Garden 3AM

Week of 6/3

6/6/2019

Dear Garden Room Parents,

Below is an update on the many fun activities that we were engaged in this last week of school, as we learned about Father's Day!!!

Happy Father's Day to all the Dad's!!!

Books we read:

Just Like Daddy, by Frank Asch.
My Daddy Snores, by Nancy H. Rothstein.
Over in the Ocean, In a Coral Reef, by Marianne Berkes.
Piggies in Pajamas, by Michelle Meadows.

Activities with Specialists:

In Music with Noel, we sang Going on A Bear Hunt and These are my Favorite Things.
In Movement with Lindsay we pretended we were on the beach, enjoying the sun, playing in the sand and having a beach party.
In Library with Lindsay, we read Mommy’s Khimar, by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, and There’s No Such Thing as a Dragon, by Jack Kent.
In Art we painted on the window using red, yellow and blue paint; we also enjoyed finding hidden treasure beneath the blue sand at the light table.

Classroom Activities:

We created fun collages of animals and insects – including dinosaurs, lady bugs, butterflies, pigs and sheep.
We practiced our lacing, on fun zoo and farm animal cut outs.
We made a cute surprise for our Daddy’s for Father’s Day!!
We created beautiful Summer Fun pictures – using beach balls, sandals, and sand castles.

Highlight: We talked about Father’s Day and what special things we like to do with our Daddy.

Theme: FATHER'S DAY

SONG:
D-A-D-D-Y
(To the tune of: B-I-N-G-O)

I love him and he loves me
And daddy is his name o
D-A-D-D-Y
D-A-D-D-Y
D-A-D-D-Y
And daddy is his name o!!

Reminders:

END OF YEAR PAJAMA CLASS PARTY

Garden 3AM Friday 6/7/19 11:15 - 11:45am
Garden 2AM Thursday 6/6/19 11:15 11:45am

Every Child Must have one adult in attendance.

Library books are due on:

Thursday mornings for 2AM
Friday mornings for 3AM

Have a great weekend,

Your Garden Room Teachers Ms. Coleen, Ms. Karen and Ms. Mildred

Week of 5/20

5/23/2019

Dear Garden Room Parents,

Below is an update on the many fun activities that we were engaged in this week as we learned about zoo animals!!!

Books we read:

Animals Strike At The Zoo, by Karma Wilson.
Put Me in the Zoo, by Robert Lopshire.
Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. Eric Carle.

Activities with Specialists:

In Music with Noel, we sang On Top Of Spaghetti and Take Me Out to the Ballgame.
In Movement with Lindsay we pretended we were at the beach, we surfed, we swam, and danced to ‘Baby Shark’.
In Library with Lindsay, we read Curios George Visits the Zoo, by Margret & H.A. Rey's.
In Art we made beautiful pictures using different shaped stampers with glitter paint, and we played in the sand at the light table.

Classroom Activities:

We did the Dinosaur March around the classroom and we went on a Bear Hunt in the gym.
We played Zoo Bingo, seeing how many animals we could match on our card.
We created a colorful spotted leopard using yellow paint and pom poms, like the one in the book Put Me in the Zoo.

Highlight: Going to the Central Park Zoo with our teachers and friends!!

Theme: ZOO ANIMALS

SONG: GOING TO THE ZOO

Going to the Zoo

We're goin' to the zoo, zoo, zoo
How about you, you, you?
You can come too, too, too
We're goin' to the zoo, zoo, zoo

See all the monkeys they're scritch-scritch scratchin'
Jumpin' around and scritch-scritch scratchin'
Hangin' by the long-tail (huff huff huff)
And we can stay all day

Well the seals in the pool all honk-honk-honkin'
Catchin' the fish and honk-honk-honkin'
Little tiny seals all honk-honk-honkin'
And we can stay all day

Reminders:

END OF YEAR PAJAMA CLASS PARTY

Garden 3AM Friday 6/7/19 11:15 - 11:45am
Garden 2AM Thursday 6/6/19 11:15 11:45am

Every Child Must have one adult in attendance.

-Library books are due on:

Thursday mornings for 2AM
Friday mornings for 3AM

Have a great weekend,

Your Garden Room Teachers Ms. Coleen, Ms. Karen and Ms. Mildred

Week of 5/13

5/17/2019

Dear Garden Room Families,

Below is an update on the many fun activities that we were engaged in this week as we learned about all the fun letters in the alphabet!!!

