Preschool News

April brought us warmer weather and butterflies! in addition to playing outside and studying our butterflies we have
been very busy learning about caterpillar and butterflies, The Story of Easter, taking care of our Earth, and
transportation.

Our caterpillars arrived at the end of March. We enjoyed watching them grow and change over the last few weeks. We
have 12 beautiful Painted Lady Butterflies that we will be releasing on our last day of preschool.

Our butterfly unit led right into learning about Easter and why we celebrate. We explained the story with plastic eggs,
each containing an important part of the story. The kids were very interested and taken back by the egg with the nails
in it.

We spent a week talking about the Earth and how to take care of it. We learned about recycling, not littering, and
planting flowers. We sorted recycling items, made seed bombs. and picked up trash and broken toys on the
playground.

We spent the last week of the month talking about transportation. We learned about different types of transportation
and sorted them by land, water, and air.

We learned about street signs and how to safely

walk across the street.

In addition to all the fun and learning, we

celebrated several birthdays and had our monthly
visit from Mrs.Winkie the librarian.

As the month and school year wind down we are

beginning to prepare for our Spring Program and
Graduation.

Rachel Johnson
Firelands Preschool Program Director and Teacher