Hello April

Before I talk about our activities I want to remind you that there is NO PRESCHOOL ON APRIL 14

 That is the day we will be screening incoming students.  Community Connections will be operating for those who usually attend.  Another date that you can add to your calendar is JUNE 1st 5:30-7:00 pm our PRESCHOOL CELEBRATION.

This week we started a unit about staying healthy and strong and learning about the systems of the body starting with the skeletal system.  

Here we are balancing and trying out hoola hoops in lots of ways.

How tall can I make this?

An indoor picnic in progress

Playing a game called roll and record  which helps us practice writing numerals

Check out our weighed blanket.

Creative writers at work

Mrs. Christy reading a story about having a sick day.   It inspired us to write our own stories.

Team work - this puzzle was put together with a motivated group.

Young architects at work

Playing musical chairs and practicing letter writing at the same time

Bunnies, Bunnies Everywhere!

We started off the week with William's mom visiting us with her beautiful Angora bunnies (10 to be exact) and their mother Annabel during the afternoon session.

We had fun listening to the classic Beatrix Potter book - The Tale of Peter Rabbit.  We also wrote stories about this event.

Students said farewell to winter and drew pictures about what they will miss about this season that seemed to never really take hold.

We acted out some math problems about bunnies coming and going from gardens.

Counting the days of the month

"Give me five" in Spanish Class

Measuring objects using unification cubes

Roll and record letter game

Making beautiful birds using tissue paper and glue

 Making interesting eggs using chalk

Oh, those leprechauns!

Before I get into those leprechaun antics, I wanted to let you know that your conference times are coming home today so  please check those folders.  Thank you all so much for getting back to me.

Creating gold coins to match numbers on our playdough mats

Playing a game to see how many shamrocks we can gather

Reading in our room before the leprechauns invaded our space

Look at the mess and see what they left us!

It looks like they were sleeping on our couch!

Dividing up the candy kisses the leprechauns left us

Working on creating some great Lego structures together

After listening to a poetry book about crazy cars read by Mrs. Christy, students created their own cars.

Check them out in the hallway.

Fun in P.E.

Enjoying the spring weather while we can

Is Spring really here?

We're back in the swing again after our long break and we are studying transportation.  Students have been thinking about all the ways they get from point A to point B and we are seeing that people in other parts of the world depend on options we wouldn't consider.  If you have any books or pictures you wish to send in for our study we would be glad to incorporate them.

A sign up sheet for conferences went home on Wednesday for our March 31st and April 1st meeting times.  Please get that back to me as soon as possible so I can schedule everyone and give you the choices you selected. 

Please note that there will not be preK on March 31st and April 14th.  Community Connections will be in session on those days.

Getting our traffic signs ready

Doing some stencil ing with paints

Turning a box into a truck

Using cars to trace letters

Counting objects for trucks to carry

Using sand to practice letter writing

 

Using pattern blocks to create vehicles

Building structures and using cars

Ah,  lovely mud!  The truck is navigating some very muddy roads.

After listening to the classic story of the Little Engine That Could students tallied about how the feelings of the characters changed from the beginning of the story to the end.