Transitional Kindergarten News

🌍 TK Newsletter – Our Africa Unit Has Begun! 🦁

We are excited to begin learning about the amazing continent of Africa! The front of our classroom is being transformed into a savannah biome, and students are already busy exploring, creating, and discovering.

 

🌾 Savannah Discoveries

We learned about the savannah, including its animals and climate. Students discovered that the savannah is:

  • Grassy and wide open
  • Very hot
  • Has both a wet season and a dry season

We read nonfiction books and watched videos to learn more. Students also made:

  • A list of things we already know
  • A list of things we would like to learn

We can’t wait to answer all of their wonderful questions!

 

🦅 Vulture Explorers

We learned about vultures and why they are so important to our environment. Students:

  • Created flying vultures out of construction paper
  • Practiced their direction-following skills
  • Made detailed drawings of vultures (we will color them next week!)

Ask your child: Why are vultures important to the environment?

 

🦁 Lion Learning & Art

We had so much fun learning about lions, the kings of the savannah! Students:

  • Made beautiful crayon resist lion paintings
  • Added curled paper to create textured manes
  • Collaborated on a large group cardboard lion, using paint sticks to design unique mane strips

Ask your child: What is a group of lions called? Which lions hunt? What do male lions do for the pride?

📏 Math & Movement – Lion Leaps!

We learned that lions can leap up to 36 feet! Students measured their own leaps by running and jumping.

Ask your child: Could you leap as far as a lion?
(Be ready — you may be tested at our TK Open House on May 13! 😊)

 

✏️ Handwriting Practice

Students practiced careful handwriting as part of our daily work. We continue to focus on proper letter formation and neat writing.

 

📦 Materials Request

If you have any LARGE cardboard pieces, please send them in! We are planning to build larger, stand-up animals. Thank you so much for your support!

 

👢 Reminders

  • Please keep snow gear at home, but send boots to school if the ground continues to be wet.
  • March snack calendars were sent home today.
  • Please check your child’s green folder for the calendar and their fairy-tale work.

 

Have a wonderful weekend,

Amy Simmons