Learning about Wind was a Breeze this week!
A Sneak Peek at Our Upcoming Week: We will be wrapping up our Weather Unit with an in depth study of RAINBOWS!!! We will also be learning Letter Qq, finishing up Letter Pp (since Mother Nature has altered our original plans!) and reading lots and lots of Dr Seuss Stories as we celebrate Read Across America! Don't forget your rainbow outfit and show and tell on Friday!
ππ°Easter Hat Paradeπ°π March 27th at 11:15am: Our Annual PreK Easter Hat Celebration is in March this year! Time to get out the Peeps, plastic eggs, flowers, bunny ears and your hot glue gun!! It's your time to shine with creating the most amazing Easter Hat with your little honey bunny! You can be as simple or elaborate as you'd like. I'm sure your little cutie will be proud to wear whatever you create together! Please see the notice that came home in your child's folder for more details. (Just a little heads-up: the dollar stores are already full of Easter items!)
Here are some examples from years past:
This Week's Focus will be on:
Letter of the Week: Letter Qq
Numbers of the Months: Number 7
Colors of the Months: Green
Shapes of the Months: Oval
March Themes: Counting 0-7, Graphing, Friendship, Transportation, Name Writing, Scissor Skills, Opposites, Rhyming, St. Patrick's Day, Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes, Differentiating Sizes, Lent, Easter and Signs of SPRING!
Religion: Sign of the Cross, Simple Prayers, Grace before meals, Praying for Others, Good Deeds, Lent and Easter
Show & Tell: Friday, March 6th: πRainbow Themeπ - Wear your favorite Rainbow Color (Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo or violet) and bring something that same color to show and tell our friends about.
Important Dates to Remember:
March 6th: πRainbow Day in PreK-3 - Wear your favorite RAINBOW COLOR and bring in a Show and Tell that is your favorite rainbow color too!
March 20th: π§¦Silly Sock Day in PreK-3 - Wear your silliest socks to school for Letter Ss Silliness!
March 17th: 8th Grade Tag Day: πWear Green for St Patrick's Day
March 27th: (rain date 3/30) π°PreK Easter Hat Parade and Egg Huntπ° (Information came home through folders)
April 2nd: NOON DISMISSAL - Holy Thursday
April 3rd: NO SCHOOL - Good Friday
April 6th-10th - NO SCHOOL - Easter Break
April 24th:
FAMILY FIELD TRIP to The LIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER
May 4th (rain date 5/11): PreK Walking Field Trip to the πRoxbury Public Libraryπ(Volunteers Needed)
May 22nd: 8th Grade Tag Day: Wear Red, White and Blue 
May 22nd: Noon Dismissal – No After School Care
May 25th: NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day
May TBD: πPreK Summer Fun Weekπ (Volunteers Needed)
June 12th: TENTATIVE πPreK-3 Graduation Ceremony 10:00amπ(may change due to snow day use)
Our Week in Photos:
πΈ Here's A Little Snap Shot of Our WeekπΈ
Can you guess what we are making?
Here are some more clues!
We were busy prepping our skies for a special activity next week!!
Hint, Hint: Sunshine plus these equals what we will be learning about!!!
Our Five Day Friends had so much fun practicing their scissor skills again this week!
Our Five Day Friends LOVED our new "Partner" Learning Centers this week!!
We painted a pattern to create a masterpiece that we will be wearing next week!!
Can you guess what it is going to be???????
Stay tuned to see the end results on Dr Seuss' birthday!!!!!!!!!
Pp is for Piggies!!!!
We did so well sequencing the "This Little Piggie" Nursey Rhyme!
We did so well making our Letter P Piggies too!!
We used Pink Paint to paint these... Stay tuned to find out what "P" animal we are turning them into next week!!!
We loved learning about Peacocks!
They have such beautiful feathers!!
Then we did so well making our own PEACOCKS!!!
P is for Playtime too!!!
P is also for pretending to treat our patients!
Can you guess what a diamond shape with our initial letter taped on it makes???
A perfect canvas for a new painting technique!!!
And... can you guess what it is going to become???
Lots and Lots of Windy Fun!!!
Our π΅"Let's Go Fly a Kite"π΅Parade was so much fun too!!
Learning about Wind really blew us away!!
Our Windy Experiments were SO MUCH FUN too!!!
Be sure to ask your little scientist all about it!!
Our Windy Races were soooooo cooool too!!
On your mark,
Get set,
GOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
We had so much fun racing and had just as much fun cheering our racers on!!
Our Windy Stories are certainly going to Blow You Away!!!
The excitement continues even when the school day is coming to an end!
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Hope the weather stays quiet for us this week!
Paula Dobres