BRIGHT BEGINNINGS PRESCHOOL


Experienced Quality Child Care Since 1984


www.brightbeginningsva.com  

Millcreek Newsletter


March 12, 2010

Upcoming Events:

Virginia Festival of the Book, March 15^th-19th

 Friday, March 19th, Children’s Night Out, 5:30-8:30
“Shining Shamrock”

Monday, March 22^nd, Parent Advisory Meeting, 5:00-6:00

Tuesday, March 23rd, Kindergarten Registration! Registration will take place at the school that you which will be attending. Please see the informational sheets posted on the front Bulletin Boards and Pre-K classroom for details!

Monday, March 29th, Re-registration Fee Charged to Accounts except Rising Kindergartners

Friday, April 2nd, Children’s Night Out, 5:30-8:30
“Hop into Spring”

Thursday and Friday, April 8th and 9th, Closed Completely for Spring Break

School Notes and News

The weather could have been better this week! The students were able to do many of their activities outside! Do not forget to sign up for the next Children’s Night Out on March 19^th with Ms. Cheri and Ms. Emily. Next week is Virginia Festival of the Book. Each day we will have a fun and special activity. There are signup sheets outside of the classrooms for bringing in toppings for our ice cream party, and to sign up for our mystery guest reader! If you are interested in reading to your child’s class, feel free to sign up! Kindergarten registration is coming up this month on the 23^rd. Also, on March 29^th there will be a re-registration fee for everyone EXCEPT rising kindergartners. Look out for information about the Original Works Fundraiser. Have a wonderful weekend!

Speech Weekly

We had a great week with language groups.  It was exciting to see the toddlers talking more and using sign language while speaking.  My octopus bubble machine was a big hit in all of the classrooms.

Toddlers and young 2’s

We began by reading a “Noisy Story” to practice our speech sounds.   We read the Noisy Story about a “Baby on the Farm”.   We worked on the following sounds /m/, /g/, /b/, /r/, and /n/.  Buddy Bear books were used to read books and answer simple “what”questions.  We also introduced the story “Elmer” about a very special elephant.  The book is filled with great language concepts such as (old, young, tall, short, thin, big, etc.  The children had to listen to the story and place their story piece on the flannel board when appropriate.  The octopus bubble machine was introduced and the children had to say, “pop bubbles” while the machine was on. 

Older 2’s

 We also read Elmer and focused on specific opposites and language concepts listed above.   We played with our bubble machine and the children had a great time.  Buddy Bear books were used to answer specific “what” questions.

3’s and 4’s

  We read Elmer and stepped it up a notch with the language concepts.  We discussed the meaning of a herd, what it was like to be the same as well as different, answered many “wh” questions while reading the story and again focused on tall/short, thin/big, same/different, old/young, happy/sad, etc.   We then continued to work on rhyming words with our rhyming houses and the children did a fantastic job putting their pictures in the appropriate rhyming house.

                                                                        Stacy Torrence M.S. CCC-SLP

Class Notes

Sea Turtle

Hello! Nice to see you all again. We have started to go outside and have enjoyed the beautiful weather. So parents please make sure you bring an extra change of clothes. Also, since spring and summer are on the way, if you have already signed the sunscreen form on your contract, please let me know so we can apply sunscreen on your child. If you have not, please see Ms. Amy for another form. This week was fun and exciting. We made marble art, straw art, monkey art, and made a clown face. We have also started to learn about spring and spring animals. We are still learning about colors, and we used M&M’s to sort colors, which was fun and yummy!  We also enjoyed learning how to play musical chairs. Have a wonderful week. See you on Monday!

Ms. Erin

Penguin

In the Penguin Class this week we worked on our shapes, colors, and number recognition. We painted with straws, marbles, water colors, made monkey masks, and more! We really enjoyed going outside this week. We played basketball, had bubble fun, played lots of games like, hide and seek, and tag! We also reviewed the letter of the week “D.” By naming and talking about things that start with “D.” For child’s humanities, we talked about nature. We looked at all the trees outside and took a nature walk around the playground. Remember next week is the Festival of the Books week. We will have a lot of fun things going on, so be sure to check for signup sheets and reminders on day notes. See you next week.

