April 9-13

This week at Elm Park, we began a new unit on plants and life cycles.  Other new themes for the month include the colors brown & orange, the shape of a diamond, and the social concept of patience.  This week, we focused on the letter W and the number 10.

We planted grass this week and talked about the parts of a plant (seed, stem, leaves, flowers, and fruit) and discussed what a plant needs to survive (dirt, water, and sun).  We also planted flowers right before the spring break so we are monitoring our plants daily for any new growth.  Each week of the month, we will discuss the life cycle of another creature.  This week we discussed frogs and each stage in their life cycle.

We learned a new game where someone describes an object while the other children guess what it is.  We're working on descriptive words and deductive reasoning.  We also began discussing opposites.

For months now, I've encouraged the kids to make letters with their hands, bodies, with food, etc, etc, etc.  Now that we've established this learning environment, it warms my heart to see them do it automatically.  Below I've included a picture of the kids making the letter W with goldfish.  Smart kidlets!!