Books we read:

ABC Amimal Jamboree, by Giles Andreae
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, by Bill Martin Jr and John Archambault
Animals A to Z, by David McPhail
Eating the Alphabet – Fruits & Vegetables from A to Z, by Lois Ehlert

Activities with Specialists:

In Music with Noel, we sang and read along to We All Sing With the Same Voice, by J. Philip Miller and I Don’t Want to live on the Moon, by Jeff Moss.

In Movement with Lindsay we took turns playing the accordion, we practiced our yoga poses and had a fun dance party.
In Library with Lindsay, we read Bam and Kero’s Sunday, by Yuka Shimada.
In Art we created lovely pictures by finger painting using various color paint and we added sparkly colorful glitter.

Classroom Activities:

We each decorated the first letter of our name using pom poms and sequins.
We created a silly Zebra, by decorating the letter ‘Z’ and adding fun colorful eyes.
We used different color pieces of foam to collage a letter of the alphabet.
We enjoyed playing with alphabet magnets and making the sound of each letter.

Highlight: We enjoyed working on the alphabet train puzzle together as a class.

Theme: Letters

SONG: The Alphabet Tree (to the tune of ³Are You Sleeping?²)

HERE WE GO ROUND THE,
ALPHABET TREE,
THE ALPHABET TREE,
THE ALPHABET TREE.

HERE WE GO ROUND THE
ALPHABET TREE,
SINGING THE SOUNDS OF LETTERS.
THIS IS THE SOUND THAT /b/ can
MAKE, ‘b’, ‘b’, ‘b’,
‘b’, ‘b’, ‘b’,
THIS IS THE SOUND THAT /b/ CAN
MAKE
IN WORDS LIKE BELL AND BABY.

Reminders:

CENTRAL PARK ZOO TRIP (A save the date was sent out on 3/14/18)

Garden 3AM Monday 5/20 9:45am arrival
Garden 2AM Thursday 5/23 9:45am arrival

Every Child Must be Accompanied by One (1) Adult No siblings please.

END OF YEAR PAJAMA CLASS PARTY

Garden 3AM Friday 6/7/19 11:15 - 11:45am
Garden 2AM Thursday 6/6/19 11:15 11:45am

Every Child Must have one adult in attendance.

Library books are due on:

Thursday mornings for 2AM
Friday mornings for 3AM

Have a great weekend,

Your Garden Room Teachers Ms. Coleen, Ms. Karen and Ms. Mildred

Week of 5/6

5/10/2019

Dear Garden Room Families,

Below is an update on the many fun activities that we were engaged in this week as we continued learning all about spring and about Mother's Day!!!

**Happy Mother's Day, to all the Moms - have a great weekend and enjoy your special day !!**

Books we read:

Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes, by Kimberly & James Dean
Wake Up, Big Barn, by Suzanne Tanner Chitwood
Mama¹s Day by Jan Ormerod and Linda Ashman
Mommy¹s Bed, by Sonia W. Black

Activities with Specialists:

In Music with Noel, we sang and read along to Somewhere Over The Rainbow and We’re Going On A Bear Hunt.
In Movement with Lindsay we played with paper and plastic plates, sliding on them, and wearing them on our head, hands and feet.
In Library with Lindsay, we read A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin.
In Art we created lovely pictures using different patterned rollers with various color paint and we played with colorful geo-shapes at the light table.

Classroom Activities:

We created a colorful creepy crawly caterpillar using pom poms and a clothes pin.
We made a fun spring flower using pasta, glitter, and pipe cleaners.
We created beautiful spring time rainbows and unicorns, using fun pastel colors.
We worked on our Mother’s Day surprise!!!

Highlight: Look Who's Blooming In the Garden Room!! - Take a look at the lovely flower photos of your children on the classroom door.

Theme: SPRING and Mother's Day

SONG: SPRINGTIME (to the tune of ³Are You Sleeping?²)

I SEE RAIN CLOUDS,
I SEE BIRDS¹ NESTS,
BUTTERFLIES TOO!!
FLOWERS TOO!

EVERYTHING IS GROWING,
THE WIND IS GENTLY BLOWING.
SPRING IS HERE!!
SPRING IS HERE!!

Reminders:

CENTRAL PARK ZOO TRIP (A save the date was sent out on 3/14/18)

Garden 3 AM Monday 5/20 9:45 am arrival
Garden 2 AM Thursday 5/23 9:45 am arrival

Every Child Must be Accompanied by One (1) Adult No siblings please.

