Hi everyone,
Hope your spring break was fun. We heard from the children that you went to Paris, upstate, Alaska, Fire Island, to Grandma’s, Philly, the Civil War Museum, Millerton, the movies, had cousins visit from out of town, watched old movies at home, and one person said they went away but couldn’t remember where.
We began our week counting and sorting seeds. We added these seeds to our rice table. The next day we drew with pencils and added the same seeds to our pictures with glue. We shook our maracas up high, down low, and made lots of noise. We took turns shaking each maraca one at
a time, guessing and remembering, which seeds we had poured inside when we made them many weeks ago.
Wednesday we planted those same seeds in small baggies, adding water, and placing them in the window. The children answered their own questions about what the seeds needed to grow. We read a book about flowers that showed pictures of what we expect our seeds to do. We are learning the names of the plant parts. The children wanted to know how long we’d have to wait for our seeds to grow.
We read The Carrot Seed many times.
In the yard we have been observing signs of spring. Our tree has started blooming. We see many buds opening. We have been seeing more birds too. Someone identified a red breasted robin. Children noticed ants and said, “Let’s not make them dead.”
The next day we counted how many people chose each seed. People wondered why they hadn’t grown yet. We read Flowers and Seasons. We took our spring tree picture.
Friday we ate lunch outside and spotted two bumble bees buzzing around our tree.
Have a sunny weekend,
Therese
Spellbound
Hi all,
Monday we played in the big room and outside. Inside, children built with blocks, made maps to hidden treasures, and tricycled. Outside, many dug in the sandbox and made cakes, while others took turns on the swings. We found a big pile of bird feathers by the sandbox. The children guessed why they were there: maybe the wind blew them here, maybe a bird landed there and one of his wings fell off, maybe a fox ate him, or a dragon.
Lauren from Spellbound came on Tuesday and brought a tiny tree which progressed through the four seasons of a year. She sang songs, played the xylophone, and taught us sign language for each season, plus snow and rain. In the end, we got to eat a piece of real apple to eat. Yes, it was an apple tree.
She returned Thursday and we acted out a tiny play. People got to choose to be a seed, a flower, the sun, the rain, or the sky. Someone said, “It feels cozy".
During our last movement class, we heard people crawling, running, and freezing. We saw children reaching high, low, and turning around. They also played Duck Duck Goose. While half the class moved in movement class, the rest of us drew with pencils.
In the yard, the sandbox has been getting lots of attention.
When we return we will begin a unit on growing and planting.
Have a sunny blooming Spring Break!