June 2025

The garden is growing! Strawberries, beans, and baby bunnies are abundant. This month our areas of study will be insects, a review of the seven continents, WA State, and ocean animals. The caterpillars have arrived. We are so fortunate to be able to witness metamorphosis. When the butterflies are ready, they will be released into the school garden.

April 2025

Then next stop on our journey around the world is the amazing continent of Africa. What animals would you see on a safari? We will find out! What is needed to see a rainbow in the sky? Hint: it involves a prism. On one of the science shelves, we will learn all about farms and farm animals. In our stem area children will build a farm complete with animals.

March 2025

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!  In honor of Dr. Seuss birthday Tuesday, March 2, is Pajama Day and National Read in Day. Parents, please join us from 9-10 to read with us. PJ’s are optional. Wednesday is Wacky Wednesday. How “wacky” can you dress? Thursday is Crazy Sock Day.  Have you ever had a Sneetches Soda? The children will be making them this week to enjoy with their snack.
This month we are off to Asia. Did you know that Asia is the largest continent on the planet. What does that mean? The science area will have the study of elephants and peacocks.  We will also begin our study of seeds this month. The children will start seeds inside in mini greenhouses. The plants will be transferred to our garden in April.
Two penguins

January 2025

Pack your winter coat, gloves, and boots, we are off the continent of Antarctica. What do the continent of Antarctica and the Arctic have in common? What people and animals live in these two places? On the science shelves, penguins and polar bears. Animal tracks too. What do these three words mean? Hibernation, Migration, and Adaption. What do we do?
We begin our musical journey this month. We will begin with the symphony and the orchestra. What instruments are played in each? What do they sound like?

December

Happy Holidays
This month we begin our journey around the world. First stop: South America! What does South America smell like? We have 12 “smells” in test tubes and will find out. On our science shelves we will learn about the rainforest, forest animals, and mammals. In the cultural area: Christmas, Hanukkiah, Kwanza, and Diwali.

November

Happy Thanksgiving
Our areas of study this month will be the continent of North America, leaves and the turkey. What does it mean to be thankful?
Mr Bones

October

Mr. Bones Is Here!
How many bones make up your skeletal system? Do we need bones?
On the science shelves we will study the life cycle of the pumpkin, forest animals, and introduce the seven continents.
september what we're learning preschool welcome back

September

This month we will be making new friends, learning all about apples, the seasons, trees and forests. Do you know the difference between a coniferous forest and a deciduous forest? Did you know a forest has layers?
In the kitchen, we will be apple taste tasting and making apple sauce.
butterfly

June

This month we will continue our study of insects. The caterpillars have arrived! Once the chrysalis forms, they will be placed in to the butterfly house. The butterflies will be released in to the garden.

May

We are off to Australia! If a continent is surrounded by water, is it considered an island? Let’s explore and find out.

Our areas of study this month will be flowers, koalas and rainbows. We will also be learning all about color mixing.

How do you make a secondary color? What is a secondary color?