END OF YEAR PAJAMA CLASS PARTY

Garden 3 AM Friday 6/7/19 11:15 - 11:45 am
Garden 2 AM Thursday 6/6/19 11:15 11:45 am

Every Child Must have one adult in attendance.

Library books are due on:

Thursday mornings for 2 AM
Friday mornings for 3 AM

Have a great weekend,

Your Garden Room Teachers Ms. Coleen, Ms. Karen and Ms. Mildred

Week of 4/29

5/3/2019

Dear Garden Room Parents,

Below is an update on the many fun activities that we were engaged in this week as we learned about SPRING!!!.

Books we read:

Planting A Rainbow, by Lois Ehlert
We’re Going On A Nature Hunt, by Steve Metzger
Mouse’s First Spring, by Lauren Thompson
The Happy Bee, by Ian Beck

Activities with Specialists:

In Music with Noel, we sang Take Me Out To The Ballgame and It’s A Small World.
In Library we read We’re Going On A Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen.
In Art we collaged using different textured materials and glue, and we played with colorful connectors at the light table.

Classroom Activities:

We worked collaboratively with our friends building with legos.
We enjoyed playing on the roof – climbing the jungle gym, sliding, and playing in the little house with our friends.
We created a beautiful butterfly using different color foam and tissue paper.
We made fun spring time pictures using pastel colored chalk and colorful spring stickers.

Highlight: We began working on our Mother’s Day surprise!!!

Theme: SPRING

SONG: SPRING IS HERE (to the tune of “Are You Sleeping?”)

Spring is here!!
Spring is here!!
Goodbye, snow.
Flowers grow.

Birds and bees!!
Leaves on trees!!
Hello, spring.
Hello, spring.

Reminders:

CENTRAL PARK ZOO TRIP

Garden 3AM – Monday 5/20 – 9:45am arrival
Garden 2AM – Thursday 5/23 – 9:45am arrival

Every Child Must be Accompanied by One (1) Adult – No siblings please.

END OF YEAR– PAJAMA CLASS PARTY

Garden 3AM – Friday 6/7/19 – 11:15 - 11:45am
Garden 2AM – Thursday 6/6/19 – 11:15 – 11:45am
Every Child Must have one adult in attendance.

Library books are due on:

Thursday mornings – for 2AM
Friday mornings – for 3AM

Have a great weekend,

Your Garden Room Teachers – Ms. Coleen, Ms. Karen and Ms. Mildred

Week of 4/15

4/18/2019

Dear Garden Room Parents,

Below is an update on the many fun activities that we were engaged in this week as we continued learning about different foods.

Books we read:

Pancakes For Breakfast, by Tomie DePaola
The Little Red Hen Makes Pizza, by Philemon Sturges
If You Give A Cat A Cupcake, by Laura Numeroff
If You Give A Moose A Muffin, by Laura Numeroff

Activities with Specialists:

In Music with Noel, we sang "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "Take Me Out To the Ballgame."
In Movement with Lindsay, we enjoyed a fun Easter Egg hunt, and pretended to be monkey’s jumping on the bed as we sang and danced to Five Little Monkey’s Jumping On The Bed.
In Library with Lindsay, we read Every Friday by Dan Yaccarino.
In Art we finger painted using red and blue paint to create a beautiful purple, we played with different colored foam shapes, and sparky pink sand at the light table.

Classroom Activities:

We created a delicious muffin, using colorful tissue paper, gems and glitter.
We fed our hungry caterpillar, delicious vegetables – using broccoli, corn, peas and carrots stickers.
We made a cheesy personal pizza, using black buttons for olives, brown foam for mushrooms, red felt squares for pepperoni, and yellow strips for cheese.

Theme: FOOD – More Fun Foods – Pizza and Muffins

Highlight: We enjoyed the all-school Assembly, singing along with Noel to our favorite songs.

THE MUFFIN MAN

Do you know the muffin man,
The muffin man, the muffin man,
Do you know the muffin man,
Who lives on Drury Lane?

Yes, I know the muffin man,
The muffin man, the muffin man,
Yes, I know the muffin man,
Who lives on Drury Lane.

Reminders:

UPCOMING PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES

Garden 3AM – Friday 4/26/19

Garden 2AM – Thursday 4/25/19

UPCOMING CENTRAL PARK ZOO TRIP (A save the date was sent out on 2/15/19)

Garden 3AM – Monday 5/20 – 9:45am arrival
Garden 2AM – Thursday 5/23 – 9:45am arrival

Every Child Must be Accompanied by One (1) Adult – No siblings please.

