Week of 3/29/10 - 4/2/10

THEME: HOLY WEEK/EASTER

This week we will learn all about the events in Jesus' life during Holy Week by reading our children's Bible (your kids love Bible stories!) and looking at the Resurrection Eggs that help tell the story using symbols. We will make beautiful Easter eggs in Art using tissue paper and a little water. We will hunt for eggs in the Sensory Table and will pretend to get ready for Easter in Dramatic Play. We will do a simple experiment using eggs and vinegar. On Thursday we will get together with our 6-R buddies. We will work on the Letter V and numbers 7 and 8 in Handwriting.

Wed., March 29 - Report Cards Sent Home - please sign and return
Fri., April 2 - Good Friday - No School
Mon., April 5 - Easter Monday - No School

Thank you so much for all the generous donations of paper towels and wipes! This will really help us out. Thank you, too, for the on-going donations for our treasure box!

Please return Rice Bowls this week if you chose to participate in this Lenten activity.

Week of 3/22/10 -3/26/10

THEME: DINOSAURS

At long last, the week we've all been waiting for...dinosaur week! Yes, it's definitely one of the most popular, especially for the boys. We will be learning all about the different types of dinosaurs through, songs, games, experiments, and of course, a lot of play. We will be making baby dinosaurs hatching in their eggs in Art. The Block Center and Dramatic Play will be filled with lots of different dinosaurs. In the Sensory Table we will be digging for dinosaur bones (pasta in sand.) We will also be learning about the Letter A. In Religion we will continue adding to our Jesus Tree every time we read another gospel story. Also, we will be learning about Palm Sunday.

Friday, April 2 - Good Friday - No School

Monday, April 5 - Easter Monday - No School

I hope every one had a wonderful time over Spring Break. My family and I took a short trip to Memphis and had an awesome time exploring the history of blues, soul, and civil rights. Hopefully we are all rested now and ready for the home stretch.

If anyone would like to donate a box of baby wipes or a roll of paper towels to help us get through until the end of the year, it would be very much appreciated!

Week of 3/8/10 - 3/12/10

THEME: ST. PATRICK'S DAY

This week we will make rainbow headbands in Art, have a St. Paddy's Day party in Dramatic Play, search for 3 and 4 leaf clovers in the Sensory Table, and learn about the letter K. We will also learn the secret of "Magic Emerald Dust" (it's really pistachio pudding mix that turns green when you add milk -shh! don't tell the kids). We will listen to Irish music and do some Irish dancing. We will learn to draw a simple leprechaun. In Religion we will learn about St. Patrick and we will continue adding symbols to our Jesus Tree. This is like a Jesse Tree used during Advent. We are reading Bible stories about Jesus' parables and miracles and then adding a symbol for each story that we read. Also during Lent we are adding jelly beans to a class jelly bean jar for good behavior. Each color represents a different good deed or action. We hope to fill our jar by Easter!

Spring Break is next week, March 15 - 19 - No School!