Last Day of School...Let's Hit the Beach!

To go along with our beach theme, all the kids took turns making sun visors instead of playing at the touch and feel pool today.  Ryan and Ethan each took his time peeling the backs off of the stickers (great fine motor task) and sticking them onto their visors.  Then they chose a glitter glue color to outline their names.  Their eyes should be good and protected from the sun this summer (if they actually wear them) and maybe Ethan won't get his sun sneezes either!!!! 

With our end of the year party today, we followed a small change in our schedule.  I again wanted to make sure that we had time for our language lesson, so after a very short morning circle, we read Corduroy Goes to the Beach by Don Freeman.  This flip-the-flap story (which Ryan and Ethan love) is about a bear, Corduroy, and all of his animal friends.  As we read, Ryan and Ethan learned all that Corduroy and his friends needed to get ready for the beach; and once they are at the beach, we learned all about the activities they do and the things they see at the beach.    

After we finished the story, we reviewed all of the new vocabulary that we learned and finished up our beach lesson with the following short video.  Ryan begged and pleaded with me to go to the beach as we walked outside to the playground, but I told him he was going to have to take that one up with his parents!

After we came in from the playground, we had a great time sharing some of our favorite morning circle songs with our moms and joining the rest of our Speech Garden friends for a few gifts and a really fun party.  I can't believe our last day is already here!  Where has the year gone?  Ryan and Ethan have both made incredible progress this year.  Please keep in touch and fill me in on all of their progress and brilliance! Feel free to call or email me anytime with any questions or concerns that you may have.  Thank you for all of the very generous gifts but most of all thank you for giving me the privilege of teaching your sweet children.  I have loved every school day that I have been with them.
Have a wonderful summer!