Past and Future

We finished up this week with a wonderful swimming time at the Y and with learning firsthand about three musical instruments.  Carolyn, one of our wonderful Occupational therapists, took her three daughters out of school for a few periods so that they could play their instruments with us and allow all the children to play them as well!  We learned about the keyboard, the bells, and the flute.  They each explained a little bit about their instrument and then played a few songs.  They were very patient with the children as they took turns playing each instrument.  It was a very musical time and we have many future musicians in our classroom! 


It's so exciting to see the swimming abilities of the children strengthen as the year progresses. Their confidence in the water is increasing as they enjoy themselves and their classmates by 'just playing' in the water!  It's such a great skill for them to possess!


We have started a new discovery unit on Spring, plants, and seeds!  Our onion sets are thriving and our marigolds are growing.  However, our tulips and crocuses aren't growing as well. We'll dig them up on Monday and get out our magnifying glasses and our tools to see if we can determine why they're not growing.  We just planted our own individual lima bean seeds to see how quickly they sprout and to see what that looks like.  We'll use our magnifying glasses to see the different parts of the seed and how they sprout.

Dates to Remember:
I'll also send home a paper with all the dates and events.

Thursday, April 7th-AHA Museum Field Trip-I will send permissions slip home on Monday.  Click here for a link to the AHA Museum in Lancaster.

Wednesday, April 13th- Playing Tball with friends at Pioneer School.

Thursday, April 14th-Swimming at the Y.

Monday, April 18th-Logan Elm Girls Basketball Team will come in and show us some moves and let us play with them!

Tuesday, April 19th-Circleville Key Club sponsors an Egg Hunt with our children.

Thursday, April 21-25th-No School-Spring Break, school resumes on Tuesday.

Tuesday, April 26th-Shawn Brown's SuperFun Show Community Concert for the Young Child at New Hope at 6:30 in the evening and it's free!  He's a wonderful entertainer and his music is sure to make you move and laugh.  If you can make it with your children you won't be disappointed!  Click here for a preview!  

Thursday, April 28th-No Preschool due to staff training for Barb, Gerry, and myself.

Kindergarten Registration

Dates are quickly approaching to register your children for Kindergarten next year.  I will send home a paper with your child that has complete information for you but here are some dates:

Circleville City Schools Registration will be Thursday, April 7th from 9:00-12:00 and 2:00-6:00 pm and packets are available in advance.

Teays Valley has registration at S. Bloomfield Elementary on Thursday, April 14 from 5:00-7:00 pm and on Friday, April 15, 9:30-3:00.

Westfall has registration, I believe on April 13 and 14 but you need to call Ginger Beard for an appointment at 986.2911 ext. 2232.

Looking Forward-Spring Time

The children loved following the leprechaun's footprints and finding their own pots of gold.  They also made leprechaun hats and some of them were still drying and we'll send them home on Monday.  For snack we made leprechaun pudding, better known as pistachio pudding, and pigs in a blanket. 

Now, we're moving into spring time with new songs and activities to learn all about spring and what it entails.  We'll start off with dirt and seeds and move into bugs and insects.  We'll put dirt, shovels, pails, cars, and farming tractors into our sensory table so the children will be able to play in dirt.  Currently, we have marigold seeds, onion sets, crocuses, and tulips growing in our classroom.  This week we'll add tomatoes and during our reading this week of spring books we'll discuss with the children what else they would like to plant.

Dates to Remember:

Swimming-Thursday, March 24.

AHA Museum in Lancaster- Thursday, April 7th- I'll send home a paper about it and a permission slip but I wanted you to know the date.

Swimming-Thursday, April 14

Spring Break-No School from Thursday, April 21-Monday, April 25.  School starts again on Tuesday, April 26