Osiyo, River Otter families.
Happy Spring! This week we enjoyed special activities to help us welcome this new season of growth, color, and light. On Tuesday, the first day of spring, students helped transplant tulips in a planter to brighten up our forest garden. We could see the bulbs in the soil, and it was wonderful to watch students observe and connect that different types of plants grow from different types of seeds. On Wednesday and Thursday, students received their own seed pots. They followed directions to plant several wheat grass seeds, and learned that different seeds need to be planted differently. Wheat grass seeds need to be sprinkled on top of soil with a thin layer of additional soil sprinkled over them, which is different from other seeds and plants we have planted in our garden. The students will continue to care for their wheat grass, which grows quickly. They will bring their pots of grass home before Spring Break. We also enjoyed Doce Flores (12 flowers) tea on Monday and Tuesday.
This is our final week of our early spring circle; when we return from spring break we will have all new songs and verses! This circle has followed little squirrel through a morning of adventures on The Garden School campus. We have focused on moving our bodies in different directions, building our vestibular, proprioceptive, and balance senses, and on impulse control by waiting for different animals to be woken from winter by a spring raindrop. One of our current circle songs (a student favorite) is below:
Gray squirrel, gray squirrel, swish your bushy tail
Gray squirrel gray squirrel, swish your bushy tail
Put a peanut in your nose, wrinkle up your little toes
Gray squirrel, gray squirrel, swish your bushy tail
(repeat)
Announcements and Reminders:
If you haven’t yet, please send me an email to RSVP with the number of guests and their names, who will be attending the Grandfriends Tea on March 31st.
Your child may want to bring a sun hat or baseball cap to help keep the sun out of their eyes.
Spring break is a great time to go through wet bags and make sure changes of clothing still fit and is for the appropriate season/weather (We suggest bringing shorts and long pants, t-shirts, and long sleeves as the weather is unpredictable on a spring day)
We are working on covering our noses and mouth with our elbows when we sneeze or cough. We appreciate your help with this!
3/31 Half Day - Grandfriend’s Tea (11:00-12:00)
4/3-4/7 Spring Break (No School)
4/28 Annual Fundraiser - Half Day
4/29 Community Work Day
4/25-4/27 5th Grade Pentathlon
4/28 Annual Fundraiser - Half Day
4/29 Community Work Day
Thank you for sharing your children with us, and for being part of our community.
Gvyalieliga,
Ki Holly
