New Faces, Gardening, and Growing

Welcome to Miss Laney, our new morning teacher! She arrived just in time here at Apple Blossom.
We also have a new baby who arrived on Wednesday, March 30th! It was a very exciting week for everyone.
Our studies this week will focus on gardening and growing.
We are starting a letter of the week and this week is A.

Books we will read together include:

Sow and Grow by Tina Davis
I Love Dirt! by Jennifer Ward
The Gardener by Sarah Stewart
The Money Tree by Sarah Stewart
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
Scarlette Beane by Karen Wallace
Tim and Sally's Vegetable Garden by Grady Thrasher
Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
Flower Garden by Eve Bunting
The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
Sunflower House by Eve Bunting

If you have a plant that your child could bring in to share, please bring it in on Wednesday for our plant sharing day.

Please pack a lunch for your child on Wednesday and Thursday.

Activities for the week:

Homegrown Easter baskets
Signs of Growth Nature Walk
Digging in the dirt to prepare our garden beds
Fish Tank Gardens
Wildflower Nature Books
Planting seeds with Miss Lucy Howell, our gardening expert from Springfield Urban Agriculture Coalition
Spanish lesson on Monday
Letter of the week work: Identifying, sounding out, writing, tracing, finding things that start with the letter, letter collage
Singing with Miss Laney and her guitar
Thursday: Music class with Miss Casey
New Spring Circle time poems, stories, and songs

This Week's Reflection: Growing

"Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still"
-Chinese Proverb

"The inner feeling we all have to move forward and grow is a gift we are all given. Sometimes we may feel like we are not progressing as fast as we wish. But the feeling we have inside to move forward is a compass that will lead us toward or destiny. Each step we make, no matter how great or small, leads us closer to where we are meant to be. Take time this week to sit in silence and feel the inner urges you have for your own life. Trust the messages you are receiving and act accordingly."
-Little Acorn Learning