APRIL

Week/Date: April 1-4
Theme/Letter: Spring/Letter U
Books/Songs: We Are the Gardeners, Surprising Spring, Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms, The Tiny Seed, Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt
Crafts: Hydrangea bubble painting, cherry blossom tree painting, puddle jumping craft
Skills: Plant life cycle/water cycle, measuring flowers, arranging flowers by size, fine motor: sensory bin (garden), flower bead counting, writing in the “clouds” (shaving cream), Build a storm acitivity
Jack Hartmann Water Cycle song/video

Week/Date: March April 8-11
Theme/Letter: Health/Human Body/Letter V
Books/Songs: I Can Eat a Rainbow, Inside Your Outside, My Amazing Body, The Night Before the Dentist
Crafts: Healthy mouth, TBD
Skills: Scientific discovery-pumping “heart” experiment; play-dough dental play mats; counting teeth activity; sorting healthy/unhealthy food choices, “germ” glitter experiment
Video * “How to feel Your Heart Beat” SciShow Kids

Week/Date: April 15 and 16 (Easter Break April 17-21 No School)
Theme/Letter: Easter
Books/Songs: Pete the Cat: Big Easter Adventure, The Easter Bunny Is Coming to Pennsylvania
Crafts: Bunny Peep painting, Easter egg marbled shaving cream painting
Skills: Exploration: Easter egg rescue (fine motor), jellybean sorting, egg matching
*Easter egg hunt
*Send home spring scavenger hunt

Week/Date: April 22-25
Theme/Letter: Butterflies/Letter W, X
Books/Songs: The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Little Butterfly That Could, The Amazing Life Cycle of Butterflies
Crafts: Butterfly life cycle, coffee filter/clothespin butterflies
Skills: Scientific discovery (caterpillarbutterfly phases)

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Week/Date: April 29-May 2
Theme/Letter: Ocean Animals/Caring for our planet/Letter Y

Books/Songs: Sea Turtles, Dolphins, In the Ocean, The Snail and the Whale, Little Otter’s Big Journey, A House for Hermit Crab, Commotion in the Ocean, Ocean Songs
Crafts: Jelly Fish, Hermit Crab, Starfish (clay)
Skills: Jelly Fish beading, Scientific discover: Float or Sink?
Video “5 Reasons Why Dolphins are Awesome” SciShow kids
Video “Sea Turtles” Disney Junior

Upcoming dates:
Wednesday, May 14-End of Year Program at 11am
Preschool Playground Party Thursday, May 15 10am-12 noon-This is not a drop-off event. Information with address will be available soon.