Fun in the Sun

Students at CIS have been practicing the "Jump Rope Skills" for the last few weeks.  They are really getting good.  With Spring like this-Who Needs Summer?

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Chadron Public Preschool

March 19-22, 2012

Hello!  This week just “buzzed” by us!  On Monday, the children were so excited to see that a    

space ship had landed in our room and Dennis exclaimed,  “I’m Buzz Lightyear now!”  This week found us enjoying the big topic of our solar system or in pre-school terms “outer space!”

             We live on the planet Earth and this spectacular planet of ours has so many things to learn about.  The children were fascinated about “our home” as being just one of the many planets in the solar system.   McKoy Wollesen (a BIG kindergartner) was kind enough to share his thee of his favorite books about the solar system, the planets and of space-(a visual encyclopedia). These books showed the latest imagery from NASA and a wealth of other information.   Come take a look!  We have had a BLAST playing with a game known as Hoppin’-Poppin’ Space Balls.  This game is noisy but helps promote sharing and eye-hand coordination.

            We got all “gooey” while making our own planet Earths using balloons and flour paste.  “This is really slimy on the balloon but it is MY Earth!”  Tristan exclaimed.  We are letting these planets dry and then we will “pop” the balloon and then paint them…hopefully by Thursday!

            We have had a variety of discussions about the moon as it is a satellite of the Earth.

The gravity on the moon is one sixth that of Earth with no water and no oxygen on the moon so therefore it makes it impossible for people to live there!   This led into learning more about astronauts and how they can survive in outer space.   There have been several men who have “walked on the moon” and they put an American flag on the surface of the moon.  It is still there!  “Our flag?,” asked Wylee as he pointed to the American flag in our room. 

             We looked at different pictures of moon rocks and studied the shape and sizes.   “It looks like the same as on Earth,” Davin noticed.  Mrs. Hoffman then had us try different “moon rocks.”  How does one eat a moon rock?  IMAGINATION!  Our snack bag of rocks consisted of all sort of “goodies” from an “alien” bag (brown bag) that tasted good.  We had “tiny” rocks, we had big rocks and we had colorful rocks!  Ask your child about eating moon rocks!   “Let’s do this again!” Laniah said.

            You have heard of the “man in the moon?”  Well, we have a “lady and her moon.”  Mrs. Wollesen!   She brought in a (toy) moon that lights up and shows the different phases of the moon.  Mrs. Hoffman told about each of these phases as she was using the remote control as the moon lit up! Ooooo… FUN!    Speaking of “lighting up”, the children designed a light bright hut using large cardboard boxes.  We have two light bright boxes and lots of different colored pegs to create all sorts of designs and it also has been used as part of our space ship as the control center!

            We would like to thank Jenny and her dad, Kenny for bringing in their pet lizard, “Dirty.”  What an amazing and patient creature he was.   Our class is getting fewer and fewer “show and tell” on Wednesday.  Please remember Show and Tell is EVERY WEDNESDAY.   One toy/item per child and they do have an opportunity to “share” or play with their toy/item for about 20 minutes with their peers.  We have had some tears and upset kids who say, “I didn’t bring a show and tell.”  Just a reminder---THANKS! Preschool graduation has been set for Tuesday, May 8^th  from 6:30-7:30 here at THEIR  preschool.   How exciting!   The LAST DAY OF PRESCHOOL is Thursday, May 10^th!   Next week’s topic…Under  the Sea (ocean life).  Bring  your scuba gear!  (giggle)

                        5.4.3.2.1….Blast Off  into a GOOD WEEKEND!

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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!

Youth Volleyball to begin this week

Chadron Community Recreation Youth Volleyball Schedule:
Those 3-6th graders who have registered for the youth volleyball, the skills clinic will begin on Tuesday, March 13 and Thursday, March 15 from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at the Chadron High School gym. The skills clinic will also run March 20, 22, 27 and 29.   If you have not registered and would like to, please call Chadron Community Recreation at 432-3113 or find us on the web @Chadronrec.com.

Travel Team practices will begin in April.  Times and dates TBD.