Parent Newsletter
Chadron Public
Preschool
March 12-15, 2012
Hello! What a “lucky”
week we have had here at the preschool!
We were “lucky” to have such nice weather again and coats were often
left behind in the cubbies! We have not been so “lucky” as to finding that
little leprechaun who has caused all sorts of mischief but were “lucky” to find
the little gifts he left us on the playground!
On
Monday, the children noticed that this new little friend of ours had gotten
into some green paint and left his footprints all over outside. Then there was GREEN glitter in the
sandbox! That “silly” leprechaun left
the glitter out on a shelf in our classroom and friend Madison decided to make
a “leprechaun trail” inside! It was fun
to watch Madison and her classmates “glitter giggle” about this path made for
the leprechaun! Green glitter on shoes
is fun!
Rainbows, rainbows! Colors, colors! Although we have not experienced a “real”
rainbow yet, at school, we sure have had a bunch of fun making them. If you noticed our big window in the
classroom, several of the children got together and made a “stain-glass” window
for us, by using colored cellophane. “Oh
that it pretty!” Jayden said. The
children enjoyed looking at it from inside as well as outside! Mrs. Wollesen explained that it looked like
stained glass and showed them the actual stain glass piece in our room. Mrs. Hoffman and Ms. Rayna showed the
children how to make Rainbow Milkshakes as a science experiment.
Please see the back for the recipe.
“That is so cool!” Rain
exclaimed.Mrs. Hoffman showed us how to
make a floating rainbow by using “quiet” water (undisturbed) water in a glass
jar and then dropping the different food coloring in the water. It soon turned into a spectacular
rainbow! Next time we try this
(hopefully this week) we are going to use the light table under the water
jar…can you IMAGINE?!
On
Wednesday, our children enjoyed coming to the RAINBOW CAKE COOKING School!
Mrs. Hoffman showed
how the recipe works, the items needed and the kids joined in and what a
delightful snack it became! Ask your
child about what colors were in that yummy cake!
Mr.
Chris has mentioned “that something is going on in that kitchen!” That little leprechaun (we presume) has made
many of our meal items turn GREEN. Be
sure to ask your child, what greenish food or drink they have had at school! (JThanks
Mr. Chris for getting in on the fun!)
We
really enjoyed the book, “The Leprechaun Who Lost His Rainbow” by Sean
Callahan.
We discussed what a rainbow is and had some wonderful
questions. We asked the children,
“What would our world
look like if we had NO colors?” OR “What if you could not see colors, such as
being blind?” “OH NO!” most of them
exclaimed. “That just would not be
good!” Jesse said. Ask your child what are the colors of the
rainbow…there 7 colors, don’t forget indigo!
Miss
Cody Baumann, a (pretty) High School senior, visited us on Wednesday. She reminded us the importance of WEARING
SEATBELTS. We thank her for coming to
see us and bringing us some delightful “stuffed” animals that remind the
children to buckle up. There were a lot
of good stories and questions coming from the children! PLEASE remind your child of this at home as
well. Thanks!
Mrs.
Hoffman and her staff are planning to have a graduation ceremony in May, for all the students. There will
be more information /details coming but just wanted to put “this bug in your
ear” now! If you have any ideas,
comments or questions, please let us know!
Next
week’s topic: OUTER SPACE…come join the
fun, if you can
Have a LUCK- OF- THE- IRISH WEEKEND!
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