Here's what we were up to this week:
We finished up the body maps and the children presented their body drawings to the class. They all showed the different parts they drew including what was in their bellies for breakfast! The children are gaining self esteem when talking in front of their classmates. Great job children! More pictures can be found on Shutterfly.
The new month has brought a new curriculum topic with it: weather! The children were introduced to this new topic and were asked what they wanted to specifically learn about. Many of the children quickly raised their hands and requested they wanted to learn about storms, tornados and clouds. We love asking the children what they want to learn so we can tailor the curriculum towards their interests! We also formed a KWL chart to track the children's knowledge. K stands for "what you know," W stands for "what you want to know" and L stands for "what you learned." It's a great tool for preschool learning! In addition to finding out what the children want to learn, we talked about the seasons, the different types of clothing that we wear, the meaning of the word temperature and about the wind.
What's up next:
Next week, the children will begin learning about clouds. More specifically, why they form, how they form and the different types of clue formations. This will then lead us into rain studies and storm studies! So fun! Stay tuned for lots of fun experiments!
Our Artist of the Month will be Roy Lichtenstein and we will study and recreated his piece named "Sunrise" that he created in 1965. It's a pop art inspired picture incorporating the sun and clouds for our weather month! Stay tuned for some sneak peeks!
News and friendly reminders:
- SEE will be closed for Spring Recess from April 20-24th.
- April's monthly gathering will be at The Stone Zoo on Saturday April 11th at 3:00pm sharp. SEE students will have free admission and the first 10 adults to RSVP on Evite will receive the discounted rate of $6 (we were able to obtain library passes for the adults). Please see the Evite for more info.
- To celebrate Earth Month, Toms of Maine is encouraging families to recycle their broken toys. I am sure many of you have toy graveyards at your house and we would love if you brought them in to us! The recycle box is on it's way to our school and you can find more information about the program here. More info will follow next week.
- This winter has done a number on our playground. Once all of the snow melts, it is going to need some TLC! I will be setting up a playground cleanup event most likely during the beginning of May. More info will follow once a cleanup plan has been created :)
Lastly, here are a few body map presentations:
Happy Friday!
Joanna
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