Library books are due on:

Thursday mornings – for 2AM
Friday mornings – for 3AM

Have a great weekend,

Your Garden Room Teachers – Ms. Coleen, Ms. Karen and Ms. Mildred

Week of 4/8

4/12/2019

Dear Garden Room Families,

We had a wonderful time this week as we learned about fruits!!

Below is an update on the many fun things we learned.:

Books we read:

Dinnertime for Chickies, by Janee Trasler
Chicks and Salsa, by Aaron Reynolds
In The Garden, by Innovative Kids
The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry
The Big Hungry Bear, by Don and Audrey Wood

Activities with Specialists:

In Music with Noel, we sang Take Me Out To The Ball Game and It’s A Small World After All.
In Movement with Lindsay, we enjoyed playing with flowing colorful scarves and we all showed our dance moves during free dance.
In Library with Lindsay, we read The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, by Dan Stantat.
In Art we stamped using various colored paints, creating beautiful designs; and we had fun digging in the sparkly pink sand at the light table.

Classroom Activities:

We created a juicy strawberry, using red tissue paper and black beads for seeds, yum yum!
We made a happy banana with big googly-eyes, then added silly wiggly legs and arms.
We created colorful spring flowers using pink, yellow, lime green, pink and orange dot markers.
We enjoyed a fruity snack time having strawberries, watermelon, blueberries and clementines with our snack.

Highlight: Together as a class we enjoyed learning more about our class pet Alpaca (Avalon/Max).

Theme: FOOD – Fruits

Strawberry, Banana, Watermelon Song (tune of Twinkle, Twinkle)

Strawberries, Bananas, Watermelon too,
Good for me, good for you!!
They are tasty, they are sweet.

All are such a yummy treat,
Strawberries, Bananas, Watermelon too,
Good for me, good for you!!

Reminders:

UPCOMING PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES

Garden 3 AM – Friday 4/26/19

Garden 2 AM – Thursday 4/25/19

UPCOMING CENTRAL PARK ZOO TRIP (A save the date was sent out on 2/15/19)

Garden 3 AM – Monday 5/20 – 9:45 am arrival
Garden 2 AM – Thursday 5/23 – 9:45 am arrival

Every Child Must be Accompanied by One (1) Adult – No siblings please.

Library books are due on:

Thursday mornings – for 2 AM
Friday mornings – for 3 AM

Have a great weekend,

Your Garden Room Teachers – Ms. Coleen, Ms. Karen and Ms. Mildred

Week of 4/1

4/5/2019

Dear Garden Room Parents,

It was great having all the children back after Spring Break. We had a wonderful time this week as we learned about vegetables! Below is an update on the many fun things we learned.:

Books we read:

The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food, by Stan & Jan Berenstain
Oliver’s Vegetables, by Vivian French
Gregory, the Terrible Eater, by Mitchell Sharmat
Planting a Rainbow, by Lois Ehlert

Activities with Specialists:

In Music with Noel, we sang Old McDonald Had a Farm and Mr. Sun, and we enjoyed reading Puff The Magic Dragon.
In Movement with Lindsay, we enjoyed the climbing wall, going through the tunnel, using the balance beam and twirling with the hula hoops.
In Library with Lindsay, we read Inch by Inch, by David Mallett, and sang Wheels on The Tuk Tuk, by Kabir and Surishtha Sehgal.
In Art we enjoyed painting with various colors of water color paint and we built many exciting structures using shapes at the light table.

Classroom Activities:

We created a crunchy broccoli, using green pom pom, green tissue paper and sparkly green glitter.
We made a happy carrot using orange paint, colorful goggly eyes, then we added wavy green hair.
We each made our own vegetable plate – choosing either broccoli, corn, peas, carrots or eggplant – delicious!!
We had cucumber, tomato, sweet peppers and carrots with our snack.

Highlight:

As a class we explored with our eyes, hands and our mouth – tasty vegetables – carrots, tomatoes, sweet peppers and cucumbers.

Theme: FOOD – Fruits and Vegetables

VEGETABLE SONG

CARROTS, CELERY AND BROCCOLI,
VEGETABLES ARE GOOD FOR ME!!
FOR MY SNACK, AND IN MY LUNCH,
VEGETABLES ARE GREAT TO MUNCH!!
CARROTS, CELERY AND BROCCOLI,
VEGETABLES ARE GOOD FOR ME!!

