Loose Parts Project...need inspirational items!

 Our students have been interested in using a variety of different objects and materials to inspire their explorations and play.  In early childhood education settings, loose parts mean alluring, beautiful found objects and materials that children can move, manipulate, control and change, and they provide infinite possibilities.

We are asking that you send in some things to inspire us.  Can you please send some things to school to help us out?  

Some ideas:

Natural Materials	Stones, sticks, acorns, wood pieces, dry leaves, shells, little rocks, beans,
Artistic Supplies	Scarves, wire, glass (safe of course)
Recycled Materials	Cardboard pieces, paper towel tubes,
Interesting Tiny Things	Beads, buttons, glitter, bottle caps, marker tops, glass stones,
Building Supplies	PVC pipe, spools,
Miscellaneous	Colored ball Christmas ornaments, little baskets, colored plastic, colored rice, baby food jars, small picture frames, small metal pots or pans you don’t need

Have some fun finding a few of these things (not limited to the list above) with your child for them to bring in to the class for our next project.

Friday Update

What a wonderful week back with the students!!!  It was great to hear all about their break, and they dove into our learning explorations! 

We have another new five year old in our classroom! HAPPY BIRTHDAY AALIYA!

Some of our learning explorations this week included:

*having a representative visit us from the SPCA. The students were proud to give the money we raised from our “Be Kind to Animals” banana bread sale to Ms. Ujwala to help the animals. She talked to us about how we can spread the word about being kind to animals and how we can take care of animals.  We gave her the money ($658!) and a poster to hang in the SPCA. What a fabulous culmination to our project.

*we started our new “Loose Parts” project. Please see below for how you can help us!

*the students experimented with color by mixing different colors of water.

*there was a lot of work in our Maker Spaces—the students delved into using recycled materials to build and innovate.

And much, much, more...

REMINDERS / UPCOMING DATES

*April 14^th: Good Friday-No School

*May 1^st: Labor Day-No School

*May 5^th: Celebration of Learning—8:00-9:15am in our classroom

*May 10^th: Vesak Day-No School

*June 1^st: Last Day for Students—normal 1:30 dismissal

SAVE THE DATE:

PRE-K CELEBRATION OF LEARNING

The children have been working hard all year, and would like to celebrate! We wanted to give you the date early so you can block it out on your calendar. J

Please join us to help celebrate our accomplishments, share our learning journey books, and watch a slide show of our Pre K experiences. The students will also show you some important things within our classroom.

Friday, May 5, 2017

8:00-9:15 in our classroom

*Please let me know if you CANNOT make it

*We would love if parents could bring some snacks (we will be making something special as well.)  You can expect a separate e-mail from our lovely room parents when it is time to organize this part. J

Week 29 March 27 to 31

144 new photos · Album by Lynsey Howitt

Reminders

Just a reminder that students do not have school tomorrow and Friday, and they do not attend the conferences. I will see our kiddos back at school on Monday, March 27^th. I look forward to talking with all of you about your child’s progress at the conferences.

REMINDERS / UPCOMING DATES

*Volunteering in the Classroom: See note below.

*March 16^th and 17^th:  Parent-Teacher Conferences

*March 18-26^th:  Spring Break-No School

*April 14^th: Good Friday-No School

*May 1^st: Labor Day-No School

*May 5^th: Celebration of Learning—8:00-9:15am in our classroom (see below)

*May 10^th: Vesak Day-No School

*June 1^st: Last Day for Students—normal 1:30 dismissal

SAVE THE DATE:

PRE-K CELEBRATION OF LEARNING

The children have been working hard all year, and would like to celebrate! We wanted to give you the date early so you can block it out on your calendar. J

Please join us to help celebrate our accomplishments, share our learning journey books, and watch a slide show of our Pre K experiences. The students will also show you some important things within our classroom.

Friday, May 5, 2017

8:00-9:15 in our classroom

*Please let me know if you CANNOT make it

*We would love if parents could bring some snacks (we will be making something special as well.)  You can expect a separate e-mail from our lovely room parents when it is time to organize this part. J

Week 28 March 13 to 15

Friday Update March 10

Just a reminder that we have school Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next week!  Next Thursday and Friday are the Parent Teacher Conferences. I look forward to discussing your child’s progress with you. Students do not attend these conferences for Pre K. We will have a celebration of learning towards the end of the year. (see Save the Date below.)  

Please let me know by Monday if you would like to bring Mango and Oreo Cookie home for the spring break. If I don’t have any takers by then (I always like to offer to our class first) I will open it up to the school.

We celebrated TWO new five year olds this week! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to SCOUT AND RENEE!!!!

Be sure to check this blog for our "Be Kind to Animals" Project. Ask your child about this project and look through the pictures together.

REMINDERS / UPCOMING DATES

*Mango and Oreo Cookie:  Let me know if you want them for Spring Break!

*Volunteering in the Classroom: See note I sent by e-mail.

*March 16^th and 17^th:  Parent-Teacher Conferences

*March 18-26^th:  Spring Break-No School

*April 14^th: Good Friday-No School

*May 1^st: Labor Day-No School

*May 5^th: Celebration of Learning—8:00-9:15am in our classroom (see below)

*May 10^th: Vesak Day-No School

*June 1^st: Last Day for Students—normal 1:30 dismissal

SAVE THE DATE:

PRE-K CELEBRATION OF LEARNING

The children have been working hard all year, and would like to celebrate! We wanted to give you the date early so you can block it out on your calendar. J

Please join us to help celebrate our accomplishments, share our learning journey books, and watch a slide show of our Pre K experiences. The students will also show you some important things within our classroom.

Friday, May 5, 2017

8:00-9:15 in our classroom

*Please let me know if you CANNOT make it

*We would love if parents could bring some snacks (we will be making something special as well.)  You can expect a separate e-mail from our lovely room parents when it is time to organize this part. J

Week 27 March 6 to 10