April 14-18, 2014

Monday:  Today we jumped into another awesome week here at the Sprout.  Dom’s group began working on the letter Hh. Lizzie and Arielle’s group began working on the letters Ee and Rr.  Lizzie’s group brainstormed words that begin with each letter then wrote in their journals and read the new library books.  Kinder Blossom took turns writing the letter Ee words they came up with on the dry erase board then went on an Ee hunt around the school to fill up their Ee box.  During our small group time was the peak of the thunder storm; we turned off the lights and had a rainy day party in the classroom.  We then played in centers until it was time for lunch.  This afternoon we enjoyed yoga with Miss Liz and headed outside to enjoy the beautiful sunshine. 

Tuesday:  What crazy weather we had today!  We decided to have a different schedule for today due to the weather.  We played in centers and worked on art until most of our friends arrived.  We then had a group snack while Miss Lizzie read us a story.  After snack we had Montessori work time during which a lot of our friends wanted to work on pouring and measuring water.  The older kiddos worked on making different shapes.  After work time we broke into our small groups.  Dom’s group found materials for their Hh box and practiced writing on the chalk board with chalk.  Lizzie’s group took turns discovering what was in the Ee and Rr boxes then made a family of elephants using grey paint and our hand prints.  Kinder Blossom wrote the letter Ee.  This afternoon we enjoyed yoga with Miss Vanessa, finished our art projects from this morning and had a blast playing soccer, Frisbee and catch with Miss Lizzie and Mr. Nick outside.

Wednesday:  Due to the cold weather again this morning, we started our off inside playing with play-doh and enjoying the ‘Good Night Moon’ matching game with Miss Lizzie.  After our outside time we marched inside for a group snack so we could read the book Ben brought in about Passover.  Thanks Ben!  Asher and Ben were both very excited to share their experiences of Passover with the Sunflowers.  This afternoon after nap we had Show and Tell.  Paige decided to have her dad Skip come in as her Show and Tell!  We all had absolutely loved having a visitor this afternoon.  Once we finished with Show and Tell we came outside to the deck and painted with pineapple tops and banana peels, and watermelons!  The collage turned out amazing!  You can check it out in our classroom.  We then enjoyed Spanish with Miss Daphne and outside time.

Thursday:  During small groups this morning Dom’s group did an art project, Miss Lizzie’s group finished up their rainbow and practiced writing their names, and Kinder Blossom practiced writing the letter Rr. This afternoon in Spanish we played a fishing game with Miss Daphne to identify colors in Spanish.  The Sunflowers really enjoyed taking turns to fish for the different colors.

Friday:  We had two special visitors today, Leina and Jane came to Green Sprout today to visit the Sunflowers.  We all really enjoyed spending the day with them.  During our dance party Friday time outside we painted 2 giant Sunflowers to hang up in our Welcome Center, they both look fabulous! 

Have a great weekend!