Hello Garden and Mountain families, This week the children continued to learn about the ocean.  The children sang “Slippery Fish,” “Went to Sea” and “Tiny Tim.”  During small circle the children listened to Underwater Life, Sea Animals, 123 in the Sea, …

Good afternoon Garden and Mountain families, This week the children got ready for summer!  The children read At the Park, Dear Zoo, and Splash.  The children sang songs such as “Baby Bumblebee,” “Mr. Sun,” “Five Green Speckled Frogs,” and “If …

Good afternoon Garden and Mountain families, This week the children continued learning about Spring.  It turned out to be a great Colorado spring week with sun and rain.  The children sang “Rain, Rain Go Away,” “If all of the Raindrops …

Good afternoon Garden and Mountain families, This week the children learned about spring. Together we read In the Garden and Happy Bee.  The children sang “If all of the Raindrops . . .” and “Rain, Rain Go Away.”  The children were …

This week in Garden and Mountain the children continued learning about zoo animals.  The children read Peek-a-Boo Zoo, ABC Animals, and Zoo’s Who?  The children also sang “We’re going to the Zoo,” “Five Little Elephants Balancing,” and “Five Little Monkey …

Hello Garden and Mountain Families. This week and next, as well, we have been learning about zoo animals. This theme is so much fun! The children love to look at pictures of all the different animals, and Ms. Kathleen played …

Hello Garden and Mountain Families. This week we learned about baby animals- including human babies. We looked at pictures of and said the names of all different baby animals.  We read Oh Baby! The A to Z, Touch-and-Feel Baby Animals, …

Hello Garden and Mountain Families. This week, in celebration of Earth Day tomorrow, we focused on a theme of ‘The Earth.’ We looked at pictures of the Earth and different places on it: deserts, forests, oceans, mountains, etc. We spent …

Hello Garden and Mountain Families. This week we concluded our theme of ‘farm animals.’ Some of the children are getting good at making farm animal sounds and recognizing animals when they are named. We have been playing with our set …

Hello Garden and Mountain Families. This week we focused on a theme of ‘bugs.’ The children looked at pictures in books of all types of insects and arachnids. They seemed to really enjoy the butterflies, spiders, ladybugs, ants, and bees. …