March is Here in the 3's!

Good afternoon families! We had a busy first week back from February break. This month our activities are going to help the teachers assess the students for the upcoming progress reports. We will practice re-telling stories, work on fine motor skills, as well as exploring some more language and mathematical concepts. As always, the students will be learning while playing and having fun.

This week at MORNING MEETING, we read The Wheels on the Bus. We also learned the movements to go along with the story. Repetitive, predictable stories and songs help children remember events in the story or song. Students also learn to make predictions about what is coming next. This was a popular book and song with the kiddos! Ask your child to sing it for you.

This week at CENTERS:

Playdough: purple playdough, rollers, squeezers, scissors, gold coins, green shamrocks and little dinosaur skeletons

Pretend Center: The children are still enjoying the workshop. We decided to keep it up for a couple more weeks since February was a short month. There has been LOTS of hammering, drilling and sawing going on.

Literacy Cart: magnetic trace-a-letter boards

Writing Table: For the next couple of weeks, there will be a light box at the table. The children enjoyed playing with colorful, translucent letters and building blocks.