Month: November 2024

Happy Thanksgiving & fables

I’ve attached a picture of our Rube Goldberg viewing party today. Sorry I couldn’t get the whole crowd from my vantage point! They thoroughly enjoyed the ingenuity of their classmates! We practiced cheering for our friends. If your child says their video was not viewed, could you email me? I don’t know if the larger files made it my way. We will make sure to watch it in class!

Just a reminder that MMS will be closed from 11.25-11.29 for the holiday.

The classes also voted on their fables! 

Please see the attachment for the following classes:

Helpful Hyraxes (The Mouse at the Seashore)

Quick Quokkas (The Hen and the Apple Tree)

The Peaceful Poodle Moths voted on the more traditional fable, The Tortoise and the Hare.

The children are invited to come to school on Thursday, 12.5, dressed as a character from their classroom fable (please send them in sneakers).

I hope you all have an amazing holiday and we’ll see you in December!

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Notes and reminders for this week

Hello, dear Parents!

We have an exciting week ahead of us!

Our Fable Dress-Up Day is Thursday, 12.5. Each class voted on a fable to re-enact that day. This project is a neat tie between our science studies of animals and language arts studies of the fable. A copy of the fable should head home today or tomorrow (it depends when our newsletter is delivered) in your child’s lunchbox. On 12.5, please send your child to school dressed up as a character from their chosen fable. Copies of the fable will also be posted on the blog just in case your family is already traveling but you would still like to get started with the costume over the break!

On Thursday, 11.21, we have our Thanksgiving Feast! A parent told me that there has been a large recall of carrots. If your child was assigned to bring carrots that day, please bring cucumber medallions or sugar snap peas (or really veggie that your child likes!). We just want to add a little more colorful food to our Thanksgiving plate 🙂

Thank you so much for sending in all of the wonderful Rube Goldberg videos! On Friday, 11.22, the classes will gather and watch them together. The older friends will be invited to eat popcorn and the younger friends will have a serving of fruit (popcorn is a choking hazard).

Please let me know if you have any questions at all and have a wonderful day!

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Red-tailed hawk!

I am so happy that a very active, voracious red-tailed hawk (or maybe two red-tailed hawks) seems to have adopted the school as a hunting ground. Our squirrel population definitely needs to be checked! That being said, I’ve found that the bird is a bit of a messy eater. I patrol the grounds in the morning before the school opens, but please come find me if you find anything…gross. I’ll take care of it! Here’s a picture of the hawk looking for an early morning breakfast in a squirrel nest in the cactus garden’s oak tree. If you know anything about hawks and can provide more information about our hungry visitor, I would love to know more!

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Lunchtime!

In the first picture, the Peaceful Poodle Moths are waiting to be invited for lunch by the Lunch Inviter friends (a much coveted duty). The other two classrooms are sharing a meal time together!

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