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MTG PK June 2012
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Our June Theme:
As we celebrated our "Spring is All Around You" theme in Language
Arts last month, we explored a variety of books about nature. Miles
and Abdel shared an "I Spy Nature" book at the 'reading center.'
Spring Festival:
Saturday, June 2nd
WHO: All Kinder Works children & their families &
friends are invited to a celebration at Kinder Works!
WHAT: A moon-bounce, festival food, balloons, a
special SHOW at 1 pm, and more surprises... including
a raffle (for a free week of camp)!
WHEN: Drop in anytime between 11 AM and 2 PM on
Saturday, June 2nd
WHY: To celebrate a wonderful school year
Please join us for this exciting day of family fun!
CELEBRATING
CHILDREN'S DAY
The World Conference for the Well-being of
Children in Geneva, Switzerland proclaimed June 1st to
be International Children's Day in 1925. It is celebrated
on various days in many places around the world, to
promote mutual exchange and understanding among
children, and secondly to initiate action to benefit and
promote the welfare of the world's children. It was also
chosen as the day to celebrate childhood. Here in
America, June 10 has been designated as "Children's
Day" for 2012... but we are going to celebrate it for the
entire month! We will look at children all around the
world, and what children have done, and can do. We
will talk about our EQ projects this year that have
helped other children, and think of ways to continue
helping others. And of course, our own children at
Kinder Works will be celebrated with parades, displays
of achievements, gift-giving, special treats, and
ceremonies honoring childhood.
We end this school year with some final
inspiration from our year's theme song, which reminds
us to always honor and celebrate our connection with
our earth, and with one another:
"And we are all connected to each other,
In a circle, in a hoop that never ends."
Our Teddy Bears enjoyed playing at the water table on a
sunny day on the playground during Gym & Music.
PORTFOLIOS DISTRIBUTED:
Thursday & Friday, June 7th & 8th
To culminate our year of progress, we have your
child’s portfolio ready for you to take home! You got a
sneak peek at parent-teacher conferences; now it’s time
to take home and cherish your child’s growth and
achievements this year, demonstrated through the
work that was gathered in each curriculum area from
September through May.
Enjoy this collection of
Preschool masterpieces!
Miss Gormley and the Bumble Bees demonstrated
teamwork and patience as they constructed a "marble
works" maze in Math & Science.
Logan held the "Dali Doll" as we learned about Surrealist Artist,
Salvador Dali. We looked closely looked at some of his works,
which often contained strange, dream-like imagery, and admired
his attention to detail; in particular we enjoyed "The Persistence
of Memory" and "The Phantom Cart."
EQ Show & Tell:
Monday & Tuesday, June 11th & 12th,
"Child's Choice"
Our “Celebrate Children's Day” theme inspires
us to reflect on our own preferences.... recognizing
that we are all individuals with unique talents, tastes,
and interests! For this month's "EQ Show & Tell"
sharing experience, please ask your child to choose an
item or activity that s/he really enjoys and gets
excited about (such as a toy or tool, collected item, or
a drawing or photograph depicting the activity or
cherished item, etc). Allowing each child to share
their joy will be a great way to
"celebrate"
each
individual,
while continuing to build their
relationship skills as they
practice speaking and listening
to one another.
Please send your child
ready to share on MONDAY,
June 11th and TUESDAY, June
12th at our final "EQ Show &
Tell" of the school year!
"Bee" and
"tree," "snake"
and "lake..." Ty
practiced his
rhyming skills as
he found words
that sounded
the same with a
"Rhyming
Memory Game"
in Language
Arts.
The Teddy Bears used cooperation and creativity to create a
"sculpture garden," utilizing various types of blocks in
Creative Expression.
A Letter from the Kinder
Works Teachers
Last Day of Preschool/Kindergarten:
Friday, June 15th
The last day of Preschool & Kindergarten is Friday,
June 15th. (Summer Camp begins Monday, June 18th; make
sure you are registered!) Please watch your mailbox for
your Preschool/Kindergarten Fall 2012 Final Enrollment
Packet to arrive by early August.
Observation skills are a vital part of the scientific process. Ryan, Jack,
and Maddie got an up close look at the caterpillars as they slowly wove
themselves into their chrysalides. They observed that the chrysalides
had the same colors as the caterpillars, and that each caterpillar began
creating its chrysalis at the bottom of its body, and worked upwards.
