SPECIAL OCCASIONS . . .

Dear Families, Friends and Blog Followers,

Good day -- I do hope that Mother's Day was joyous for all . . . and . . . special thanks to all who contributed to making Teacher Appreciation Week special, as always . . . :).

This past week, many special occasions were celebrated, such as the birth of Noy's new baby sister, Kolby's 4th birthday, the arrival of our newest Puppy, Meredith, and Cinco De Mayo -- yahoo and hurray!!

On both Tuesday and Wednesday, we all soaked-in as much of the beautiful weather as possible, and, as a result, spent just about all of our activity time outdoors -- what a treat and what an appropriate introduction to our new "almost summer" themes of "Nature", "Oceans" and such!!

Mrs. Dolham opened, on Tuesday morning, with her "Question of the Week", which was, of course, "Who Lives in the Ocean?" -- we read abundantly about said, and, thoroughly enjoyed gummy worm and chocolate frosted cupcakes for Kolby's birthday -- there are oh so many delicious ways to bring the great outdoors indoors -- thank you, Kolby!!

And, beginning early on in the week, Kelly and Liz, especially, with the capable assistance of many high school students, organized our Mother's Day projects and gifts, which we hope you enjoyed "berry, berry much!!"

Early Wednesday morning, Meredith arrived, we sang and danced in honor of Cinco De Mayo, Liz role-played a "thunderstorm", in tandem with the children, and, Olivia spear-headed "look and find" beach scenes to challenge, both the Butterflies and Puppies, artistically, as well as, mathematically.

Upon opening the door of our School, just after Circle Time, Wednesday am, Mrs. Dolham discovered that the telephone pole, just outside the CDC, was being replaced, which lent itself to a fantastically spontaneous lesson in "community helpers" -- and so much more -- the workers and police officers were more than gracious in their roles as part of a super de duper learning experience -- :).

As well, we hosted William, for the second time, one of several new students joining us, at twenty Mill Street, come September!!!!

In addition to sculpting play-dough, embellishing paper fish and engaging in a myriad of ocean-themed activities, on Thursday morning, Ariane presented her "Rainbow Fish" lesson plan, which included teaching the kids to make fishy faces, Jeanetta guided the creation of an "under the sea" poster and Erin assisted Butterflies and Puppies in decorating Octopi -- both Jeanetta's and Erin's projects are hanging in the front hallway.

"Waffle" visited on Friday -- Kate Smith's talking parakeet -- much to everyone's delight --a gigantic "thank you, Waffle and Katie"!!

Liz continued with an outdoor Circle, resplendent with new music, games and discussion, on Friday, before which our high school friend, Kelly, made Mother's Day cards, with the kids, and after which Hayley, a LABB student, prepared an acquarium-making art-based project and Tray Von designed and implemented a food-chain science-based activity for our little ones.

Kelly continues preparing the Butterflies for their grand entrance to Kindergarten, while everyone enjoys the journey, with activity galore, in all of the School's learning centers.

As is always the case, adults and children alike, look forward to another learning and fun-filled week, at our school -- and --please be on the look-out for Scholastic's terrific end-of-school-year, (?!?!), offerings, which are scheduled to be in your mailboxes, shortly.

**** The last day of school, for Butterflies and Puppies, along with graduation and a celebratory gathering, is planned for Friday, June 18, 2010 -- details are forthcoming .****

Oodles and Oodles of Love . . . Miss Peacock XOXO