Mandeville Weekly News
July 5—July 9th
· Our School Field Trip day is: Tuesday, Aug. 3rd! Don’t forget to return your field trip forms if you plan on attending. There will be no classes open at Kinder Haus on that day. We look forward to a great field trip!
PreK/Kindergarten Chronicles
Happy Birthday America and Kinder Haus! The children enjoyed our Birthday party for America and as an extra bonus; we celebrated Kinder Haus’ 26th birthday as well! We are so excited as we wait for our Painted Lady Butterfly larva to arrive. Did you know that the total time frame of a Butterfly’s life cycle is 4-6 weeks? Egg, Caterpillar, Chrysalis, Butterfly! Monarchs in particular migrate to Mexico. This is the key to its yearly life cycle. We’re learning about the big celebration that Mexico has for these beautiful creatures every year, complete with costumes, parties, and a parade.
We’ve been quit busy learning new songs about the Metamorphosis process, as well as moving our bodies to the beat of the music. This week, we are making our very own personal bug boxes. These boxes provide a friendly atmosphere to observe insects. Once we observed them, it’s off to nature they go again as we set them free. We want to continue to be respectful of the lives of these creatures as we learn how much time and care it takes for some to reach the adult stages.
Our Ants are still digging away to make tunnels in the ant farm. Our Ladybugs have almost all reached their Pupa stage where they will transform into the adult Ladybug. What a wonderful opportunity that we have to observe these stages daily right in our very own classroom!
Due to the rainout, we will have Bike Day this Friday. Please feel free to bring your bikes as we enjoy the ride around the shaded parking lot as well as have fun on the waterslide!! Until next time…
Toddler Talk
This week we have been celebrating America’s birthday of independence. The toddler’s practiced the Pledge of Allegiance and we sang “Happy Birthday to America’ and we waved our flags to honor our brave troops.
Our art project for the week was making an Independence Day inspired wreath to hang up at home. We have been working on our sign language too…and concentrated on the signs for red, white and blue!
We have introduced a new and exciting group-time to our toddler schedule—and it is our special music time. We learned about the triangle, rhyme sticks and cymbals. The toddlers were very excited to find out that they were going to have a turn with all the musical instruments. The children not only learning about music, but they are learning patience, taking turns and gentle hands. We give a great big welcome to Trace who has joined our toddler family.
Thank you to all the parents for being understanding and open to new ideas for your children’s development and growth.