OUR SNOW FAMILIES!

Dear Parents, 

 We continued our winter unit by reading Snowflakes, by Lois Elhert.  The children then created their own snow people.  Some of the children made snow girls, snow moms, snow dads, snow cats, snow brothers, and even a snow dog.  Each child traced and cut out three circles, glued them together and then added eyes, hair, legs, arms, and hats. They all looked so adorable on our classroom bulletin board.

We also learned about mixing colors.  First we filled eye dropper with red, yellow, and blue food coloring,  then we squeezed drops onto coffee filters.  Not only did the colors mix and make a new array of colors but we now know that mixing red and yellow makes orange,  blue and yellow makes green and red and blue makes purple.  What a fun learning experience it was!

 The highlight of the week was our ice cream party.  The reason we had a party was because we filled the gem jar.  Ask your child about it.  I am not sure which was more fun, eating the ice cream or making it.

Our letter of the week was "P." We practiced writing it and then came up with a list of "P" words such as: popcorn, potatoes, pumpkin, pig, papa, princess, and paper.

Other fun areas in the classroom:

Helping a friend get dressed

Leading the children in Eurythmics
Class

                                      

             




Love,
Ms. Bonne and Ms. Barbara

ALL ABOUT PENGUINS!

Dear Parents,

It was so great to get back to school and to see all of our friends. We are pleased to welcome our new classmate Tima. This week we went on an amazing "journey" to the Antarctica to visit the penguins.  The children learned several facts about penguins such as: Penguins can't fly but can swim under water.  There are 17 different species of penguins.  The largest penguins is 4 feet tall (emperor penguin) and the smallest is 16 inches tall (the little blue penguin).  Some of the stories the children enjoyed listening to were: About Penguins, by Cathryn Sill,  Without You, by Sarah Weeks and "Where is Home, Little Pip,?, by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman.

After reading about penguins, the children created their own.  First they painted egg cartons, then cut out wings, added feet and a beak.
Finally, They glued them all together to make an adorable penguin colony, which even included snow and icicles.

In math this week we counted penguins and matched them up with the appropriate number.  We also created a web which stated facts about penguins. 

In music this week with Lisa, the children continued to practice holding the violin in rest position. The children also had fun with the parachute which they bounced "snowballs" off of it.

Other areas of fun in class:

Dancing to "Animal Action"

Notes from Yuting:

This Wednesday during Mandarin class we played a number matching game to review Chinese number characters 1-5.  

The new song we are learning  is "Five Little Speckled Frogs" -- the Mandarin version of course!

Practicing piano with Yuting

 
 We also celebrated Ava's 4th birthday! Thank you to her family for the delicious cupcakes and treats. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AVA!

Love,

Ms. Bonne and Ms. Barbara