Straws and Marbles

Dear Parents,

We began our week by painting with straws. We used straws and our lungs to blow paint across paper. Some children blew with all their might, some blew with little puffs, and two children decided not to blow at all. Someone said, “This is fun!”

On Tuesday we used marbles to paint. Everyone got a tray with paper, paint, and a marble inside. We moved the tray side to side, trying to not lose our marbles. Many marbles were lost while colorful pictures were made. They are hanging by the cubbies. 

One day when outside with the blooming flowers, two children yelled repeatedly at the top of their lungs, “It’s officially Spring!” “It’s officially Spring!”

Our last gymnastics class with Larisa was splendid. The children told us what they liked about the class:  the phone pit, forward roll, handstands, balance beams, log rolls, tumbling, the cones, the mats, electric air guitar, cartwheels, tiger tail, and jumping jacks. 

On Friday we saw that our tree had buds, but only a few were beginning to bloom. We decided to wait and take our Spring picture next week. 

As always, it’s a pleasure to get to talk to all of you about your lovely offspring. Thank you for letting us spend time with them! 

Have a spring weekend,

Therese

Clay Sculptures and PuppetWorks

Dear Parents,

This week we made sculptures using Mexican clay. The class said it is harder than play dough. The children squeezed, poked, rolled, patted, punched, and pinched the clay. They made: a museum building, an ice cream cone, a mountain, a moon, a bowl, and more.

We saw Aladdin at PuppetWorks. The genie was a human on stage with the puppets. It was a sight to see. One friend compared the show to the movie she had seen. In the movie she said, the genie had no legs, but this genie had legs, and fancy pants. Afterwards, children said their favorite parts were the dancing snake, the magic carpet, the jewels, and the tiny genie. One friend said they didn’t like the big genie because he made Aladdin and the princess go away. 

In gymnastics the children were balancing on a beam, and inside of a small hoop. While half the class tumbled with Larisa, the rest of us used our fine motor skills to punch bear, butterfly, heart, and star shaped holes in paper. The hole punchers are super hard to maneuver. Many, though, were not deterred, and struggled until they figured out how to punch, putting all their weight onto the tiny hole punchers. 

Have a spring weekend,

Therese