Ms. Danielle and Penguins!

Starfish

 With a typical vocabulary range of 150-300 words and an acquisition rate of understanding and learning eight new words a day, the importance of talking to or around a two year old cannot be stressed enough. I have re-focused the emphasis placed on pre-literacy skills in our classroom. Each Starfish and I are a good match as I have a lot of vocal energy and they are curious beings. All day long, we talk, talk and talk. All activities afford an opportunity for growth in vocabulary and knowledge of language. With specific regard to reading, we have, as of late, been discussing the functions of objects we see in our stories—what do we use a hat for; what does the oven do; is the character using the object correctly, etc. The newest element in support of reading is our book corner; the children love the rocking chairs, comfy Care-Bears and the plethora of books from which to choose. Sequencing is another pre-reading skill we have been working on this week, in addition to beginning a study of opposites. In science and math, we have continued to use the rainbow as our bolster for learning colors. Blue and orange were the colors of the week—we made orange prints, blue aquariums (also an activity to learn more about the sea-animals we have been talking about), have had scavenger hunts, sorting tables and played “I Spy” for each color. To further our understanding of the rainbow itself, we used a glass full of water, a paper plate and direct sunlight to make a rainbow. In Humanities, we have been learning about the seasons, going for nature walks and, best of all, bug-hunting—the warm weather has allowed us to return to one of our favorite activities! We are working on sharing, manners, the Golden Rule, practicing listening, understanding/making feeling faces and class rules. In Social Studies and Social Awareness, we have been learning about the circus through stories, having a music parade, practicing being tightrope walkers, making monkeys and clown faces! It was a great week in the Starfish room—cheers!

Ms. Victoria

Seals

 Hello from the Seals! We had another great week. We reviewed about sharing, ABCs, patterns, fire drills, using words and learned some new signs in sign language. The children are also working on a new project. We will be doing Original Works again as we have done in the past. This is where your child will make a picture and it will get sent in to Original Works. You will get the opportunity to purchase things made with your child’s art work on it. For example you could order a hot pad with your child’s art work on it or a tablet. There are many more options for this. These order forms will get sent home shortly with instructions. I want to also apologize to the parents for the state of my room I am currently re-painting my cubbies in my room. Some of the paint was starting to chip off. Hopefully by the time you read this I will have them done or close to it. Please bear with me during this time of redecorating.

 The children have been working really hard this week practicing their letters. The children seem to know the few letters we have been working on. We have been working on A, B, C, D, E, G, I, J, K, L, N, and P. We are working on the rest of the letters. Most know what letter their names start with and what letters their friend’s names start with. We also practiced them by quizzing the children on the letters in their name and their friend’s name. The children did some roll playing where we acted out how to share and how not to share.  The children did some work with patterns with our colored wooden blocks and reviewed procedures for fire drills. The children have been doing much better at walking in a line with their friends. Great job Seals, keep it up! We also of course worked on some gross motor skills of running and bouncing the ball to our friends.  

 In art we made a clown collage, with pictures of clowns. We also did some painting with marbles. The children had a lot of fun with this. We used a variety of colors. The children also reviewed the letter M by making monkeys and marker M’s. We also pretended we were setting up camp and made tents with Popsicle sticks and construction paper. The skills that these projects helped with were; fine motor skills of grasping and applying glue by spreading it with a Q-tip.

 I hope everyone has a great weekend! I look forward to next week’s fun activities! See you next week!

Ms. Cheri

Dolphin

This week, the Dolphin Class has been doing some clowning around! We have made clown face collages, learned nursery rhymes, learned about time, and explored Mexico! It has been loads of fun!

