Seeds, seeds, seeds

I am posting this blog a bit later than planned because there seems to be a problem with the site.  I hope this one works.

This week we planted a wide variety of seeds from fruits and vegetables and we will see which ones emerge.  We also have a journal to document our observations.  

 We also worked on some Mother's Day cards  which were done with a great deal of love. Enjoy!

We started to learn how to play golf outdoors and indoors.

Planting those seeds for our study

Scenes from our classroom

Sharing

The Kindergarten students came to our class to share their opinion pieces about the playground.

Starting the process to create our Mother's Day cards

Recording in our plant journals

Exploring instruments during our music class

Here we are being good citizens and greening up our playground.

The afternoon class took a break after all of that work.

Back from our break

This week students had a great deal to share about their time away from school.  The afternoon  group wrote stories about their adventures in their journals.  On the day it snowed students were asked if they were happy or sad about this and created a graph.  I then asked them why they voted the way they did and draw about their ideas.  They are figuring out how to express "opinions" and respect those who have different ones.

I wanted to give some important dates to keep in mind.  June 1st 5:30-7:00 PM - Pre-K celebration night.  More specific information will be forthcoming as we get closer.  

June 8th- Last Day of School for Pre-K students.

We started studying about seeds and we will be planting some indoors and eventually some in our little garden in our playground.  If you can help your child find seeds in fruits and vegetables  and send them in we will experiment and see how they sprout.(Apple seeds, avocado,oranges, tangerines, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers). 

When the weather was nice we loved having those tricycles back out again!

When the weather looked like winter reappeared we made a muddy looking snowman!

We are on a "flower" hunt

Having an indoor picnic

Doing some art work in Claude Monet's style

Sharing some interesting geodes

Enjoying stories from a visit from the Kellogg Hubbard Library children's librarian

Working together - writing and laughing -

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