A Peek into the Classrooms in March

March at St. Matthew's was a busy month! They had a Dr. Seuss parade and a St. Patrick's Day parade as well, which was a huge hit with all the children and teachers. On March 21st, our Program Director, Prerna Richards, came and celebrated Holi, the Hindu Festival of Colors, with the children. One of the parents who also celebrates Holi came and shared henna designs with the children, which they were excited to show off. The children also learned how to do the "Dandiya stick dance" and painted their faces with bright colors, like the tradition of the festival. Later in the month, Daisey and Patricia, our health services specialists, came and did a presentation on "Good Touch and Bad Touch" where Tia Medina, the nurse puppet, was a huge hit among the children.






Cockrell Hill welcomed Ms. Montoya, who joined their office team this March, and Ms. Hernandez from Wesley Rankin who joined Class 5. This month they took 72 children on a transition field trip to L.O. Donald Elementary school, where they acquaint the children with the school they will be attending for kindergarten. The kids loved the gym "because they can play outside regardless of the weather"! Also this month they had a Magnet Mania presentation from the Dallas Science and History Museum. The site manager, Ms. DeLeon, said she couldn't tell who was having more fun learning--the children or the teachers! March is the month of projects, where all the classes teach on different themes that they come up with. Ms. Rodriguez and Ms. Fernandez are doing a "ball" project and have had parents and volunteers help by playing baseball, soccer and football with the kids and they're loving it! The adults end up getting a work out as well, and the parents even attended a health presentation.


This month Crossover is highlighting Ms. Graciano and Ms. Solis's class. They are doing their project month on snakes and have done an outstanding job. One of the students' homework activities was to create a snake--some came back made out of socks, others out of paper, all very creative! They learned about how snakes sleep with their eyes open because they have eyelids; rattlesnakes have to have more than one rattle to make the rattling sound; you can tell how old a snake is by its segments; and snakes have teeth not just in their moth but inside their bodies! Who knew?



Buckner had their visit from the TWU nursing students this month and they worked with the children on brushing and flossing their teeth. They also celebrated their first Grandparents Day, which was a great event! Thirty grandparents attended, had breakfast and socialized with other grandparents as well as spent time in the classroom doing an activity with their grandchild. Buckner would like to highlight Ms. Gonzales and Ms. Urbina's class this month, whose project theme is cows. The children learned that there are many different cows in many different colors. Their dramatic play area is decorated as a dairy products store where children learned how to milk a cow and tasted two different kinds of cheese. Another class is learning about dogs and really enjoyed their special visit from "Pico", the Bichon Frise.




At Bethany, children are learning about plants and insects. They got to plant seeds and observe them sprouting. They also learned about insects, their movements, and the life cycles of butterflies. They had a visit from the Museum of Nature and Science as well as a field trip to the Dallas Arboretum where the children were introduced to flowers and listened to stories. They had lots of questions about planting seeds and got to practice planting sunflower seeds.



Hope you enjoyed a virtual look into our classrooms! You can see more pictures of different events on our Picasa page: https://picasaweb.google.com/miescuelitapreschool?fgl=true&pli=1.