Week of 3/11

Dear Koala Room Families,

We had another exciting week in the Koala Room. Here are some of the fun activities:
 
Theme:

• The Koala Room learned about Spring.

 
Books We Read:

• Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, by Virginia Lee Burton
• Have You Seen My Cat?, by Eric Carle
• Llama Llama and the Bully Goat, by Anna Dewdney
• Spring Things, by Bob Raczka
• Hooray for St. Patrick’s Day, by Joan Holub

 
Centers:

• We worked on our spring art project, the children painted a beautiful spring painting using their fingers. 
• We worked on Mat Man.
• We played a Four Seasons Game.
• The children used their strong finger muscles to pick up objects with chopsticks.
• We voted to decide if we would play with parachute in the gym or work on obstacle course.
• For cooking we made delicious tortillas .

 
Highlights:

• We celebrated Rhea’s birthday!
• We went to our monthly Musical Assembly!

 
 
Letter of the Week:

• Our letter of the week was the letter “K”
• The Kola Bears made a chart of all the “K” words they know and we used shaving cream to practice writing the letter “K”

 
Have a Great Spring Break!!!

The Koala Bear Room Teachers