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Last week (April 9-13)
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Dear Parents,
Don't forget that there is no school Monday as it is April Break. This week we counted dow to April break, continued with the Biology Unit, explored some writing activities with the writers, created a lot of maps with the mappers, and try out some different art forms. We are challenging those with math books to finish them before the school year ends and reviewing sensorial lessons with a focus on body control.
Monday: Two hour delay. These are perhaps my favorite days as we jump right into the work cycle. Instead of group snack, we try to have optional snack since some people trickling in at 10:30 might have that natural work drive, while others are just hungry. I also decided (for better or worst) that we could have a longer end of day recess but based on the work habits of most children around 11 that mid day break wasn't needed. This allowed for productive work cycle to be had for all. I was particularly impressed by the first years, as many of them chose challenging three part matching cards and others were driven to try out all the works on the shelves. A particular three year old who previously showed no interest in three part matching Animal Cards, was inspired by a few of his friends and made an effort to learn the lesson (A big challenge in coordination, organization, concentration, and independence.) Popular works include: Geometric Solids with matching cards, Stamp Game Addition, Creative Writing: Story cubes, Asia Puzzle Maps, Coloring by Name, and Van Gogh painting. I would also like to thank C*** for his book donations to the school. We enjoyed reading, Chickens May not Cross the Road: and Other Crazy but True Laws, by Kathi Linz. This was especially fun to do as a state search, where friends found the location of state with a particular law from the book. We also went over the calendar and classroom rules.
Tuesday- Today we had a quick morning circle to touch base and review the date and calendar. We had to go over what we were sharing at community meeting and get a bit of work done in too! We also had Sra. Rosa come in and teach us spanish fruits. Community meeting was hosted by the Upper elementary class, who read us some poetry. We shared our some of our hard works like "Starting Pea Seeds" and "Planting Pea Seeds," Multiplication (Ax) books, "Bob Books" and "Creating Maps." Popular works included the lessons mentioned above, as well as wooden pipes, brown stairs, Stamp Game addition, and Coffee Grind.
Wednesday- We began the day with the date and calendar. We continued talking about Plants and had a three part lesson on Roots as well as snuck in a lesson on kindness and respect. We had Music with Mr Wolfe and had a good time with him playing songs on the guitar and singing/dancing along. Other popular works included: Map making, Painting inspired by Van Gogh, watching the seeds grow, Wooden elephant puzzle, sound works and reading. We also touched base in the afternoon and brainstormed what we wanted to do when we hosted community meeting next month.
Thursday- We began the day with date and calendar. We highlighted the days to vacation, days we'll miss of school (a whole week) and how many days till we return to school. The weather was much nicer to us, so we managed to get out and really enjoy it. We brought in some discussions on what signs of spring we are seeing, how it changed from a week ago and predicting what plants they may become. Popular works included Spring Flowers, Flower Families, Parts of a Turtle, Bank Game, Red Rods, The How Many game (Ie how many marbles do we have for the atomic board work? and then they count the 133 marbles), and Bob Books.
Friday- Started the day with date and calendar, reviewing that we will be on break next week. Then we had our special Art lesson with Ms. Melissa on Renoir. She summarized Pierre Auguste Renoir Paintings That Smile, by True Kelley and gave a lesson on painting using tones. Today's work cycle was busy with people humming around the baby plants, working on Stamp Game, Sandpaper letter extensions, Atomic Board, Wooden Pipe build, Root matching cards, and Parts of different Animals sets came out. It was exciting because it was Pizza Day and the weather was really nice for afternoon recess so some friends explored what is growing, while others took nature walks around the playground. Looked at the baby plant seedlings left in the bag as an experiment and did a second lesson on the parts of a plant seedling. We ended our day with an afternoon story: Up, Down, and Around by Katherine Ayres.
I hope everyone has a safe break! I hear the weather is suppose to be great, so get out and look at nature. I'll see you all again April 30th!
Ms Becky and the Preschool Staff
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