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Week of 3/11

3/15/2019

Dear Star Room 2AM Families,

What a great week we had in the classroom! Here are some of the fun activities we enjoyed during classroom.

Theme this week:

This week we continued our unit about nursery rhymes. We read a few nursery rhymes, sang and acted out Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Humpty Dumpty, I’m a Little Teapot and the Itsy, Bitsy Spider during circle time and charted which nursery rhyme we liked best. We practiced one to one correspondence by counting the names in each column.

Books we read:

Humpty, Dumpty
I’m a Little Teapot
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Songs we sang:

“Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”
“Humpty, Dumpty”
“Itsy, Bitsy Spider”
“Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”

Places we went:

At Art with Julia and Janae, we explored the properties of clay. We squished it, rolled it into snakes and balls and pushed a variety of items into it when rolled. We also examined shapes and colors at the light table and created drawing masterpieces with dry erase markers & white boards.
We read The Crayon Box That Talks by Shane DeWolf and used a variety of crayon colors to decorate white paper. Lindsay will use the sheets to create decorations for the Montclare book fair!
We sang Baby Beluga, Do A Deer and Oh Mr. Sun with Noel in Music.
We played in 2nd floor indoor gym.

Classroom Activities:

In keeping with our theme, we made an Itsy, Bitsy Spider creation. The children glued on a yellow circle for the sun, using a yellow crayon to draw rays of sunshine. They glued cotton balls on for clouds and dipped their fingers in blue ink to create fingerprint raindrops. Once dry they painted a small foam ball black for the spider and glued in a bendy straw as the rainspout. They very much enjoyed making “a rainstorm” in their pictures.

Reminders:

School Closed, Spring Break, 3/18/19 - 3/31/19

Enjoy the photos! As always, please feel free to reach out through email with questions or concerns. We wish everyone a happy and healthy Spring Break!

Warmly,

Sarah and Jill

Week of 3/4

3/8/2019

Dear Star Room 2AM Families,

What a great week we had in the classroom! Here are some of the fun activities we enjoyed during classroom.

Theme this week:

This week we started our new unit about nursery rhymes. We read a few nursery rhymes, sang and acted out Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star during circle time and shared which nursery rhyme we like best.

Books we read:

Thank You, Mr. Panda, by Steve Antony
Please, Mr. Panda, by Steve Antony
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Songs we sang:

“Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”

Places we went:

At Art with Julia and Janae, we finished our ceramic tiles by adding our hand-prints to our painted tiles. We also explored Orbeez at the light table and drawing with oil pastels.
We read Bear Says Thanks by Karma Wilson and took out library books during Library with Lindsay.
We sang Baby Beluga, Do A Deer and Oh Mr. Sun with Noel in Music.
We played in 2nd floor indoor gym.

Classroom Activities:

In keeping with our theme, we created star wands. The children glued sequins and jewels onto yellow star cutouts as well as sprinkling gold glitter on top. We will glue the stars together onto a wooden dowel and the children will select streamers to add as a final touch!

Reminders:

Library books are due 3/12/19
School Closed, Spring Break, 3/18/19 - 3/31/19

Enjoy the photos and have a great weekend! As always, please feel free to reach out through email with questions or concerns.

Warmly,
Sarah and Jill

Week of 2/25

3/1/2019

Dear Star Room 2AM Families,

What a great week we had in the classroom! Here are some of the fun activities we enjoyed during classroom.

Theme this week:

We finished exploring our feelings this week, learning about angry and scared. At circle time, we looked at pictures of angry & scared children, which prompted a conversation about how we know when someone is angry or scared. We demonstrated our angry and scared faces to our classmates and teachers too. We also created a class list of things that make us feel angry.

Books we read:

Mad, Mad Bear by Kimberly Gee
Pom Pom Panda Gets the Grumps by Sophy Henn
When Sophie Gets Angry…Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang

Songs we sang:
“If You’re Happy and You Know It”
“If You’re Angry and You Know It’
“If You’re Sad and You Know It”

Places we went:

At Art with Julia and Janae, we painted ceramic tiles with pastel paints. The tiles will then get an extra special touch that will make for a unique parent gift. We also explored Orbeez at the light table and drawing with oil pastels.
We read Looking For a Moose by Phyllis Root and took out library books during Library with Lindsay.
We sang Baby Beluga, Do A Deer and Oh Mr. Sun with Noel in Music.
We played in 2nd floor indoor gym.

Classroom Activities:

We created happy or sad monsters at the art table this week. The children got to decide whether they wanted their monster to be happy or sad, painting a paper plate blue for sad or yellow for happy. Once dry, they added googly eyes, an orange nose and a smile or frown. They also glued on construction paper strips for arms and legs.

Reminders:

Library books are due 3/5/19
School Closed, Spring Break, 3/18/19 - 3/31/19

Enjoy the photos and have a great weekend! As always, please feel free to reach out through email with questions or concerns.

Warmly,

Sarah and Jill