What a great kickoff for our week of Celebrate the Arts as we met the cast for the "Sound of Music" performance at the Lower Division town meeting. They gave us a little taste of what was to come by singing a few songs.
Next we were off to hear a little blue grass music and learn about their instruments.
Everyone enjoyed listening and were great at clapping their hands and moving their bodies to the rhythm of the music.
On the playground some of the children continued the beat while playing different musical instruments.
Some rather interesting insects are crawling around in the grassy water table. The children used their fine motor skills by putting on garden gloves and using rakes and shovels to locate and identify insects. Then they placed the insects into bug catchers to examine them more closely.
Another fun activity this week was when Alpha students joined JK to listen to storytellers as they told fascinating tales!
Green "flubber" was shaped into pancakes and rocks. Some rocks were made into insect fossils.
Quite an imagination was used to create green "flubber" fingernails! This lead to an interesting discussion following the comment, "Look my fingernails stay on!"
Marker drawings have been a popular choice at the art center!
Not only do the children enjoy building with velcro blocks but also discovering what materials they might stick to.
Building with hour glass blocks is almost like solving a puzzle!
Hexagon blocks became the perfect display for many crawling creatures!
That beautiful lime green chrysalis that we had been observing for about two weeks turned very dark black in color. Then we couldn't believe our eyes the same afternoon a beautiful Monarch butterfly emerged. His wings were still quite wet and we were very careful as we observed him in wonder.
The following morning he was spotted on the drying rack by the back door.
He was just waiting to see the world outside.
So off he flew into the sky!
After reading "Love Your World," by Dawn Sirett we discussed all of the many things that we could do to reduce, reuse and recycle. Then the children decorated cloth napkins to be used for our "Trashless Lunch" next week.
On Friday the children enjoyed music and movement activities with Ms. Colleen and even pretended to be animals.
With Ms. Katie they learned to use their voice like a frisbee and and how to pretend to make something imaginary out of clay.
Alpha and JK sang "This Land is Your Land" and Pawpaw Patch" out loud and clear at the Celebrate the Arts performance.
Following the performance parents, students and teachers enjoyed a picnic together while visiting with friends.
Dates to Remember:
4/27 Parents Day - 8:30 Student Activity Center followed by treats in the classroom and mini exploring on the playground @10:30
5/25 End of Year Party - 9:00 Playground, 10:00 Party
5/30 Last Day of school
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