May is here! The kids are so excited as we count down the number of days left in preschool until they become "green friends"! 10 MORE DAYS!!

Today we began our discussion of Bugs Above Your Head. We talked about bees, ladybugs, mosquitos, beetles, butterflies, moths, and flys. All these bugs have something in common that helps them get above our heads.....WINGS! We talked about the three parts of an insect....head, thorax, abdomen.  Big words....but new vocabulary that the kids think is cool to use!

Our introductory book today was The Bugliest Bug by Carol Diggory Shields. It's a story about a bug contest in the woods to find the "bugliest" bug. Each bug takes a turn to show off their special talent to the judges. One plain, tiny bug named Dilly watches. Dilly notices something strange about the judges, but it's too late. They turn out to be spiders who want to eat the insects. The spiders throw a web over all the bugs. Dilly tells them the only way to escape is for every bug to do what it does best. So.....the stink bugs stink, the ants march, the flys fly, and the mantis' pray. The spiders get scared and run away. All the other bugs decide that, no matter how plain, Dilly should be named The Bugliest Bug.

Ms. Michelle came today and worked on letters again. Each child was given a picture with a letter puzzle piece missing. They rode the scooter out into the room to find their missing letter. After riding back, they used magnet pieces to form the letter and, then, took turns writing the letter on the dry erase board. It was a team activity that required waiting for your partner and cheering them on. The kids all love writing and wanted to show every grown-up the letters that they could write.

Finally the playground was back to normal. Nice, spring, sunny weather outside. We spotted some bugs out there too! We also took a short walk today to watch the tree workers cut down the big tree in front of school. A crane picked it up by the roots! The kids LOVED it! I think they could have stayed out there all morning. But they came back inside comparing mosquito bites and talking about flys on their shirts.....guess that's the bad news about spring.....BUGS!!