"A FAIRY TALE ENDING . . . "

Dear Families, Friends and Blog Followers,

At the outset, "WELCOME, KENDRA NOONAN", our new Puppy!!

And, "Happy Birthday!!" to our April celebrants, including Mrs. Dolham and Kevin!!

Our last full week of Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes has come to a close . . .

The abovementioned theme is well-loved by teachers and high-school and pre-school students, as well, and, I must say that, this year, the children truly optimized their many opportunities and valuable resources for role-playing, with beautiful costumes, a fabulous puppet theater and, most importantly, their imaginations, and, we exchanged stories not only by reading books and story telling, but also by utilizing additional means, such as song and dance, felt boards and puppets, to name but a few.

Although much of the week was rather cold and wet, the Butterflies and Puppies achieved a very good balance of both outdoor and indoor gross motor activities -- on Tuesday, the gymnastics mat and an obstacle course were, again, set-up in the "Royal Ballroom", and, on Wednesday, Miss Downing spear-headed a discussion about weather and led the kids on a walk during which they discovered sprouting buds, a bird nest and a chipmunk hole.

As well, during the earlier part of the week, Kelly and Liz successfully brought the outdoors inside by planning planting activities, measuring rainfall and plopping mud into the sensory table.

In addition to the multitude of activities outlined in the curriculum, we prepared food and decorated for the "Royal Feast", which was held on Thursday -- the children made english muffin pizzas, decorated plastic goblets and hung crepe paper -- and -- we were treated to our first wonderful experience with Freshman project planning -- While Kate hung spider-webbing along the stand and a backdrop on the wall, Erin made colorful "spiders" and Jeanetta made glittery stars with the children -- great fun was had by all!!

In addition to the spiders and stars displayed toward the back of our classroom, the beginning of our quilt has been hung, along with new theme-inspired artwork and the "Question of the Week", on all three bulletin boards.

In closing, while we await the delivery of this month's Scholastic book order, new forms will be placed in mailboxes, this week.

Please enjoy the remainder of the week-end!!

Much Love Miss Peacock XOXO