We didn't get out the November Menus in time to send home to you last Thursday and I apologize for that. They are ready to go and you will receive them on Monday. Here's what we'll be eating on Monday.
Breakfast: Breakfast burrito and fruit.
Lunch: Pizza, salad, fruit and a cookie.
So you can plan ahead, our Thanksgiving break will start on Wednesday, November 24 and we will resume school on Monday, November 29.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Great Fall Party
We had a wonderful time at our fall party and the children's costumes were marvelous! They had fun bowling, playing corn hole, painting pumpkins, digging for treasures in the balls, getting their face painted and jumping in the bounce house. After the party we went trick or treating in the school and they were all very pleased with their candies and their treasures!
This week we opened up our pumpkins and scraped out the pulp and the seeds. We washed and dried our seeds and we added them to our collection of sunflower seeds and corn seeds. We planted all of our seeds and so far the corn has taken off and we're transplanting them already as they're up to 5 inches tall!
We worked on comparing the seeds with our magnifying glasses, making groups of seeds and comparing their size to determine which pile had more and which had less. We saved our sunflower seeds and we'll make bird feeders next and hang them outside our windows to observe all the birds coming to eat this fall and winter.
We're moving on to learning about Indians, Pilgrims, Thanksgiving and healthy eating as we learn about the food pyramid. We'll start off our new month with a new song. Every month we have a new song that learn as we're learning the months of the year. We also have seasonal songs and we've learned the summer song and now we now the Autumn song.
Swimming will start next week and we are determining which class will be going to the YMCA to swim each week as we're working out the amount of room on the bus. We will send home a letter on Monday with the schedule for our class so you'll know exactly when we're swimming.
This week we opened up our pumpkins and scraped out the pulp and the seeds. We washed and dried our seeds and we added them to our collection of sunflower seeds and corn seeds. We planted all of our seeds and so far the corn has taken off and we're transplanting them already as they're up to 5 inches tall!
We worked on comparing the seeds with our magnifying glasses, making groups of seeds and comparing their size to determine which pile had more and which had less. We saved our sunflower seeds and we'll make bird feeders next and hang them outside our windows to observe all the birds coming to eat this fall and winter.
We're moving on to learning about Indians, Pilgrims, Thanksgiving and healthy eating as we learn about the food pyramid. We'll start off our new month with a new song. Every month we have a new song that learn as we're learning the months of the year. We also have seasonal songs and we've learned the summer song and now we now the Autumn song.
Swimming will start next week and we are determining which class will be going to the YMCA to swim each week as we're working out the amount of room on the bus. We will send home a letter on Monday with the schedule for our class so you'll know exactly when we're swimming.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Pumpkins and Our Fall Harvest Party
We opened up our little farm market in our classroom and we voted on the name for it and "Pumpkin Patch" won so we'll be making signs for our market this week! The children are enjoying paying each other for items and helping customers. We're learning about the letter P and today we'll start learning:
Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold,
Peas porridge in the pot, nine days old.
Some like it hot, some like it cold.
Some like it in the pot, nine days old.
We're reading about how pumpkins grow and what they need to grow. Last week we took an ear of corn from our sensory table where we're shucking it and put the ear in a container with some water. We have our first green sprout this morning! We have the magnifying glasses ready next to the ear of corn along with a sunflower head so the children can examine both of them. We're also reading "The Little Red Hen" and we're learning about making bread and helping each other out!
We have a short week this week with Pumpkin Show starting tomorrow. After Pumpkin Show we'll have our Fall Party on Thursday. The children can either bring in their costumes or wear them to school. We'll have our party from 10-11 in the morning and then trick or treat throughout the school.
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