Dear Parents,
   We have been learning about the wonders and beauty of things showing new life in our study of spring.  We watched the trees bud, flower, and grow leaves.  We have watched the grass get nice and green and long enough for mowing.  We also learned that the weather can be unpredictable, but each day, one child gives us the weather report for that day.  Many of the children have learned to recognize numbers and some letters.  Shapes, opposites, and rhyming words have also been introduced to the children.  Presently, we are watching a seed as it sprouts roots, and hopefully a plant.  The children have also planted seeds to watch and care for.
  This month, we are including lessons about Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.  We will learn about our responsibility to keep our world clean and safe for both people and animals and how we can use materials that might be considered trash to make different things.  Do you have a recycling bin at your house?  Does your child know the difference between recycles and garbage?  Can your child help you to sort things into the proper containers?
  We continue using the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, recalling what we had learned about the Liturgical Calendar.  The children remembered the seasons of Advent, Christmas, Ordinary Time and Lent as well as the colors associated with those seasons.  As we introduced the Easter season, the children noticed that White is the color associated with both Christmas and Easter because they are both times of celebration of special events in the life of Jesus.  The children are also learning how to pray the Rosary in honor of our Blessed Mother.
  I wish all of you a blessed Easter Season an a pleasant Spring.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Sr. Anne