Another place we have been having fun is outside! It has warmed up a little bit and the snow has melted! That means we can take boots home! If you have not already taken your child’s boots home, please make sure you do! Also, I have sorted through your child’s extra clothes, and I have put the extra ones in your child’s cubby, put the rest in a bag above the sink and left a note with the clothes your child needs.

In math, we counted, did patterns, talked about how fires affect animals’ habitat, learned house and minute hands and learned about plants.

In letter’s time, we learned the nursery rhyme “Cobbler, Cobbler,” had letter groups, went to speech class with Ms. Stacey, wrote in our journals, and talked about authors and illustrators.

In art, we did marble painting, made clown face collages, created tents with popsicle sticks, made monkey art, and colored in “M’s” with markers. 

In social studies, we learned about Mexico, found it on the map, learned some Spanish, found the Mexican flag, and looked at pictures from Mexico!

In humanities, we had free play, made a reading poster for the Festival of the Book, coming up in March 15-19 (next week,) had a music parade, played musical chairs, and pretended to walk on a tightrope.

We are doing a fantastic fundraiser in the next few weeks called Original Works! Your child will be creating a beautiful piece of art work, and then you will have the chance to purchase it in the form of mugs, t-shirts, tiles, and all sorts of things. The order forms and pictures will be passed out soon and it is very important that you keep both since we do not have extras. If you want to order something, you need to return the order form and the pictures by March 19^th! We are really looking forward to this!

We have a special treat next week! We will be participating in Festival of the Book. We will have mystery readers, special parties, and different books to read. We are really looking forward to it!

Walrus

It was a fabulous and gorgeous week for the Walrus group! We played clown loto to help us recognize our numbers, an M&M matching and counting game, and we worked on complex patterns! It was so nice this week, we were able to have two picnic lunches, and go on the nature trail! We collected some rocks on our walk and went over what happens to an animal’s population when their habitat is destroyed. The students made the greatest clown collages that are now hanging in the hallway. They are all so different and creative! We painted with marbles and decorated the letters "Mm." We wrote more words in our journals and started to write sentences again! We had a music parade, played musical chairs, and walked the tightrope! There were some very important discussions this week as well about cooperation, making someone feel welcome, and ways people may feel unwelcomed. These were great topics for discussion because it helped us make our new friend Arya feel welcomed! She just started with us on Monday, so if you see her in the classroom, please say hello and welcome her family! The Walrus group worked so well together this week and we are crossing our fingers for more good weather next week! Have a wonderful weekend.

Ms. Ryland

BRIGHT BEGINNINGS PRESCHOOL


Experienced Quality Child Care Since 1984


www.brightbeginningsva.com  

Millcreek Newsletter


February 26, 2010 

Upcoming Events:

Friday, March 5^th, Children’s Night Out, 5:30-8:30

“Over the Rainbow”

 Tuesday, March 9^th, Brownie Bake Off starting at 5:30

 Friday, March 19th, Children’s Night Out, 5:30-8:30
“Shining Shamrock”

School News and Notes

The children have had a blast here at Bright Beginnings this week! Nothing could be better than playing in the snow with your friends! Please continue bringing extra clothes, socks, and shoes. Make sure to sign up for Children’s Night out with Ms. Cherie and Ms. Ryland! “Over the Rainbow” is the theme and it is going to be a blast! We are having a BROWNIE BAKE OFF on March 9^th! Please sign up at the front desk if you want to participate! The Octopus Room is being turned into a gross motor room for the older kids and we already have some great things in it but we are always looking to add more! We would love any donations. Some of the things we are interested in getting are hula hoops, a small basketball hoop, a keyboard, and a tent.

Speech Weekly

Toddlers and young 2’s

We began by building our vocabulary by reaching into my function bag and naming objects and talking about the use of the specific object.  We discussed around 25 items as well as their functions including a spoon, chair, bed, cup, phone, comb,  etc.  We also read another noisy story and worked on the sounds /m/, /s/, /n/, /r/, /e/, and /w/.  We also reviewed sign language as well.

