Sunday, May 6, 2012

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!