Gardening/Jardinería

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This week was short but full of learning and fun! The children started the week by observing the bean seeds and deciding that it was time for them to be planted in soil. Also, they planted green onions and carrots and will watched them grow for the next few weeks. At art table, the children painted with flowers, exercised their fine motor by rolling tissue paper to make a flower and played with play dough. At sensory table, the children played with snap flower. They stacked and made a flower garden. At manipulative, the children used pattern blocks to make flowers and snap cubes to measure flowers. At literacy, the children played with cookie letters by matching them, ABC’s flower puzzle and used pop letters to spell words and recognize sounds. At science, the children learned about rehydration sand seeds. They planted tomatoes, green onions and radishes. We finished our week with a field trip to the Poe Center. The children learned about the importance of healthy food, exercise and learned about our body. Also, the children played at the playground by climbing different structures. 

 

¡Esta semana fue corta pero llena de aprendizaje y diversión! Los niños comenzaron la semana observando las semillas de frijol y decidiendo que era hora de plantarlas en la tierra. Además, plantaron cebollas verdes y zanahorias y las verán crecer durante las próximas semanas. En la mesa de arte, los niños pintaron con flores, ejercitaron su motricidad fina enrollando papel de seda para hacer una flor y jugaron con plastilina. En la mesa sensorial, los niños jugaron con flores silvestres. Apilaron e hicieron un jardín de flores. En la manipulación, los niños usaron bloques de patrones para hacer flores y romper cubos para medir flores. En alfabetización, los niños jugaron con letras de galletas emparejándolas, el rompecabezas de flores del ABC y usaron letras pop para deletrear palabras y reconocer sonidos. En ciencias, los niños aprendieron sobre la rehidratación de las semillas de arena. Plantaron tomates, cebollas verdes y rábanos. Terminamos nuestra semana con una excursión al Centro Poe. Los niños aprendieron sobre la importancia de la alimentación saludable, el ejercicio y aprendieron sobre nuestro cuerpo. Además, los niños jugaron en el parque trepando a diferentes estructuras.


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