Bamboo Garden News, April. 6th-10th. 2009

Happy Easter!!

Dear parents,

Hope you all had a good Easter Holiday! Last week was a really fun week.

Language, “Easter is coming, spring is coming”
Story: 复活节(Easter),
As we all knew that spring is coming, we introduced what changes we noticed around us. The biggest holiday in the beginning of spring is Easter (复活节). 复活 means the start of a new life. We also learned about Easter eggs (鸡蛋) and bunny (兔子) from the stories.

Music and body movement: What can I be in the spring season?
We continued practicing our songs. After we shared what we would see in the school yard, in the park, and everywhere we go in spring, we recalled and acted it out with our bodies.

Art: We designed and decorated our eggs. We made baskets ourselves by weaving and gluing paper.

Social studies:
Story: Queen of Easter, Easter parade, Easter egg hunt!
We had different stories about what we usually do on Easter. We had a story about decorating a hat for a parade. An Easter egg hunt is the most fun thing to do on Easter for all children. On Easter morning, people get ready for a parade and join the celebration. We also introduced how different countries celebrate Easter.

We had so much fun hunting Easter eggs in the school yard. Please see our pictures.

Next week, we will continue our theme, how we express ourselves. We will have different activities about “how we make friends.”