Poem of the Week

Our poem this week is an old nursery rhyme with a few changes.

To market, to market

To buy a fat pig.

Home again, home again

Jiggity jig.

To market, to market

To buy a hot dog.

Home again, home again

Jiggity jog.

To market, to market

To buy a sweet bun.

Home again, home again

Market is done!

Letter of the week and Tongue Twister

This week we are studying the letter "C". First we will concentrate on the "k" sound and later the "s" sound.

Alphabet Cookies

Today, with the invaluable help of a parent volunteer, we made alphabet cookies! Each child randomly picked a letter, made the letter using cookie dough and then after it was cooked, ate it. Everyone seemed to enjoy eating the alphabet!

We used a very simple (but delicious) sugar cookie recipe that our volunteer Dale helped us make. This was a fun activity that you might like to try at home.

Ingredients

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 cup butter, softened

1 1/2 cups white sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients.
3. refrigerate for at least an hour.
4. Form letters and place on cookie sheet.
5. Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven (Preheat oven to 375 degrees F or 190 degrees C), or until golden. Let stand on cookie sheet two minutes before removing to cool on wire racks.
6. Eat and enjoy!

Letter of the Week and Tongue Twister

This week we are studying the letter "W". Our tongue twister as you can see is also focused on the letter "W".

JK Pumpkin Patch

The junior pumpkin patch is up! Juniors and Seniors worked together to make the pumpkin vines. We hope to add pumpkin flowers as well!

After cutting open our pumpkins in October we decided to save the seeds. We counted all the seeds with the help of our morning "Reading Buddies" and discovered that our medium sized pumpkin had the most seeds (about 690!). We also discovered that the seeds were all different sizes according to the size of the pumpkin.

Today we decided to try and grow pumpkin plants from our seeds so we planted seeds from each pumpkin and will wait to see if anything happens. Each child will get to bring some seeds home and they can try to grow their own pumpkin!

Measuring height

Today Mrs. Barbuto and Melissa our co-op student helped the students measure their height. The result is a beautiful garden of poppies!

Goldie and Chester's Awesome Adventures!

Goldie and Chester are ready to visit your home!

Please look for a letter this week and return it as soon as possible if you would like to take Goldie and Chester home for the weekend.

A schedule will be set up as soon as possible.

Goldie and Chester will also need a place to stay during the winter break and March break.

Eventually they will also need a place to stay for the summer. This is usually split up between two or three families.