Older 2’s

 Each student reached into the function bag and had to name the object and tell their friends the function of each object.   We also read a noisy story and focused on the sounds /m/, /s/, /n/, /r/, /e/, and /w/.  Finally we worked on oral motor skills to exercise the muscles in our mouths by blowing cotton balls across the table with straws. 

3’s and 4’s

  We worked on rhyming sounds and used our rhyming houses.  Each student had 2-3 cards in front of them and had to match their cards with the specific rhyming house.  We also addressed the use of objects and were able to list 6 things you can do with a ball, discussed the use of keys, quarters, phones, bikes, and several others.  

                                                                                                Stacy Torrence M.S. CCC-SLP

Sea Turtle

Hello! Welcome back! This week, we learned about the dentist and we pretended to be one! We also learned more "Bb" words like bumble bee and boat! Learning our numbers is always fun, and we read "Skippy Jon Jone's 1,2,3's" to help us out! We were able to learn the numbers 1-10. This week for art, we made cotton ball art, sponge art, marble art, toothbrush art, and Q-tip art. We used many different materials this week and if was fun to explore the different techniques! Parents, we have a new diaper cream form that is right above the changing table. So, if your child needs diaper cream, you no longer have to see Ms. Amy for a form. You can simply sign your child's name, the type of cream being used, and you signature! The signature is very important. We cannot apply the cream without a signature. Have a wonderful weekend, see you Monday!

Ms. Erin

Penguin

The Penguin Class had a great week! We worked on our colors with this really fun matching game. Everyone did a great job match the color cards together. We worked on using our words, learning more about out body parts, taking turns, recognizing animals and their sounds, and more! We pretended to listen to our hearts with a toy stethoscope, discussed words that started with the letter “Bb,” and made fairy wands! The children loved our toothbrush art activity, q-tip painting, and free art. We also did a floor puzzle and exercises in the gross motor room. Pushups were not as easy as we thought! We had lots of fun this week and the best part was having our friend Ming Ming join us again! She took a wonderful trip to visit her family and friends and now she is back!  Welcome back Ming Ming! We missed you! And just as a reminder, do not forget to sign up for the BOWNIE BAKEOFF. It is on March 9^th at 5:30 and the signup sheet is at the front desk. And now for the best news ever! We have a new form for the diaper cream. It is much faster and there is less writing. You do not have to ask for a form at the front desk; just sign your child up on the form in the Penguin Room on the wall by the changing area. Please be sure to put the cream in your child’s cubby with their name on it. We will see you next week!

Ms. Danielle

Starfish

We spent a lot of time this week talking about our teeth, the dentist, keeping our teeth clean and the tooth fairy! We made sparkly fairy wands and sprinkled them with "fairy dust" (glitter). We used toothbrushes to make two different paintings--the first, a rainbow collective and the second, a pink-painting to match the color of our tongues and gums! In science, we made "bubbles" by mixing baking soda and vinegar--this was a big hit. We also listened to and felt our hearts using a stethoscope, our ears and our hands. The Starfish were introduced to classifying this week, a skill they already utilize as they pick up their toys and that can be reinforced with the card-game we have been playing. Upon Ms. Stacey's recommendation, we have also been building our vocabulary through the same game and another activity involving naming the functions of particular objects. We used straws to blow cotton balls around the table top (a good oral motor activity), and it was much fun! On Monday, we used our play fruits and vegetables as a means to classify and understand healthy foods. We had a toss and threw fruits into one basket, vegetables into another. In humanities, we did lots of exercising songs and activities--jumping jacks, pretending to be bicycles, hopping on one foot and even jumping rope! Using a rope ladder, we played jump-over-the-ladder-rungs (like hopscotch). We have been reading a lot of books and will have a new book of the week for Monday. Thank you parents for making that program a success in our classroom!
 
Cheers!

