Aprendiendo en tierra Catbird / Learning in Catbirdland

¡Bienvenidos familia, amigas, y amigos! A little birdie told me los Catbirds are going home singing the “colors song” so I thought I send along the words. Please feel free to sing along with your child. It really is a catchy tune.

To the tune of Frère Jacques, we sang the following:

Red is rojo

Green is verde

Blue, azul

Black, negro

Yellow, amarillo

Purple is morado

Gray is gris

Brown, café

Another topic we have been learning is snack. If you’d like to learn (or review) the vocabulary for some of the common snack items in the classroom, here they are. Ask your child to teach you.

crackers – galleta

graham cracker – galleta graham

chesse - queso

cream cheese – queso crema

red apple – manzana roja

green apple – manzana verde

banana - banana

orange - naranja

bagel - rosquilla

hummus – pasta de garbazos

soy butter – salsa de soja

pita bread – pan pita

And, just recently we have begun to learn the vocabulary for some forms of transportation:

airplane – avión

car - carro

boat - bote

motorcycle - motocicleta

bicycle - bicicleta

train - tren

school bus – autobús

helicopter – helicóptero

We are really having so much fun singing, playing and laughing in Spanish class. ¡Muy divertido!

Rehearsal and Party Prep

First thing this morning, we had our first on stage rehearsal! There are no other pictures because its all hush hush.

We got ready for snack.

We had some time to play, work on projects and have another couple of rounds of tea tasting.

Then we headed out. IT was pretty warm, so we had some time to run and get some fresh air and color with chalk.

And hide and build airplanes.

And play family and dig holes.

We planned for our big tea party tomorrow by teaching friends to drink with their pinky out and gently sip their tea and ask politely for someone to pass the biscuits! We are psyched!

Tea Testing

One of the ways we work on math is by counting and adding and subtracting on our fingers throughout the day for a whole variety of reasons (how many more of something we need, how many minutes until snack, etc.). However, 10 fingers is simply not enough any more, so we have some extra hands to help us do math. The Catbirds take turns holding them and doing the counting and math.

The Catbirds continue to work on many secret projects...I shall say no more.

Today we began our tea tasting, to determine what kinds of beverage we will be having at our Fancy Tea Party on Friday. Today, friends wrote their names on cups and we began with lemon ginger tea. We graphed our results.

It was a nearly unanimously approved flavor. Next, we started our Chai Chart. Results coming tomorrow.

Polly brought her Bear, Brian, to visit Bear Witness.

We headed to the music room for rehearsal with the EC and kindergarten classes for the Winter Program.

Tea tasting.

A brief time outside.

Then off to art, where we worked on our costumes.

Then, it was time for letter learning and lunch!