Dear families,

We have finished our Shadows and Reflections Unit.  This week we will be starting our Things that Grow Unit.  We will begin by talking about what "growing" means, why some things grow and others don't, and discussing and identifying the differences between a living thing and a non-living thing.  Here's what we will be reading.

  

Small Groups

Monday         Speech group, OT group
Tuesday        Sorting vegetables that grow above and under ground, planting
                                 flowers
Wednesday   Sorting what plants and people need to grow in a Venn Diagram,
                                identifying differences in flowers
Thursday      Making pretend vegetable soup, growing beans in our own
                                "greenhouses"
Friday          Daily living skills group, speech group

Even though the weather is getting warmer, our playground time is early in the morning, and it's still pretty cool out at that time, so please continue to send your child in with a coat.  Thank you. 

Shannon

Dear Families,

We have finished our Color Unit and are now learning about shadows and reflections.  In this unit we will be identifying what shadows and reflections are and experimenting with materials and light to make shadows and reflections.  Here's what we'll be reading.

  

Small Groups

Monday                 Speech group, OT group
Tuesday                 Making shadow pictures by putting toys on paper and leaving
                                    them outside, experimenting with different materials to see
                                    which ones are "reflectors" of light
Wednesday           Making stained glass letters, going on a shadow walk outside
Thursday              Making tally charts to count animals we see in our storybooks,
                                     making sidewalk chalk silhouettes
Friday                   Speech group, Daily Living skills group


-The Barnyard Buddies