Alpharetta II, GA

Ponds and Gardens
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May Day Dancing Ribbons
May 1, 2012

May Day Dancing Ribbons

To enhance our fine and gross motors, we will add ribbons, sticks and tape to the art center to make dancing ribbons to celebrate May Day.

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3D Flowers
May 2, 2012

3D Flowers

To enhance our creativity, we will create 3D flowers using pre-cut flower petals, glue and pipe cleaners.

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Carnation Painting
May 3, 2012

Carnation Painting

To use art as self-expression, we will add carnations, paint and paper to the art center.

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Plant a Flower
May 4, 2012

Plant a Flower

To understand plant study concepts, we will use soil, plastic cups, spoons and flower seeds to practice planting seeds.

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Flower garden
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Veggie Prints
May 7, 2012

Veggie Prints

To develop hand and eye coordination, we will add sweet potato halves, paper and paint to the art center to practice making veggie prints.

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Vegetable Tasting
May 8, 2012

Vegetable Tasting

To enhance our knowledge of vegetables, we will add a variety of vegetables to the science center and practice tasting and graphing our favorite vegetable.

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Veggie Tales!
May 9, 2012

Veggie Tales!

To enhance our knowledge of vegetables, we will allow the children to bring in their favorite book about vegetables to read to the class.

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Vegetable Race
May 10, 2012

Vegetable Race

To enhance our balancing and gross motors skills, we will balance a tomato while racing around the playground.

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Lima Plants
May 11, 2012

Lima Plants

To enhance our knowledge of vegetables, we will add lima beans, ziploc bags, paper towels and water to the science center.

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Vegtable garden
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3D Turtle
May 14, 2012

3D Turtle

To enhance our creativity, we will give each child two cut-outs of a turtle. We will let them decorate the creature however they want, then connect the two cut-outs and stuff them with torn paper.

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Paper Plate Aquarium
May 15, 2012

Paper Plate Aquarium

To enhance our knowledge of the theme, we will give each child a paper plate and have them to create a aquarium scene on the top side of the plate. We will tape a second plate over the first, cut out a hole from the top and cover it up with plastic wrap.

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Feathery Art
May 16, 2012

Feathery Art

To use art as a self-expression, we will add paint, feathers and paper to the art center to create feathery art.

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Pond Graphing!
May 17, 2012

Pond Graphing!

To enhance our graphing skills, we will graph our favorite pond life animal while discussing different types of animals that live around the pond.

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Edible Pond
May 18, 2012

Edible Pond

To enhance our knowledge of pond life, we will use graham crackers, cream cheese, blue food coloring, pretzel sticks and goldfish crackers to make and enjoy an edible pond.

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In and around the pond
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Backwards Day!
May 21, 2012

Backwards Day!

To prepare for our summer curriculum and spirit week , we will allow teachers and students to wear their clothes backwards.

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Hat Day!
May 22, 2012

Hat Day!

To encourage spirit week, we will allow all children and teachers to wear their favorite hat to school.

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Suitcase Art!
May 23, 2012

Suitcase Art!

To enhance our creativity, we will add glitter, crayons, glue, buttons, feathers and cut-outs of a suitcase to the art center.

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Graduation!
May 24, 2012

Graduation!

Our Graduation will be held today from 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM.

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Preparation and packing for a trip around the world
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