Newsletter

 

Happy June everyone! We can't believe it's already here. We are fast approaching the end of the school year and it’s remarkable to see where everyone is now. We've been extra busy between our plant study and end-of-year activities. First, thank you to everyone who was able to make it out for our first ever Preschool 3 Art Show! Their pride and growth shined forth with all the incredible work they made. 

 

Last Wednesday we did Meeting for Worship with the entire school! This is a culminating event as we continually practiced moments of silence throughout the winter and spring. We went to the Meetinghouse and sat on the benches surrounded by older community members. They begin and end with singing, which was beautiful to listen to. Then, unbelievably, our friends sat in silence for around 20 minutes! Since then many of the teachers and older students have mentioned what a good job our class did. They did a great job regulating themselves and capturing the peace of the moment in their own way.

On Friday we had a special visitor named Mrs. Gerkins come do Library Time with our class. She was very sweet and read a book about seeds to us. We will see her again this week as well.

 

We've continued reading lots of plant and seed-related books to further our seed study. We've been monitoring our experiment with different colored water in vases and noticing the way the carnation petals have subtly changed color. We have continued our plant counting games with dice and recognizing numbers. Teacher Danielle remarked on how much progress she's noticed with our amazing learners. This Monday we also planted marigold seeds in planters outside.

 

Yesterday we had a conversation about where seeds come from. We heard lots of different responses, including "I see seeds in the Earth," "In their pods," and "strawberries have seeds on the outside." After discussing how they come from a plant they'll grow into, we observed this in a hands-on way by cutting up an acorn squash. Everyone practiced fine motor skills pinching and picking out the seeds from inside pieces of squash. Then we talked about how some people eat squash. We took the pieces that had their seeds removed, washed them and peeled off the skin, then we baked them. After adding a bit of maple syrup and salt everyone got to try a piece of squash today. Also, yesterday was Donovan's birthday so his family came in to help celebrate. Happy birthday, Donovan!