March
March
- Art and stories by Eric Carle
- Weather
- Colors
- Bugs and Plants
- Spring Vacation is March 25-29—No School, enjoy your week off.
Our class is learning about primary and secondary colors and will have fun creating our own colors! We will create art inspired by Eric Carle stories. Our students love making their own Hungry Caterpillars, Grouchy Ladybugs and Butterflies.
The week of March 11-15 th is color week! Wear the colors of the day! Monday-Red, Tuesday-Blue, Wednesday-Yellow, Thursday-Purple & Orange, Friday-Green!
We will singing some silly songs about bugs, like “The ants go marching 1 by 1”, “I am bringing home a baby bumble bee” and “Itsy bitsy spider.” I bet your kids can sing them to you!
We will investigate insects and noticed some have wings, some can fly and others can not. Some have 8 legs and others 6 legs. We will use the bugs for our number pal job. Counting bees in a hive, or seeing how many insects in the group have wings? How many insects do we have all together? We look forward to our classroom caterpillars arriving soon!
Bat Pig
Bat Pig is the stuffed animal that lives at school, and helps during circle time. This month our classes will enjoy taking turns with Bat Pig to answer questions, introduce themselves and play pop the pig on the parachute! After Spring vacation the kids will be surprised to see that Bat Pig has welcomed piglets. The children will be excited to meet and care for them. Each day one child will be picked to bring home a pig for a sleepover. We will do this every few days, and everyone will have a turn. As you can imagine, this is very exciting and causes many emotions. Everyone will have a turn but not everyone can bring the pig on the same day. It is a great lesson in sharing, patience, taking care of something, and talking about feelings. The kids are always so excited and proud to look after the little pigs. The pigs will be sent to the sleepover with their sleeping bag, teddy bear, toothbrush and a little book for you to write down your adventures of the evening. You can even include photos. And they are stuffed animals….not real pigs, so it isn’t too hard to look after them!
February
We loved celebrating Valentine’s Day with our friends!
We’ve been enjoying many special guests this month! Thanks to The Portland Forest School middle schoolers for reading to us! We loved our music classes with Tiziu, Brittany and Steve!
To help you with your taxes here is our official name and tax ID number:
Hands On Art & Play Inc.
EIN # is 20-5503578
Spring Enrichment Classes
Monday
Dance with The Everybody Dance Project!
April 1st to May 20th, 8 classes for $150
Tuesdays & Wednesdays
https://adventuresinspanish.org/classes-preschool/Adventures in Spanish! https://adventuresinspanish.org/classes-preschool/
- Click on above link to register for classes. If you have any questions, please contact, kathi@adventuresinspanish.org
Thursdays
NW Children’s Theater –April and May-Please email Jennifer to sign up for this class, jennifer@handsonartandplay.com.
$135 for 8 class session
First Stage classes are specially designed for ages three to six years old. Children will explore theater through music, movement and storytelling with an emphasis on physical and emotional self-expression. First Stage teachers use role-playing and improvisation techniques to act out fairy tales and other stories. These classes promote a love for the performing arts and nurture creative energy while supporting developmental milestones, including: Confidence • Self-expression • Critical thinking Cooperation • Social Skills • Imagination • Motor skills
Fridays
Embodied Feelings! With McKinley Hughes.
April 5th to May 17th, 7 classes
Please email Jennifer to sign up for this class, jennifer@handsonartandplay.com.
Embodied Feelings: This class is an opportunity for students to explore their emotions through storytelling, physical movement, and theatre games. Students will learn to identify different feelings, learn different ways to express them, and practice relating to one another’s emotions through creativity, imagination, and play.
McKinley is a professional actor, musician and goof ball extraordinaire! She has been working in arts education for the past decade. She is currently continuing her education by earning a masters degree in drama therapy. McKinley is extremely passionate about using theatre as a tool to for self expression and emotional healing. In all of her classes, McKinley strives to cultivate a learning environment where kiddos are encouraged to be brave, get silly, and have fun!