Dear MWF Families,
We have finished all our A thru Z Weeks and we are almost at the end of our preschool year! With May we began to teach the children the song "May There Always Be Sunshine." Then they choose something that is special to them and they recite it with the song. It has been a lot of fun and it seems to be one of their favorites! May has brought some beautiful weather so we have played outdoors and it has also brought some wet and rainy weather in which we played in the gym with the entire group. Of course we played "Duck Duck Goose", as it was one of their requests. One of our parent helpers contributed a lovely butterfly kit in which we have been watching five caterpillars each transform into their very own chrysalis. We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of five butterflies! Some of our board members have graciously joined the Arbor Day Foundation so they could donate seedlings of oak trees to each of our families. It has been a lovely spring. We are looking forward to our end of the year field trip to a nearby farm and petting zoo with a train ride. One of the fun things about being a teacher is you get to be a kid again! See you there!
Here were some other highlights of our past weeks...
Made surprise handprint drawings as a gift to our parents.
The children made Mothers Day cards with pink construction paper. The teachers helped them write little notes to their moms.
Painted Paper Flower Petals and paper plates. You will see our flowers soon hanging over the cubbies.
Practiced our fine motor skills and strengthened our hand muscles by using paper punchers and strips of paper.
Played with our new animal counters and practiced sorting and counting to 100...
Read What Moms Do Best/What Dads Do Best by Laura Numeroff, and
The Surprise Garden by Zoe Hall
We even went outside to take pictures of our shadows, and played with bubbles and sidewalk chalk.
We are enjoying this wonderful spring. Please come out and celebrate the very last day of school with us as the children prepare for their preschool graduation! Pizza party to follow!
Your Team,
Miss Lori, Miss Donna, Miss Pat and Miss Jean
