Monday, April 20, 2009

Theme: Farm/May Day (next week)

Dates: April 20-31

From: Tanya

Language Experiences:

  • Act out many things that a farmer might do on his farm
  • Field trip to Dodge Nature Center: Farm
  • Make a farm display complete with a barn, pond, mud, silo, tractor, fence etc.
  • Make mud (chocolate pudding) and have pigs roll in it
  • Milk a pretend cow (rubber gloves)
  • Sheer a pretend sheep and talk about the things you can make with the wool
  • Plant a garden on the farm
  • Learn about the chicken coop and make scrambled eggs for breakfast
  • Make tissue paper flowers for May Day
  • Make May baskets and give to friends

Vocabulary: (Your child will be exposed to these words throughout the next two weeks. However, they will only be expected to learn 10-15 words expressively.) cow, horse, sheep, hen, rooster, duck, pig, goat, farmer, overalls, tractor, farm, barn, fence, garden tools, wagon, hay, silo, plow, pond, chicken coop, pig pen, mud

Notes: Thanks for signing up for our Spring progress report meeting. Please remember to fill out the permission slip for our Dodge Nature Center field trip on Tuesday, April 21st and return to Angie or Melissa. Thanks! Also, please join me in welcoming our new student Allie Guyer to the preschool program. We are happy to have her with us! Have a super week ahead!

Show and Tell Dates:

Monday: Levi and Isiah

Wednesday: Henry, Allie, and Ashden

Friday: Sadie and Ella B.

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