Greetings Dear Beaver Families,

The Beavers class welcomed a new, already dear friend to our class - welcome Gia! On Monday, we went straight to work and the children helped roll several large stumps into our classroom. They love this new addition and it has become a very popular play spot in our forest space. The students took turns using the stumps as stepping stones and testing their jumping and balancing abilities. We heard that the pond near the garden has been busy with ducks on their migration, so on our way to the garden this week, students quietly walked down the path to see if we could find them. Much to our delight, the pond was full of beautiful ducks. In the garden, we sat beneath a tree and read “The Tin Forest”, we checked for chicken eggs, and the children enjoyed exploring the garden terrain.

On Friday, students watched a puppet play about a little snowflake who was hesitant to leave mother cloud. Eventually, she took the risk and dropped down to the earth. She was surprised to see all her brothers and sisters there and how beautiful the snow covered earth looked. Soon the little snowflake heard the laughter of children and felt herself being rolled into a snowball; she discovered she was helping them to build a snowman! She was happy to bring them such joy. But as the sun came up, she felt herself warm up and begin to melt. The snowflake was afraid at first, but when she melted into the deep, dark earth she discovered a friend in the form of a bulb. She hugged her new bulb friend and it bloomed into a beautiful yellow daffodil.

Reminders:

Please sign up for a conference at the following link. If neither of those days or times work for you, please let me know and we can schedule a meeting separately.
Please pack wholesome, nutritious snacks and lunches that will keep your child energized throughout the day. Candy, highly processed snacks and other sugary snacks and beverages should not be brought to school.

Kindly,

Ki Fatima