- No School April 2-6 - Spring Break!
- See your newsletter for details re: Spring 2012 Pizza fundraiser!
Activities:
- Theme this week: creatures: ants.... zoo!
- Snack Helpers: Laine and Norah
- Art projects: oval collage; and Q-tip painting of oval
- Mortimer the puppet introduced the letter U - he found an umbrella!
- We've got mail: we found a demonstration called "magic copper cleaner": We put a penny in white vinegar and salt and watched what happened: it turned into a shiny penny very quickly!!
- Dora's clues: bubbles, bubble handle, bubble jar - Dora wants to blow bubbles outside!
- Books: The World of Ants, Where do Ants Live, and Zoo Animals!
- Dismiss for snack activities: zoo animal match, and match the golashes!
- "I see the animals!" game: "Do you see the elephants stomp, stomp, stomp? (children stomp); Yes we see the elephants stomp, stomp, stomp! (repeat action); Do you see the kangaroos hop, hop, hop? (children hop); Yes we see the kangaroos hop, hop, hop! (repeat action); Continue with: birds flap, monkeys scratch, bears growl, penguins waddle, etc.
- "Oh Where" song (sung to "oh where oh where has my little dog gone?): Oh where, oh where does the (zebra) live? Oh where, oh where is his home? Is it in the water or on the land? Oh where or where does he roam? (repeat with other animals)
