Announcements:
- We have just had a wonderful year! Thank you for sharing your children with us!!!
- Remember there are no more classes for the year!
- Next week is the preschool garage sale, on Wednesday the 23rd from 4-7pm for local preschools/daycares and parents of students; and on Thursday the 24th at 9:00am open to the public. (Cash only for all sales)
Activities:
- Theme: Safety in the Summer!
- Mortimer the puppet introduced the letter Z- he had a zipper! He was so sad to say "good-bye" to the children - he brought the kids a picture of him so we will remember him. Ask you child if we looked for Mortimer on our fieldtrip in the Friday class?
- Song: "We're going on a picnic!": "we're going on a picnic to the park today; and if it doesn't rain we'll be gone all day!"
- It was fun to have a picnic outside next door to the school on Thursday!
- Dora's clues: tent, flashlight, backpack --- Dora wants to go camping!
- Books: Hide and Seek Safety; Beach Day
- Excuse for snack activity: the children cooperatively built a creation on a tray and carried the creation together!
- We let our 5 butterflies go -- they all flew away!
- Have a wonderful summer!
May 10, 2012
- OPEN HOUSE THIS WEDNESDAY THE 16TH AT THE SCHOOL FROM 4-7PM in recognition of Carol and Mary!
- Happy Mother's Day!
- **Picnic outside on lawn next door to the school on Thursday - BRING A LUNCH! :)
Activities:
- Ask us about our field trip - we had a great time!! We enjoyed... riding the bus, eating our ice cream snack, and watching a cartoon about "Goofy" at Carol's house!! Then we got to go to the park - it was a very fun day!!!
- Snack Helper: Laine
- Project: wrap our Mother's Day gifts!
- You get to keep the Booklet of Experiences -- enjoy!
- Dora's clues: black, black, black... we found black paper and Carol blew bubbles and we caught the bubbles on our black paper!
- Books: Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere; A Butterfly is Born
- Mortimer the puppet introduced the letter Y - he had a yo-yo in his mouth!
- We've got mail: Lots of Bubbles: here's a project you can do at home: put bubble solution in a dishwashing tub, and give the children a clean flyswatter. They can dip the flyswatter in the solution, remove it, and wave it around to see all the bubbles it will create!
- Song: "Pop, goes the Bubble": "Mix the soap and water up; To make a bubble mixture; Blow through the wand and watch it float; Pop! Goes the bubble!"
Announcements:
- Remember our bus field trip is this Thursday May 10th! The kids are so excited!
Activities:
- Helpers this week: Caite and Cameron
- Theme this week: Gardens!
- Books: Seeds Get Around, The Vegetable Garden, and Seed to Plant
- We've Got Mail: We found a flower experiment! Make a fresh cut on the bottom of the stem and put the flower in colored water - blue food coloring seems to work the best - watch the flower change to a pale blue color!!!
- Mortimer the puppet introduced the Letter X! Mortimer ws hurt and he brought an xray to show us!
- Dora's clues: small, medium and large rectangles - Dora likes rectangles!
- Dismiss for snack activity: Match the colored bird to the birdhouse! Count the number of shapes and match to the numeral!
- Song: May is Here (sung to Are You Sleeping?): I see daisies, i see daisies; Bloom in May, bloom in May; May's the month for flowers; No more April showers; May is here, May is here!
- Projects: Mother's Day Gift! We also measured the children to see how much they have grown for their booklets!
