Greetings Turtle Families!

Fun and sun are the best ways to describe this week in the forest! The fourth graders worked hard to roll two ENORMOUS stumps into our forest area, which have invited new and exciting play opportunities. Some students built a fort between the two stumps and others climbed up and jumped off. There is an area of thicket with a small clearing in the middle toward the back of the forest that the children have discovered as a new play nook. Next week, we will work on clearing some of the extra brush to make the play area even roomier.

We colored A LOT this week. One of the students had an idea to make a kite so we made simple kites cut into diamond and heart shapes with a piece of yarn and a stick handle. It was fun to see their brightly colored kites soaring through the forest. On our farm day, we took some celery and fed the goats and donkeys some treats. The donkeys have become so friendly and love to be petted on the head when we visit.

Our new circle is full of spring songs! One of them is an original song, written by the Beaver Kindergarten teacher, Ki Fatima. It goes like this:

My friend gave me a bag of seeds, I asked “What do I do with these?”

She told me to plant them deep inside the earth and let them sleep

And in the spring you’ll be surprised by all the flowers before your eyes

But first must come some wind and rain and a little sun day after day

I saw the plants and watched them grow, some bloomed fast and some bloomed slow

Some bloomed high and some bloomed low but in the end they all did grow

Some were yellow and some were pink, some were red and some were green

Who would have thought that there would be the colors of the rainbow inside these seeds?

Announcements/Reminders:

· Please remember to pack two water bottles each day. Warm days = thirstier kids!

· Friday, March 11th is a teacher in service day and there is NO SCHOOL