A Picnic and what seemed like a quick week!

We had a picnic and lots of fun at the park. The children explored the climbing structure, ran through the field, picked buttercups and saw a "waterfall". We shared a snack of watermelon and crackers, and then ate lunch in the pavilion. Fun!

We have been talking about "fish in the sea" this week, and will continue with "fish" next week, also, as the days are just flying by!

"words we've heard"

"this wasn't what I was aiming for, but I've decided it's just fine"....

Until Next Time,

Michele

TREES

We explored trees this week. We looked closely at trees, made bark rubbings and leaf rubbings, and learned "how to be a tree". The children drew trees from their imagination, and then we visited a tree outside to make an observational drawing. We painted with branches and leaves of various trees, and printed leaves onto a t-shirt. We can wear our t-shirts for our upcoming picnic (photo op!)

We had a beautiful walk on our field trip and noticed a lot of different trees and woodpecker holes, and turtles on the logs.

Our week culminated in our depiction of a "forest" of trees, with our crowns of leaves, bark, and roots to drink up water from the earth. Each child has put together a book of all of our experiences, which we'll call A Book of Trees. Look for it!!

Until next time,

Michele

Bird Week!

Bird week is very appealing to the PreK 4's, as birds are everywhere and they just know birds. We've sung bird songs, read books about birds and eggs, and looked for birds outside. The children made a special snack of "bird nests", and constructed nests and eggs from paper and playdough. Painting with feathers presented a challenge, but the eggs that were painted are beautiful!

We've listened to bird song on cd, and listened outside for various song birds.

We were bird watchers, and learned that if we were very quiet we could watch birds fly in and out of their birdhouses (swallows in the garden).

Until Next Time,

Michele