Friday Update April 6 to 10

Friday, April 10, 2015

                                                

Dear Parents,

What a great week!  We celebrated Yuzhi’s birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY YUZHI!!) and went on a fun field trip to see The Three Billy Goats Gruff.  We delved into our inquiry on insects. We started by talking about what we already know about bugs, and expressed our knowledge through clay, drawing, building….then we really started looking into what an insect is.  Many of the cuties were interested in bees, so we focused on that. 

This week we…

*began our last big unit on insects!   The insect unit is always a favorite with students.  It is something they can really relate to, especially in Singapore!!!  Our cute entomologists began their introduction this week, answering the question “What are insects and how are they the same/different from other living things?”  Ask your child if he/she can tell you about it! If you see any cool insects about town, take a picture and send it in J  We would love to see what you find. J We know there have already been insects looked at in the bug catchers, and then being respectfully let go to live out their lives. J

*learned the letter, sound and hand motion for Zz. 

*added zig zags to our feely letter ZZ.

*drew pictures of words that start with Zz in our alphabet journals, and cut out Zz pictures.

*built amazing structures in the block room (we were inspired by pictures we found.)

*practiced counting by 10. Can your child count to 100 by 10’s?

*learned the characteristics of an insect and what makes them different from other animals (Have your child tell you some of the differences. i.e.: insects hatch from eggs, insects have 3 body parts, insects have 6 legs)

*learned the songs Head Thorax Abdomen and I’m an Entomologist.  Please have your child sing them to you! J

*played an insect memory game using different insects found in Singapore.  Can your child tell you the name of some of the insects?

*pretended to be entomologists and collected, sorted and tallied different insects (plastic onesJ) in the sensory table.

*Read a lot of insect books!

*Painted insects we know, did bug puzzles and a bee matching game!

*Began learning a little more about bees, and starting making a bee habitat and bee puppets

*dressed up in the dramatic play center.  Insects were very popular and the cuties wanted to make their own antennae!

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK

We will introduce the letter Qq do some activities with quilts and continue with our inquiry into insects.

Upcoming Dates and Things to Remember:

*Return library books and blue bags on Monday.

*Check the blog for pictures from this week!

Some dates to keep in mind for the rest of the year….  More details to follow on many of them, but mark your calendars!

*Tuesday, April 14^th:  Reading Buddies with Grade 1 in the Elementary School

*Wednesday, April 29^th: FIELD TRIP to Sungei Buloh

*Friday, May 1^st:  Labor Day—NO SCHOOL

*Monday, May 18^th:  LATE START—School starts at 10:00am

*Friday, May 22^nd: PORTFOLIO SHARE and Parent/Child Sing a Long

*Tuesday, May 26^th: Wet Day

*Thursday, May 28^th: Magic Show

*Friday, May 29^th: Kindergarten Visit

*Monday, June 1^st: Vesak Day—NO SCHOOL

*Friday, June 5^th:  Last Day of School!—11:30am dismissal

Thank you!!!  Have a wonderful weekend!!!!  Lynsey and Aidah

Friday Update April 2

Happy Easter from the cutest bunnies!  Enjoy the long weekend!

It was great to have the cuties back after a week of rest!  We talked about spring and Easter, and had lots of fun. We also finished off our big unit on fairy tales.  The kiddos have had tons of fun reenacting the stories in our dramatic play area and drawing them.

This week some of our activities included…

*learned the letter, sound and hand motion for Jj. 

*added jewels to our feely letter Jj.

*drew pictures of words that start with Jj in our alphabet journals, and cut out Jj words.

*learned the song John Jacob Jingle Heimer Schmidt and added it to our Poems and Songs folders.

*made 4 flavors of jiggly Jello and mixed them in our bowls like rainbows and ate the jello!

*practiced identifying and counting numbers through 20 while playing Jellybean Bingo.

*read several versions of Jack and the Beanstalk.

*reviewed ordinal numbers and learned the steps to draw a bunny.

*made Jack climbing a curvy beanstalk to practice our cutting skills.

*read a lot of different Easter stories—my favorite is called Rechenka’s Eggs, a Ukrainian Easter story and I showed the cuties the Ukrainian eggs my grandma made—they are beautiful!

*made bunny ears and a bunny basket for our Easter hunt.

*read the book Duck Rabbit and made a duck rabbit J

*dyed Easter eggs.

*searched for chocolate eggs!

