Thank you, parents, for joining us on our field trip to the Planetarium. From the bus, the planetarium show, the weather and the best Blue Whales and Yellow Ducks we could not have asked for a better day. And I am happy to say when we discussed what we liked about the field trip the Blue Whales did not all just say the bus. The Blue Whales enjoyed the whole day.
Our space unit continued this week. Everyone is enjoying the imaginary play that is sparking their curiosities and knowledge about space.
The Blue Whales have been working on their own personal solar system mobiles. We hope to finish them up on Monday.
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.
Our caterpillars joined us on Wednesday. We are looking forward to observing the caterpillars grow, make their chrysalis and metamorphosize into butterflies.
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). Below is the schedule for our Circle Time Leaders.
Circle Time Leaders Schedule
Monday, April 28th: Autumn
Tuesday, April 29th: Bo
Wednesday, April 30th: Cailan
Thursday, May 1st: Eden
Monday, May 5th: Emmy
Tuesday, May 6th: Griffin
Wednesday, May 7th: Isabelle
Thursday, May 8th: Ivy
Monday, May 12th: Isobel
Tuesday, May 13th: Leland
Wednesday, May 14th: Molly
Thursday, May 15th: Oli
Monday, May 19th: Enoch
Please let me know ASAP if your child has a conflict on their scheduled date so I can adjust the schedule.
May will be here next week and the Blue Whales can tell you we only have 16 days left of school, as our mathematician works on subtracting and counting down the days left of school. Here are some important dates in May for your calendar:
Wednesday, May 14th – last Lunch Bunch
Monday, May 19th – pick up at 12:00 pm (no lunch bunch)
Wednesday, May 21st – pick up at 12:00 pm (no lunch bunch)
Thursday, May 22nd – Last Day of School
End of Year Celebration (more information to follow)
Next week we will be talking about space, caterpillars, butterflies and insects.
We are enjoying creating, moving, singing, discussing, observing, reading and playing with our Blue Whale friends. Hope everyone has a nice weekend.