September 30, 2010
I can hardly believe it’s almost October! Before long we’ll be taking our annual field trip to pick apples with the kindergartners. Hannah will be joining us too, when she turns 3 later in the month. And – greatly anticipated – The Medieval Faire and Halloween are both on the horizon!
Many thanks to those of you who came to last week’s Curriculum Night meeting. For those who couldn’t make it, I am preparing a stack of helpful information (some basic “nuts-and-bolts” info and some deeper description of our schedule, expectations, etc.) that I will get out to you shortly. In the meantime, please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions, comments or concerns that you might have.
Some of you have wondered if there is a way for parents to learn the songs we are singing. That would be great! Any ideas about how to make this happen? I have a small digital reorder at home, and with a little trial-and-error I could figure out how to make a simple CD of our current songs to get out to folks – maybe add to the collection every few weeks. This is all new to me – any experienced folks among us who might be able to help with such a project? It sure would be fun to sing along with your children at home and in the car!
Right now we are singing about the changing of the season (“Little Cricket”, “This is my trunk, I’m a tall, tall tree”, “ Old Roger”, and a variety of rainy day songs), butterflies and caterpillars, and the Medieval Faire theme, of course (“Thorn Rosa”, Old King Glory on the Mountain”, “The Noble Duke of York”, and “Sing a Song of Sixpence.”) We’ve also been practicing two simple dances: “Rig-a-jig-jig” and “The Highland Gates”. We’re having a lot of fun these days!
Please note the beautiful art work (created with William) on the hallway bulletin board, and the Colors of Fall trees on the wall in our room. We’ve also been working on some fun, abstract sculptures using glue, packing material, cardboard, and craft wire. The children have decorated our big boxes with markers and tape, too.
Yesterday we celebrated Teddie’s birthday with homemade chocolate chip cookies – yum! – and the entire school sang to him at All School Meeting. Happy birthday, Teddie!
In appreciation of your children,
--Ken and Leelee
