Little Busy Bodies Preschool
Newsletter
January 9 & 11, 2012
Dear Preschool Parents,
Continuing with our unit on fairy tales, on Monday we read “The Three Pigs,” by Paul Galdone. Each child then received a building material (sugar cubes, Legos, toothpicks, craft sticks, small pebbles, straws, and Styrofoam packing peanuts, strawberry baskets, etc.) and they were asked to help the three little pigs build a stronger house. We went around and made predictions on which materials would be the strongest and the best for house building and which ones were likely to be the weakest. Then, we tested our predictions by having the Big Bad Wolf (aka the blow-dryer) try to blow our houses down. The results were interesting and in some cases unexpected. Each child then wanted to try to build a second house using a different material. In some cases, materials that blew down the first time didn’t blow down the second time because they were constructed in a different way and, therefore, stronger. We had a fun time.
Today we read “The Little Red Hen,” also by Paul Galdone (I like his retellings).
We talked about the process that the Little Red Hen went through to make her bread. I showed the children some sequential pictures of wheat being grown, harvested, and ground into flour. We discussed how much easier it is for us because we can simply buy a bag of flour at the store. We then proceeded to make our own bread. Of course this was quite a process, but the kids helped me with each step. Our loaves of bread were not the prettiest, we even lost one on the floor, but the bread did taste good and the kids were happy with the fruits of their labor!
*KING/ QUEEN OF THE WEEK JAN 18th: Reese
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
*NO SCHOOL: JAN 16th—MLK Day
*MAKE-UP DAY: Friday, JAN 20th
*NO SCHOOL: JAN 30th (My mom will be in town this day)
See you next week! Have a nice weekend!
Sincerely,
Amber
