Week of 5/6

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