Week of 10/29

​Dear Garden Room Parents,
 
We had another exciting week in the Garden Room!
 
Below is an update on the many fun things your children learned this week:
 
Books we read:

• Mouse Paint, by Ellen Stoll Walsh
• The Crayon Box that Talked,  by Shane DeRolf
• Share Big Bear, Share, by Maureen Wright

 
Activities with Specialists:

• In Library, we practiced recognizing the letters in our name and we read Going On A Bear Hunt, by Michael Rosen.
• In Music with Noel, we played our kazoos and sang Mr. Sun and Take Me Out to the Ballgame.
• In Movement with Lindsay, we pretended to be ballerinas and soldiers as we made our way across the gym, and we made lovely music using different instruments.
• In Art, we made beautiful prints after we finger painted using gooey green paint, and we using various colored markers on the white board.

Classroom Activities:

• We decorated our trick-or-treat bags.
• We trick-or-treated around the school, knocking on doors and receiving great treats!!
• We learned our colors and practiced color mixing by making fun colorful hand-prints.
• We cut open our pumpkin and explored the inside of it using our hands, our eyes and our nose.

 
Theme: Pumpkins/ Colors
 
Highlight: As a class we enjoyed exploring our fun sensory colored bags, that were filled with 2 different color paints, and hidden gems that were revealed as the children mixed the colors together.

• I’m A Little Pumpkin Song (Sung to the tune of I’m A Little Teapot)
  • I’m a Little Pumpkin
  • Orange and Round
  • Here is My Stem
  • There is the Ground
  • When I Get all Cut Up
  • Don’t You Shout
  • Just Open Me Up
  • And Scoop Me Out!!!

Reminders:

• Library books are due on:
  • Thursday mornings – for 2AM
  • Friday mornings – for 3AM

 

• Parent Teacher Conferences- individual time slots were emailed:
  • Monday 11/12/18 – 3AM
  • Tuesday 11/13/18 – 2AM

 

• Picture Day:
  • Wednesday 11/14/18 – 3AM
  • Thursday 11/15/18 - 2AM

 
Have a great weekend,

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