Dear Parents,
On Monday we finished off our body tracings by adding gold and silver sparkles.
We read Will I Have A Friend?, My Friend and I, and I Like It When. We asked the children to complete this sentence: I like when my friend… We wrote down all the responses and hung them on the wall. This list becomes our classroom rules. We thought about how we like to be treated and how we can treat others.
We read The Leaf Man, Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf, Have You Seen Trees?, Trees, and A Tree Is Nice. We brainstormed trees we know, wrote them down, and then voted on which tree to create for our family tree. Everyone took turns voting and writing in their choice. Coconut tree and apple tree tied with four votes each so we had a runoff. Beforehand we had a little debate for friends to tell the group why everyone should vote for their choice. Three people said they had never tasted coconut before and that’s why we should pick coconut. Others said they really like eating apples and that’s why they would vote for apples. One friend said they planted an apple tree in their neighbor’s yard and that’s why they would vote for the apple tree. Ask your children which tree won by one vote.
During circle, we pretended to be seeds. After drinking pretend water and getting some sun, we sprouted slowly and grew into trees. The children said our feet were the roots, our bodies the trunk, our arms the branches, and our hands the leaves. We swayed in the wind a bit, and then went to snack time.
On Friday we started working on the trunk of our tree. We used brown paper and brown paint. We talked about all the things we could make with apples: apple juice, apple cider, apple pie, apple muffins, apple noodles, and apple cake. Oh, and someone mentioned apple bobbing. They explained what it was and someone else said they didn’t want to do it because they didn’t want to put their face in the water.
Speaking of family trees, please bring 3x5 or 4x6 family photos to add to our family tree!
Have a crunchy weekend,
Therese