Hello Garden Families, We had a fun week of learning all about apples last week in school! We started off our week with making our own applesauce. The children peeled and chopped the apples, and later we all ate some together! It was delicious! ... [Read More]
The Meow Cats :: October 3 2017
The Meow Cats are finishing up our talks about nocturnal animals and spiders, and we are going to spend some time on the apple farm. We've made applesauce twice, and we love to crank the handle on the peeler and chop with the montessori knives. We ... [Read More]
The Brilliant Butterflies :: October 3 2017
Hello families, We had another fun week last week in the Brilliant Butterflies class! We started our week learning about nocturnal animals. We focused on bats by reading the book Stellaluna on Monday. We made bat hats, played with bat playdough, ... [Read More]
The Meow Cats :: Week Four
Dear Families, We are still out here camping even though the tent and the camper bus have gone home. Much of last week we were out on a bear hunt. We made binoculars for our hunt, learned to sing the story, and made some Going on a Bear Hunt ... [Read More]
Brilliant Butterflies :: Week Two
We had another great week last week in the 4/5 class! It was nice to have another 4 day week to help everyone get adjusted to coming to school each day. We spent this week focusing on families, houses, and our names. We read several Kevin Henkes ... [Read More]
Our First Week!
Hello 4-5 Classroom families, Thank you all for a wonderful first week of school! We had so much fun playing, getting to know each other, and creating art inspired by ourselves! I plan on sending a newsletter to keep all of you informed on what ... [Read More]
Finger Painting Owls
Dear Dancing Owl Families, I hope all of our young friends have enjoyed learning about owls. Get them to tell you about what owls eat, how they hunt, and how they digest their food. We have read many owl stories, talked about nests, and acted out ... [Read More]
Harold And The Purple Crayon
The Dancing Owls class had a great week reading and acting out stories from Harold and the Purple Crayon. Take a minute to look at the yarn/ line art they created with purple string. This week we will start to talk about Fall. We started playing ... [Read More]