Week of 5/13

Dear Garden Room Families,
 
Below is an update on the many fun activities that we were engaged in this week as we learned about all the fun letters in the alphabet!!!
 
Books we read:

• ABC Amimal Jamboree, by Giles Andreae
• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, by Bill Martin Jr and John Archambault
• Animals A to Z, by David McPhail
• Eating the Alphabet – Fruits & Vegetables from A to Z, by Lois Ehlert

 
Activities with Specialists:

• In Music with Noel, we sang and read along to We All Sing With the Same Voice, by J. Philip Miller and I Don’t Want to live on the Moon, by Jeff Moss.

• In Movement with Lindsay we took turns playing the accordion, ­we practiced our yoga poses and had a fun dance party.
• In Library with Lindsay, we read Bam and Kero’s Sunday, by Yuka Shimada.
• In Art we created lovely pictures by finger painting using various color paint and we added sparkly colorful glitter.

 
Classroom Activities:
 

• We each decorated the first letter of our name using pom poms and sequins.
• We created a silly Zebra, by decorating the letter ‘Z’ and adding fun colorful eyes.
• We used different color pieces of foam to collage a letter of the alphabet.
• We enjoyed playing with alphabet magnets and making the sound of each letter.

 
Highlight:  We enjoyed working on the alphabet train puzzle together as a class.
 
Theme: Letters
 
 
SONG: The Alphabet Tree (to the tune of ³Are You Sleeping?²)
 
HERE WE GO ROUND THE, 
ALPHABET TREE,
THE ALPHABET TREE,
THE ALPHABET TREE.
 
HERE WE GO ROUND THE 
ALPHABET TREE,
SINGING THE SOUNDS OF LETTERS.
THIS IS THE SOUND THAT /b/ can
MAKE, ‘b’, ‘b’, ‘b’,
‘b’, ‘b’, ‘b’,
THIS IS THE SOUND THAT /b/ CAN
MAKE
IN WORDS LIKE BELL AND BABY.
 
 
Reminders:
 
CENTRAL PARK ZOO TRIP (A save the date was sent out on 3/14/18)

• Garden 3AM ­ Monday 5/20 ­ 9:45am arrival
• Garden 2AM ­ Thursday 5/23 ­ 9:45am arrival

Every Child Must be Accompanied by One (1) Adult ­ No siblings please.
 
END OF YEAR­ PAJAMA CLASS PARTY 

• Garden 3AM ­ Friday 6/7/19 ­ 11:15 - 11:45am
• Garden 2AM ­ Thursday 6/6/19 ­ 11:15 ­ 11:45am

Every Child Must have one adult in attendance.
 
 
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