April 8th - Kindergarten Registration 5 pm - 7 pm
April 10th - Easter Bunny Pictures
April 15th - PreK Music Program @ HS Auditorium 6:00 & 7:15
April 17th - Egg Hunts & Food Day
April 24th - Crowley's Ridge State Park will visit with PreK from 8:30-10:30
April 25th - Kindergarten Zoo Trip
May 2nd - Kinderbuck Store and Birthday Celebrations for May/June Birthdays
May 12th - Kinders tour Elementary for 1st Grade @ 8:30am
May 14th - End of Year Kinderbuck Celebration
May 16th- Kindergarten Play Day
May 19th - Kindergarten Awards
12:00- McCorkle, Camp, Matthews, Lavender, Cupp, Sullivan, Warnick
1:30- Butler, Gruenewald, Robins, Wilson, Smith, Smallman, Gramling
May 19th - PreK Play Day
May 20th - Kindergarten Graduation
5:30- McCorkle, Camp, Matthews, Lavender, Cupp, Sullivan, Warnick
7:00- Butler, Gruenewald, Robins, Wilson, Smith, Smallman, Gramling
May 28th - Last day of school!!!
CAT TIME
Teacher: Jessica Riley
In CAT Time during the month of April, students will learn more about animal habitats and balance by creating suspension towers "trees" and using a variety of materials to build bird nests. They will also learn about gravity and engineering protective containers during an egg drop experiment. Finally, students will practice the skills of originality and creativity by completing image and item transformations.
LIBRARY
Teacher: Dana Gamble
April is National Library Month! Let's challenge ourselves to read more, visit the public libraries or bookstores this month to celebrate National Library Month. Reading to young children is an important way to help them build language skills, expose them to new words and use of language and to learn general information about the world. This month in the Library we will be reading different books about Spring and things that happen in Spring. We will be using the Novel Effect on some of the books to bring some fun music and interactive sounds while listening to the stories.
PE
Teacher: Shane Duncan
About 3 weeks ago I got an intern from CRC. Her name is Coach Sammy. She had been doing great with the kids. She watched and helped at first. This last week she started doing the warm up exercises and even led a few classes. The next two weeks she is going to pick the activities for the class. The kids are really going to enjoy the game she has next week. The last full week of April we are going to play Zoo Keeper. This is a game to get them excited to go to the zoo on their field trip. I'm going to drive one of the buses and am excited to be going. It is always one of my favorite field trips to go on.
ART
Teacher: Megan Jones
In art for the month of April we will be focusing on how to use perspective to draw what we see. We will create a still-life drawing during class time that we will finish up with watercolor paint. Students will learn how to incorporate different hues of color to show shading and depth.
MUSIC
Teacher: Kari Metheny
April Music classes will have the following music concepts and themes:
We will learn and play with high-low tones (sol-mi).
We will have the theme of springtime throughout our classes.
We will learn and play about timbres of pitched and unpitched instruments.
We will learn and sing our graduation songs.
In April I am teaching students the power of a growth mindset. Believing that effort and perseverance help us grow and improve is an important thing to learn before 1st grade. When children understand that mistakes are part of learning, they become more willing to take on challenges instead of giving up. You can help at home by praising effort over perfection and reminding your child that skills develop over time with practice. Together, we can help our students build confidence, resilience, and a love for learning
Spring is such an amazing time of year! New life and warmer temperatures are all around us. Preschool will be talking about life cycles, plants and insects throughout the month of April. Check your child’s daily folders for detailed information about the upcoming activities specific to your child’s class. Continue to reinforce number recognition, letter recognition, letter sounds, counting, and practice with your child on writing their name at home. Make sure your child uses a capital letter for their first letter and lowercase letters for the rest. These activities will help your child to be successful at school.
Kindergarten News
Spring is here and with that comes many changes to our routines and daily activities. Children ages 3-7 thrive with predictable routines, procedures and set schedules. As ballgames begin and the sun sets later each day, I encourage each of you to remember that children need a larger amount of sleep than most adults do. We are heading into the last few weeks of school and our state testing is in full swing this month. You can help your child do their best by keeping them on a set schedule as much as possible. We also ask that you continue to check your child's folder daily and send those changes of clothes as needed!