This week we will continue our study of birds as we learn about ducks. We will do a picture study with Audubon Card #10, “Wood Duck”. We will read, The Story of Ping and Catching The Wind (about migration). We will narrate The Tale of Jemima Puddle Duck (by Beatrix Potter), and we will learn about how birds fly as we read, Why Does It Fly.
We will make “listening ears” as part of our Five Senses Unit. We’ll also play Sound Lotto, experiment with sounds and play a guessing game in circle, and practice matching sounds with Montessori sound cylinders.
In Nature/Gardening we’re planning to plant and paint petunias and harvest our beets. We will draw the beets, wash them, cut them open, and investigate them in class. We will also press the leaves and read Our Two Gardens.
In Phonics, we will play an Explode the Code matching game with lowercase letters and objects. We will practice ending sounds with our Phonemic Awareness Stamp to Learn Program. We will sort objects beginning with the letters U and V into tubs, and we will search for hidden U’s and V’s in our Waldorf Alphabet Book (this book has lovely intricate paintings with hidden letters).
In Bible we will learn about patience as part of our study of the Fruits of The Spirit. We will read about how Abraham showed patience and have a puppet show entitled, “Waiting”.
On Tuesday, March 31, we would like to visit the duck pond at Veteran's Park after school. We will bring bread (you may bring something extra to feed the ducks if you like). Meet us at the duck pond immediately after picking up your child (the duck pond is adjacent to the playground). We hope that you can come (we would like to take pictures to include in their nature journal).
