The Marlowe School

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Gold-Digging & Tie-Dying

With just days left in the school year, the children have been making the most of their time in the classroom. 
Last week, a miner stopped by the school and shared tales of his gold-digging adventures. 
 A preschooler brought in posters about his trips to Boston and London. 
We also tie-dyed all of our t-shirts for field day. 
We loved wearing our groovy shirts yesterday as we played silly games!
I can't wait to see what fun the rest of the week brings. 

Saturday, May 10, 2014

May at Marlowe

May has been a very busy month for us so far. We have had two amazing show-and-tells. 
(The caterpillars started to wrap themselves into a cocoon the last day of their visit.)
We have also been lucky enough to have TWO mommies come in to be Secret Chefs. 
One helped us make cake pops.
The other helped us make butterflies stuffed with an assortment of colorful snacks. 
We spent the better part of last week, getting ready for our Mommy and Me breakfast that was on Friday. We made lots of crafts and placed them in a bag as a present for our mommies. The children made a necklace, painted a pot and planted some flower seeds, and decorated a wind chime for their mommies.
Our pre-K students illustrated a picture for each of the poems in our poem recital. 
These pictures were hung on the wall and decorated our room for the special day.
 Our big boys spent the last few minutes before afternoon carpool on Thursday and helped the teachers dust the classroom shelves so the classroom would be sparklingly clean for our mommies.
In the midst of all of our busyness of the past week, I noticed one child reading to our guinea pig, and a big brother giving his two younger sisters a lesson on "objects that go together". :) 
We loved having our mommies and grandmas come to visit our classroom on Friday!
After breakfast, we recited nine Shel Silverstein poems and sang our multiples.
Then, the children showed their mommies around the classroom.
Have a lovely Mother's Day!

Sunday, April 27, 2014

An EGGcellent Time

We had a lovely surprise on the playground the other day -- there were treat-filled eggs scattered all about!
 Inside, we spent some time making some bunny crafts and working with friends.
With the school year coming to an end, I foresee lots of fun upcoming events!

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

March Madness & More

Our last few weeks have been filled with so much excitement! Along with finishing up some last minute art-projects, two of our students brought in impressive show-and-tells.
One set of twins turned FOUR, and their incredibly creative mommy turned their birthday posters into a train and castle.
Our Pre-K3 students worked hard on perfecting their handwriting. 
**These three work examples were written and drawn independently by students who were three when school started this year and will not finish Kindergarten until 2016!!**
The highlight of last week was definitely our annual puppet show from Peter Hart! 
Have a great Spring Break, and I look forward to seeing you all next week!!