The children began exploring the world of insects this week. They compared and contrasted their different characteristics and had fun identifying them by name.
The boys and girls have been enjoying books by author, Eric Carle this week. "The Grouchy Ladybug" was definitely one of their favorites.
After reading "The Very Busy Spider," the children learned that a spider was different because it had eight legs instead of six, like insects have. With pattern blocks they made spiders, flowers and even frogs!
At the easel, you can tell that spring is in the air! Remembering the shapes they used to make their flower snack during last week's exploring, they painted beautiful flowers in bright colors.
Not only have the children been drawn to the vivid illustrations in Eric Carle's books, but they have enjoyed the interesting detail found in their end pages. They love guessing which tools he might have used to create them. So, we made some Eric Carle paper ourselves mixing yellow and green paint with combs and scrapers.
After learning about the life cycle of a butterfly, the children cut traced leaves from the paper they had made. Next they squeezed tissue paper in to a ball and glued it to the leaf, to represent the butterfly's egg.
On Tuesday we visited the dentist's office. Dr Levitt taught the children how to properly brush and floss their teeth. He also told them about the many fun things that they would do when having their teeth cleaned.
Before leaving the children saw the tooth fairy in the mirror who thanked them for coming and for taking such good care of their teeth! They also learned that Dr Levitt is the grandfather of one our Alpha friends at Shorecrest!
After Mrs. Gootson read, "The Tiny Seed, " by Eric Carle, the children had fun doing movement exercises as they carefully followed her oral directions.
On Friday we were off to the Relay For Life kick off in the gym.
Here we gathered with the entire community of Shorecrest students and faculty to listen as Mr. Murphy and others spoke to us about this important fundraising event.
Then each senior student came and took the hand of an Alpha student to head towards the track.
How very special to watch as those tiny little hands joined with the largest, walked the first lap around the track to kick off the Relay for Life!
Upcoming Dates:
4/12 Almost Sleepover - 6:00-9:00
4/19 Celebrate the Arts Program and Picnic - 11:00
4/26 Parents Day - begins at 8:30 in the Student Activity Center
4/29 Pier Field Trip - 9:30
No comments:
Post a Comment