ALL ABOUT VAN GOGH!

Dear Parents,
This week we learned about Vincent Van Gogh.  We learned that he was a Dutch painter.  Unlike most artists, Van Gogh did not decide to become a painter until he was grown up.  He worked at an art gallery, tried teaching, and he was a preacher like his dad.  None of these things made him happy until he decided to become a painter.

We looked at paintings by Van Gogh and decided to paint his famous sunflower.  We also looked at real sunflowers.  The children did a great job on their paintings!

In Mandarin class with Ms. Peishuan, the children had to think of ways to stop a crying baby.   Some of the children's ideas were: Giving the baby a bottle, toys, a blanket, a diaper, a pacifier, and apple sauce.  Then, they sang a fun song about each item and Ms. Peishuan changed her picture of a crying baby into a happy one.  The children also played the triangle while singing "Hickory Dickory Doc." 

The letter of the week was "I".  We practiced writing it, sounding it out, and brainstorming a list of words beginning with the letter. Some of the words we came up with were:  In, igloo, inside, Indian, insect, and inch.  So far the letters we have 

learned are: L, F, E, H, T, and I.

We celebrated Eleanor's 4th birthday this week.  We would like to thank her family for the delicious cupcakes and marble bread.

HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY ELEANOR

         

Fun in the playground:

We introduced the holiday of Halloween by reading, If I Were a Witch, by Pauline Cartwright.  The children then created foot print witches.  We painted their feet green and purple.  Then they stamped them onto black paper, added hair, eyes, a witch hat and a broom. Voila!  A witch was created.

On Friday, we finished making our witches and started our ghost project.  We were in such a Halloween mood that we even had time to make bats.  

Love,
Ms. Bonne

Notes:  
Please have your child in school on time.  We usually have our morning meeting at 9:15.  This is an important part of the day when a great deal of learning takes place.

Please bring the proper utensils with your child's lunch and afternoon snack.