Reminders:

UPCOMING PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES

Garden 2AM – Thursday 4/25/18
Garden 3AM – Friday 4/26/18

UPCOMING CENTRAL PARK ZOO TRIP (A save the date was sent out on 2/15/18)

Garden 3AM – Monday 5/20 – 9:45am arrival
Garden 2AM – Thursday 5/23 – 9:45am arrival

Every Child Must be Accompanied by One (1) Adult – No siblings please.

Library books are due on:

Thursday mornings – for 2AM
Friday mornings – for 3AM

Have a great weekend,

Your Garden Room Teachers – Ms. Coleen, Ms. Karen and Ms. Mildred

Week of 3/11

3/15/2019

Dear Garden Room Parents,

We had a great week in the Garden Room, as we continued learning and singing different nursery rhymes!!

Below is an update on the many fun things we learned this week:

Books we read:

Hey, Diddle, Diddle and other Favorite Nursery Rhymes Illustrated by Hannah Wood
Row Row Row Your Boat, Told and Illustrated by Iza Trapani
Mary Had a Little Lamb, Illustrated by Liza Woodruff

Activities with Specialists:

In Music with Noel, we sang It’s A Small World After All and Doe-A-Deer.
In Movement with Lindsay, we hopped around like kangaroos and collected colorful ‘hats’, and we practiced using the hula hoops.
In Library with Lindsay, we read The Crayon Box That Talked, by Shane DeRolf.
In Art we built various structures using colorful shapes at the light table, we enjoyed working with clay using different tools, and we practiced our drawing on the dry erase boards.

Classroom Activities:

We sang many nursery rhymes including Mary Had a Little Lamb, This Little Piggy, and Little Miss Muffet.
We created Mary’s Little Lamb, by gluing soft white cotton balls together, and we added eyes and the feet.
We made Itsy Bitsy spiders, using a toilet paper roll, black paint and shimmery blue glitter, then we added silly colorful eyes to our spiders.
We used fun animal stamps with colorful stamp pads, to create beautiful pictures.

Highlight: We enjoyed going to the school-wide assembly and as a class we spoke about the many fun things we will do over the spring break!!

Theme: Nursery Rhymes

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Mary had a little lamb,
It’s fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went,
The lamb was sure to go.
It followed her to school one day,
Which was against the rules.
It made the children laugh and play
To see a lamb at school.

Reminders:

Library books are due on:

Thursday mornings – for 2AM
Friday mornings – for 3AM

Have a wonderful and safe SPRING BREAK!!!

Your Garden Room Teachers – Ms. Coleen, Ms. Karen and Ms. Mildred

Week of 3/5

3/8/2019

Dear Garden Room Parents,

We had a great week in the Garden Room, learning and singing different nursery rhymes!!

Below is an update on the many fun things we learned this week:

Books we read:

I’m a Little Teapot, by Iza Trapani
First Picture Nursery Rhymes, Illustrated by Jo Litchfield
If You’re Happy and You Know It (Jungle Edition), by James Warhola

Activities with Specialists:

In Music with Noel, we sang The Ants Go Marching and There Are Seven Days.
In Movement with Lindsay, we played our instruments along to the rhythm book – Man Gave Names to All The Animals, by Bob Dylan.
In Library with Lindsay, we read Anansi The Spider by Gerald McDermott.
In Art we continued working on our ceramic tiles, by adding our handprint in a fun color, and we enjoyed playing with water beads at the light table.

Classroom Activities:

We sang many nursery rhymes including Twinkle Twinkle, Humpty Dumpty, and Itsy Bitsy Spider.
We created bright twinkling stars, using sparkly gems and glitter.
We helped to put Humpty Dumpty back together again, by gluing the pieces of his shell together, and putting on his arms and legs.
We practiced using scissors to cut different color strips of paper.

Theme: Nursery Rhymes

Highlight:

We talked about the fun ways we enjoyed our snow day – sledding, making snow balls, and creating snow angels.

Twinkle Twinkle

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
In the dark blue sky you keep,
Often through my curtains peep,
For you never shut your eye,
Till the sun is in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!!

Reminders:

Library books are due on:

Thursday mornings – for 2AM
Friday mornings – for 3AM

Have a great weekend,

Your Garden Room Teachers – Ms. Coleen, Ms. Karen and Ms. Mildred

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