This year our bodies grew taller and
stronger, we developed many new skills and gained
knowledge, but most importantly, our HEARTS
GREW as WE LEARNED TO CARE FOR OURSELVES,
FOR OTHERS, AND FOR OUR WORLD! When we
focus on EQ, it is amazing what we can do! We
have had an incredible year of generosity and
giving through our EQ projects: the Trick-or-Treat
for
UNICEF
collection,
our
over-flowing
Thanksgiving Baskets, and who could forget the
piles of presents around the Giving Tree, or your
heart-warming gifts of books and pajamas, which
were collected for and gratefully received by local
children in need.
To all of our
Kinder Works Families:
thank you for another
fabulous year, thank
you for sharing your
children with us, and
for helping us teach
them to care for others.
Together we have blessed the community, and each
other, with kindness.
On behalf of all those
affected by your good deeds, THANK YOU! You
have proven that being Kinder Works… because
YOUR children are the future of our world!
Warmest wishes,
The Kinder Works Teaching Team
YOUR children are the future of our world!
Warmest wishes,
The Kinder Works Teaching Team
Budding Artist
Ava found a
piece of scrap
paper with
clocks on it in
the "Free Draw
Bin," added
some detail, and
turned it upside
down; she
called it "Melting
Clocks," inspired
by Salvador
Dali’s
"Persistence of
Memory!"
Recyclables Needed...
Collection bins are located in our Creative
Expression Classroom.
As we prepare for summer camp, we are
collecting various recyclables for our Arts & Crafts
projects and activities, including:
Plastic Gallon Jugs
Plastic Bottle Caps (all sizes & colors)
Gift Wrap Tubes/Paper Towel Tubes/Toilet Paper Tubes
Old Puzzle Pieces (larger pieces)
Egg Cartons & Coffee Cans
Please make sure all donated items are empty,
clean, and dry. THANK YOU!
Fun in the Sun...
Fun in the sun means it's time for sunscreen! As
the weather gets hot, we still spend some time outside.
Please dress your child appropriately for outside play,
wearing sunscreen. Also, please check your child's cubby
to be sure he/she has a change of clothes suitable for the
season!
Per our Parent Handbook, our teachers will reapply
sunscreen to full day children, using Waterbabies PURE &
SIMPLE, SPF 50 by Coppertone (a hypoallergenic, tear
free formula); we welcome parents to send a bottle of this
type of sunscreen to school with your child. If your child
CANNOT use this particular brand of sunscreen due to
medical reasons, please notify the Director in writing and
supply alternative sunscreen. THANK YOU!
At a 'writing
center' in
Language
Arts, Georgie
practiced her
printing skills
using word
cards and
special
markers.
Remember to Register for
Summer Camp!
DIGITAL/ARTS Summer Camps
in Montgomeryville & Limerick:
June 18th - August 24th
Movie Production, Visual Arts, Game Room, and Outdoor Fun!
Or you can try our sister camp:
CAMP KINDER WORKS in Doylestown:
June 18th - August 24th
Sports, Swimming, Crafts, and Game Room, which features a "Special of the Day"
Don't miss out on the summer fun!
**Please visit our website, www.kinderworks.net, for more details. You can register for all
of our camps with one registration fee and enjoy summer fun at any of our 3 locations!
Language and literacy skills
flourished with our May theme,
"SPRING IS ALL AROUND YOU"
Fiona matched colorful petals with lowercase letters to the
correct flowers, labeled with uppercase letters, as she
completed a "Spring Time Letter Review" activity.
Teddy practiced writing with our "trace one, try one" method; first he traced
a word, then he tried to write the word on his own. Great job, Teddy!
Our Rainbows/BBIIs listened attentively to Miss Curran as
she read aloud a "Berenstain Bears" story about manners
and being kind. After the story, the class discussed ways
that they could be kind to one another!
LeBron and Lily utilized their listening skills, as well as their pre-reading
and tracking skills, as they shared a story at the 'listening center.'
Our "SPRING IS ALL AROUND YOU" theme inspired our artistic
expression and dramatic play in May
Shruthi proudly displayed her Salvador Dali inspired "Surrealist Birds."
The Munchkins created these strange, beautiful birds by first painting
a watercolor-washed background to make a pink dream-like sky.
When the paint was dry, they used marker to draw the birds with
oddly elongated legs, and finished by coloring them in with crayons!
Even Dali
would be
proud of
Lexie's
"Surrealist
Birds"
masterpiece!
