Welcome to the last month of school! Wow, only 4 weeks of school left until summer break. This time of year is so exciting and busy.
We are busy, busy, busy in our room completing end of the year projects. The children have been working on a special Mother's Day gifts that will be coming home this week. Many children continue to work through their picture dictionaries and a few are finishing them up. Mostly 4 and 5 year old children are working on this project, so don't worry if your child does not come home with one. We are also finishing up our Get Set for School workbooks. Children who are going on to kindergarten have been working in these handwriting books all year. They will be sent home when we are finished.
This week we will be planing seeds from the Williams Community Garden. After the seeds sprout,we will walk over to the Community Garden and transplant the seedlings. We are planting Swiss chard and okra. We are continuing to work on recycled lid collages and melted crayon art (whenever we have parent volunteer).
Last week, a few of the children used unifix cubes to measure their friends. Since the children were so interested in measuring each other, I made a chart so they could record their observations and compare. This also became a spontaneous lesson in counting by 10's. All week, the children were taking turns measuring and being measured. They worked together to create sets of unifix cubes, write down their observations, and help each other with measuring. It was such a fun learning activity for everyone. The children really enjoyed measuring each other and being measured and I loved being a part of this teachable moment! Some of the concepts that were a part of this activity include: counting with 1:1 correspondence to 60 or higher, creating sets of 10, counting by 10's, comparing numbers, understanding taller, shorter, more, less, writing names of peers, recording information on a chart, and much, much more.
THANK YOU
- A very big THANK YOU to all the parents and families that have volunteered and supported our classroom this year. Without your help, we wouldn't be able to do many of the great projects like sewing, string art. and melted crayon art. There are still opportunities to volunteer before the end of the year. Sign up via Sign Up Genius (click the link) or contact me directly if there is a date and time not listed that works for you.
REMINDERS...
- Montessori Preschool Music Show
- Thursday May 7th @ 10:30 and 2:00 in the auditorium. We hope to see you there!
- Preschool Family Fun Day
- Friday May 22 @ Sharpsburg Primary. 1:00-2:00
- Please make an enrollment appointment for the 2015-2016 school year. Returning preschoolers and new kindergartners need to enroll.
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