Dear Families,

This upcoming week is April Vacation.  There will be NO SCHOOL next week, 4/15-4/22.  School will resume on Monday, April 22nd. 

When we come back from April vacation, we will be starting our Things That Grow Unit.  We will be talking about what the word "grow" means and what things grow and what things do not grow.  Here's what we will be reading this week.




Small Groups

Monday           Matching letter flowers to picture pots with initial sounds
Tuesday           Identifying comparative language "longest" and "shortest"
Wednesday      Sequencing The Carrot Seed
Thursday         Reviewing handwriting strokes with sequencing a growing seed
Friday             Making a Very Hungry Caterpillar



Choice Time

Red Table           Using tulips to build vocabulary word gardens
Yellow Table      Animal habitat trays
Blue Table          Bug Stamps
Green Table        Matching Popsicle stick seeds to numbered sunflowers
Block Area         Cardboard blocks
Rug                     Farms
Dramatic Play    Building magnet flowers
Sensory Table     Vegetable garden


-The Barnyard Buddies

Dear Families,

We are entering the last week of our Shadows and Reflections Unit.  This week we are talking about things we need to make a shadow or a reflection, and how to make shadows and reflections inside.  Just a reminder that this is the last week before April Vacation.  There is no school from 4/15-4/19.  School will resume on Monday, 4/22.  Here's what we will be reading this week. 



Small Groups
Monday        Sequencing Mouse Count book
Tuesday        Counting reflections from the Puddle Pail
Wednesday   Sorting letters that are the same and different
Thursday      Raccoon positional book
Friday          Painting puddle pail reflection


Choice Time
Red Table           Sequencing puzzles
Yellow Table      Reflective paper collages
Green Table        Using collections to build patterns
Blue Table          Play Doh
Rug                     Superheroes
Block Area          Legos
Dramatic Play     Shadow puppet theatre
Sensory Table     Reflective stream
Easel                   Painting clouds


HWOT
This week we are learning the letter V


-The Barnyard Buddies