Greetings Dear Beaver Families,

Last week our popular Winter Olympic snow hill turned into an excavation site as a few children discovered giant logs hiding beneath all the dirt. They pulled out the logs and carried them around like trophies, so proud of their accomplishment. Our “cozy corners'' are being further developed by the students as well. Behind our newly constructed wooden house, we cleared the ground to prepare for a garden bed. The children raked away leaves, loosened the soil with shovels, pulled out weeds, and made a border out of sticks. We planted zinnia seeds and, later in the afternoon, went to the creek. We gathered sandy soil in our wheelbarrow to sprinkle over the garden bed and filled our watering cans to water the newly planted seedlings. The children loved this task. We also broke open our pumpkin and squash and took out their seeds to save for planting.

The new favorite activity in our class is taking turns on our sensory swing- thank you to Rémy’s family for helping to set it up! After our morning circle, most of the children line up for their turn on the swing. It is a great way to start our morning and really seems to create a relaxing mood after they’ve had a good swing.

Enjoy the Mid-Winter break! Thank you for all that you do.

Reminders:

No school Friday, March 11 for teacher in-service day

Warmly,

Ki Fatima