Osiyo, Chickadee Families,
THANK YOU all so very much for attending conferences last week. It was a joy to meet with each of you about your incredible children. This week, we are excited for a full week of school and the Kingdom of Halloween on Saturday.
Last week, we had our first fire of the season. Monday began quite chilly, and we enjoyed some warmth from our fire pit. Students worked to collect a bucket of pinecones to help start future campfires. They also collected sticks to use as kindling and sorted them by size. On Tuesday we started our fall and winter garden. First, the students helped clear the planters of weeds, dried leaves, and other debris. Then, each student was given spinach seeds to plant. Finally, students each took a turn watering the seeds a little. We will continue to care for the garden and watch our spinach grow! Some students helped build our new classroom feature, a “spider web” of thin rope woven around and between three trees. The class had a lot of fun climbing in and out of the web and developing balance, proprioceptive, and vestibular senses. Students had the opportunity to practice finger knitting, as well.
This week, we are adding more challenging movements to our morning circle. This circle is about a trip to an apple orchard to pick apples. At the beginning of the circle, after we greet the world and each other, we travel to the orchard. That part of the circle includes a song in Spanish about looking at the beautiful, colorful leaves that fall to the ground and walking in the crunchy leaves. The children have been enjoying this circle and are ready to add running in a circle. Next week, we will increase the challenge by adding a new song.
We look forward to seeing you all at our Kingdom of Halloween festival THIS Saturday. If you have not signed up to volunteer yet, we do need more help at the wand booth. Please sign up here. Thank you!
Announcements and Reminders:
Although it is early, please start sending a hat and gloves in your child’s backpack. Some mornings, their hands and ears are cold.
Please plan to attend our next curriculum night on Wednesday, 11/1 at 6:00 pm. All of the early childhood classes will meet together to talk about winter weather gear and how we manage winter weather at school.
Upcoming Events:
10/21 Kingdom of Halloween: 4 pm - 8 pm
11/1 NO SCHOOL: Teacher in-service
11/1 Joyful Beginnings and Kindergarten Parent Night: 6 pm - 7 pm
Thank you for sharing your children with us, and for being part of our community.
Gvyalieliga,
Ki Holly