APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS.

DON'T FORGET ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HOLIDAYS OF THE YEAR....
MOTHER'S DAY!
(May 13^th)

Teacher Appreciation Week
May 7-11

What a great opportunity to let the people
who care for your children
know how much you appreciate them. 
They have accepted the challenge
of caring and nurturing
your children and are doing a wonderful job.

PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES
Mid-May

Parent-Teacher Conferences
are scheduled for mid-May
Watch for a sign up sheet that
will be  posted in your child's classroom.
Even though you see
the teachers every day this is a wonderful time to sit down and discuss your child's progress. 
You are your child's first teacher
and a child's best educational
opportunities and future growth
depend on the combined effort
of parent, teacher and student.

May  Birthday List

Will K. May 13^th
Sal M. S. May 18^th
Adrian H. May 30<sup>th


HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!</sup>

We a looking forward to a Summer
filled with fun activities like the Zoo
and the Aquarium!

Early Years
is a newsletter to provide busy parents with practical ways
to promote school readiness, parent
involvement, and more effective parenting. 
Click here to read the May Edition.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING...

Our Teddy Bears, the two's ...
talked about birds and butterflies.  Look at these great birds the children painted!
Then we talked about turtles and frogs.  The children painted bowls green to make turtles
and painted green lily pads with frogs!  During "Great Gardens" Week we planted flower seeds
(they are a special present for a certain day in May :)) and we made seed shakers.

The Bunny Bunch, the threes ...
talked  about Spring and how the weather changes.
"We talked about how plants and flowers start blooming and how we see a lot of rain.
The children enjoyed making clouds, raindrops and umbrellas.
We also talked about how animals and birds are active in Spring
and the children decorated their birds. They also made bird feeders for outside.
We talked about transportation, like cars, boats, busses, and airplanes.
The children made sailboats.

Our 4's, our Junior Kindergarten ...
had a lot of sun this month, we learned a lot of new things! 
We also welcomed Alex and Terence to our classroom. 
During Easter Week we talked about bunnies, colored Easter eggs
and went on an Easter Egg Hunt.  "1,2,3 go find your eggs" Dylan, 3,
told us when we asked what we did during Easter.
During Circus Week we became a circus marching band,
walked a tight rope and became clowns.
"I think we wrote on our faces" Dria, 4, said about what we did during Circus Week.
During Earth Week we learned to keep the earth healthy and clean by
"Reuse, Reduce and Recycle."
"Keeping the earth healthy and clean" said Skyler, 4, on what we learned during Earth Week,
Book-It ends April 30th.  The Fours read over 1300 books. 
Together with the Fives we've read over 2750 books.
 

Our 5's, our Kindergartener's...
for Book-It have read 1450 books! 
While talking about plants we made flowers and labeled the parts.
We also used celery as paint brushes and painted pictures with them.
Our monthly family project is a butterfly. 
We learned about all of the stages a caterpillar goes through to become a beautiful butterfly.
 

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