This week we welcomed a new little ladybug to our class. She has made many new friends and is adjusting quite well.
The children have been working hard as they learn how to "use their words" to express themselves. We are learning how to take turns, raise our hands at circle time and share with our friends. This past week Ms. Wiltshire and I were amazed at how many friends were not only "using their words," but were making kind, spontaneous comments to their friends! At that exciting moment the child is able to choose a colored pom pom to place in our "Kindness Jar." Then when the "Kindness Jar" is full, we will have a celebration. How exciting!!!
We celebrated our first "Lively Ladybug" birthday this week. with the help of her Mom and Dad, the birthday girl shared her beautiful "birthday book" which was full of special pictures of her and her family. The children were listening eagerly as she told us about each picture. We sang "Happy Birthday" in English and Spanish and blew out the birthday candle. Then she shared her yummy birthday snack with her classmates!
We have some more cute, new friends in the classroom. THE TADPOLES!! Yes, the baby tadpoles were discovered in water near the JK building last week. We have been enjoying them this week. The children can't believe how they have grown, from just little round balls to having tails. The most fun was when we fed them pieces of frozen lettuce. It was fun to watch two little tadpoles take off with a piece of lettuce twice their size!
In music, Mrs McIvor read us the book, "The Teeny Weeny Tadpole" by Sheridan Cain. It was a story about how the little tadpole starts his life inside of a clear egg, like jelly. Then he sees all of his friends jumping and wants to jump, as well. Finally, he grows legs and can jump, too! Next they listened to the "Story of the Frog" and they were able to act out the life cycle of a frog as they followed the story. It was great!
The children love when Mrs. Gootson comes to read to us on Tuesday mornings! She always brings the very best books, and she even sings and dances with us, too! Some of our favorites are "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" and "Hokey Pokey."
On Friday we read "Growing Vegetable Soup" by Lois Elhert, and we learned all about planting a garden and what plants need to grow. On the playground in our garden, we each planted yellow squash seeds. In the Exploratorium, we planted our own cups with yellow squash seeds. Next we predicted which would sprout first, our garden seeds or our seeds in the cup. We then made a bar graph charting our predictions. So far, it looks like many of us think that the seeds in the garden will sprout first. Each of us took careful, serious consideration before making our predictions!!
What a fabulous week! Don't forget our field trip to Crisp Park on Friday. We would love for you to join us. You can meet us there at 9:30 or follow the bus from school. We will begin loading about 9:15 in front of the JK building.
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