Dear Parents,
It's always hard to say good-bye to all "our" children at the end of the year;but this year is extremely hard,being our last year and last newsletter.We have had a wonderful year and look forward to our final weeks with joy and enthusiasm(and hopefully sunshine)!
We started the month discovering who pops out of eggs besides chickens.We enjoyed hunting for hidden eggs (inside).And lots of artwork.
Our journey took us to the oceans and seas that surround our globe and the creatures that live below them.We even contemplated what it would be like to live under the sea.
We then ventured into space-discovering our place in the solar system in the vastness of outer space.We became astronauts blasting to far away planets or pilots flying near space.
We honored Mother Earth with the three "R"s(recycle,reuse& reduce) and can crushing.We talked about how we could take care of the Earth and took the Earth Pledge in honor of Earth Day.
We ended the month with a dinosaur roar!We discussed how many types of dinosaurs roamed the earth long before people;enduring an unsettled world including volcanoes which we are still enduring today.We experimented with our own volcano and the 5 year olds even ate a volcano!
MAY INTEREST UNITS:
April29-May3 Dinosaurs
May 6-10.....Mothers,Fathers & Families
May 13-17.....Rainbows
May 20-24.....Healthy Bodies
May 27-30.....Last week celebrations
MAY DATES:
May 21.....Library visit for the M/T/W/Th class.
May 27.....NO SCHOOL-Memorial Day
May 28.....Last day of school for the T/Th class
May 29.....Last day of school for the M/W/F class
May 30....Last day for the M/T/W/Th class
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Monday, April 1, 2013
Dear parents,
March according to our school calendar,had more "lamb" than "lion" days which was nice,even if they weren't all that warm!
We observed weather closely as we considered rain,sun,fog,clouds,snow and we learned the sun is "always up there",no matter what the weather is like.That's hard to believe some times.We also explored some "crazy" weather possibilities,as classes painted with "mud" or discovering "cloudy with a chance of meatballs" and "oobleck".
Green week celebrated green,of course,with food and discovering that blue and yellow makes green.Green week also coincided with "welcome to spring" as we say goodbye to winter and look for signs of spring during our neighborhood walks and on the bike trail.
We also are watching the ongoing process of "evaporation" and the continuous circle of the water wheel,plus catching rain water to measure the inches that had rained.
Traffic congestion on Maywood Road has increased.We think Joytimer's dropoff/pickup would be facilitated if drivers for Joytime would pull up at least to the street light.We can see you and send the children acroos the lawn.Having your child enter your car on the CURB SIDE helps promote safety habits.The other alterative is to pull into the park driveway,get out and walk over to meet your child.Reminder:PLEAS DO NOT BLOCK THE DRIVEWAY NEXT TO JOYTIMES DRIVEWAY!Thanks.
APRIL INTEREST UNITS:
April1st-5th.....Who popped out?
April8th-12th.....Oceans/Seas
April15th-19th.....Space
April22nd-26th.....Earth
April29th-May3rd.....Dinosaurs
END OF THE YEAR DATES:
May 27th......NO SCHOOL-Memorial Day
May 28th.....Last day of school for the T/Th a.m. class
May 29th.....Last day of school for the M/W/F a.m. class
May 29th.....Last day graduation picnic for the M/T/W/Th p.m. class
PLEASE NOTE:
1.March words:Spring,oobleck,vortex,evaporation,shamrock,leprechaun,lion,lamb.
2.We may continue to need boots in April,depending on the weather.Also clothing suitable to the temperature is desirable.
REMINDER:Diamond Jubilee Alumni Party June 8th 11-5 p.m.
Do you remember-
merry-go-round rides
tubing and big wheels on Joytime Mountain
P.J.Day
Summer in Winter day
Popcorn Man!
Rainbow cookies
and on and on and on!!!
March according to our school calendar,had more "lamb" than "lion" days which was nice,even if they weren't all that warm!
We observed weather closely as we considered rain,sun,fog,clouds,snow and we learned the sun is "always up there",no matter what the weather is like.That's hard to believe some times.We also explored some "crazy" weather possibilities,as classes painted with "mud" or discovering "cloudy with a chance of meatballs" and "oobleck".
Green week celebrated green,of course,with food and discovering that blue and yellow makes green.Green week also coincided with "welcome to spring" as we say goodbye to winter and look for signs of spring during our neighborhood walks and on the bike trail.
We also are watching the ongoing process of "evaporation" and the continuous circle of the water wheel,plus catching rain water to measure the inches that had rained.
Traffic congestion on Maywood Road has increased.We think Joytimer's dropoff/pickup would be facilitated if drivers for Joytime would pull up at least to the street light.We can see you and send the children acroos the lawn.Having your child enter your car on the CURB SIDE helps promote safety habits.The other alterative is to pull into the park driveway,get out and walk over to meet your child.Reminder:PLEAS DO NOT BLOCK THE DRIVEWAY NEXT TO JOYTIMES DRIVEWAY!Thanks.
APRIL INTEREST UNITS:
April1st-5th.....Who popped out?
April8th-12th.....Oceans/Seas
April15th-19th.....Space
April22nd-26th.....Earth
April29th-May3rd.....Dinosaurs
END OF THE YEAR DATES:
May 27th......NO SCHOOL-Memorial Day
May 28th.....Last day of school for the T/Th a.m. class
May 29th.....Last day of school for the M/W/F a.m. class
May 29th.....Last day graduation picnic for the M/T/W/Th p.m. class
PLEASE NOTE:
1.March words:Spring,oobleck,vortex,evaporation,shamrock,leprechaun,lion,lamb.
2.We may continue to need boots in April,depending on the weather.Also clothing suitable to the temperature is desirable.
REMINDER:Diamond Jubilee Alumni Party June 8th 11-5 p.m.
Do you remember-
merry-go-round rides
tubing and big wheels on Joytime Mountain
P.J.Day
Summer in Winter day
Popcorn Man!
Rainbow cookies
and on and on and on!!!
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