Our Texas Field Day was a great success. The children enjoyed roping the steer, milking the cow, tossing the hat, shooting out the candle with a water gun, working with leather in crafts, and getting their faces painted. They also enjoyed singing Texas songs together at the cookout.
This week in Social Studies we will learn about cowboys and cowgirls as we read “Yippee-Yay” and learn new facts about Texas from Texas Alphabet. We’re also planning to ride our stick horses and play “Pass the Hat”.
In Nature/Science we will read In the Garden and collect flowers to press for our Nature Journals. The children will practice matching flowers and sequence the lifecycle of a flowering plant. We will read Birds and Feathers for Lunch as we continue to learn about Texas Birds. The children will do a picture study of a Roadrunner and read “Rescuing Birds” in our Christian Liberty Nature Reader.
In Bible we will read “Patience at School” and “Patience at Play”. The children will paint an illustration of the stories to place in their portfolios.
In Phonics/Language the children will narrate The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck by Beatrix Potter. We will sort objects beginning with letters W and X into letter tubs and play “Can You Tell Me?” with the Explode the Code Wall Chart.
In Art the children will create fingerprint flowers.
In Music we will play “Wind Storm” with bubbles and “Giant Umbrella”. We will also practice walking slowly on the line to Mozart’s “Oboe Quartet in F-Adagio”.
Special thanks to Tara Garr, who organized the Field Day, and to Kim Walker and Jennifer Needham, who helped set up and donated materials. We were also thankful for all the parents who attended and helped to make it a success.
School will be closed this Thursday, May 5 for Cinco de Mayo.
