Monday's Tattler

A little warmer week this week! Good morning!

This is farm week. We will look at farms and farming and even do a little of our own. Growing things is a human condition. Growing things teaches children all kinds of virtues like patience, and gentleness, and observing. We will talk about the plants at school and how we take care of them, what they need to grow, and what they offer us as owners.

We will continue to work on our vocabulary. Please check the word wall at the front of the school and help re-teach and remind your child about the words he hears daily at school. Vocabulary is a thing that sets a child free of the constraints of non-communication. Communication is a lacking thing these days, and without the word power to get the point across, the child is hobbled by silence.

This week we will talk about Johnny Appleseed. He was a real character who lived in the East as a farmer - an apple farmer or nurseryman. He traveled much of his life sewing apple seeds, making friends and taming wild animals. He never wore shoes and wore a pan on his head. Many of his apple trees are still around and that was two hundred years plus ago!

On Friday we will be going to the farm at Mayse Farm. We will learn about growing corn and about growing broccoli, and other things on the farm. We will take a hay ride and do some maze running.

Then it's a picnic at the park.

Have a great week!