Week of 4/8

Dear Garden Room Families,
 
We had a wonderful time this week as we learned about fruits!!
 
Below is an update on the many fun things we learned.:
 
Books we read:

• Dinnertime for Chickies, by Janee Trasler
• Chicks and Salsa, by Aaron Reynolds
• In The Garden, by Innovative Kids
• The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry
• The Big Hungry Bear, by Don and Audrey Wood

 
Activities with Specialists:
 

• In Music with Noel, we sang Take Me Out To The Ball Game and It’s A Small World After All.
• In Movement with Lindsay, we enjoyed playing with flowing colorful scarves and we all showed our dance moves during free dance.
• In Library with Lindsay, we read The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, by Dan Stantat.
• In Art we stamped using various colored paints, creating beautiful designs; and we had fun digging in the sparkly pink sand at the light table.

 
Classroom Activities:
 

• We created a juicy strawberry, using red tissue paper and black beads for seeds, yum yum! 
• We made a happy banana with big googly-eyes, then added silly wiggly legs and arms.
• We created colorful spring flowers using pink, yellow, lime green, pink and orange dot markers.
• We enjoyed a fruity snack time having strawberries, watermelon, blueberries and clementines with our snack.

 
Highlight: Together as a class we enjoyed learning more about our class pet Alpaca (Avalon/Max).
 
Theme: FOOD – Fruits 
 
 
Strawberry, Banana, Watermelon Song  (tune of Twinkle, Twinkle)
 
Strawberries, Bananas, Watermelon too,
Good for me, good for you!!
They are tasty, they are sweet.
 
All are such a yummy treat,
Strawberries, Bananas, Watermelon too,
Good for me, good for you!!
 
Reminders:
 
UPCOMING PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES

• Garden 3 AM – Friday 4/26/19

• Garden 2 AM – Thursday 4/25/19 

 
UPCOMING CENTRAL PARK ZOO TRIP (A save the date was sent out on 2/15/19)

• 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.
 
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