Week of 5/6

Dear Koala Room Families,

​We had a great week in the Koala Room learning about Theater! Here are some of the fun activities:
 
Theme:

• The Koala Room learned about Theater.
• We worked on the back-drop for the production and learned what it means to bring a book to life

 
Books We Read:

• The Tiny Seed, by Eric Carle
• We’re Going on a Bear Hunt , by Michael Rosen
• Just Narwhal, by Lara Ede and Rosie Greening
• The Book With No Pictures, by B. J. Novak
• Mary Wears What She Wants, by Keith Negley

 
Centers:

• We used pompoms, stickers, buttons, colorful paper to make beautiful puppets. 
• We practiced counting with “Fishing for Numbers” game.
• We put together floor puzzles.
• We had fine motor fun with “loop and Learn” bands.
• We played Match-A-Sound game.
• We made delicious pancakes.

 
Highlights:

• The children have been rehearsing their lines and songs, and they can’t wait for all parents to see their performance. Our performance is on May 16th at 9 am.

 
Person of the Week:

• Henry Diaz
• We loved learning about Henry and asking about his favorite things.

       
 
Letter of the Week:

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

 
Important Dates:

• May 16th Theater Performance
• May 31st Victorian Gardens Trip
• June 7th The Last Day of Classes!

 
Have a great weekend!

The Koala Bear Room Teachers