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                                                        “practicing Yoga”

This week’s quote:

The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon. – Maria Montessori

Meet our classroom helpers this week:

Sydney is our greeter.

Max will take care of the plants.

Lars will help prepare for lunch.

Brighid will report the weather.

Lucy will feed the fish.

This week we introduced Africa, the last of the seven continents we are covering.  The children began to work on the Africa map and learned the shape of the continent.

This month we are also covering insects and exploring the “bug life”.  They have started to explore with some new cultural activities which involve the different life cycles of bugs.

We are working very hard each day for our spring performance with Ms. Gloria.  The children are practicing their lines, learning new songs, and practicing being on stage.  Please don’t forget that our dates for the performance have changed.  Our spring performance will be on Wednesday, May 29^th @ 9:00-9:45am.  Hope to see everyone there!!!

Next week, we will be celebrating Mother’s Day on Friday, May 10^th with a wonderful hour of singing, snacking, and celebrating our Loving Mothers.  We will begin at 9:30am till 10:15am.  If you are unable to attend, please have someone special fill in for you.  The children are very excited to share in this special event.

We have started replacing new activities for the month of May in our practical life area.  These activities will help to enhance fine motor skills and independence.

On Wednesday, May 15^th P3 will be taking a field trip to the LIED Children’s Discovery Museum.  We will be departing at 8:45am.  We are looking for 12 volunteers to help with this field trip.  Please look for a sign up sheet posted soon outside our classroom. Thank You!

Upcoming events:

On Friday, May 10^th – Mother’s  Day Tea @ 9:00-9:45am

On Wednesday, May 15^th – Primary Field trip to Children’s Discovery Museum leaving @ 8:45am

On Monday, May 27^th – No School in observance of Memorial Day

On Wednesday, June 5^th – Kindergarten Moving Up Ceremony

On Friday, June 7^th – Last day of school; dismissal at 11:15am