One of the kids' favorite activities has been working with fun learning apps on iPads once a week with Roberta Jordan of the Patten Free Library. We culminated our time with her today, by having a "Z" Party. Miss Roberta files these great apps under alphabet letter names and today was her 26th week working with our class, hence the letter Z for our celebration. It has been an amazing collaboration with the library and technology.
To prepare for the party, the kids grated zucchini yesterday, and Mrs. Ricciardone made it into wonderful zucchini bread for today. They also made a bouquet of newspaper flowers, signed a card and made little zebras to bring to the party.
In addition, Roberta authored a book especially for our class, Who Stole the Z? You can find the book by following this link. http://www.bookemon.com/book_read_flip.php?book_id=497767&check=44007c74872beb8a15fad56f1dc0755e
Here are some pictures of our joyful learners - the kids were so excited about the celebration!
Pre-K had beautiful weather to go for a hike at Sewall Woods, a special nature preserve practically around the corner from our school. The bus ride was a highlight for many kids (thank you Mr. Charles, our bus driver), and we met our friend, Miss Becky, from Kennebec Estuary Land Trust in the parking lot at the woods. She had a neat homemade nature kit for each student, that encouraged us to use all our senses, except for taste. You will see the kids using the various items in the following slideshow. We had an hour long walk through the woods! The kids were great - everyone stayed together and hiked happily. Thank you very much to KELT and the families that joined us, as well.
