Special Events
Stepping Up For
The Environment

Friday, March 26th 10:00am
In conjunction with the World Wildlife Federation's Earth Hour, our school will turn off non-essential lighting for one hour. Children will also participate in a recycled new paper fashion show and recycled materials art exploration.

Medina, OH

The Joy of Reading
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One Fish, Two Fish Counting
March 1, 2010

One Fish, Two Fish Counting

Today, in our Preschool 2 classroom we will practice our counting skills using one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish. We will also practice counting in Spanish and sign language.

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Birthday Party for Dr. Seuss
March 2, 2010

Birthday Party for Dr. Seuss

Today, we will celebrate Dr. Seuss' Birthday! We will enjoy music, games, a craft, and of course a special treat!

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Cat and the Hat Patterns
March 3, 2010

Cat and the Hat Patterns

Today, in our Preschool class we will practice our patterning skills as we create our own Cat in the Hat hat using white paper and red paint.

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Gooey Oobleck Creation
March 4, 2010

Gooey Oobleck Creation

Today, we will be pouring and mixing as we create our own green oobleck just like Bartholomew's.

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Green Eggs and Ham Taste Test
March 5, 2010

Green Eggs and Ham Taste Test

Today, we will be having lots of fun as we taste test green eggs and ham! We will graph our results.

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Dr. Seuss
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
March 8, 2010

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Today, in our Pre-K class we discuss the works of Eric Carle. We will also use the movements we have learned from our Rock N Tot dance program to recreate the life cycle of a butterfly.

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Give a Mouse a Matching Cookie
March 9, 2010

Give a Mouse a Matching Cookie

Today, we will discuss the works of Laura Numeroff. We will also practice our matching skills as we play a chocolate chip cookie game!

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Love You Forever and Ever
March 10, 2010

Love You Forever and Ever

Today, we will be discussing the works of Robert Munsch. In our First Steps class we will make a list of all the people that we love forever and ever.

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Filling Up The Mitten
March 11, 2010

Filling Up The Mitten

Today, we will discuss the works of Jan Brett. We will then develop our spacial awareness skills as we see how many crayons we could fill into a mitten!

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Visiting the Deep Blue Sea
March 12, 2010

Visiting the Deep Blue Sea

Today, we will discuss the works of Audrey Wood. We will be reading the book The Deep Blue Sea. We will then head off to the ocean as we explore with blue food dye, cups, salt and water in the sensory box!

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Famous Authors
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My Head
March 15, 2010

My Head

Today, in our Toddler room we will engage in the action poem My Head. We will practice finding our mouth, nose, eyes, hair, hat. and head.

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Winter Riddle
March 16, 2010

Winter Riddle

Today, we will develop our thinking skills as we listen to a winter riddle and try to discover what the poem is about. Hint: it's cold, and white, and falls from the sky!

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Keep the Rhyming Rhythm
March 17, 2010

Keep the Rhyming Rhythm

Today, in our Junior Preschool class we will listen to a poem by Shel Silverstein. While listening we will use our rhythm sticks from our Music Preludes program to keep time to the rhythms.

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Rhyme Time Poetry
March 18, 2010

Rhyme Time Poetry

Today, we will develop our language arts skills as we practice rhyming words. We will then use these words to write a class poem!

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Acrostic Name Poems
March 19, 2010

Acrostic Name Poems

Today, in our Kindergarten class we will create our own acrostic name poem. We will develop our language skills while thinking of words that describe us using the letters of our name.

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Poetry
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The Big Red Dog
March 22, 2010

The Big Red Dog

Today, we will be making our own famous big red dog using red, black, and pink hearts! We will also explore with dry dog food in the sensory box.

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Where the Wild Things Are
March 23, 2010

Where the Wild Things Are

Today, we will create our own wild thing using recycled materials. We will also discuss why recycling is important.

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Make Way for Ducklings
March 24, 2010

Make Way for Ducklings

Today, in our Infant classroom we will practice walking as we waddle like little ducks. We will also look at pictures of Boston like the ones in the book Make Way for Ducks.

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Goodnight Everyone
March 25, 2010

Goodnight Everyone

Today, we will listen to the book Goodnight Moon. We will then explore painting with mittens, spoons, and forks just like the ones in the book. We will then do the YOGA pose for "book."

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Curious Friends
March 26, 2010

Curious Friends

Today, we will listen to the book "Curious George." We will then use our thinking and language skills as we draw a picture of something that we are curious about.

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Famous Children's Stories
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Becoming Illustrators
March 29, 2010

Becoming Illustrators

Today, we will create our own picture book. We are excited to be an illustrator as we depict a story!

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Biography Authors
March 30, 2010

Biography Authors

Today, we will create and write a biography using paper, markers, and pictures of ourselves when we were "young."

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Non-Fiction Authors
March 31, 2010

Non-Fiction Authors

Today, we will listen to a story about Asia from our World Cultures Geography program. We will then draw our own version of the story.

Young Authors