3/30 Classroom Update

Important Dates/Reminders

Spring Break: There will be no preschool classes starting tomorrow Friday, March 31 through Friday, April 7. Classes will resume on Monday, April 10.

No School 5/29: There are no preschool classes on Monday, May 29th in observance of Memorial Day.

MWF 3's Class:

This week, we began our exploration of plants and flowers! We learned that plants are living things that need water, air, space, food, and sometimes soil to live. Our tower garden plants are thriving and we're hoping to have a harvest of tomatoes, peppers, and herbs in the coming weeks. You can check them out in the WECC lobby! We also learned about the parts of a flower and each of their important jobs. During center time, we practiced counting while adding beads to flowers, painted with flowers, labeled the parts of a flower, created shape flower gardens and played in our mulch/gardening sensory bin. We also learned about the letter W and turned our handprints into whales for our letter books! When we return from spring break, we will continue to learn about the life cycle of flowers and learn about the letter Y. Here are some picture highlights from our week in 3's:

PM 5's Class:

This week, we learned about many different community helpers and the important jobs they do within a community! We discussed the categories of safety helpers, school helpers, transportation helpers, food helpers, health helpers, and builders and fixers, but also acknowledged that there are many more important people and jobs in our communities. We explored the important roles these categories play in our community, as well as learned about some of the tools they need to do their jobs. During center time, we enjoyed designing and building a model playground, trying on different community helper jobs, reading about community helpers, matching community helpers to their tools, and playing  in the fire truck and fire station. We worked on strengthening our fine motor skills by doing some push pin letter writing, and we stamped the beginning sounds to -ad word family words. We focused on the -ad word family and sorted words in the -at and -ad word families. We also used watercolor paints to paint the covers to our letter books! When we return from spring break, we will focus on the season of spring and the -an word family! Here are some picture highlights from our week in 5's:

Have a wonderful Spring Break!