We have been having so much fun learning about maps, the continents, and the world around us.  We started our new unit with painting a large world map and decorating people to look like us all around it.  We built maps on the floor with blocks and ... [Read More]

The Meow Cats are still playing with the Castles and still working on Rainbow the dragon, but we have been talking about birds, our birdfeeders, birds in the winter, and migration. They know that our butterfly was going to migrate towards Mexico, and ... [Read More]

The Brilliant Butterflies spent the last two weeks preparing for and hosting the class art show!  The children and teachers had so much fun learning about and creating art inspired by famous artists.  We learned about pointillism with "Dot Seurat" ... [Read More]

At the end of the art show each year I have this realization that it isn't over. We are never done with art. Tomorrow we have our air dry clay sculptures to paint, and if we are going to talk about dragons maybe we should start constructing a giant ... [Read More]

The Meow Cats just keep inspiring people to give us more unicorn and dragon costumes. We are up to four. We never ask for princesses or knights, just mystical creatures. We enjoyed carving Mrs. Fruity into a cat face. We pulled out the seeds and ... [Read More]

Hello Brilliant Butterflies Families, I hope you all had a nice weekend! We have been busy and happy in the Brilliant Butterflies class! I have enjoyed talking with you about your lovely children this past week in our parent teacher ... [Read More]

Dear Meow Cat Families, We have been meandering through some delightful dramatic play this week, taking turns being the unicorn and the dragon, playing doctor for the unicorn, taking care of our otter, and sitting in our spider's web. The unicorn ... [Read More]

We had a short but lovely week last week in our class with our Farmer's Market! The children enjoyed participating in many activities and reading books relating to farms and fruits and vegetables.  We started our week with painting some scenery to ... [Read More]