January 7-11

The Hawks were getting to know Allie the Alligator this week, along with some of the words she says (apple, ant, astronaut). During circle times we counted to 9, identified ovals, and found green things in the classroom. The book of the week was "Caps for Sale" by Esphyr Slobodkina; a classic preschool tale of a peddler and some silly monkeys. Also, this week the Hawks embarked on our Backyard Safari. We had a discussion about all the amazing creatures in nature, and that nature is all around us. We made a backpack to take some of these creatures home in. On Thursday we used scissors to cut-up green paper and used the pieces to make a "grass collage".  Encourage our child to investigate the grass around your home or the park.


In the Eagle class the children began to learn about travel and visiting other countries.  We are learning about the colors green and yellow, the number 9, the letter e, the shape of an oval and the concept of travel and safaris.  The children worked in their journals, made the letter e in play doh, goldfish, and on paper, created green art, and made and looked for the number 9.  Be sure to ask your little ones about "naughty nine"!  I brought snakes into class to share with the children on Friday.  We learned about the difference between mammals and non-mammals and created a chart to remember the differences.  We discussed how snakes are cold blooded and talked about what that means.  The children made safari hats and we discussed the animals that might be seen on a safari, next week we will make some of those animals.  The children made pretend passports and learned about why we need passports to travel.  They get a stamp with each country that we talk about.

I took some really great pictures of both classes and they are not loading at the moment.  I'll try later in the week.

Hope you have a wonderful week, and remember, there will be no school on Martin Luther King Jr. day- 1/25.

Ms. Jen