The children enjoyed our visit to the Science Lab last week. We fed lettuce to the Russian Tortoise and took turns petting Max, the Guinea Pig.
This week we're planning to have Oceans of fun as we learn about Ocean Creatures. Our letter for the week is "O". We will make a book about Otters and sing, "Octupus Stew", read excerpts from Life in the Coral Reef, and read "All About Sea Stars" in our Christian Liberty Nature Readers. The children will create an Octopus and a Japanese Shoji Screen with an Ocean motif in Art. We'll also play a Fish Matching number game in Math.
We are beginning a study of the Five Senses, and will read You Touch with Your Fingers this week. We will play Texture Dominoes in circle and present Sandpaper Blocks (Montessori) in centers. Please help your child collect 3 or 4 items with texture to share with the class on Thursday. We will combine the items to make a texture poster for the class.
In Music we will dance to an interactive CD of "The Yellow Rose of Texa" and also learn the words to the original song. We'll follow directions to a Hap Palmer song called "Follow Along" and color and sing "Y-E-L-L-O-W". We'll also continue to practice our Texas songs and read a story about John A. Lomax, who wrote "Home on the Range", "Sweet Betsy from Pike", and many other famous cowboy songs.