Seals

Hello again from the Seals! This has been another great week. This week we learned” I’ve been working the railroad.” We reviewed the letters J, I and a few others. This week we talked about teeth and how to keep them health. The children discussed the tooth fairy. Since we talked about the tooth fairy we made tooth fairy wands.  The children also sorted food into groups. During this week we practiced the skills listening, following directions, walking in a line, learning our letters, and placement of body parts. Great job seals on the skill walking in a line. You did an awesome job, keep it up! :) In art we made Fairy wands and a train picture. For the fairy wands and train picture they practiced fine motor skills. For the fairy wands they had to peel the stickers off the back of the foam stickers. For the train picture they had to use crayons and draw a background for the train.  We also made soap prints using bubbles and paint. The children used straws to spread the paint. We also finger painted and with white paint on black paper. The children made a picture using tooth brushes and paint. The last thing they did was make a picture using Q-tips and paint. They activities practice fine motor control of a object to make designs on paper. In gross motor we played follow the leader, dance, pertained we were driving a train and riding on a train. For the follow the leader we pretended we were wolves, tigers, lions and dogs. Pretending we were lions and tigers helped them to practice their R sounds. Being the wolf let us practice our ou sound. We also used the gross motor skills of crawling and stomping. I hope everyone enjoyed our fun week! I will see everyone next week. Until then have a great weekend! Remember: There will be a CNO (Children’s Night Out) on March 5. I will be hosting it along with another teaching. Be sure to sign your child up before it fills up!

Ms. Cheri

Dolphin

This week, the Dolphin Class has really "hit the books," and definitely had fun doing it! We have done everything from making a food pyramid poster, to learning "Old Mother Hubbard," to drawing with stencils, to learned dances from different cultures!

These next month’s are going to be a little crazy with Scholastic orders. They are going to come up quickly so we n catch up and get them out as fast we possible. The March catalog is online already and will be available in the lobby around March 1st. They will be due March 10th. I will keep you updated about April! I will be sending out an email with all of these details soon! Thanks for understanding!

In math/science, we made a food pyramid poster that is on display above our sink, listened to our hearts with a stethoscope, talked about trees making oxygen, compared different measuring tools, and had group recognition activities.

In letter's time, we read books, had reading class with Ms. Fisher, wrote "B's" in our journals, did the "B" scavenger hunt that we missed last week, and learned "Old Mother Hubbard."

In art, we made soap painting, drew with stencils, made fairy wants, created toothbrush paintings, and painted with Q-tips.

In social studies, we read a book about people's differences, looked in the mirror to talk about our differences, looked at pictures of people and picked out differences, played games from different cultures, and danced dances from different cultures!

In humanities, we had free play in centers, played in the gross motor game room, played with Ms. Kimberly, and played with puzzles.

Overall, we really enjoyed this week! I loved playing with your children and I cannot wait to see what next week brings!

Ms. Kimberly

Walrus

The Walrus team had loads of energy this week and we tried to get outside as much as we could! Please make sure the children are still bringing extra pairs of shoes, socks, and other clothes for next week. We looked at an old painting this week with Ms. Fisher and compared it to today’s art by showing one of the student’s drawings. This was a great activity for them to really look at the differences of each picture and what key things they might look at to see if a painting is from centuries ago or from today. Ms. Stacey worked with them on rhyming words and used a cute activity that involved little houses. We continued to work on our lower case letters and teen numbers. We have started a new thing where I have two students whisper a word to me that I then write down and we all try to sound out the word together. We start out by sounding out each letter separately and then trying to blend them all together. They have done a great job with this activity. The Walrus Class has the month of March for the creativity board so we have been preparing the decorations for that. Please be on the lookout when entering the school! The children continued working on their number book and wrote 7, 8, and 9, leaving us only 10 to write! We estimated how many teeth we have in our mouths and our predictions went between 13 to 1002 teeth! They wrote more "Bb' words in their journals and we are excited to move on to our next letter next week, “Dd.”  I hope everyone has a great week and we will see you on Monday!

