January 2012–Garden Room News

Happy New Year Everyone! I wish you have a most successful year.

I sure am taking this New Year with a lot of enthusiasm and hope for our world. Children make life brighter even when the sunshine (or snow for that matter) is missing.

Fun comes in different ways, especially when you are a preschooler.

Coming back to school after two weeks of family time is an adjustment, so fun may turn into ‘oh-oh’ time to re-learn being together as a class.

This year I was surprised that not many children show a need to do that.

They are more than ready to continue. So are we J

Dates to Remember:

January 16th – Martin Luther King Day No School

Agua-Water

We are looking during this month at the 3 different water stages.

In addition to the stages of rain the children observed a rain experiment. They are also finishing their rain gauges and when they take them home and a rainy day happens to show up they will be ready to measure it.

We are also looking at water from liquid to solid and how it expands as it freezes. They will learn the importance of water in our body and why the earth is called a “blue planet”. I hope to get to snow and snow flakes in the last week so they will also be able to see snow flakes with a powerful lens.

PTC

We do not have a formal time schedule for parent teacher conferences but we are open to meet and ‘check-in’ between 1:30-2:00 PM M-F. It needs to be scheduled in advance. We can discuss various aspects of your child learning experience in the classroom such as, but not limited to: Language-(vocabulary-verbal skills etc), Math, Fine- Gross Motor development and such.

ABC/Sign Language/ Spanish

We are moving along with this fun way of learning. I am adding new Spanish basic words and new signs are included until we are able to learn the Sign Language Alphabet as well.  That is all for now.

We are having fun and it is a great way to begin 2012!