It has been an amazing week of
learning, and there is a lot going on!
Ask your child about what they are up to, and feel free to use the
pictures from this week as a starting point! We have had not one, not two but
THREE birthdays this week!!!! HAPPY
BIRTHDAY LIAM, SI-YOON and MENA!!!!!
There have been a lot of sick
kids in the ECC over the last couple of weeks and it seems to be spreading
fast. Please do keep your kiddos home if
they are not feeling well. (Especially with fevers—they need to be fever free
for 24 hours before they come back.)
Our explorations and activities included…
*We attended the Telluride film
festival in the HS Drama Theatre with the entire ECC. It was a beautiful collection of short films
for our age group and the kiddos LOVED it!!
*Continuing to designing and put
together a play space for Mango and Jelly (will have separate blog posts up).
We talked about what we observed and learned from our trial with the guinea
pigs, and came up with a couple big ideas---1) Mango and Jelly were really shy
so we should make them some friends (we did that out of clay.) 2) They didn’t
go up to the top levels (maybe they need some ramps or stairs) 3) Other people don’t know what we are making
or what things are inside their play space (we should make some signs and
labels.)
*Some of our students decided to
start painting the play spaces as well—it turned into painting and crafts of
every kind!
*We have had a mini project of
building going on with a police station. It started off as something fun and
has evolved into a place that is going to protect Mango and Jelly. It is complete with a zoo animal system that
is on alert and all the food (colored blocks) to keep them healthy overnight.
*Puzzles, games, painting,
drawing and the dramatic play dress up area have been very popular this week as
well.
*Many of our students are
continuing to choose to use our mark making area to send each other notes—they
are using their knowledge of letters and sounds to write simple words and are
helping each other out! It is great to
observe their enjoyment with this as well as working with me. J
SAVE
THE DATE:
PRE-K
CELEBRATION AND PORTFOLIO SHARING
The children have been working hard all year,
and would like to celebrate!
Please join us to help celebrate our
accomplishments, share our portfolios, and watch a slide show of our Pre K
experiences.
Friday, May 20, 2016
8:15 am
E104 (our classroom)
*Please let me know if you CANNOT make it
INTEGRATING INTO THE PRIMARY SCHOOL
Over the next couple of
months of Pre-K we try to give the children plenty of opportunities to visit
different areas of the Primary School and interact with many of the PS faculty.
In May we will also have a magic show in the kindergarten group room, visit the
kindergarten classes, go to the library to have a story with Mrs. Cuthbert and
eat snack in the Primary School cafeteria. By June your children will be
Kindergarten experts! Please see list of dates below….more details will
be provided as the dates get closer.
Upcoming Dates and Things
to Remember:
*Return library books and blue bags on Monday.
*Check the blog for
pictures from this week!
*Tuesday, April 26th:
Teacher
Appreciation Day J YAY! J
*Friday, May 2nd: Labor Day—NO SCHOOL
*Thursday, May 19th: Pre K Visits KINDERGARTEN!
(Students only) We will
walk to the primary and visit kindergarten rooms, play on the k playground,
listen to a story read by Mrs. Cuthbert (PS Librarian) and have a snack in the
primary school cafeteria.
*Friday, May 20th: CELEBRATION/PORTFOLIO SHARE starting at 8:15am(Parents are highly encouraged to attend this day J)
Magic Show-Date TBD (Students only) We will walk to the primary school, have an
opportunity to play on the kindergarten playground, watch a magic show and enjoy
a popsicle.
*Monday, May 23rd:
Vesak Day—NO SCHOOL
*Friday, June 3rd: Last Day of School!—11:30am
dismissal
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