This week, we continued our discussions about Earth Day and helped prepare for our upcoming Saturday Earth Day Fundraiser. Children rehearsed “This Pretty Planet” with Tony, which children and families will get to sing together at tomorrow’s celebration! We played with Earth-inspired green and blue play dough, used recycled paper to create decorative paper chains, used stamps to spell out words that described the rocks in our yard (like “bumpy” and “gray”), used a few bouncy balls to visualize how the earth moves around the sun at meeting, and used soap and water to scrub the labels off old plastic jars to reuse as classroom materials.
We practiced writing the “i” sound, and examined its uppercase and lowercase forms. We focused on the word “insect” as a word that begins with “i” and ties into our Earth Day curriculum. Many books we read this week are about insects. We loved “A Good Place” by Lucy Cousins and “Roberto: The Insect Architect” by Nina Laden!
We continued to put on puppet shows in the loft, build with wooden blocks and leaves, and enjoy the outdoor weather! In theater adventures, we met a bunny named Buster.
We got to celebrate Eva’s fourth birthday on Friday! We loved getting to hear her grownups read us a Molly of Denali story and eating cupcakes all together.
We look forward to seeing many of you for our Earth Day Fundraiser tomorrow, Saturday April 25, from 10-1 at Brooklyn Schoolhouse!
