June 9, 2014

Hi Families! We have so many upcoming, exciting events happening in kindergarten! The first is that we will be making boats tomorrow. These boats should be able to hold a ping pong ball and float! If you have any boat making materials that we could use, please send them in tomorrow! The materials can be anything from Popsicle sticks to tin foil. We will build from our supplies we get! Thank you!

Today we investigated sinking and floating. The kids made predictions about which items would float, and which would sink and then they tested them. Here are some photos from the activity:

 

 

We have our walking field trip to Mallory brook on Wednesday. Please make sure your child is prepared with a lunch, snack, water,and appropriate walking shoes. We will be on a trail. Students should also have shoes that they can wear in the water. It would great if you could apply any sunscreen and insect repellent on your child before they come to school. We will reapply if needed.

We want to remind you that we have a celebration of learning and appreciation breakfast scheduled for Thursday morning at 10:00. We are looking forward to seeing you there!

We have our Boulder Beach field trip scheduled for Tuesday June 17th with a rain date of the 18th. You may send in a life vest for your child. That would be totally fine! It is optional.

Wow! What an exciting time! Thank you for all of your support!

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June 3, 2014

Hello families! We would like to inform you that we have cancelled the field trip to Mallory Brook that we scheduled for tomorrow. It looks like possible heavy rain tonight so that could pose safety issues for us along the trail and water tomorrow. We will try to reschedule as soon as we can! Thank you for understanding!

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Frog Pond

We had a great trip to the pond today. We observed tadpoles, frogs, spotted salamanders, toads and dragonfly nymphs. Thanks to our amazing 4-winds teachers for a great year!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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May 29, 2014

We had so much fun in ECO yesterday! The kids became birds! Yes, they built nests, sat on eggs, protected their young and went searching for food. Here are some pictures from the day........

Bird families protecting their nests:

 

 

Sitting on eggs......

 

Making wings and flying throughout the forest!

 

Building nests.....

 

Next week is spirit week! Here is a list of the special daily suggested attire. Please remember this is an optional activity to participate in. Thanks!

 

Tomorrow is our trip to the frog pond! Water shoes are highly recommended! Please make sure your child has an extra set of clothing and dry shoes to put on when we return. Our trip is planned for 9:30-11:30, but we will make changes if the weather is not cooperating! We would love to have parent volunteers if you can come!

A reminder that we are scheduled to go on our ECO Mallory Brook outing on Wednesday, June 4 th. We will leave around 9:30 that morning and be gone all day. Students will need snacks, lunch, water, water shoes and sunscreen. Bug repellent is suggested! Again, we welcome all parent volunteers!

 

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Kindergarten fun!

Please join us in collecting money for our friend Garrett and his family.

 

We had a fabulous day in the forest Wednesday, building Black Capped Chickadee nests.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The talent show has been moved to Tuesday, May 27th. It is not too late for any kindergarten friends to join us. We thought it would be fun to wear a bright colored shirt, jeans, a backward baseball cap and sunglasses. We will meet in our classroom and will be the first act. Please pick your child up immediately after our performance to join you for the rest of the show. Enjoy the weekend.

 

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May 13, 2014

Just a reminder that we have ECO tomorrow! It may rain, but we will persevere and stay outside! Please make sure your child has rain gear, mud boots, water and a snack! If your child does not have rain boots, just be aware that the shoes they are going to wear may get wet. We have a few pair of rain pants if you need to borrow them! Let us know! Thank you!

Very impressive structure made during center time!

Reading books about numbers! Music to my ears!

 

Having fun writing BIG number sentences! Wow! What mathematicians!

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