Through many class and
group discussions, dramatic play, building, drawing and painting, and writing,
the students have been demonstrating their thinking on how animals play. A few
highlights in our thinking (the rest in the documentation…)
“The meerkats were popping
up and down because they were playing hide and seek with each other! They
wanted to see where the other one was going!”
“The orangutans and monkeys
were swinging and hanging like we do on the monkey bars at school!”
“I think the lizards were
playing tag.”
“The rhinos were talking
with their friends. I wonder what they were saying to each other?”
Mr. Pearson (our counselor)
was in our hub this week to talk with the students about honesty.
So many creative inventions
continuing to happen! We had a big drop
off of recycled bottles, tubes, paper…so the creative juices are flowing! Airplanes, more bags, binoculars and an
animal home were just a few of the cool designs!
Transitions from Pre K to Kindergarten…
April and May are months
where a lot of transitions are happening, and our students really feel it! We
have friends moving away, siblings stressed with exams, families who may have a
lot on their plates, not to mention the excitement of kindergarten approaching!
We are really sensitive to all of these changes, and try to have a calm, safe
and lovable environment for all of our students, but do know that at this time
of year your child may need some extra special hugs and kisses. J Many parents have said
that at home they are seeing more cranky behavior, and we really do believe
that these transitional months are hard—please let me know if we can help in
any way.
One of the ways we do try
and help is to give our children plenty of opportunities to visit the
Elementary School and interact with the students and faculty there. We have
already visited the rooftop playground and the Elementary Library, and will do
that again in May. On Monday we will be attending a Kindergarten Assembly,
where we will meet many of the K teachers and be a part of some of their songs.
We will be visiting Ms. Wan and Ms. Clow’s Kindergarten hub on May 15th
and will be able to spend some time with the Kinder students and see how a
Kindergarten hub is the same and different than our hub. In the following weeks
we will also visit the library (again,) art, music and PE classes, and have a
snack in the Elementary School cafeteria. By June the children will be
kindergarten experts!
REMINDERS
*Please return the BLUE BAG and RED LIBRARY BAG on Monday.
*We would love you to send in more fruit and
granola bars for our classroom. Thank you so much!
*May 1st:
Labor Day-No School
*May 11th: CELEBRATION OF LEARNING! 8:00-9:15am
in our classroom
*May 29th:
Vesak Day-No School
*June 7th:
Last Day for Students—11:30 Dismissal
Week 32 April 23 to 27
72 new photos · Album by Lynsey Howitt
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