Lessons Plans: April 8 - 12

Rain, Rain

Come and Stay

These Little Children 

Want to Jump and Play!


We will continue our studies of the cloudy skies, and are grateful for all the rain we receive for the spring flowers and new growth. Or, at least we try to be. Children are grateful for any opportunity to play - and if it is rainy outside, we can stilly find a way to have fun. 

In fact, on Wednesday of this week, we will have PUDDLE DAY! Abby will bring her pool and we will have an opportunity to stomp around in the pool with our rain boots, and use pails to bail out the water.


We have so many books yet to share! This week's storytimes will feature Cloudette, The Cloud Book, Little Cloud, The Cloud Artist, and a few more. Who knew there were SO many fiction and non-fiction books written about clouds? 

We've been experimenting with all types of art materials lately - many different types of paints, different sorts of clays and playdoughs, and using materials in a different way (melting crayons, for instance, or doing mixed media projects). This week, children will have opportunities to shave crayons and the iron the shavings between waxed paper, use pompoms as the paint tool AND a part of the art piece, and experimenting with watercolors.

We have a big birthday this week! Benjamin is nearly FIVE years old! Oh my, I can't wait to see how he has changed throughout the years!


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