Children's House of Exton

Montessori Preschool & Kindergarten

A Seuss-tastic Week

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Green Eggs and HamWe have had quite a Seuss-tastic week with the celebration of Dr. Seuss’ birthday! We had 1 to 2 parent readers each day who came to share a Seuss classic with the children. Additionally, we had works on the shelves to extend the theme of the week. There was an “at” word family language work, a one fish, two fish, goldfish addition counting work choice, and Mrs. Bateman created some beautiful Truffula trees with tWhisking green eggshe students!

The children also made green eggs after reading the classic Green Eggs and Ham! We made the eggs green by adding a spinach and milk mixture to the whisked eggs! We also used this activity as an opportunity to discuss the conversion of liquid to solid when the eggs cooked on the griddle. Most of the children tried them, but we all experienced what green eggs look like!

This week in the culture area of the classroom the “parts of an egg”, “life cycle of a chick” and “parts of a bird” works became available on the shelf. The students started receiving these lessons in preparation for the chick eggs which will arrive when we return from spring break! This is a very exciting time of year at CHE!

Some of the Dr. Seuss books we read this week at CHE:

  • Great Day for Up!
  • Horton Hears a Who
  • The Cat in the Hat
  • The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
  • One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
  • Have I Ever Told You How Lucky You Are?
  • Dr. Seuss’ ABCs
  • The Foot BookLorax trees
  • Theres a Wocket in My Pocket
  • Green Eggs and Ham
  • Oh the Places You’ll Go
  • The Lorax,
  • There’s No Place Like Space
  • Hop on Pop!
    The Lorax is here

 

Kindergarten Time – Speak for the Trees

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The-Lorax-264x300This week in Kindergarten time the Kindergarteners completed a writing exercise on how
Kindergarten Time they could help the earth after reading The Lorax. We discussed what Dr. Seuss meant when he said, “unless”. We also talked about what may happen to our environment if we don’t take care of it. Then the students wrote about what they can do to be like the Lorax, and “speak for the trees” since they don’t have a voice of their own. Lastly, the Kindergarteners made their own earths, and disguised themselves as the Lorax. Finished products will be coming home this week! If you can believe it, before we know it, graduation practice will begin. It has also been a joy watching the younger students mature and start recognizing that some of them will be the Kindergarteners next year. Many teachers don’t have the opportunity to see a 3 year cycle of development in their students. We are very lucky.