*School will be closed this Friday, March 26, 2021 for Teacher Professional Development 
*Please sign up to be our Mystery Reader. We have slots until the end of the school year:-)
*We will begin phasing out rest time this week and next.  When we return from Easter recess the children will no longer be resting on their mats, they will be doing quiet activities at their tables.  Please send in one coloring book and one book to read. 
*Our gym day is on Tuesday's at 9:10 am. Please have the children wear sneakers on gym days. Thank you!

Some of our favorite ABC songs:
https://youtu.be/BELlZKpi1Zs
https://youtu.be/WP1blVh1ZQM

(Please scroll below to look at our calendar)

Theme for week of 3/22-3/25:
Easter and Spring
Letter V sound and letter formation 
Shape activities/games

Morning Prayer
Thank you God for this new day,
bless us in all we do and say.
Amen!
Lunch and Snack Prayer
Bless us oh Lord for these thy gifts
which we are about to receive, 
from thy bounty through Christ our Lord, Amen!

Show and Tell...
We continued giving clues about our show and tell item this week.  The children did such a great job describing their items without telling them what it is.  Thank you parents for making sure their show and tell are well hidden:-) 
What we are doing at school...
The Brown Bears have been busy working on their fine motor skills each day. They are exercising these skills during play, at teacher directed centers and during projects and activities.  They are learning to hold writing materials and scissors correctly and they are learning to follow multi-step directions.  Our morning routine consists of volcano breathing, morning prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, calendar (months of the yr/days of the week/weather/patterns/counting), morning message and reading the schedule for the day.
We began classroom jobs and they are excited to take turns being a line leader, calendar helper, snack helper, etc...
When possible we do make time for outdoor play and when not possible we do movement activites in the classroom with gonoodle.
Everyday the Brown Bears are learning to work together, how to share, how to be kind with one another and how to use their words to communicate a message to their friends.
Ms A and I are very proud of them. 

Specials 
(These classes are done through google meet except GYM)

Music (Monday)
Gym (Tuesday)
STREAM (Tuesday)
Italian (Wednesday)
Art (Thursday)


Visit Art For Kids Hub on youtubekids.com for fun art lessons, painting and origami lessons for kids 

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Visit socalfieldtrips.com to see virtual field trips and to see live animal and live aquarium cams from different zoo's. 
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL14hRqd0PELGbKihHuTqx_pbvCLqGbOkF
Cosmic Kids Yoga
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
National Parks Virtual Tours
https://artsandculture.withgoogle.com/en-us/national-parks-service