This week we began our last unit on plants. We sang about being little seeds that are about to sprout and enjoyed many wonderful books on gardens, flowers and seeds. We revisited a favorite music activity with reading, “The Empty Pot” and using musical instruments to help narrate the story. We enjoyed making pots from […]
Happy May! Stone Pizza pictures: The preparation… Ready for the oven! Mmmm…pizza! Thank you to everyone for contributing your favorite pizza topping. The children had a great time washing, cutting, shredding and preparing the pizza together. Over April vacation I took my girls to Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory & Gardens in Deerfield, MA (which I […]
We had a great week singing, practicing some new folk dances and learning more about food. On Tuesday we enjoyed a story called, “Stone Pizza” which was similar to Stone Soup, except it features a coyote and other desert animals. We had a discussion about the differences and similarities in the Stone Soup story and […]
This week we spent time thinking about Spring. We considered the signs of Spring we have begun to see: robins, rain, warmer days, snow melting, and of course, mud. We read books and sang some songs about the Spring weather. We’ve been reading some short, seasonal poems at circle and the children have been practicing […]