We are all so happy to be back to school, and are excited about our plans for a new year together.
We played a "Hi and Hello" game this morning. We also learned the names of our new friends, William, Ray, and Zach Thomas and welcomed them into our class.
This week in Nature Study/Science we will begin to learn about the Solar System. We will read On the Moon and The Best Book of the Moon. The children will use shapes to create an astronaut, and then paint it with tempera. We will have our Nature Study time after lunch each day. This week, the children will become familiar with a Butterfly Weed and make a sketch for their Nature Journals. We will examine a seed pod and plant the "weed" into our garden with hopes to attract Monarch butterflies.
In Social Studies we will read and narrate "The First Nomads" from The Story of the World and talk about the pictures in Ancient World (Usborne).
In Music we will encourage the children to attempt a variety of movements as we play "Wibble Wobble". We will begin to read about Frederic Chopin, and the children will move fast and slow with scarves to Chopin's "Nocturne in F, Op. 15". They will also pretend to be astronauts and follow directions to "An Adventure in Space".
In Bible we will read Genesis 3 and learn about how God created the world. We will also read "God Makes the World", "Everyone is Happy", and "Adam and Eve" from The Bible in Pictures and learn a song about Creation.
Please send an afternoon snack each day and place it in your child's tub in the hall. They also need to bring a backpack each day with a complete change of clothes in case of spills or mishaps. The children may also bring a water bottle.
Hot lunches are available daily starting next Monday. Please see Tara Garr to order lunches in advance each month.
We're looking forward to a wonderful year with this precious group.