Weekly Newsletter April 14th - 15th, 2009

Last Week
The kids worked on a "carousel" art project, creating a mural of colorful carousel horses. They also read "Vegetable Garden", by Douglas Florian and created their own vegetables to add to the mural. We started learning a new finger song -- 5 little ducks.

After exercising their minds, it was time to focus on their bodies. Yoga was a big part of the week. The kids were able to choose if they wanted to participate. They concentrated on their breathing, positions and even experimented with Dinosaur yoga, inspired by Luka.

For outdoor time, we took a walk to the playground on 17th street between 5th and 6th.

This Week

Yoga will be a Choice Time like it was last week -- a very successful approach. We'll create our own "yoga coloring books" this week to deepen our connection to the practice of it.

We will add "dress up" to our play options so we will look at some pictures and stories about this *Parents, if you have any dress up clothes (hats, scarves, bandannas, etc.) or stories you'd like to pitch in, that would be great.

We will keep practicing a finger song we started last week about, 5 little ducks.

This week, we will start to create a garden mural by drawing and painting a bit together. We'll paint the soil (worms and bugs too), the sun, and rain.

NOTE: There's a great planting project I'd like to prepare us for if possible -- besides planting in pots. If any of you have old "panty-hose" to recycle. For it, we need "foam pages" if anyone knows where to get them, and grass seed.

Also big oval rocks to paint and put eyes on would be nifty. -- if anyone sees such an item in the dollar stores.

Important for this week:
*Please email me your jpg's of one baby picture and one recent picture of your child for our self-portrait project. I am still missing quite a few. Please email to apriljenkinsnyc@gmail.com

*Drop off at 9:10 at April's house -- 332 Prospect Ave. Apt. 2. If you need to leave your stroller in the garage, just let me know and I can open the door.
*Pickup at 11:45 am.

This Month’s Volunteer Schedule
Volunteers please come to April's at 10:45 am to help get the kids dressed for outdoor time. Please contact me if you need to switch days: apriljenkinsnyc@gmail.com

Tuesday April 14th -– John/Maya
Wednesday April 15th --Deepa
Tues. April 21st --Krisztina
Wed, April 22nd -- Amanda
Tues. April 28th -- Ted/Amber
Wed. April 29th -- Ali

Things to Bring/Supplies
*Your check or cash for the monthly cost plus snack (checks made out to April Jenkins)
*Labeled sippy cup
*Diaper of change of clothes if we do not have them.