Dinosaurs

We will be learning about dinosaurs this week.  We have sand in our sensory table and it's ready to discover fossils, baby dinosaurs, and who knows what else!  We have safety goggles for the children as they pretend to be paleontologists!  We will learn rhymes and songs about dinosaurs and dance the Dinosaur Boogie as well!  We will also introduce the letter D as we discover more about dinosaurs.  We have a dinosaur bingo game to play as well as dinosaur rubbings and art projects.  There is so much to learn about them as they are so fascinating!


We will read many books about dinosaurs, both fiction and non-fiction.  We will also couple our study of dinosaurs with learning about Jane Yolen. She's an author that has written numerous fiction books about dinosaurs such as How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?, and How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? Here's her website if you'd like to learn more about her and her writing style. The children will really enjoy her stories and we'll continue to learn about dinosaurs and what's real and what's pretend.


OSU will be continuing their videotaping of how I teach in the classroom this week. This is a continuation of the research project that I signed up for in the fall.  OSU is researching how teachers teach at the preschool level and they are trying to figure out the best way to teach us so that we're most effective in preparing preschoolers for kindergarten and for learning in life.


The Logan Elm girls basketball team will be coming to Brooks Yates this Thursday to play basketball with our students.  Since this is the only date they could come we will cancel our swimming date to play basketball with them.  They came last year and our children really enjoyed them.

Dates to Remember:

Thursday, February 23-we won't be swimming since the Logan Elm girls basketball team is coming to play basketball with us at school from 1:00-2:00.