January Recap:

We had an excellent start to our 2023 year. January brought some cold, wet weather to the South Bay! It went perfectly with our monthly Winter, Snow, and Ice unit. The children enjoyed learning about how our season and winter changed our environment. They knew that trees would lose their leaves, animals would hibernate, and animals would thrive in the cold. Some fun facts we learned about polar bears are that they are arctic bears that do not hibernate. The children also loved to learn about the different penguins that live in Antarctica, like the Emperor Penguin. 

For our enrichment classes, the children had a great time with all the activities. For cooking, the children loved making edible necklaces with dried fruits and cheerios and bear faces with rice cakes, sun butter, and bananas, but the most fun was making snow using cornstarch and shaving cream. In Spanish, the children enjoyed going over Spanish letter sounds, numbers 1-10, and enjoyed our book of the month, “El Miton.” In art, the children were introduced to Van Gogh. They loved looking at some of his paintings and making their Starry Night. For music, the children were taught by Ludwig von Beethoven. The children loved to listen to the classical sounds of the 4th Symphony while playing the rhythm sticks.

February News:

Our theme for February is Cultural Awareness and Friendship. We invite our families to share any cultural tradition with your child’s class, like clothing, books, instruments, pictures, etc. We look forward to learning more about our culturally diverse community. Our book of the month is Little Yellow and Little Blue by Leo Lionni. Lionni is a four-time Caldecott Honor winner, and this was his first children’s book. This book looks at friendships and is an excellent addition to a home library.

As we enter the month of February, we are officially halfway through our school year! Our 100th day of school is on Friday, February 3rd. We have our first Open House on Wednesday, February 8^th Valentine’s Day Child-Only parties will be on Tuesday, February 14th.