Week of 1/7

Dear Garden Room Parents,
 
Happy New Year!!
 
We were all very excited to be back at school, and we had a great week in the Garden Room!!
 
Below is an update on the many fun things we learned this week:
 
Books we read:

• The Mitten, by Jan Brett
• Clifford’s First Snow Day, by Norman Bridwell
• I See Winter, by Charles Ghigna

 
Activities with Specialists:

• In Music with Noel, we sang Twinkle, Twinkle and It’s a Small World, and we enjoyed playing with our kazoos.
• In Movement with Lindsay, we practiced many different yoga poses, and pretended to fly away on our yoga mats. 
• In Library with Lindsay, we read Ready Rabbit gets Ready! By Brenna Maloney.

 
Classroom Activities:

• We decorated our own beautiful winter sweater, with colorful sequins, glitter and gems.  
• We created wintery snowflakes, using white snow and sparkly glitter.
• We made winter collages, using various colored foam winter stickers.  
• We enjoyed the school-wide assembly, singing fun songs with Noel.

 
Theme: Winter
 
Highlight: We enjoyed talking about our holiday adventures, including the fun things we did with our families over the holidays. 
 
SONG:
SNOWFLAKE SONG

• 1 little snowflake with nothing to do,
• Along came another, and then there were 2.
• 2 little snowflakes, laughing with me,
• Along came another, and then there were 3.
• 3 little snowflakes, looking for some more,
• Along came another, and then there were 4.
• 4 little snowflakes, dancing a jive,
• Along came another, and then there were 5.
• 5 little snowflakes, having so much fun,
• Out came the sun, and then there were none!!

 
Reminders:
 Library books are due on:

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

 
Winter Benefit – January 25th, 2019 at 6:30pm, looking forward to seeing you!!
 
Have a great weekend,

Your Garden Room Teachers ​