Important Dates
· Monday, April 20th - Circle Time Leaders start
· Tuesday, April 21st – Planetarium Field Trip – Leaving the classroom at 9:00 am to walk to bus. (
· Wednesday, April 22nd - Casual music program in the fellowship hall. Shortly after drop-off, your child will sing a few songs with Ms. Vicki for an audience of parents and special loved ones in Ascension Hall.
· Thursday, April 23rd – Blue Whales 100 Day Celebration (Please see email with important information)
· Thursday, May 21st – Blue Whales End of Year Celebration (9:15 a.m.) more information will be provided in the next few weeks
Quote of the Week
“If you don’t try all the time and practice, then you don’t get better at it.” -- An amazing statement from one of our smart Blue Whales
This week in the classroom we have been exploring space. NASA headquarters is set up in our housekeeping center with many Blue Whales overseeing the lift off, exploration and landing of many rocket ships to all different places in our solar system. It has been a joy to watch the enthusiasm and collaboration among our Blue Whales.
Our solar system hangs from our ceiling as we use that and planet squish balls to talk and sing about the planets each day in circle time. Ask your child about our planet song, it is helping us all remember the 8 planets.
We have been reading fiction and nonfiction about space and have had some interesting discussions.
Our caterpillars have made it to the top of the container and are in the “J” shape. We are hoping to see all caterpillars in a chrysalis next week.
We made it to “Z” and finished our question of the day that focuses on the letters in our names. We have been studying the letters through stories, sounds, movements and items that start with the letter. The Blue Whales are practicing identifying, writing and sounding out the letters.
Our Blue Whale artists learned about Vincent van Gogh and made an amazing project based on his Starry Night.
The Blue Whales continue to work on their own personal solar systems. We hope to finish assembling them to take home next week.
We had Guess & Tell and Faye did a great job with three clues about her item and calling on friends to guess the item. The Blue Whales were able to guess Faye’s item because of her great clues.
We are enjoying creating, moving, singing, discussing, observing, reading and playing with our Blue Whale friends. Hope everyone has a nice weekend.
Circle Time Leaders
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 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). We have been into jokes lately so they can also tell a joke. Below is the schedule for our Circle Time Leaders.
Circle Time Leaders Schedule
Monday, April 20: Ava
Wednesday, April 22: Barrett
Thursday, April 23: Cora
Monday, April 27: Faye
Tuesday, April 28: Frankie
Wednesday, April 29: Georgia
Thursday, April 30: Jacob
Monday, May 4: Jameson
Tuesday, May 5: Lydia
Wednesday, May 6: Ogada
Thursday, May 7: Palmer B.
Monday, May 11: Palmer N.
Tuesday, May 12: Sienna
Wednesday, May 13: Aidan
Thursday, May 14: Wren
Important Information about the Planetarium Field Trip on Tuesday, April 21:
On Tuesday, April 21 we will be taking the city bus and leaving preschool promptly at 9:00 am to walk to the bus. In order to catch the bus, we will not be able to wait for any late arrivals. Please meet in our classroom by 8:55 am and we can all walk together to the bus stop.
Please pack your child a snack and drink. Before we enter the Planetarium we will be eating snack as a group outside. Eating and drinking is prohibited in the Planetarium. After snack we will explore the exhibits and at 10:30 am we will watch our Planetarium show. After our Planetarium show we will walk back to the bus to return to preschool.