Kindergarten Newsletter
3/4/15
Classroom News!
March has arrived and we have merrily begun our study of Dr. Seuss. With their colorful and whimsical illustrations and rhyming words, Dr. Seuss books are a tremendous draw for children of this age. We are spending plenty of time on all kinds of activities related to rhyming, including Green Eggs and Ham Tic Tac Toe and Rhyming Bingo.
We also read "Bartholomew And The Oobleck" and then made our own oobleck. Oobleck has the unusual quality of being both a liquid and a solid. On top of that, it's really fun to play with! In addition, we sang our way through the story "A Hunting We Will Go" and then each child created their own silly rhyming page for a class book.
During math we read a story called " How Much is a Foot?" The children measured their own feet and "made" beds using their feet to measure. Wait. What? Why are our beds all different sizes? This discovery led to a lively conversation about the value of having standard units of measurement.
Conversation Starters
* How is it that the beds you measured ended up being all different sizes?
* Tell about one Dr. Seuss book you read this week?
* What is the coin for five cents called?
Fun Things To Do At Home
* Read the poem of the week.
* Enjoy a Dr. Seuss book together
* Practice reciting the months of the year and the days of the week.
Poem of the Week
Today You are You
Today you are you.
That is truer than true
There is no one alive
who is Youer than you!
Dr. Seuss
Announcement
On Wednesday March 23rd Kindergarten will be celebrating "Wacky Wednesday." In the past children have enjoyed wearing their clothes inside out or backwards and/or wearing miss matched shoes and socks. We all look forward to a fun and wacky day.
Please keep the following in mind:
- Your child can be creative but safe shoes and appropriate clothes are necessary for outside time and PE.
- It would be best not to send your child in tights, because one art activity involves the children using their bare feet.
Thank you!