Week of April 15-18, 2013

Week of April 15-18, 2013

Theme: I'm Growing Everyday

Letter of the Week: X

Show and Share: Something that begins or ends with the letter X

Last week the kids had so much fun with our worm habitat, they could hardly wait until Thursday to reveal the tunnels the worms had made in their habitat. Lucky for us the worms were successful and we were able to see some tunnels as well as some worms in the tunnels in our habitats. We also talked about changes that occur during the spring such as the changes in the weather, the clothes we wear and in the plants and animals outside.

Next week we continue to talk about change when we discuss how we grow everyday. We will discuss what we need to grow as well as plants and animals in the spring. We will compare how big the children were when they started school and how big they are now, you will be surprised at how much they have all grown. We will several books about growing such as "Planting a Rainbow," Farfellina and Marcel," and "Leo the Late Bloomer." We will be making a flower garden with painted flowers and making pipe cleaner bird feeders. We will compare the sizes of objects and count objects. We will working on putting together two groups of objects to make a whole group and determine what that new number is (adding).

Next week we are going to make another type of bird feeder using a water bottle. Please have your child send in one empty water bottle this week so that we can prepare them for next week's activity.

The end of the school party was scheduled for May 23rd, however, we have been informed that there will be a district wide literacy and assessment in service that I must attend. The preschool staff will be meeting to determine an alternate date for the end of school party.

Upcoming dates:

No School: May 27th Memorial Day