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Next week beginning January 27th is Literacy Week, and as a book fanatic I'm ready to celebrate!  Grovedale Preschool will encourage the excitement of literature by participating in Penson's week long Book Trade.  Go through your child's library for any gently used books you'd be willing to part with, bring them to school, and with your child come Friday, January 24th, trade them for tales you and yours haven't yet had opportunity to enjoy.  It's win-win!



Here are some other fun things we'll be doing that week to shout out our book-worm pride...

• On January 27th all students and staff may come to school dressed as a beloved book character; Oh the possibilities!
• Each class will have fun acting out a nursery rhyme on both Monday and Wednesday
• During Literacy Week we will craft homemade picture books, written and illustrated by your savvy little artists

Check out these fun and informative websites to inspire your drive for literacy.  Spread the love and read, read, read!

A Video Message About Family Literacy Day by Robert Munsch!

http://www.starfall.com/

Kids Health: Reading With Preschoolers

Scholastic's Read Every Day, Lead a Better Life

Painting With Ice

After experimenting with ice and observing snow turn to water when warmed, water turn to ice when sufficiently cooled, and ice drip when temperatures rose, our preschoolers used science to create art!


What we did:

 

• Made Ice Sticks
• by partially filling paper cups with water and freezing them with popsicle sticks

• Donned our paint-shirts
• because it was about to get messy

• Gave the Kool-Aid packs a shake

• sprinkling colored powder across blank paper (and it sure smelled great)!

• Turned our sprinkled powder into liquid color
• by sweeping our ice-sticks excitedly across our sheets!

It's true; ice is nice!

Our finished products are fantastic, and all so very unique!  Look for your child's ice-art this Wednesday in their large envelope.