"Our Winter Wonderland Continues!!"

Good Morning, Families and Friends!!

I do hope that you are enjoying the remainder of the week-end -- yesterday presented a breath of spring-time, indeed . . . at school, however, it is still wintertime, with the exception of our flourishing, coral-hued amaryllis blossoms and basking turtles!!

On Thursday, we re-introduced two of our high school friends, Olivia and Arianne, to Circle-Time, at which they read, to the children, beautifully, and, it was not much later, that we headed over the the Minuteman C&T HS, for new fun in our old digs.

Katie Smith, and several freshman explorers, set-up the ginormous water table with color-mixing and math-based fishing activities, the sensory table, outdoors, with birdseed and plastic water bottles, and, indoor coloring fun -- thank you, all, for a wonderfully, fun-filled morning!!

The kids have generated a colorful display of wall art, using lots of colored tape and 3-D snowball foam and paw-print stickers, as well as, chaulk, crayons and markers -- the result -- a kind of abstract, winter-themed masterpiece, showcased on the far wall of our classroom!! And, additional seasonal "circular" art will be utilized to decorate our dot-themed hallway board, as well.

On Friday, our Butterflies and Puppies, with Liz's guidance, began working on their very own version of "Brown Bear, Brown Bear", by Eric Carle, and colored pre-made penguins to be adorned with photos of themselves and used for new circle spots.

Kelly conducted an experiment, to parallel our "E" song, which encouraged the kids to taste hard-boiled eggs and, (very few!!), m & ms, in order to determine whether or not eggs taste like candy -- (I think not!!)

Tammy, Sashi and I have read many books, this week, including "The Biggest Snowman Ever", written by Steven Kroll and illustrated by Jeni Bassett, "The Biggest, Best Snowman", written by Margery Cuyler and illustrated by Will Hillenbrand and "Elmer in the Snow" by David McKee.

And, added to our array of learning center and theme-based activities was, yet, another experience to be had with ice -- (very cold and very wet!!) -- and speaking of cold and wet, we
have been, quite regularly, spending time outdoors!!

Please know that we are still collecting the remaining, completed "leaves" for our Family Tree, as well as recycleables for upcoming projects, and, that, Scholastic book orders will be collected through Tuesday, of this week.

If anyone is interested in receiving colorful, informative and fascinating updates by either Peter Reynolds or Eric Carle, please let me know, and, I will be happy to forward said.

Nella Mattina!!

Love Miss Peacock XOXO