Our windows are covered with bean seeds in plastic bags, and we are hoping to observe them sprout. So of course, we had to read Jack and the Beanstalk and an alternate version of the story to compare and talk about similarities and differences. The message we all took away from both stories is honesty and how important it is to tell the truth.
The Blue Whales planted seeds for vegetables, fruits and flowers. They have been watering them each day and they will go home with everyone on Thursday. Olivia’s mom helped our Blue Whales plant their seeds and brought in large Mexican Sword Bean seeds for the class to plant and observe. Thank you to Jeanette for sharing her love of gardening with the Blue Whales. We talked about the plant life cycle and the parts of a plant.
We also have been keeping an eye on our caterpillars, they got so big so fast. As of Thursday afternoon, we had 4 in their chrysalises and one hanging in the J shape. Next week we will transfer the chrysalises to our butterfly garden and wait for the transformation.
Our Blue Whale artists learned about Andy Warhol and made an amazing project based on his famous work.
We had Guess-n-Tell and Eliza did a great job with three clues about her item and calling on friends to guess her item. The Blue Whales were able to guess Eliza’s item because of her great clues.
Starting next week, the Blue Whales will be taking turns leading Circle Time. We asked how they felt about leading Circle Time, and everyone was excited. On your child’s day they will 1) Ring the Triangle to transition from Table Top toys to Circle Time, 2)They will choose how they would like to seat the children in Circle Time, 3)They will make sure all the morning jobs are completed, 4) They can choose one song to play (I have Apple Music so I can access pretty much any song so you can let me know what song they would like us to sing and/or dance to), 5)They can choose to make up a Question of the Day or A Fact they would like to share (some of the children may prefer to tell us something rather than ask us something). Below is the schedule for our Circle Time Leaders.
Circle Time Leaders Schedule
Monday, April 22nd: Henry
Tuesday, April 23rd: Kellan
Wednesday, April 24th: Carolina
Thursday, April 25th: Davis
Monday, April 29th: Juliette
Thursday, May 2nd: Olivia
Monday, May 6th: Rowan
Tuesday, May 7th: Zoe
Monday, May 13th: Eliza
Tuesday, May 14th: Vivi
Wednesday, May 15th: Eric
Thursday, May 16th: Cameran
Monday, May 20th: Ivy Rose
Wednesday, May 22nd: Liam
Please let me know ASAP if your child has a conflict on their scheduled date so I can adjust the schedule.
Other Important Upcoming Dates:
Sunday, April 21st: Preschool Sunday, where we celebrate the Christ Church Preschool ministry. Our preschool children will sing at the 9:00 service. Please arrive at 8:40 am in the Disciple Room. Everyone is invited!
Monday, April 22nd: We will be going on a walk around Southern Village cleaning up trash as we talk about Earth Day. (Each child will have plastic gloves and we will talk about what trash is not safe to pick up.) If the weather does not cooperate on Monday, then we will do our walk on Tuesday, April 23rd.
Tuesday, April 23rd : CCP FELLOWSHIP NIGHT at TOWN HALL GRILL, let’s have dinner together at THG! Bring your whole family anytime between 5:00-7:00pm. THG will give a portion of the proceeds from that night to Christ Church Preschool. It’s always fun to see friends outside of preschool.
Tuesday, April 30th: Field Trip to Morehead Planetarium. We will be taking the city bus and leaving preschool promptly at 8:15 am to walk to the bus. In order to catch the bus, we will not be able to wait for any late arrivals.
During the next few weeks we will be talking about space, Earth Day, butterflies and plants.
We are enjoying creating, moving, singing, discussing, observing, reading and playing with our Blue Whale friends. Hope everyone has a nice weekend.