So much to do and so little time to do it!

Thanks for the well wishes while I was out sick! YIKES it was bad. The kids did great with the subs. I am back and we are in full swing with these next 2 short weeks.

Thanks to all the parents and grownups that helped to make International Week great even though I was out.  The children "traveled" around the world to Ireland, Poland, Mexico, China, Spain and Italy.  They had treats and saw some really great photos and other items from the countries!

Starting this week and each Monday for the rest of the year, we will be doing a GREAT ARTIST Program.  I will introduce and artist and give some background on that artist, show some images etc.  Then we will have the same media used by the artist for the student to discover and create.  This week, we did Michelangelo and we discussed the style of painting he had done for the Sistine Chapel. They then went under the tables and used markers to create a picture.  Ask them about that.

We will be focusing on Spring and Easter this week and next.  We are talking describing, drawing and painting all kinds of ideas based on Spring.  In Religion we continue to work on OUR FATHER.  The children are learning to recite the prayer as well as sing it.  I hope we can lead the school when we do our chapel service in May. Tomorrow we will discuss Palm Sunday and next week we will go through Jesus' last week before his Crucifixion. 

Some children continue to work on moving ahead in addition and writing.  Others are improving greatly on number identification and printing.  In Spanish we are working on our days of the week.  The children have a huge vocabulary list under their belts now.  They know 1-10, colors, days of the week, polite terms like please, thank you, hello, good bye, friend and several more.

When we return, we will be working on Qq and Rr as well as learning some new personal skills.  Some of the children will be learning their phone number and others will start working on writing their last names. Other personal skills will be zipping their coats and buttoning.  These are skills we would love for you to practice at home too!

Some fun things to do over break:
Visit your library to get a free museum pass! It is a big steal.
Oak Park Conservatory or Morton Arboretum to experience Nature
Wonderworks Museum in Oak Park PERFECT for kids 2-6!

Don't forget 1/2 day tomorrow, no school Friday
Spring Break begins at noon on 4/5.  Please send a note if your child will be out any additional days before or after break. 

I wish you a blessed and joyful Easter.  I hope to hear you all had a splendid time with family and the children come back rested and ready to finish the year!

1 Peter 1:3
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead...

Tanya Boyle