Yes, it is time to learn all about the Oceans of our Earth. We will explore the differences between oceans and lakes. We will look at video of under water life and how it is so different than the life we see above water. We will have centers that explore water, sea shells and different animals in our science table. Next week we will be taking a field trip to the Shedd where the children will get a up close and personal view of the different types of life that live in different kinds of water. Be sure to ask them for a fun fact each day. Today they learned the oceans have salt and lakes and rivers do not. They also learned that water makes up 70% of the Earth!
This week, related to water is the sacrament of Baptism. The children will be learning about the wonderful gift God gives us through our Baptism. Baptism is the theme of our Lutheran Schools Week this year too!
We will be finishing our unit of Jingles, Rhymes and Poems. We have been learning about in front of, in between, behind and next too. In addition to rhymes and position words, they have been working on understanding basic 2-4 word sentence structures. They are not writing them :)! They are listening and understanding that you need a subject and a verb for the sentence to "make sense". They seem to really enjoy that.
Last week in Science, EV did a colorful palette where they took primary colors and made secondary colors using....FROSTING!! It was not only a great hands on experience, it was tasty too. Ask your child what red, blue and yellow made, they were amazed by that one.
The week prior, we made SNOW! Since there is no snow, we made moon dough. It is so simple. It is 8 cups of flour to 1ish cups of baby oil. Mix and although it appears to look just like flour, it become mold-able and a very cool texture to play with. PLUS, your hands smell good and feel soft! We also took ivory soap, broke it up and microwaved it for 2 minutes. Watch and see for yourself. It was a great experiment that they were then able to play with.
We are focusing on shapes and numbers lately. We are working on writing and counting 1-10. The children are working with shapes to make parts and wholes with different shapes. I told them they are doing fractions which is big kid math. They love hearing that!
Finally and with great excitement I announce that we have officially begun practicing for our 4 year old SOUP OPERA. This will be presented to parents of the 4/5year olds on March 7 at 10am. More info will be sent out as we approach. If you have a 4/5 year old, ask them about it. It is going to be great!
Until next time... stay warm and dry!
Mrs. Boyle
Monday, January 28, 2013
Friday, January 11, 2013
Happy New Year1
And Happy Epiphany!
This year has been off to a great start. We began a new unit on poetry, rhymes and jingles. If you have any at home, share them with your child. We are focusing on word families/rhyming words. Even if they make up a word, encourage it if they are following the word pattern. For example: mat, cat, sat, dat, lat, rat, gat are all acceptable because they all follow the -at pattern. Don't discourage and tell them it is not a real word. We will get to that in life! :)
We are focusing more on squares and recalling other shapes. The 3's will be working on number identification and the 4's on not only identification, but writing numbers 1-5 now and 6-10 later in the month.
We will begin an exciting part of being 4 next week! Our 4 and 5 year olds will begin preparing for our very own "opera" which we will put on for parents on March 7. The 3's will be working with Ms. Munoz while the 4's practice. This is a great experience, so start asking them about it on Tuesday. The children will watch a couple of versions of performances along with reading the story. They will each get a part and need minimal costuming help from you. I can't wait!
Finally, if you have not signed up for Science, please remember to do so. I forgot to post our previous scientist, MC, so here is her and her trusty sidekick. They did 3 experiments: which solution cleans a penny best, invisible ink and sucking an egg into a bottle. I am sure you can imagine the group favorite.
Until next time...
Tanya Boyle :)
This year has been off to a great start. We began a new unit on poetry, rhymes and jingles. If you have any at home, share them with your child. We are focusing on word families/rhyming words. Even if they make up a word, encourage it if they are following the word pattern. For example: mat, cat, sat, dat, lat, rat, gat are all acceptable because they all follow the -at pattern. Don't discourage and tell them it is not a real word. We will get to that in life! :)
We are focusing more on squares and recalling other shapes. The 3's will be working on number identification and the 4's on not only identification, but writing numbers 1-5 now and 6-10 later in the month.
We will begin an exciting part of being 4 next week! Our 4 and 5 year olds will begin preparing for our very own "opera" which we will put on for parents on March 7. The 3's will be working with Ms. Munoz while the 4's practice. This is a great experience, so start asking them about it on Tuesday. The children will watch a couple of versions of performances along with reading the story. They will each get a part and need minimal costuming help from you. I can't wait!
Finally, if you have not signed up for Science, please remember to do so. I forgot to post our previous scientist, MC, so here is her and her trusty sidekick. They did 3 experiments: which solution cleans a penny best, invisible ink and sucking an egg into a bottle. I am sure you can imagine the group favorite.
Until next time...
Tanya Boyle :)
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