Ms. Ryland

BRIGHT BEGINNINGS PRESCHOOL


Experienced Quality Child Care Since 1984


www.brightbeginningsva.com  

Millcreek Newsletter


February 5, 2010 
 
 

School News:

ATTENTION PARENTS! I am so excited to tell you that we will be going OUTSIDE again starting MONDAY. Yes, this MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22^nd. Please make sure your child has an extra pair of clothes, a jacket, BOOTS, extra socks, extra shoes, and any other things you may think of that will help them be comfortable for the rest of the day just in case they get wet outside. Everyone is super excited about this and we want everyone to be prepared so they can have all the fun they can and still be dry inside. 

We recognize that with the amount of snow and ice we have had this winter that we have had to alter our hours of operation and appreciate your understanding as you can imagine that it is a difficult decision to make. Overall we have not closed as often as others and strive to be open during bad weather for your convenience. Please keep in mind that when making this decision we consider the safety of our staff and families and the number of staff that can make it in order to maintain ratios. If we have another day that we are closed due to snow or ice (cross your fingers that we don't!) we will add back in one of the spring break days in April. Thanks again for your patience and understanding.     

Have a wonderful weekend!
 

Upcoming Events:




Friday, February 19th – Children’s Night Out 
“Celebrate Diversity”



Thursday, February 25th – Staff Appreciation Day 

Friday, March 5^th- Children’s Night Out “Over the Rainbow 

Tuesday, March 9^th- Brownie Bake Off and Potluck 

Friday, March 19^th- Children’s Night Out “Shining Shamrock”

Financial Memo 

If you forget your pass card to enter the building, please remember to sign your child in or out at the front desk.
 
Thank you for your referrals.  Several families will be receiving a free week and you can too!  Refer a family that enrolls and you will receive a free week after they have been enrolled here a month.
 
 

Class Notes

Sea Turtle

Welcome back! Thank you all for coming to our Grandparent’s Day Brunch! We also want to welcome out newest Sea Turtle, Carter to our class! This week we learned about the letter “Bb!” We came up with a list of words that began with “B,” such as, ball, bear, bike, and bubble! We enjoyed doing jumping jacks, and everyone loved jogging in place. For art, we finger painted, colored the letter “B,” made flowers, and did some free art. For our cooking project we made mini pizzas, using English muffins. They were tasty and everyone had a blast making them. Have a wonderful weekend! See you on Monday!

Ms. Erin

Penguin

The Penguin Class would like to thank everyone for stopping by on Grandparent’s and Special Friends Day. It was a lot of fun, and everyone seemed to have had a really good time. This week we did a lot of fun things. We read some great books like “Miss Spider.” The class really liked the bright colors that were portrayed on each page. For arts and crafts, we colored a picture of a ball for the letter “Bb,” and did some finger painting, body tracing, and made some new sensory bottles! We made pizza for our cooking project this week, which everyone enjoyed! For children’s humanities, we did some jumping jacks, running in place, and even some push-ups! We talked about our bodies more this week. At circle time, we added a new song to sing about animals! We even had another new friend that joined out class! His name is Spencer and he is so wonderful! See you next week!

Ms. Danielle

 Seals

Hello from the Seals! This week we were jam packed with things to do since it was a short week, due to the staff training on Monday. On Wednesday of this week we had the rescheduled Grandparents day! The children loved having visitors to our classroom. They got to spend some quality time with some members of their extended family they may not see too often. The children sang their songs and gave their gifts to their visitors.  The seals also headed back into the kitchen to make some delicious muffins on Friday. I wanted to congratulate a few students on some students on some big accomplishments; Joshua, Gabrielle, Emma, and Logan great job on using the potty! You guys are doing an awesome job keep it up!   