NEXT WEEK

Next week we will be learning about the letter Zz, and start delving into our INSECT inquiry unit.

Upcoming Dates and Things to Remember:

*Return library books and blue bags on Monday.

*Check the blog for pictures from this week!

Some dates to keep in mind for the rest of the year….  More details to follow on many of them, but mark your calendars!

*Friday, April 3^rd:  Good Friday—No School for Students

*Friday, April 10^th:  Field Trip to DBS Theatre to see The Three Billy Goats Gruff (details and field trip form coming home today)

*Tuesday, April 14^th:  Reading Buddies with Grade 1 in the Elementary School

*Wednesday, April 29^th: FIELD TRIP to Sungei Buloh

*Friday, May 1^st:  Labor Day—NO SCHOOL

*Monday, May 18^th:  LATE START—School starts at 10:00am

*Friday, May 22^nd: PORTFOLIO SHARE and Parent/Child Sing a Long

*Tuesday, May 26^th: Wet Day

*Thursday, May 28^th: Magic Show

*Friday, May 29^th: Kindergarten Visit

*Monday, June 1^st: Vesak Day—NO SCHOOL

*Friday, June 5^th:  Last Day of School!—11:30am dismissal

Thank you!!!  Have a wonderful weekend!!!!  Lynsey and Aidah

BEARS NIGHT OUT!

BEAR’S NIGHT OUT

On Thursday evening, while the school was quiet, our sleeping teddy bears (and other assorted animals!) came to life and got into all kinds of mischief in the ECC!  They were caught on camera by the school security, who then shared the pictures with us J.  

There will be a class book coming home with the cuties, but they begged me to put a preview on the blog for you to see.  

Friday Update March 9 to 13

Friday, March 13, 2015

                                               

Our week revolved around BEARS and the fairy tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears!  Thank you for having your cuties ready with bears on Thursday and pajamas today!  They were absolutely adorable!!!!! Here are some of the activities this week.  We…

*learned the sound, letter formation and hand motion for the letter Bb.

*wrote Bb words, drew Bb pictures and cut out Bb pictures in our journals.

*added beads to our feely letter Bb.  Please add it to your ring and have your child review all of the letters.

*read and compared lots of different versions of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.  Can your child retell the story?

*read a lot of other bear stories such as We’re Going on A Bear Hunt, Brown Bear Brown Bear, Bear Snores On and Teddy Bears Picnic.

*were treated to a play (acted out by the pre-k teachers) of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

*made Three Bear’s porridge and ate it up! We did a lot of measuring!

*practiced pouring and ladling porridge into small medium and large bowls at the sensory table.

*cut out and decorated, “dancing bears” and used them as we sang Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Turn Around.

*sang Three Brown Bears, The Bear Went Over the Mountain, Going on a Bear Hunt and Teddy Bear’s Picnic.

*measured and compared the heights of our bears (and ourselves!)

*used bears to measure things around the room.

*went on a “bear hunt.”

*Counted and then graphed gummy bears (then ate them of course!)

*enjoyed a teddy bear’s picnic in the ABC Hall.

*used clay to make things (anything!)

*made spring raindrops to put in our windows.

PAJAMA DAY

We had so much fun dressed in pajamas!  We spent the day reading lots of books about bears, doing fun bear activities and singing bear songs and we even had a “teddy bear picnic” for lunch!.  Please have your child tell you about it.

BEAR’S NIGHT OUT

On Thursday evening, while the school was quiet, our sleeping teddy bears came to life and got into all kinds of mischief in the ECC!  They were caught on camera by the school security, who then shared the pictures with us J.  Look in your child’s zippy pouch to see what his/her bear was up to.  Please have your child “read” the page to you.

NEXT WEEK

Next week we will be doing a letter review, continuing with Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and talking about St. Patrick’s Day.

Upcoming Dates and Things to Remember:

*Return library books and blue bags on Monday.

*Check the blog for pictures from this week!

*Thursday, March 19^th/Friday, March 20^th:  Parent Teacher Conferences—STUDENTS HAVE NO SCHOOL THESE TWO DAYS

*Monday, March 23^rd to Friday March 27^th: SPRING BREAK—No School for Students

*Friday, April 3^rd:  Good Friday—No School for Students

*Friday, April 10^th:  Field Trip to DBS Theatre (details to come)

**Please let me know if you would like to take Mango and Jelly for the Spring Break J

Thank you!!!  Have a wonderful weekend!!!!  Lynsey and Aidah