The Fun Farm Unit Comes To An End...

This is the last week of our Farm Unit. We have had so much fun these last two weeks! I think the best was the visit from Farmer Fry and his animals. Be sure to ask your child which animal did s/he like best :) One thing we learned from the animals visit was that not all pigs are pink! Some are brown, red, black and some are even black & white like a cow! If you haven't viewed the pictures, they are picasa. We also learned that not only to farms have animals but they grow vegetables on farms. With some of the vegetables that were grown on a farm but bought in a grocery store, the kids created "Vegetable Prints." Pictures of that process can be found in September's Photo Album. We learned several fun "farm" songs like "Old McDonald" (in music class we sang "Old McDonald had a band!") , "The Farmer & the Dell", "Tiny Tim"... There were several farm themed books that we read(& will read on Friday) - "On the Farm", "Vegetable Soup", "The Little Read Hen"...

During the last couple of weeks I have also introduced the concept of a LINE. We talked about different types lines - straight, curvy, zig zag. Then we practiced drawing all kinds of lines with dry erase markers and we practiced walking in straight lines ;) Drawing a line from top to bottom and from left to right is step one of learning to write letters! *I am not emphasizing that we use the lines to create letters - we are just having lots of fun drawing right now because there should be no pressure on them at this stage.

• On Wednesday, we had fun celebrating Trevor's 4th birthday!
• On Friday, we have a few parent volunteers coming into help the class decorate a pumpkin for Fall Fest's Pumpkin Auction.
• Next Monday, starts a week of Fire Safety along with a visit from the local Firemen and a firetruck!
• Do not forget to purchase your Fall Fest Tickets in advance - Fall Fest is on the 9th!