Everyone had a great time at track and field day. Here are some pictures from the events:

It is so hard to believe that another school year has passed by! Here are some of the things that we will be doing in May…

Art center: string painting; painting with a glue/shaving cream mixture tinted in pastels; splatter screen painting; collaging with pasta; tile printing; painting with nubby brushes; painting with watercolors; foot painting; collaging with colored sand; and spin art with markers

Dramatic play: regular housekeeping and tent with the rocking boat

Discovery: aquarium rocks with plastic fish hidden; sorting pasta; and “phones” made from PVC pipe

Sand: tubes and funnels; wet sand with castle-making materials; and sand wheels

Water: water with snakes and a log; dry pasta with scoops; and water with boats

Music & Movement: xylophones; and drums and cymbals

Blocks: large steps; puppets; colored windows and people

Remember Strega Nona Day, Track and Field Day, and our final ice cream social, too. Also, remember to come to the Annual Spring Meeting on May 8 from 7:00 – 8:00 PM. Have a great summer! We hope to see some of you at summer camp.

May 2008 Newsletter
Evaluation Results 2008

I hope you had a relaxing and refreshing spring break!

Here are some of the things that we have planned for the month of April…

Block center: road signs & plastic vehicles; castle & My Pretty Ponies; and tractors

Dramatic Play center: flower shop; regular housekeeping with food, dress-up, and babies

Discovery Center: tornado tubes & fountains; seed match with seed packages; butterflies & magnifying glasses

Sand table: plastic vehicles; sifters & scoops; small farm animals

Water table: bubble blowing; corn starch & water mixture; water with fish & magnetic fishing poles; water with letter sponges

Music & Movement: triangles & sand blocks; drums & tambourines

Art: painting with water colors; marble painting; Karo syrup painting; playing with foam dough; painting with puffy paint; painting egg cartons; making paper plate kites; collaging with pom poms; painting with textured brushes; and drawing under the table (Michelangelo style)

Cooking: making fruit kabobs

April Newsletter

We have very few school days in the month of March but we are packing them full of fun activities.

On March 3 and 4, we will be setting up a “bear cave” for the children to sit in and read bear-themed books by flashlight. We will be having teddy bears in the block area, bear sorting at the science center, bears and “caves” in the sand table, (hopefully) snow and polar bears in the water table, and we will be finger painting chocolate pudding on bear shapes at the art table. In addition, we will be having tap shoes and rain sticks at the music and movement center.

During the week of March 10-14, we will be putting the wooden dollhouse with dolls and dollhouse furniture in the block area; putting fountains and tornado tubes in the discovery area; using some new grabbers in the sand table; and experimenting with corn starch and water in the water table. We will also be setting up a shoe store in the dramatic play area and putting out drums and tambourines in the music and movement center. At the art center, we will be cooking pizza muffins, gluing buttons on felt pocket shapes, and dyeing various items. In addition, the afternoon class will be using atomic painters and painting with biocolor on aluminum foil.

During the week of March 17-21, we will put magnets in the science center, put plastic waffle cones and shovels in the sand table, place Easter grass and plastic eggs to match in the water table, and put drums and tambourines in the music and movement center. We will be printing with green peppers, finger painting, collaging with the items that we dyed, and cutting and gluing paper strips at the art table.

March Newsletter

Even though February is a short month, we have a tremendous amount of activities planned. Here are our plans for each of the learning centers:

Art – peanut butter play dough, heart foldovers, “sewing” hearts with yarn, printing valentine bags, dipping chalk in liquid starch to draw, sponge painting over doilies, valentine collaging, drip painting with eye droppers, beading hearts with red and white beads, catching yarn on coarse sand paper, car painting, bubble wrap printing, and creating a trash tower

Cooking – baking pretzel letters

Blocks – cars and car rug, big trucks, and then farm animals

Dramatic Play – pet shop, then regular housekeeping

Discovery – shadow screen, tornado tubes and fountain, smelly jars, followed by shells and magnifying glasses

Sand – sand wheels with cups, shovels and funnels, and finally, wet sand with castle making supplies

Water – shredded paper with plastic dogs, red soapy water with whisks, water with measuring cups and water wheels, and then washing housekeeping dishes

Music & movement – Chino blocks and maracas, followed by tap shoes, scarves, and rain sticks

February Newsletter