Let's get outside and celebrate our independence in this wonderful July weather! This month we will be learning all about summer fun. Each week in July we will be concentrating on a different theme, including: parades, picnics, camping, the playground and the beach.

Concepts we will be working on include:
* Enhancing our vocabulary with action words and songs (slide, march, swim, climb, jump…)
* Finding and identifying our body parts during music circle
* Exploring different materials and objects in the sensory table (paper, dirt, water, and sand)

Here are some of the activities the kids will be doing:
* Creating fireworks with a paint covered Koosh ball
* Making and coloring shakers for the school-wide parade
* Painting and creating watermelons out of paper plates
* Painting fish with ice cubes
* Walking in sandy paint
* Tasting fruit chips, frozen treats, marshmallows and watermelon

In addition to all these fun activities, we will have a few swim days. So please bring in a few swim diapers for our little friends! We wish you and your family a safe, warm and very Happy 4th of July!

-The ICC Team