3s class dancing the Northern Lights Dance
GSRP class singing 5 Snowflakes Falling Down & I'm a Little Snowman
3s
3s class singing I'm a Little Penguin & The Snow is on My Head
GSRP Class singing Dance Like Snowflakes & 5 Little Snowmen
GSRP class singing Reindeer Pokey & Blowing in the Wind

This week's spotlight in Early Childhood is for our fabulous bus rider students each day! Thank you to the Portage Public Schools Transportation Department and the drivers for such excellent care taking our youngest learners to and from school each day! Each morning they are greeted with a smile and an extra help with backpacks, snowpants, zipping up coats, finding missing gloves and unloading of their extra winter bags to help get their students all set for the day! There is sometimes music, jokes for students and most importantly, the excitement our four year olds have getting to ride the bus to and from school each day just like many of their older siblings get to do!

2 months ago, Lindsay French
Student on a bus smiling.
Student getting on the bus.
Students walking to the bus.
Student and teacher entering a bus.
Student getting on a bus alone.
Teacher helping a student get on the bus.
Students walking to the bus together.
Students walking to the bus on the sidewalk.
Student getting on the bus and being greated by his driver.
Student walking up the ramp of a bus.
This fundraiser was a big hit last year! Use just 2-3 of the coupons and you'll find you have recouped the cost of the book. Watch for a white envelope, with a sample book, to be sent home in your child's backpack on January 5.
2 months ago, Curious Kids
SaveAround Coupon Books Fundraiser 50% profit starting January 5, 2026
Picture of coupon book
Are you free Saturday afternoon? Check out the flier. You can have a fun afternoon and support PCHS Theatre Boosters!
3 months ago, Curious Kids
"Characters and Cocoa" Flyer, December 13, 1:00 -3:00 p.m.

Thank you to all who came out for our Family Literacy Night last Thursday! We had a great time enjoying each other's company. The pizza, cookies and books were a big hit and many of the students had fun with the word search Mrs. French set up for them. A big thank you to the Portage District Library staff for joining us as well!

3 months ago, Curious Kids
A view of the cafeteria where our families are enjoying pizza, cookies and each other.
A view of the cafeteria where our families are enjoying pizza, cookies and each other.
Staff members standing behind the pizza ready to pass it out.
A view of the cafeteria where our families are enjoying pizza, cookies and each other.
A view of the cafeteria where our families are enjoying pizza, cookies and each other.
A family looking at books.
A father and son looking at books.
A student with a smile on his face as he waits for a cookie!
Students talking with the Portage Public Library staff.
A view of the cafeteria where our families are enjoying pizza, cookies and each other.

This week's spotlight is one of our Three Year Old Preschool Classrooms! We are having a wonderful time engaging in such great activities! Students are enjoying working on their independence in fine motor skills and activities, whole group time and free choice time in the dramatic play area. It is a great week to be in Three Year Old Preschool!

3 months ago, Lindsay French
Students cutting and glueing together.
Student cutting at his table.
Student cutting at her own table.
A male student cutting his own paper.
Students at the art center painting.
Students sitting in a circle at the carpet together.
Students sitting in a circle togther at the carpet.
Three preschool students in the dramatic play area.
A male student at the dramatic play area.
Two male students playing in the dramatic play area together.

Watch for more information to come about this much loved winter tradition with our families and students!

3 months ago, Curious Kids
Winter Performance, December 17, 6:00 p.m., at Portage North Middle School

This week's spotlight is in one of our fabulous Three Year Old Classrooms here at Early Childhood! We have been busy with our large group table top activity, family day, pajama day and working on our fine motor skills in both small group and together as a class. Its a great week to be in Three Year Old Preschool!

3 months ago, Lindsay French
Students tracing.
An adult helping a student with a paper activity.
Students working on pumpkin art.
A little girl and boy working on pumpkins together.
A gorup of students making pumpkin art.
Students making fruit salad.
A little boy mixing fruit in a bowl.
A male student cutting his own food.
Good morning, All Early Childhood Programming is closed today due to potential ly difficult travel on sidewalks and side streets in alignment with Portage Public Schools, If your child participates in the YMCA before and after school program, please look for their announcement regarding snow day camp being offered today at Curious Kids. Thank you and be safe.-Mrs French
3 months ago, Lindsay French
December Menus
3 months ago, Curious Kids
December Breakfast Menu
December Lunch Menu
Fall Snack Menu
Coming up...
3 months ago, Curious Kids
We are closed Wednesday-Friday, November 26-28, 2025

This week's spotlight is with one of GSRP Four Year Old Preschool Classrooms! This week highlights their rest time routines as a way to recharge and reset their bodies to be ready to take on the learning in the afternoon, engaging in fine motor acticites with playdough and letter recognition, showcasing our hallway artwork as part of our Pet Curriculm Unit, practicing our learner behaviors with independence of taking care of out items in the hallway and enjoying a sensory table together. Its a great day to be in GSRP!

3 months ago, Lindsay French
Little boy laying on a cot.
Little girl laying on a cot.
Little girl laying on a cot.
A group of students doing an activity at a table together.
A group of students at the sensory table.
Artwork displayed in the halls with birds.
Row of coats and visual schedule in the hallway.
A group of students at the sensory table.
Picture retakes reminder!
3 months ago, Curious Kids
Reminder for Picture Retakes on November 20.
Come join us for pizza and a book!

"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." (Dr. Seuss)
3 months ago, Curious Kids
Family Literacy & Dinner Night, December 4, 2025, 6:00-7:00p.m.
Our Portage Community Center Food Drive at Early Childhood was a success! It was important to have our Mixed Age Class help with the sorting and loading this year, as they are Portage Public Schools’ youngest learners. Thank you to the whole community—families, parents, children, and guardians—for your generous donations. A special thank you as well to our parent volunteer for helping with all the sorting and delivery.
3 months ago, Lindsay French
A boy carrying mac and cheese.
A boy carrying a bag.
A little girl carrying peaches.
A little boy hodling food with a hat on.
Toddlers carrying food to the trunk of the car.
A teacher and a child carrying a can together.
Teachers pulling all the hard workers in a wagon back to the classroom.
A little girl handing a box to an adult.
This morning was an excellent day of Data Dive into our student growth and planning for next steps. Thank you KRESA for hosting!
3 months ago, Lindsay French
Whole group of teachers sitting together to watch a presentation.
Reminders for this week!
3 months ago, Curious Kids
Reminders

This week's spotlight is going to our Head Start program from KRESA that is a part of our Early Chiildhood Family! These wonderful students enjoyed the seeing eye activity together, with smiles, curiosity and lots of giggles. It is always fun to use our creativity together in this classroom!

4 months ago, Lindsay French
Student smiling at the camera.
Student showing her project to the camera.
Little girls and little boys smiling at the camera with binnoculars,
Students holding binaculars.
Three students holding binaculars and looking away,