The Plant Cycle

This week we are talking about plants and the life cycle of how a plant is made.  We read the story the “Planting a Garden” and watched a short video clip about how to grow plants.  You can discuss with your child the lifecycle of to make a plant.  What happens first? Get the dirt ready.  Second? Use a shovel. Third?  Plant the seeds.  What happens next? We ended our unit by making plants in the classroom and watched them grow!

This week in math we are talking about sorting.  We can now sort by color, by size (big and little) and we can sort real objects!!!  We are having a great time learning how to independently do our work and keep up with others.  You can ask your child how to sort by color or size or have them sort by shape.

In music we learned how to play instruments in a timing manner so that we know how to follow a beat.  We also learned how to play with a parchute and use the terms up and down as in learning musical notes.  It was fun to learn songs about spring and summer.

Please remember as our numbers increase to always, always, always label your child’s belongings.  We have had several students forget their jacket or snack items.  If they are labeled this makes it so much easier for the students to find their name.

As a reminder, ECS was challenged for each family to collect 25 box tops and send them in during the month of February.  If every student brought in just 25 box tops each, we would collect over 20,000 box tops in just one month, which would be more than $2,000 dollars.  We also encourage everyone to ask extended family to collect them as well.  

Butterflies and Bugs

This week we are talking about butterflies!!  We read the story the “Hungry Caterpillar” and watched a short video clip about how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly.  You can discuss with your child the lifecycle of the butterfly.  What happens first?  Second?  When does the caterpillar turn into a butterfly? We had a butterfly habitat in our room and watched the caterpillars turn into chrysalis and then into a butterfly.  We let them go once they were big enough out on the playground.  It was a great week for watching the butterflies outside.

This is our last week in math that we are talking about graphing.  We learned that what we like will make a difference in math.  If we all like the dragonflies and not the butterflies, the graph will be large.  If only a few students like the beetle but most friends like the fly our graph will show two different types of bugs!  Ask your child to discuss which bug they like best and graph at home what your family likes the most. 

In library we picked out books from the book fair.  Don’t forget to check your child’s folder for the books they would like to purchase.  They picked them out all by themselves, showing independent they are becoming and which ones they liked best!

Don’t forget…..We have a book fair coming up soon!  Please plan to participate.  Flyers were sent home with details and information regarding the cost of items that will be seen at the book fair.  This is a great way to start reading over the summer with your little ones.

SAVE THE DATE!

ECS Spring Book Fair- Friday, April 21. 2017- Friday, APRIL 28, 2017- 8AM-3PM

Open Until 7pm on Tuesday, April 25^th.

Visit our Online Book Fair page- http://www.scholastic.com/bf/earlychildhoodschool2

BOOK FAIR VOLUNTEERS NEEDED- SIGN UP AT http://bit.ly/2nZCTZO

Please remember as our numbers increase to always, always, always label your child’s belongings.  We have had several students forget their jacket or snack items.  If they are labeled this makes it so much easier for the students to find their name.

As a reminder, ECS was challenged for each family to collect 25 box tops and send them in during the month of February.  If every student brought in just 25 box tops each, we would collect over 20,000 box tops in just one month, which would be more than $2,000 dollars.  We also encourage everyone to ask extended family to collect them as well.  

Farm Animals

This week we are talking about farm animals.  We read the story “The Big Red Barn” and talked about all the farm animals that we see in the story.  You can discuss with your child what animals belong on the farm and those that stay inside the house and other animals that you see at the zoo.  Does a zebra belong on a farm?  Do you have a cow for a pet at home?  Silly questions always ignite silly talk and conversations that lead to using imagination.  This is a great way to involve pretend talk into conversations.  Do horses fly?  What would that look like?  The students love talking about animals!

This week in math we are talking about graphing.  We are learning that what we like will make a difference in math.  If we all like the cows on the farm, the graph will be large.  If only a few students like the cow but most friends like the horse our graph will show two different types of animals!  Ask your child to discuss which animal they like best and graph at home what your family likes the most. 

In music Ms. Erin showed us how to use a scarf and make it blow in the wind like a kite.  We learned about how spring is sometimes windy.  We also learned how to use a clatapillar which is a wooden shaped instrument that makes noise.  We learned how it sounds like a caterpillar!  It was neat to see and hear!

Don’t forget…..We have a book fair coming up soon!  Please plan to participate.  Flyers were sent home with details and information regarding the cost of items that will be seen at the book fair.  This is a great way to start reading over the summer with your little ones.

SAVE THE DATE!

ECS Spring Book Fair- Friday, April 21. 2017- Friday, APRIL 28, 2017- 8AM-3PM

Open Until 7pm on Tuesday, April 25^th.

Visit our Online Book Fair page- http://www.scholastic.com/bf/earlychildhoodschool2

BOOK FAIR VOLUNTEERS NEEDED- SIGN UP AT http://bit.ly/2nZCTZO

Please remember as our numbers increase to always, always, always label your child’s belongings.  We have had several students forget their jacket or snack items.  If they are labeled this makes it so much easier for the students to find their name.

As a reminder, ECS was challenged for each family to collect 25 box tops and send them in during the month of February.  If every student brought in just 25 box tops each, we would collect over 20,000 box tops in just one month, which would be more than $2,000 dollars.  We also encourage everyone to ask extended family to collect them as well.  

Pets we have at home

This week we are talking about pets in school including dogs, cats, kittens, fish, bunnies, etc.  These are all pets that we can keep at home.  Ask your child can you have an elephant for a pet?  No.  Can you have a dog as a pet in your house? Yes.  We had great fun sharing animals and taking them on a short walk around the school.  Our “Pet Parade” was another success!  The students love showing off their favorite stuffed animals to all their friends.

This is our last week to discuss Big and Little; Long and Short; and Tall and Small.  Ask your child to discuss these concepts at home.  These concepts are important in understanding math and learning that length, width and height help us in measuring things around the house.  You can look at the windows in your house and describe them as little and the door in your house is big.  You can also describe this using cups, plates, bowls and flatware in the kitchen while cooking dinner!

We had Ms. Jenkins read us a story in library about different instruments!  It was neat to get to learn all the sounds the violin, piano, drums, guitar, and xylophone make and hear them being played.  We have a book fair coming up soon!  Please plan to participate.  Flyers were sent home with details and information regarding the cost of items that will be seen at the book fair.  This is a great way to start reading over the summer with your little ones.

SAVE THE DATE!

ECS Spring Book Fair- Friday, April 21. 2017- Friday, APRIL 28, 2017- 8AM-3PM

Open Until 7pm on Tuesday, April 25^th.

Visit our Online Book Fair page- http://www.scholastic.com/bf/earlychildhoodschool2

BOOK FAIR VOLUNTEERS NEEDED- SIGN UP AT http://bit.ly/2nZCTZO

Please remember as our numbers increase to always, always, always label your child’s belongings.  We have had several students forget their jacket or snack items.  If they are labeled this makes it so much easier for the students to find their name.

As a reminder, ECS was challenged for each family to collect 25 box tops and send them in during the month of February.  If every student brought in just 25 box tops each, we would collect over 20,000 box tops in just one month, which would be more than $2,000 dollars.  We also encourage everyone to ask extended family to collect them as well.