FRIDAY NEWSLETTER
Friday, February 18, 2011

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Valentine’s Day and that you all enjoyed the gifts your children worked so hard to make. I think that the hardest part for them was keeping it a secret! In our classroom we celebrated with cupcakes and valentines. Everyone thought the cupcake hearts were really neat. Thank you so much for the cards and gifts!
This week we explored our 5 senses via jungle animals. We mainly focused on the senses of touch, hearing and sight. Next week, we will continue to use our jungle animals to help us learn about our 5 senses and focus more on taste and smell. We used the lion masks that we made to go on a lion hunt. It’s amazing what sounds you can hear in the jungle. Our elephant paper bag elephant helped us to balance on a tight rope (balance beam). Our toy elephants’ wrinkled skin was a dead giveaway, when I asked each child to close his/her eyes and guess which toy he/she felt was the elephant or a bear. Monkey finger puppets are always fun when counting those five monkeys who insist on jumping on the bed! It was fun to sing along and watch the monkeys fall. This week, we did get to enjoy some yoga too and guess what?! Some of the poses are jungle animals. You should hear the kids roaring during the lion pose!
I thank you all again for supporting Pennies for Patients! We reached our first goal of $10!! We are all excited about that. Also, if you have any donations for our annual Trick Tray classroom basket, please feel free to send it into school with your child and I will be sure to get it to our classroom basket coordinator. I hope to see you all there that evening. It’s always a lot of fun and great prizes too! Please remember that school is closed on Monday, February 21, 2011. Enjoy your three day weekend.

Mrs. Gilberti