Winged Migration
Last Friday the lower el. and pre-primary/k watched 20 minutes of a film entitled "Winged Migration." The non-fiction movie featured spectacular footage documenting the migration of birds across various continents.
Some children were very interested in seeing more, so we are providing the title through this format. Melody's copy came from the Cincinnati Public Library.

- posted by Heidi @ Monday, March 15, 2004

 
MANY THANKS!
Many thanks to those who were able to participate in our fun-filled cleaning day! Among the luminaries.....

Alicia Kimball and Alexa Johnson.....cleaned in Miss Emily's room AND made a Starbuck's run

Diana Herrmann........shelved books, spruced up the library, and cleaned the lower elementary classroom

Annie, Ashley, and Marella Soldano.......scrubbed the lower elementary classroom shelves......Ashley had the unenviable task of cleaning the rabbit's cage........Marella helped Miss Kathleen with childcare

Lisa Schneider.........cleaned (and cleaned) the art room and mopped the steps, all while listening to Jenny and Melody exclaim, "Why are we keeping THIS!!?!" from the art room

Susanne Becker (Anna J.'s mom)........for single-handedly removing the accumulated grunge from the pre-primary sink, snack, art, everyday living, and sewing areas...... Anna cleaned the outside of the fish tank and the mirrors.....Susanne brought the first round of snacks, thus keeping Miss Jenny alive another hour, until....

Kathleen Hardy.......brought us pasta, bread, sweets......and took care of the children while we cleaned.......Alexandra helped put the sheets away

Barb Barth and Lucy Knapke.....showed up with a load of freshly laundered work rugs, rags, and art shirts

Jesse (Melody's son) for carrying, moving things, and helping maintain morale

Kyle Meadows.......cleaned, moved, measured, built, dragged, pushed, and dusted........After his 10th trip to the dumpster, Kyle expressed an intimate acquaintance with its complex workings.

Many, many thanks.
Mary, Heidi, Emily, Melody, and Jenny

- posted by Heidi @ Saturday, March 13, 2004

 
Preprimary News
contributed by Miss Jenny

The pre-primary classroom has been changing! In February we set up our annual post office in conjunction with Valentine's Day. Students from the lower elementary joined us in selling, posting, sorting, and delivering valentines. This project lasted about 3 weeks, and was a great source of fun and learning for us.
In January we, with the help of Katie's dad, Chris Bachman, set up and stocked our aquarium with blond tetra and white cloud fish. This has corresponded nicely with our study of fish, which began in February.
A continental shift has occurred, in that we have changed our cultural shelves to the study of the continent of Asia. The children spent 2 days drawing and decorating dragon scales, which were then hung from the ceiling. To date, the dragon is over 15 feet long. Side note: To date, Miss Jenny has banged her head on the dragon approximately five times.
Numerous parents continue to listen to the children read, clean rugs-n-rags, work in the office, and help us in so many ways. Thank you!!
Now that St. Patrick's Day is close at hand, much of the work on the shelves has a distinctly green hue. In math the younger children have been counting leprechauns and shamrocks, and the older children have been practicing subraction skills with shiny green coins. Later in the month, the art area will include theme-related masks and leprechaun assembly.
The sewing shelf has been beefed up with needle-threading, button sewing, and a card sewing project. New art activites include folded paper painting, green (of course) collage, and new cutting materials.
Does any of this sound mysterious? To find out more and to check out the shelves yourself, visit us next Saturday, March 13th---Parent/Teacher Cleaning Day---from 10a.m.-2p.m. We welcome any and all help you might be able to give.
Again, thank you for your support and involvement in our school.

Jenny and Melody

- posted by Heidi @ Sunday, March 07, 2004