"A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE, FOR ALL, AT WALTHAM CROSSINGS!!"

Hola, Families, Friends and Blog Followers,

The week-end may be very, very wet, but, this past week was filled with one sun-shiny day after another!!

We were blessed with weather that allowed us to be outside for a substantial amount of time, and, per my last "blast", the CDC community looks forward to the new playground, scheduled for completion by the end of April -- just after the onset of Spring -- WOO HOO!!

As many of you already know, the Butterflies and Puppies were a big hit at "Papa Joe's" place, (Waltham Crossings)!! The children sang and danced the morning away, and their kindness was rewarded with cupcakes and juice and baseball bats and balls -- it was truly a beautiful experience, the melding of the young and old.

Other special treats, this week, included Miss Amy's, (and "Oreo"'s), presentation of a jumbo, (Zoo), Animal book and Arianne's and Olivia's wonderfully interactive portrayal of singing and dancing kings and queens, resplendent with glittery crowns and much laughter -- as always, thank you, ladies!!

And, thanks to our lovely Mrs. Dolham, as well, our "royal bakery", (aka the kitchen), and its little bakers, made both apple and strawberry muffins, while singing verses from "The Muffin Man" and a variety of other nursery rhymes.

The kids have thoroughly enjoyed playing in their hand-made castle, as well as building said, and, will begin working on a dragon made primarily out of recycleables, this week.

In addition to all of the wonderful projects available at Activity Time, such as "trash" art, sensory exploration, math games and literacy activities, our little friends have enjoyed fashioning, primarily out of construction paper, fans and jewelry, beanstalk leaves and dragon puppets, some of which is on display in the front hallway.

We continue to review the calendar, letters of the week, word wall and practice our skills at Handwriting Without Tears, (HWT), as well as read some wonderful children's literature, much of which is partnered with music and movement.

And, in the Cubby Room, where our Science Table is newly located, the Forsythia branch, donated by Mrs. Goell, begins to bud!!

Please remember that the teachers will be attending a full day of Early Childhood Education workshops at the annual PAL Conference, on Monday, and that, on Friday, we will all be heading over to the Discovery Museum, in Acton, for a morning of learning and fun with "Bessie" the Dinosaur!!

I do thank you all for continuing to build home libraries, for your children, with Scholastic Book Orders!!

Lots of Love, Miss Peacock XOXO