Greetings!
At this point it probably feels like I am long lost. I apologize for not getting a post out last month. It was a whirlwind of a month. Whew!
May is upon us and before you know it we will be saying goodbye for now. It has a been an incredible year of growth and compromise. I will miss all of you tremendously, and will look forward to see returning families again and wish well those that are moving on. Your next endeavor will be both fun and exciting. The next step is full of adventure. Good luck!
This is a schedule of what the next few weeks hold for us...
Monday, May 9: Today we will start the process of building a volcano! We will use our special volcano-making syrup and our special volcano-making paper strips to build an active volcano. We will also be able to play in our new lemondade stand and sandwich shop. Yahoo! Teacher Andy's class will be traveling on the CAT bus today.
Tuesday, May 10: We will start making a volcano today and search for fossils in our texture table. We will use special syrup and paper to make a volcano that will explode before our very eyes next week! Teacher Andy's class will be traveling on the CAT bus today.
Wednesday, May 11: We will be taking the CAT bus to Thriftway today. PLEASE ARRIVE AT SCHOOL BY 8:50 AM. The bus comes to the school by 9:15 am so we will needs lots of time to go potty, gather snacks (please send snack as usual), get coats, and walk out to the bus stop. We can only have our two parent helpers with us on the bus. We will arrive at Thriftway and will receive a tour of the store by the various employees. We will be at the store for approximately a half hour. At the end of the tour we will walk to Wait Park. It is always nice to have a couple more parents to help us walk there, so if you would like to meet us at the store and walk with us you are welcome. If not, we usually manage with the parent helpers. At the park we will play for a little bit and then sit and have snack. After snack...more playing, of course! SCHOOL WILL END AT THE PARK AT 11:40 AM.
Thursday, May 12: Today is CAT bus day!! We will start school as we normally would and play for about an hour. We will gather snacks, go potty, and walk out to the bus stop at about 10:00 or so. Please send snack as usual. Feel free to meet us at the park, however, we can only have our two parent helpers on the bus with us. We will play for awhile and then have snack. This is our summer birthdays celebration day. If your child has a summer birthday you can come to the park with something to share with the class and we will sing and celebrate together. After snack we will play some more and SCHOOL WILL END AT THE PARK AT 11:40 AM.
Friday, May 13: Today we will work on scrapbooks and paint our volcano to ready it for its epic explosion next week.
Monday, May 16: We will start making Father's Day presents today and color and cut out dinosaurs for our volcano. We will also make a "favorites" dinosaur book.
Tuesday, May 17: We will be making Father's Day presents today and continue to work on our volcano. We will have a chance to play with the volcano and some dinosaurs, too. Today is my son's 10th birthday! I can't believe it.
Wednesday, May 18: We will continue working on Father's Day gifts and start making our own personal volcanoes. We will play with the big volcano with some dinosaurs.
Thursday, May 19: Today is our Outdoor Classroom day! We will have class completely out-of-doors! We will watch our volcano explode today!! It will hopefully be nice enough for you to want to send your child with sunscreen, hats, and/or sunglasses. Hope, hope, hope!
Friday, May 20: Today is Outdoor Classroom Day and Summer Birthdays celebration day! If your child has a summer birthday feel free to bring something to share and celebrate with us. We will have snack as usual...except that it will be outside. Hopefully you will want to send your child to school with sunscreen, hats, etc. We will explode the volcano today!!
Monday, May 23: Today we will have open school and finish up our Father's Day gifts. We will make a habitat for our personal volcanoes and send them home. One more day! :(
Tuesday, May 24: We will wrap our Father's Day gifts and send those home. We will do some color-mixing and beading...old favorites for our last full day together. :(
Wednesday, May 25: GRADUATION DAY!! We will start our day at usual and play for about an hour. We will have snack at about 10:15 and then play outside until about 10:30 at which point we will come inside to start the graduation ceremony at 10:45 am. I will present the children with a gift from me at around 11:30 am. We will have cookies and play outside for the remainder of the school day. Good luck to all of you on your next big adventure. I am so proud of each and every one of your children. They have come so far and learned so much. A big pat on the back for all! SCHOOL-WIDE POTLUCK TONIGHT AT 6:30 PM.
Thursday, May 26: Last day of school! We will have open school and play with all of our friends today. We will have snack as usual and play outside until around 11:00 am. We will come inside to say goodbye and I will give each child a gift from me. We have had a great school year. Thank you so much for allowing me to be your child's first teacher. It has been an honor. I will miss all of you and will see you in the fall. Happy summer!
If you have any questions feel free to ask me personally, via email, or call me. The next days will go flying by so remember to cherish them! We will have tons of fun and you are welcome to be involved in all of it! Thank you, thank you for your HARD WORK and dedication. It can be an almost exhausting experience to be a part of the co-op, but it is so worth it in the long run, and I am so appreciative of your effort. You have all become such great parent helpers and I will miss all of you as well. Have a great summer. If you are leaving the school...please come and visit. We love visitors. :) Thanks again, Anne.
