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Butterflies
MC Green & Jennifer Donelan
We have been busy since our last
newsletter. At the end of April, Sunni joined the Butterflies.
We love having a new Butterfly friend. We also have some bad
news. Both Beatrice and Emilio will be moving out of state this
summer. Sabella will also be leaving us to spend the summer
at home with her sister. We wish them all the best in the new
adventures.
With the new season, we have been very busy outdoors. We are
grateful for having boots and jackets here each day so that
no matter what wacky Wisconsin weather we get we are ready.
On our walks we have collected many kinds of wild flowers and
sticks, splashed in mud puddles with our boots, and found many
large rocks for our playground in the back yard. On one rock
collecting trip we found a pair of mallard ducks in the water
by the little bridge. On another walk we found a tiny bunny
that had jumped into the street. Once we got it off the street
it ran super fast under a pine tree. In the back yard we built
a lasagna garden. You make layers of newspaper, peat moss, and
grass clippings. We planted corn, beans, and pumpkins. We have
plans to plant gourds, sunflowers and other flowers. We hope
that we will have success stories to tell in our next newsletter.
During the past few weeks we have taken multi-media artwork
to new levels. In particular we have added glue to artwork.
We have added it to play dough, flubber, drawings and even water
color paintings. We have also been using play dough and flubber
on paper instead of markers or crayons. We have been doing a
lot of rhyming lately and are able to think of more and more
things that sound like words we know. Another area of significant
progress is using the bathroom. More and more of us are working
hard at and are becoming more and more successful at staying
dry. We're getting to be big boys and girls!
We want to mention a couple of things about our lesson plans.
We will be working on a particular focus for a month at a time.
We will continue to have a seasonal focus as well. As in the
past we work on math and literacy activities every day. The
reason for this change is that repetition leads to mastery.
When we know a story and can make a point about something or
answer a question about something we've read it, makes us feel
smart. Having many art activities out every day for a month
at a time allows us time to practice and get better at a wide
range of fine motor skills. We love feeling smart and capable.
Several weeks ago we added a section Wisconsin Model Early Learning
Standards (WMELS). These are included so you know what we are
learning. During the next few weeks we will be redesigning the
whole lesson plan to better link it to the WMELS. In an effort
to save paper, copies of the lesson plan are available on the
sign-in shelf. If you want one and we are out of them, just
let us know.
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Butterflies
Ages: 2 year olds
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