Table washing encourages large motor skill development.

We appreciate meeting with our families last week during parent/teacher conferences.  It is so helpful to us to have the opportunity to meet one-on-one and exchange direct feedback about your child.

The foundation for a child’s academic life begins at home.  Parents are the ever present model for learning and for demonstrating behavior that is most helpful for the child in interacting with their peers.

The love of learning is ignited through the interactions of the parent with their child. If there is interest from the parent to their child’s world, the child will learn to wonder about their surroundings.

In the exchange of conversations, the child develops their language skills and gains confidence in expressing themselves.  

We are currently studying the continent of Asia, amphibians, and dinosaurs.  Some dinosaurs were plant eaters and others were meat eaters.

Making an impression of a dinosaur skeleton

You may ask your child to explain some of the physical differences between herbivores and carnivores; in other words, if you were looking at a dinosaur could you readily tell if it was a plant or meat eater?  

Amphibians have the distinction of starting their lives in the water (think frog) using gills to breathe, then they develop the ability to use lungs and move about on land.  Amphibians need to stay near water, although they don’t need to actually live in the water.

Looking at the life cycle of a frog.

Kindergartners giving a tour of our fish wall, to younger P1 students:

Giving a tour of our fish wall.

We thoroughly enjoyed our Dr. Seuss Day celebration and appreciate the parents who helped make it so successful:  Elaine (Elliott’s mom), Jessica (Grace’s mom), and Dana (Enaara’s mom).

Thank you to Rachel (Austin’s mom) for sharing her treasures from their family’s recent trip to Australia.

Thank you for the generous outpouring of food for our recent food drive.  We  were able to donate over 50 bags of much needed food to the Boulder City Food Pantry. Our donations filled up their pantry, and their staff were very grateful to receive our donations.

Spring break is coming up starting on Friday, 3/18 after a half day of school (dismissal at 11:15 am).  School will be closed from 3/21 through 3/28, with school resuming on Tuesday, 3/29.

Completing a “volcano book.”

Thank you to Vivian L. and her family for providing delicious snacks and beautiful flowers for our classroom.