Nursery April 2014 Newsletter

CLASS UPDATE

Last month we enjoyed getting to know our new student: Chio and celebrating lots of birthdays.
Ashlee, Quasar, and Jessica had their birthdays last month.  We also enjoyed learning new songs and dances for the spring concert.  We will be singing The  Bear Went Over the Mountain and Mary Had a Little Lamb for the concert.
The favorite lesson of the month was tasting a lemon and smelling it.

Alexander and Christopher are great friends, they love to sit in the play house outside and pretend to sell pizza to their friends and teachers. They often ride bikes together.  Ashlee is learning the sounds and words that go with different letters.  I told the class that K was for kite and Ashlee went and go the Kangaroo project we did the day before and said K is for Kangaroo Ms. Renee.  Chloe likes to copy what other people do.  Chloe pretends to talk on the toy phone and sometimes she pretends to text.  I asked her who she was talking to and she said mama. Enya’s new favorite word is jellyfish.  She sings a song with me that goes: jellyfish, jellyfish live in the sea, jellyfish, jellyfish swim to me, jellyfish!. Jessica is becoming interested in counting.  She showed me a book and tried to count the pictures of pigs in it.  When she was done showing me the book she said, “done.” Katie is very creative.  One morning she brought me a map.  I asked what kind of map is it?  She said, “treasure map.” Mayu has been getting to know the new children in class.  She pats them on the back and brings them toys.  Maja has learned the schedule for the day.  She can tell me, “first snack, then story, then play, then eat, then nap time, then snack, then mama comes.”  Noah has been helping in the shoe room.  He sees shoes and tries to take them to his friends.  Sometimes he tries to help put them on their feet. Ronald is expressing his wants with the words yes and no.  I ask him if he wants to sing a song and he will say, “yes!” or “no!” very seriously.
If he says no he will tell me the name of another song he wants to sing.
Stanley loves to share and give gifts, He shared a piece of fruit with Mayu.
One day he brought me a toy and gave it to me then gave me a hug.  Vincent
know that letters are part of the ABC song.
He saw a picture of a letter, he picked it up and said ABC. Ziyin is very friendly she waves and
smiles at the children from other classes as they walk down the hall. Quasar and Katie have become good friends they like to read stories and talk in the house.  Chio has been exploring the classroom and playing with new friends.  She is very independent and likes to do
things by herself.

MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB

Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb.

Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow.
Everywhere that Mary went, Mary went, Mary went.
Everywhere that Mary went the lamb was sure to go.
It followed her to school one day, school one day.
It followed her to school one day which was against the rules.
It made the children laugh and play, laugh and play, laugh and play.
It made the children laugh and play to see the lamb at school.

Here are just some of the fun things we will be doing in April.

Cooking: Fruit Kabobs

Music: Bunny Hop

Art:  Watermelon, Balloon Stamping

English:  The letters O, P, Q

IMPORTANT DATES 

Easter: April 20

Spring Concert: April 25
Tomb Sweeping: April 7 (Monday no school)

Birthdays:
April 10 Enya
April 11 Christopher