Curious Cats!!!

Week 7-Curious Cats!

Welcome, to Curious Cats week! A week to celebrate children’s curiosity and playfulness! Cats appear in many popular films, including: Cats, The Broadway Musical! Cats have a grace and elegance to them. They run with rhythm, pounce with vigor, and explore with excitement!

Housekeeping: Suzanne Hatch, our service coordinator, is gladly accepting donated items to be brought to The Christmas Box House in November. You may bring any of the following items to class and drop them in the blue bin: toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, soap for sensitive skin, new socks, new underwear, new jeans, new t-shirts, new sweatshirts (any size for the listed items). These items are given to the children they provide housing for until they find permanent residency.

October 30th Halloween Pictures Fundraiser for Typhoon Victims! Sheryll Lynne Photography is coming on October 30th to take pictures of your child in his/her Halloween costume for a fee of $15 to help raise money for the Typhoon victims in the Philippines. You must pre-pay by this Friday in order reserve your spot. You may include your friends in this fundraiser and they may enjoy the Halloween festivities with us in class under a free-trial basis. You may reserve your friend’s spot by bringing his/her $15 to class on Friday. You will receive either: one 5 by 7, two 4 by 6’s, or eight wallets. You may order additional sizes and quantities at an additional cost to be worked out with Sheryll, the photographer.

Rock Stars! We are going to have a great time exploring the theme of Curious Cats! Moving like a cat can be so much fun! We will explore jumping, pouncing, running, pawing, sniffing, licking, rolling, and snuggling like a cat during Running Revolution! We will dance like cats to Everybody Want To Be A Cat from the animation Aristocats. The obstacle course will be brought back for exploration time with two added centers: a kitchen musical center and cat exploration box. Magnifying glasses will be introduced to encourage the Rock Stars to take a closer look at the things in their environment and talk about them! We will sing the song I’m a Little Kitten to the tune of I’m a Little Teapot! This week is a big one for exploring rhythm. We will use an African Children’s song called Tu! Tu! Gbovi to explore ostinato rhythm. We will explore musical instruments to an African drum rhythm. We will finish off class with shape collage animal art (while listening to Mozart) and the book Kitten’s First Full Moon!

Superstars! Get ready for a fun class full of exploration! We will jump, pounce, run, paw, sniff, lick, roll, stretch, meow, and purr! Dancing to Everybody Wants To Be A Cat will be a blast with cat ears on our heads! The obstacle course is coming back with two added stations: kitchen musical play and a special cat bag to explore with our magnifying glasses! We will sing the song I’m A Little Kitten to the tune of I’m a Little Teapot! It’s important to work on our rhythm, so, we will clap to an African children’s song called Tu! Tu! Gbovi! Then, we’ll bring out some musical instruments to explore to some African drum rhythms. We will finish off class with shape collage animal art (while we listen to Mozart) and enjoy the story Kitten’s First Full Moon!

See you, Friday!