June Newsletter

Welcome to June, Douglas Park families!

We are officially in our last month of school and we are excited about celebrating this month with the students.  The sun and warm weather seem to be here to stay (for the most part) and we have some exciting events coming up.

Pro D Day: Monday, June 6th- NO CLASSES this day

Park Day- Friday, June 10th.  Please check your child's pick up file for the information sheet.  NO CLASSES this day.

*Please note that ALL children must be accompanied by an adult*

4's Classes Beach Day Field Trip- Friday, June 17thPlease check your child's pick up file for information and permission form.

PJ Day/ Last day of classes: 

Wednesday, June 22- ORCA 4am/4pm
                                               
Thursday, June 23- ORCA 3am; UNICORN 3am/4pm.

4 Year Old Graduation- Friday, June 24th.  10:15am- 12:00pm  Stay Tuned for more specific details!

Orca Room: Books Week 3

 

Dr. Seuss

One Fish, Two Fish

Sensory bin

One Fish, Two Fish

Colour matching

One Fish, Two Fish

Invitation to imaginative play

Cat in the Hat puzzles

One Fish, Two Fish

Blue Art

One Fish, Two Fish

Red art

Red Fish, Blue Fish

Open ended group fish bowl

Dr. Seuss puzzle time

Dr. Seuss colour themed lego exploration

and patterning

Red Fish, Blue Fish

Colour Sorting

Green Eggs and Ham

Fine motor egg play

 

Seuss Word Building sensory bin

 

Robert Munsch

Mmm, Cookies!

 

 

Cookie Colour Sort

Cookie sensory bin

Oatmeal, chocolate chip imaginative baking

Cookie Jar number recognition

Cookie Colour matching memory game

Chocolate cookie counting

Hands on clay cookie art table

Mythical Creatures and Pirate Adventures

Treasure Island sensory bin play

Pirate adventures light table

 

Mermaid colour matching

 

Walk the Plank water table

Making our very own pirate hats

Painting at the easel with pirate hooks

Pirate vocabulary matching

Pirate Playdough

Parrot feather sand writing

 

Pirate Patterning

 

Treasure Science

Baking soda ice cubes with hidden treasure

Students experimented with using vinegar and salt to break apart the ice and find the treasures

Pirate ship number recognition

Build-a-Pirate art activity

Pirate hooks to scoop up jewels and match the colours

Charcoal treasure map making

with some inspiration from our book,

How I Became a Pirate! by David Shannon

Matching pirate flag patterns and putting them on block boats

 

Message in a bottle

Students matched corresponding shapes on their treasure map

Pirate counting path game

Clay coin art centre

 

Design your own Jolly Roger flag

using glitter glue and plastic bones to paint with!

Pirate puzzle

Parts of a pirate ship puzzle

Parrot feather colour matching

Mer-natomy

Comparing human anatomy to mermaid anatomy

Mythical creatures matching

 

Greek mythology

Using plastic snakes to paint Medusa's head

 

Mermaid art

Foot painting our Ogopogo

Toadstool counting