The children did a great job of acting out The Three Little Pigs and Goldilocks and the Three Bears last week. Their favorite activity in Music was playing "Oats, Peas, Beans, and Barley Grow". The child who was "it" picked a partner to dance with in the middle of the circle, and they all had a turn as we sang "Tra, la, la, la, la...."
This week we will read Pumpkin, Pumpkin and The Biggest Pumpkin Ever. We will sequence the pumpkin growth cycle and sequence the events in the story, Pumpkin, Pumpkin. We will cut a pumpkin open and examine and count the seeds. We will also match the seeds to the numbers 1-10, identify pumpkins that are the same/different, and place pumpkins in order from smallest to largest.
In Art/Music we will work together with Mrs. Hague's class to create an enormous pumpkin. We will fingerpaint with orange, decorate pumpkins , and make pumpkin tambourines to play in Creative Movement.
In Nature/Science we will learn about how animals make their homes. We will read Animal Habitats and Animals That Build Their Homes.
We are planning to walk over to Green's Produce on Tuesday to purchase a pumpkin for decorating. Please sign the permission slip that is posted in the hall. Our field trip to Mainstay Farms is this Thursday, October 29. We will leave the school at 9:30. The cost is $7 for adults and children. Please return the permission slip and admission fee to Mrs. Hague by Tuesday. Most of the activities occur outside, so be sure to bundle up!
