Overheard in Class
"Which came first, the chicken or the egg?"
"The chicken came from the egg."
"But what about the egg, where did it come from?"
"From the chicken, of course!"
"But where did that chicken come from?"
"What do you mean? Hmmm. I don't really know."
"The egg was a space creature thingy mabob and came on the ground and became a chicken!"
"Really?"
"Yup!"
It's been a very busy week in the Kindergarten, highlighted by having two guests work with our class. We have had the pleasure of working with artist Julia Zanes to design and create one dimensional puppets based on our current study of seeds, worms and bees. Students worked together to script a story for a puppet play. This will be performed at all-school meeting next Wednesday, May 18, at 2:10 p.m.
The class also enjoyed some time this week planting a variety of fast-growing seeds. Emily Weinberg, Phoebe's mom, generously came in and did a seed-planting activity, helping us to plant marigolds and pumpkins. We hope to put the pumpkin seedlings into the Grammar School garden after they have sprouted. In addition, we planted our Root View garden with carrots, onions and radishes and have already seen root development. Thank you to Emily for coming in.
This week we have also begun our study of sheep and wool and the process of making yarn from raw wool. I am hoping to have our field trip to the Green Mountain Spinnery scheduled soon. Students have been making story boards of different life cycles - plants, animals and even people. In addition, they are experimenting with writing books and poems. We have also been very involved in making observational drawings of items in our nature center.
Next week I will send out the food assignments for our Spofford trip. Please let me know if for any reason you are unable to bring the item assigned and we'll work out an alternative.
Please call if you have any questions or concerns.
Sowing the Seeds of Spring
Friday, May 13, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Parent Letter
Greeting from the Kindergarten!
It's hard to believe that the end of the school year is not far off. The year has gone by quickly, and the Kindergartners have grown in so many ways over these months. It has been exciting to see their individual progress and to witness their growth as a group.
I want to thank Ibby, Madeline and Hop for organizing the fundraiser bake sale. Thank you, also, to all our wonderful bakers. As a result of every one's efforts, we raised $186 to benefit the Japanese Red Cross. Caroline Tarmy in the Preschool also donated $13.67 that she raised at a yard sale bringing our grand total to $199.67. In addition to this fundraiser, in April we collected three large boxes of food for the Putney Food Shelf.
This month the Kindergarten will be working with artist and TGS parent, Julia Zanes on a puppet-making project. Julie is a wonderful artist and teacher, and I am very excited for our class to work with her. We hope this will culminate in a performance, date and time to be announced. Also this month, I hope to be taking two short field trips, one to the Putney Post Office to tour the facility and one to The Green Mountain Spinnery to learn how they make yarn from raw wool.
May is always a busy month at TGS, and this year is especially full of celebration, as it is The Grammar School's 50th birthday. Grandfriend's Day is on May 20, followed by the 50th Anniversary Party on May 21, from 4 - 9 p.m. The event will be here at the school, and I hope you and your children can attend. May 26 is the Spring Music Concert, which begins at 6:30. I will let you know what time students are expected in a later home note. Looking way ahead to the end of the year, our day-long trip to Spofford Lake with the PreK, 1st and 2nd grades is planned for Tuesday, June 7. We will leave school at about 9:30 and return by dismissal. We will spend the day and have a cook-out lunch with hot dogs, chips, watermelon and cookies/brownies. Each child's family will be asked to bring something to contribute to the food offerings. I will send out a note shortly to let you know what we'd like you to bring.
The year has gone by too quickly. It will be hard to say good-bye to this fantastic group of students. As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Best regards,
Libby
It's hard to believe that the end of the school year is not far off. The year has gone by quickly, and the Kindergartners have grown in so many ways over these months. It has been exciting to see their individual progress and to witness their growth as a group.
I want to thank Ibby, Madeline and Hop for organizing the fundraiser bake sale. Thank you, also, to all our wonderful bakers. As a result of every one's efforts, we raised $186 to benefit the Japanese Red Cross. Caroline Tarmy in the Preschool also donated $13.67 that she raised at a yard sale bringing our grand total to $199.67. In addition to this fundraiser, in April we collected three large boxes of food for the Putney Food Shelf.
This month the Kindergarten will be working with artist and TGS parent, Julia Zanes on a puppet-making project. Julie is a wonderful artist and teacher, and I am very excited for our class to work with her. We hope this will culminate in a performance, date and time to be announced. Also this month, I hope to be taking two short field trips, one to the Putney Post Office to tour the facility and one to The Green Mountain Spinnery to learn how they make yarn from raw wool.
May is always a busy month at TGS, and this year is especially full of celebration, as it is The Grammar School's 50th birthday. Grandfriend's Day is on May 20, followed by the 50th Anniversary Party on May 21, from 4 - 9 p.m. The event will be here at the school, and I hope you and your children can attend. May 26 is the Spring Music Concert, which begins at 6:30. I will let you know what time students are expected in a later home note. Looking way ahead to the end of the year, our day-long trip to Spofford Lake with the PreK, 1st and 2nd grades is planned for Tuesday, June 7. We will leave school at about 9:30 and return by dismissal. We will spend the day and have a cook-out lunch with hot dogs, chips, watermelon and cookies/brownies. Each child's family will be asked to bring something to contribute to the food offerings. I will send out a note shortly to let you know what we'd like you to bring.
The year has gone by too quickly. It will be hard to say good-bye to this fantastic group of students. As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Best regards,
Libby
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