Dear Honey Bear Room Parents,

The Honey Bears had a terrific week at school.  We began learning about Spring and had some fun with wind!
 
Theme This Week:

• Spring and Wind.
• The letter of the week was K.

 
Books We Read:

• The Wind Blew, by Pat Hutchins.
• The Little Red Hen and the Passover Matzoh, by Leslie Kimmelman.

 
Places We Went:

• The roof for some climbing and sliding.
• Movement with Lindsay.

 
Classroom Activities:

• Explored with wind and played with pinwheels.
• Read a Scholastic Magazine called, “Up, Up, Up!”
• Used straws to try and move objects with wind/air.  We charted the results.
• Played a count and match kite game.
• Made adorable wind socks.
• Used our flip crayons to practice tracing from top to bottom. 
• Practiced cutting and lacing. 
• Did all of our HWOT activities for the letter K.

 
Highlights:

• We’ve slowly been introducing the children to the story of the Little Red Hen.  We will be performing our own version for you in May.  More details to follow. 
• Assembly with Noel.
• Finally the weather was cooperating so we had a chance to use the roof!

 
Dates to Remember:

• Monday, April 1st- School resumes after Spring Break.
• Thursday and Friday, April 25th and April 26th- Parent/Teacher Conferences.

 
Have a Wonderful Spring Break!

The Honey Bear Room Teachers

Dear Honey Bear Room Parents,
              
We’ve had another awesome week at school!  We continued with the five senses, had a snow day and the Honey Bears enjoyed a lot of birthdays!  Read the update below about our activities for the week.
 
Theme This Week:

• The Five Senses.  The Honey Bears focused on touch taste and smell.
• R was the letter of the week.

 
Books We Read:

• My Five Senses, by Aliki.
• The Five Senses, Touch, by Maria Rius.
• The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza, by Philemon Sturgis.

 
Places We Went:

• Art studio with Janae and Julia.  The children painted with sponges and q-tips.
• Gym 2.

 
Classroom Activities:

• Used various materials to create original “touch” collages.
• Worked on size order, cutting and patterning. 
• Played a smell guessing game.  The children took turns guessing what they were smelling.  They loved oranges and perfume the best. 
• Took a vote on what we liked best-salty pretzels or sweet chocolate chips.  We also voted on our favorite lunches!  Lots of us like pasta, pizza or sandwiches.
• Did all of our HWOT activities for the letter R.

 
Highlights:

• Maxwell Guercio was our Person of the Week.  His mom read Llama, Llama Red Pajama and Maxwell did an amazing job telling us about his poster.  Then the Honey Bears had a blast playing carnival games.  There was a beanbag toss and fun with hula hoops.  Afterwards we listened to Maxwell’s favorite song, We Will Rock You by Queen! 
• Ashley, Brooklyn and Wyatt all celebrated their birthday’s.  Happy 4th birthday to our Honey Bear friends!

 
Dates To Remember:

• Friday, 3/15- Last day before Spring Break.
• Monday, 4/1-School resumes.
• Thursday/Friday, 4/25 and 4/26- Parent/Teacher Conferences and Book Fair. 

 
Have a Great Weekend!

The Honey Bear Room Teachers

Dear Honey Bear Room Families,

It’s been a terrific week in our classroom.  The Honey Bears have been learning about the Five Senses and had fun with the letter of the week. 
 
Theme This Week:

• The Five Senses.
• B was the letter of the week.

 
Books We Read:

• Look, Listen and Learn, by Susan Canizares.
• The Little Red Hen, by Lucinda McQueen

 
Places We Went:

• Library with Lindsay.  She read the folktale Three Billy Goats Gruff.
• Gym 3!

 
Classroom Activities:

• Played a Five Senses matching game with manipulatives.
• Played a Five Senses size order game and a Five Senses matching game with pictures. 
• Examined our eyes in the mirror and discussed their color and shape. 
• Made binoculars and sorted Fruit Loops by color. 
• Played sound bingo and made music with all types of instruments.

 
Highlights:

• We used our binoculars to see out the classroom window.  NYC is filled with wonderful things to see!
• Lydia Tiraspolsky was our Person of the Week.  Her dad read The Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle and From Head to Toe by Eric Carle.  The children really enjoyed being the animals.  Lydia did an amazing job telling us about her pictures and herself.  She also showed us some terrific gymnastics moves! 

 
Dates To Remember:

• Friday, 3/15- Last day of school before Spring Break.
• Monday, 4/1- School resumes.
• Thursday/Friday, 4/25 and 4/26- Parent/Teacher Conferences.

 
Have a nice weekend!

The Honey Bear Room Teachers