Hi Families,

We are in Week 6 of Remote Learning.  As I'm sure you've heard, school will remain closed for the remainder of this school year.  As heartbreaking as this decision was, it was in the best interest of your children, the staff, and our community.  We will continue to provide remote learning opportunities until school ends in June.  If you have any questions or concerns about this, please reach out to me. 

Mondays videos were posted today, since we were experiencing some device issues this week!  All of the subsequent videos will be bumped forward by one day, and Thursday's videos will be posted on Friday.  We are still talking about our 5 senses, and this week Sarah, who is one of the Barnyard Buddies assistants, will be reading a surprise book on Wednesday, so keep an eye out for it!  Here's what's on our agenda. 

Tuesday      Storytime- Pete The Cat and his 4 Groovy Buttons
                    Academics- HWOT letter B

Wednesday   Storytime- Polar Bear, Polar Bear with SARAH!
                     Academics- Matching letters and exploring sounds to make a
                                         "bowl of popcorn"

Thursday      Storytime- The Very Hungry Caterpillar
                     Academics- Very Hungry Caterpillar counting book

Friday          Storytime- Mouse Paint
                     Academics- Mixing colors experiment


-The Barnyard Buddies

Hi Families,

Given our status in the quarantine, we've cut our April Vacation short so that we can continue with remote learning.  This is week 5 of remote learning opportunities; videos will be posted on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.  Here's our activities.


Wednesday      Storytime-Seven Blind Mice
                        Academics- AB patterns with bear counters

Thursday         Storytime- There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
                        Academics- Sorting big/medium/small fruits


Over the next couple weeks we will have some surprise book reads from our Barnyard Buddies assistants, Caitlin and Sarah, so keep an eye out!


-The Barnyard Buddies

Hi Families,

We are in week four of our remote learning.  I apologize for being a video short last week, I had some technical difficulties with YouTube.  I posted Thursday's video today to finish up our Transportation unit.  This week we will be starting our 5 Senses Unit, so our four activities for the week will be scheduled for Tuesday-Friday.  Here's a summary of our activities for the week and, as usual, please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns.

Monday        Our 4.10 book Wheels On The Bus
                      4.10 academic activity "Does It Roll?" science experiment

Tuesday        Book- The Cat And The Hat Comes Back
                      Academic activity- HWOT rainbow writing letter P

Wednesday    Starting our 5 Senses Unit with Our Senses book
                       Academic Activity- sorting 1 and 2 body parts

Thursday        Book- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
                       Academic Activity- Using vocab "same" and "different" to
                                        match colors of characters

Friday            Book- Go Away Big Green Monster
                      Academic Activity- Putting together Mr. Potato Head


-The Barnyard Buddies

Dear Families,


We're in our third week of online learning.  For this week we are going to reread (or, re-watch in this case) a few of the books that were posted last week.  Then we'll follow up with some WH- comprehension questions.  Attached to your weekly email is the virtual play dates contact list.  If you would like to include your information to the list, please contact me with the information you'd like to share.  Here is our optional activities for the week.

Monday     Storytime- Re-watch Taxi Dog
                                    WH- questions about Taxi Dog
                  Academics- Handwriting without Tears Letter D

Tuesday    Storytime- Airport
                  Academics- Vehicle patterns

Wednesday   Storytime- Re-watch How Will We Get To The Beach
                                        WH- questions about the story
                     Academics- Alphabet Train

Thursday     Storytime- Wheels On The Bus
                    Academics- Does It Roll? Experiment



-The Barnyard Buddies