Gardening

Week of: April 11-15
Theme: Gardening
Social Learning Goal: Independently solving problems
Academic Learning Goal: Letter 'B/b' and observing and recording

Books:
A Gardener's Alphabet 
Jack's Garden 
Scarlette Bean 
Zinnia's Flower Garden 
Sing Henrietta, Sing! 


Ariann's Project: Make mud pies and read Mud 


Julie's Project: What color will it grow? and The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds 
Karla's Project: Wonderful worms

Spring

Theme: Spring
Social Learning Goal: Independently solving problems
Academic Learning Goal: Letter 'U/u', recognizing cause/effect and predicting outcomes, segmenting syllables

Books:
Wake up, its Spring! 
When will it be Spring? 
Mud 


Activities:
Syllabes with spring pictures, cause and effect, u tub, u tongue twister and vowel song

Ariann's Project:
Spring flowers, and blossom trees

Julie's Project: Signs of spring/ 5 senses observing and recording
Karla's Project:  Birds and nature walk