The children are continuing to work on knowing their shapes and colors. I have been quizzing them with flash cards. They are getting better at knowing and saying what shape it is without delay. We have also been working on recognizing letters and connecting a letter with a picture of something that starts with that letter. We are still working on our walking in a line skill. The children are also working on knowing their body parts (head, shoulders knees, toes, etc). To convey this we made crazy people in art. The children were given two eyes, mouth and nose. Then they were given supplies to use as need to create their person. The person could have feathers, sequence, fabric, etc. The children have started to investigate the world of patterns during block play. They all learned a new rhyme. We learned Humpty Dumpty!

In art besides the crazy people, we made jeweled J’s that sparkled and shone!  The children also got to experiment with textured paint I mixed some paint up with sand in it and let them finger paint with it. They really seemed to enjoy doing this. We also made an Igloo picture and talked about the letter “I.” While doing this art projects they were using listen skills, following directions, and fine motor skills. For example picking a crayon up and drawing with it is a fine motor skill. Also putting glue on something small is a fine motor kill.

During gross motor time we did exercises. We did jumping jacks, stretching and running and jogging in place. We also played red light green light and pretended we were driving cars. This week we also played follow the leader, Simon Says, and went on a bear hunt. All these activities practiced gross motor skills using their legs and the skills of jumping. They also used the skills of listening and following directions.

I hope everyone has a great weekend! I look forward to next week’s fun activities! There will be a CNO (Children’s Night Out) on March 5. I will be hosting it along with another teaching. Be sure to sign your child up before it fills up!

Ms. Cheri 

Dolphin

This week, the Dolphin Class had a rip, roarin’ time! We did everyting from fingerpainting to find Germany on the map, to using the scale in our room, to going on a “B” scavenger hunt! We learned so much!

We learn a lot n our classroom, there might also be some things that you (parents) want your child to learned or improve on. Is there anything else that you would like your child to focus on learning, or do you have any ideas for things that we could learn? What would you like to see more of in the Dolphin classroom? What does your child enjoy and want to do more of? With what does your child need more support? Feel freek to email your answers to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or just stick a note in my cubby or your child’s cubby.

In math, we talked about what our body parts do, how bikes can help reduced carbon dioxide during Project Green, weighed different things with our class scale, and talked about how magnets repel and attract. In letter’s time, we read our “B”  book, went on a “B” scavenger hung, wrote “B’s”  on our easel, and talked about objects in our read aloud. In art, we finger painted, traced our hands and feet and then glued them onto our bodies, had music class with Ms. Melissa, and made a collage of food pictures. In social studies, we talked about Germany, found it on the map, leaned some German words, and looked at the German flag.

In humanities, we did some room jogging, did sit-ups, jumping jacks and made our cooking project!

We had a fantastic week, and our Grandparents/Special Friend’s Day was so much fun!

Ms. Kimberly

Walrus

The Walrus Class had a great time starting the week learning about static electricity! We discussed some of places we experience static electricity at school. The students have experienced it on the slide outside, playing in the tunnel in Ms. Cheri’s old room, and sometimes when we put our jackets on. Our letter this week was “B,” and we made a great list of “B” words like book, board, bike, bad, ball, baseball, and Bright Beginnings! We wrote two of these “B” words in our journal to help us practice writing our lowercase letters. The Walrus group recycled their lunch packages this week to help start with the school wide recycling project.  They had an absolute blast with body tracing. Each student’s bodies were traced and they were able to drawn on their own hair, clothes, and even shoes. Before we did this project we discussed what our bodies help us do and why they are so important. We are still working on our number book and we were able to write 4, 5, and 6 this week.  We have drawn food before but this week we gave our food drawings faces and capes like superheroes! There was a discussion about the healthy foods we put in our bodies and the foods that give us good energy. The Grandparent’s/Special Friend’s Day was a great success and thank you to everyone who could come out! For those who could not make it, we missed you! The Walrus group really did a great job this week and I cannot wait for the events and projects to come!

Ms. Ryland