April 27-May 1 2009

This week

This week we turned the classroom into a farm. We read the book Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown. Blocks was turned into a barn, library was turned into a animal hospital, circle area was turned into a pig pen, floor toys was turned into a science area, and dramatic play was turned into a country kitchen. On Monday, Keira's dad came in and talked to us about life on a farm in Ireland. On Wednesday, Davidson's mom came in and talked to us about life on a farm and brought in chicks. We made tractor art and cow puppets. We also decorated bandannas. At snack time the kids got to pick the kind of farm snack they would like to eat at the country store.

THANK YOU to all for bringing in farm items to share with the class and making this a great farm week!

Next week (May 4-8)

We are going to learn about bugs this month. We will be learning about caterpillars and worms the first week of May. We will be learning about the life cycle of a caterpillar. Later in the week we will be going on a worm hunt.

We will be starting up letter of the week again. D is for Dragon Fly.

Picture day will be on Tuesday May 5, 2009 in the morning. (The rain date will be Friday May 8, 2009)