Week of 1/28

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

• Winter Friends, by Carl R. Sams II & Jean Stoick
• Little Bear’s Special Friend, by Claire Freedman
• If You’re Happy And You Know It, by James Warhola

 
Activities with Specialists:
 

• In Music with Noel, we enjoyed singing The Ants Go Marching and Mr. Sun.
• In Movement with Lindsay, we made our way through the fun obstacle course, hopping on colorful circles, crawling through the tunnel and climbing through the ‘snow globe’.
• In Library with Lindsay, we read Another Monster at the End of this Book, by Jon Stone.
• In Art we created beautiful pictures – using water colors, we played with colorful shapes at the light table, and we explored the feely bin –discovering feathers, pompoms and foam letters.

 
Classroom Activities:
 

• We created beautiful winter hats, using sparkly stickers, glitter glue and cotton balls.
• We had fun making a snowman, using shaving cream and pom poms to create a silly face.
• We worked collaboratively, painting cardboard cut outs using fun neon colors.
• We used dot markers to decorate our snowflakes and we enjoyed watching the snowflakes falling from the ceiling.

 
 
Theme: Winter Clothing
 
Highlight:  As a class we enjoyed looking at the adorable winter sweaters the children are ‘wearing’ - on the classroom board outside the room, and we talked about the different clothes we wear during the winter.
 
WINTER SONG
Sung to "She'll be Comin' 'Round the Mountain"
I’ll be wearing 2 warm mittens when it snows (clap, clap)
I’ll be wearing 2 warm mittens when it snows (clap, clap)
I’ll be wearing 2 warm mittens.  I’ll be wearing 2 warm mittens,
I’ll be wearing 2 warm mittens when it snows (clap, clap).
I’ll be wearing 2 warm boots when it snows (stomp, stomp)
I’ll be wearing 2 warm boots when it snows (stomp, stomp)
I’ll be wearing 2 warm boots.  I’ll be wearing 2 warm boots, 
I’ll be wearing 2 warm boots when it snows (stomp, stomp).
I’ll be wearing 1 warm hat when it snows (pat, pat)
I’ll be wearing 1 warm hat when it snows (pat, pat)
I’ll be wearing 1 warm hat.  I’ll be wearing 1 warm hat,
I’ll be wearing 1 warm hat when it snows (pat, pat).
I’ll be wearing 1 warm jacket when it snows (zip, zip)
I’ll be wearing 1 warm jacket when it snows (zip, zip)
I’ll be wearing 1 warm jacket. I’ll be wearing 1 warm jacket,
I’ll be wearing 1 warm jacket when it snows (zip, zip).
 
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