Week of 2/25

Dear Garden Room Parents,
 
We had a great week in the Garden Room, learning all about the qualities of a good friend!!
 
Below is an update on the many fun things we learned this week:
 
Books we read:

• Rainbow Fish, by Marcus Pfister
• Friends, by Michael Foreman
• First Friends, by Lenore Blegvad

 
Activities with Specialists:

• In Music with Noel, we sang Take Me Out To The Ballgame and we read and sang Somewhere Over The Rainbow.
• In Movement with Lindsay, we pretended to be various animals going across the gym and we practiced our yoga poses.
• In Library with Lindsay, we read Looking For a Moose, by Phyllis Root.
• In Art we painted ceramic tiles using beautiful pastel colors, we explored the feely bin, and enjoyed playing with the water beads at the light table.

 
Classroom Activities:

• We talked about the qualities of a good friend. 
• We created a friendship wreath using our handprints.
• We engaged in a fun felt board activity, sorting various pictures that showed children being ‘nice’ friends and ‘not-so-nice’ friends.
• We made colorful friendship bracelets using pipe cleaners and beads, then we exchanged bracelets with a friend in the class.

 
Theme: Friendship
 
Highlight: Each child made a beaded friendship bracelet, then we exchanged friendship bracelets with our friends!!
 
FRIENDS

• 1, 2, 3, YOU ARE FRIENDS WITH ME.
• 4, 5, 6, WE MAKE A PERFECT MIX. 
• 7, 8, 9, WE HAVE FUN ALL THE TIME.
• SHAKE MY HAND!! SHAKE MY HAND!!
• THAT’S 10!!

 
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