Greetings, Dear Honeybees Families,
Last week, the children created butterflies out of tufts of wool. The children helped gently pull the wool apart and decorate their wings. We attached yarn to the finished product, and the children delighted in flying around their butterflies. We have a real-life butterfly in the making as well! One of our forest caterpillars made its way to one of our silks and built its cocoon onto it. We have hung up the silk to keep it safe and await the opportunity to hopefully see it emerge as a winged creature.
Students were able to learn how to finger chain and finger knit if desired. It was wonderful to see experienced students teach the younger ones the steps for this handwork activity. The Turtles class “next door” chopped up big pieces of wood and gave them to our Honeybees to turn into “white bark stew.” They grated the bark on the tree and it made shreds like parmesan. We are happily observing a lot of collaboration and group play among the students and between the kindergarten classes!
The Autumn equinox is nearing and we welcome it with a warming story of courage as we enter into this new season. In our last story, the elderly emperor needed to choose one of his children to become the new emperor. He gave them each nine days' time and one hundred golden coins to find the most beautiful thing in the world. The eldest rode his horse into the marketplace, discovered a beautiful painting, and thought it to be the most beautiful thing in the world. The middle rode her horse into the mountains and found a cave with a sleeping dragon inside and a magnificent pearl beneath his chin, which she thought to be the most beautiful thing in the world, so she took it. The youngest walked into the marketplace but found more sadness than beauty, for there were people who were hungry, poorly dressed, and without shelter. She gave away her golden coins one by one until she had nothing left. She returned to the kingdom empty-handed and apologized to the emperor for having no beautiful thing to share. However, word of her caring heart spread throughout the kingdom every day for those nine days and the emperor crowned her the Empress; indeed, a caring heart is the most beautiful thing in the world. This week, our story is about the courage and bravery of George and Cleolinda, who embark on a journey to come face to face with the same dragon from our last story. However, the story has a surprising turn of events and the fearsome dragon has another side to tell!
As always, thank you for all that you do and for sharing your precious children with us.
Announcements and Reminders:
Mornings are getting chilly! Please have your child equipped with a light sweater.
This Friday is a HALF DAY (12:15-12:30 dismissal) for all students. Please use the carpool line for pickup as usual.
Next week is FALL BREAK! There is also no school for students the following Monday, 10/2, due to teacher in-service
Conferences are coming up soon, October 12th and 13th. A sign-up will be available in the next messenger.
Upcoming Events:
9/22 Half Day - Day of Courage
9/25-9/29 Fall Break (No School)
10/2 Teacher In-Service (No School)
10/12 Half Day - Parent Conferences
10/13 No School - Parent Conferences
10/21 Community Work Day 10 am - 1 pm
10/21 Kingdom of Halloween
Thank you for sharing your children with us and for being part of our community. We hope you have a wonderful break.
Peace and Light,
Ki Fatima