Nikhil used a q-tip and the three primary colors to paint
all of the beautiful colors of the color wheel. The Teddy
Bears created these wheels in the style of Pointillist
Georges Seurat, blending colors to create new ones!
Keira carefully added
tissue paper "roses"
to her beautiful
spring-inspired
mixed-media work
entitled "Roses and
Wishes." She used
oil crayons to create
the stems and grass,
as well as the white
puffs of the "wishes,"
and then squished up
small bits of tissue to
create 3-dimensional
roses! Beautiful!
Our May theme, "SPRING IS ALL AROUND YOU," led us to explore
and discover exciting changes in our beautiful natural world
The Bumble Bees went on a Springtime picnic, and were
joined by some ants! Madison practiced matching numeral
to number set by placing a specific number of ants on the
picnic food with a corresponding numeral.
Caroline and her
Bumble Bee
classmates each
planted marigold
seeds to give to
someone special
on Mother's Day.
In doing so,
they learned
about what
living things
need in order to
live. Their plants
got nutrients
from the soil,
water from the
sink, and lots of
sunshine on our
windowsills.
Cru and Zachary created complex shapes, such as hexagons,
using flower-shaped building toys.
After the Bumble Bees learned about the life cycle of a butterfly, Zachary
and Shalin used felt pieces to recreate the amazing cycle as they
sequenced an egg on a leaf, a tiny caterpillar, a large caterpillar, a
chrysalis, and finally, a beautiful butterfly.
We sang, moved, and grooved
through our "SPRING IS ALL
AROUND YOU" theme in May
Rahel has
grown so tall
and strong this
year! She
glided across
the monkey
bars on a
beautiful
spring day!
Mrs. Tavares, Miss Malachowski, and the Teddy Bears completed a
yoga session which celebrated the life of a young flower! The
Spring-themed yoga game called “Seed, Sprout, Flower” required
them to listen as three of their classmates rang a bell, each time
signifying the flower growing from a seedling, to a sprout, to a full
grown flower, and they changed poses to "grow" with each ring!
Connor played
the African
drum in the
musical activity,
“Echo in the
Springtime;” his
Teddy Bear
classmates had
to guess what
instrument was
being played by
just hearing its
unique timbre,
or sound.
Eleanor spread her 'butterfly wings' during an outdoor creative
movement activity in Gym and Music. During this activity, our
Teddy Bears moved to the violin concerto music entitled
"Spring,” from "The Four Seasons Symphony," written by
famous Italian composer, Antonio Vivaldi.
MTG PK
Sun
27
Mon
Tue
28
29
Memorial
Letter of the
Week: Zz
Day Holiday
30
4
Letters of the
Week:
Alphabet
Review
10
6
17
Day!
Graduation:
3:15-4:00
8
(Kindergarten
Graduation:
Rain date)
13
14
15
CELEBRATING CHILDREN'S DAY Theme ends Last Day of
EQ SHOW & TELL:
First Day
of Summer
Camp!
18
19
Kindergarten
Profiles distributed
25
20
21
Preschool &
Kindergarten
22
Sat
Spring
2
Festival:
buzzing
zumbido
11-2
We're buzzing with
excitement!
¡Estamos zumbido con
emoción!
9
boys and girls
niños y niñas
Celebrate boys and
girls!
¡Celebran niños y
niñas!
16
Goodbye!
¡Adiós!
Goodbye my
friends!
¡Adiós mis amigos!
23
Week 1: DIG/Arts Camp Theme “The LORAX & HUGO”
Camp Tuition
Weeks 3 & 4 Due
-Thank you!
24
Kindergarten
Kindergarten
Marking
Period ends
Preschool & Kindergarten
Portfolios distributed
"Children's Choice!"
Father's
7
Theme continues
12
Letter-Sound
Review
Happy
1
Camp Kinder Works begins June 18th
CELEBRATING CHILDREN'S DAY
11
31
Fri
REMEMBER to Register for SUMMER CAMP!
5
Camp Tuition
Weeks 1 & 2 Due
-Thank you!
Thu
CELEBRATING CHILDREN'S DAY Theme begins
Kinder Works is closed
3
Wed
26
27
28
29
30
Week 2: DIG/Arts Camp Theme “The LORAX & HUGO”
Camp Tuition
Weeks 5 & 6 Due
-Thank you!
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Sign Language Websites:
signingsavvy.com & aslpro.com
Spanish Websites:
123teachme.com,
alphabetspace.com,
& spanishdict.com