Thanks to all who helped with our Easter egg hunt and party last week. You made it very special for the children.
This week in Nature/Science we will finish making our Rainforest pocket books and learn about the Amazon River. We will also begin a new unit on Air, Land, and Water. We'll talk about how plants and animals need water to survive and experiment with filtering water that we have collected on the playground near the garden. We will also observe the effects of water on different materials.
In Math the children will make floating fruit boats and try to predict how many items they will hold before they sink.
In Social Studies we will learn about Abraham Lincoln, and read Abraham Lincoln Learns to be Honest. The children will also work on a little poster about Lincoln.
We will read You Hear With Your Ears as we continue to learn about our Five Senses. The children will work with Montessori sound cylinders and play listening lotto. We will also make "listening ears" to use in circle and on our Listening Walk.
In Phonics/Language we will introduce letter "V" and practice writing it on our little chalkboards. The children will begin to learn and recite "Where Go the Boats?" by Robert Louis Stevenson. We will also begin to read and narrate The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Anderson.
In Art the children are planning to add more items to their texture constructions. They will observe and practice drawing snapdragons and strawberries with watercolor crayons. They will also work with mosaics to create beautiful patterns.
In Music we will practice balancing on one foot and alternating from left to right as we learn "Hello, My Name is Joe". We will listen and execute movements to a song called "Warm Up"and move in slow motion to "Quiet Time". We will also move fast and slow with scarves to Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 4 in E Flat Major.
Our field trip to Will Rogers Memorial Center for the production of Hans Cristian Anderson's Little Mermaid is next Tuesday, April 13, at 10:00 A.M. We will meet at the school at 8:45 (or you may meet us there).
