Sunday, March 8, 2015

March 8, 2015

Finally, some sunshine! Enjoy it today for it looks like we have several days of rain coming up this week. :(  Last weekend Jamie, Nathan and I went to see the Downtown Abbey exhibit at the Biltmore House and it was awesome! If you get a chance to go...do it! We also toured the grounds and saw some daffodils blooming and a big orchid display in the conservatory.

This past week we learned about Vincent Van Gogh and his style of art. We learned how in the beginning his paintings where dark and not very colorful but over time he began to use more colors and created some very beautiful paintings. People didn't like his art very much and he didn't sell for many paintings but after he died his paintings became very popular and everyone wanted a Van Gogh picture. Here is a link to a video we watched about Van Gogh    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv8TANh8djI    We created our Van Gogh drawings of still life using a vase with flowers. The kids where able to draw their own version of the vase filled with flowers. The pictures are hanging on the wall above the reading center. We also watched our lettuce plants grow taller and noticed they started leaning towards the left. Nathan told us a bulb us burned out on the right side so the plants are reaching towards the light on the left side. ( I hope Walmart sells replacement bulbs!) On Monday we are going to give the plants more nutrients and water. We also watched an exercise video and did the exercises along with the video and learned a game called Silent Ball that we played in the Fellowship Hall with our Koosh Ball. Our art work for the art show is now finished and we are continuing to practice our songs for our performance.The kids continue to enjoy our estimation jar!


This week we will be working on letters Zz and Kk, numbers 12 and 13, the rectangle shape and the sight word play. We will be doing a weather science experiment to make a cloud rain, we will learn about the musical composer Henry Mancini, and make a really cute St. Patrick's Day craft!


Upcoming Events: 


Picture Days March 16th and 17th:
 
   Our pictures will include a spring picture AND graduation cap/gown pictures. :)

Monday the 16th:  Khloe, Tanner, Allie, Max, Brannon, Weston

Tuesday the 17th;  Andrew, Mary Beth, Sophia, Chace, Carver



 Art Show: 

                 Friday, March 20th:

Spaghetti Dinner: spaghetti, salad, bread, cookie

Musical performance of our children to follow in the Sanctuary

Drop your child off in our classroom at 6:30.

After the performance your child will return to you to sit with you

Viewing of the art will be before and after the performances

Please have your child wear a purple or green shirt and jeans



Leader Days for the week of March 9 to March 13th: 

Monday;          Weston

Tuesday:         Brannon

Wednesday:    Mary Beth

Thursday:        Tanner

Friday:             Max



 Have a wonderful week!

Mrs. Wendy


some pics from last week:





















 
















 
































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