Last week the children did a wonderful job of floating a balloon and keeping it on the parachute to the count of four with Mozart's "Horn Concerto No. 2 in E Flat Major".
This week in Music we will learn a new game called Merry-Go-Round. The children will listen and follow directions as we move around in a circle and change movements. We will also play "Shaking Hands" with the parachute. We will learn "I've Been Working on the Railroad" with motions and instruments and practice reciting the first three stanzas of "Where Go the Boats".
In Math we will continue to work with grouping, weighing, and comparing weights of objects.
In Phonics/Language we will read and narrate Winnie the Pooh and Some Bees. We will introduce the letter "y" and make y's with yellow yarn. We will review our letters as we play "Who Has It" with the Explode the Code Wall Chart objects.
In Nature/Science we will read "Honeybees" and "The Beehive" in our Christian Liberty Nature Readers. We'll learn about trucks as we continue our unit on Air, Land, and Water. We'll read Lets Go, Trucks and Wings, Wheels, and Sails.
In Gardening we will collect leaves from the plants in our atrium and sketch a favorite plant. We will also plant watermelon and cantaloupe into our vegetable garden and lavender into the butterfly garden.
In Bible we will learn about the Fruit of the Spirit: Faithfulness. We will read and watercolor the illustrations for two stories from the Child's Book of Character Building. We will learn about Faith in the Bible as we read about Jesus walking on the water (Matthew 14) and we will read a story called Faith at Home about a little sparrow.
Our Field Day will be at school with a Texas theme on Tuesday, May 25. More details will be announced soon.
