Kindergarten Family Game Night

We are getting really excited for our Kindergarten Family Game Night. Please mark your calendars and join us on Tuesday,
February 7th at 5:30 P.M. Dinner will be at 5:30 followed by Tips
for Learning Success and game playing from 5:50 to 7:00. Every
child will receive a game as well as many other items to reinforce
academic concepts at home. Childcare for will be provided. All
Kindergarten students and their families are invited.

Teddy Bear Picnic

This year our Teddy Bear Picnic was attended by stuffed animals of all kinds. Unfortunately several of the kids were absent because of flooding in the valley. Our special friends helped us do our work, played with us, and ate lunch with us in our room. What a fun day!

Thanks

A big "THANK YOU" to the parents who:
   
     Helped their child decorate the turkey feather.  Our turkey is looking gorgeous with all its beautiful feathers.  (To the 50% who have yet to turn in their feather, it is not too late.) 

     Send their child to school with a backpack, folder and coat everyday.  Teaching them responsibility and routine will benefit them throughout their school career.

     Get their child to school on time (8:45 A.M.).  What a powerful message you are sending about the value and importance of education.

I appreciate all the support you give me and especially the support you give your child.  Thanks again.

Happy Halloween

Do you recognize any of these masked creatures?  They are pretty scary!  It was a day of wiggles and lots of excitement.  At the end of the day the brave ones sampled Mrs. Thomas' Magic Witches Brew and ate cookies.  Then it was out the door and on to a night of trick or treating.

Fabulous Field Trip

Our field trip to the Hands On Children's Museum was awesome!  The kids spent two hours exploring all the exibits and working up an appetite.  We ate our lunch on the capitol campus lawn.  The big trees had lost a lot of their leaves and provided plenty of leaf throwing fun.  Then it was back to school.  A big THANK YOU to the chaperones -- we couldn't go on field trips without you.

Leaves and Trees

Since it wasn't raining today we went on a walk to look at the trees and their leaves.  Everyone had a magnifying glass and their science journal.  They each did a bark rubbing in their journal and then explored the leaves and trees with their magnifying glasses.  We found a big piece of bark on the ground and underneath were several bugs which were passed around and carefully examined, we looked at a spider and watched it wrap its prey in silk, and then we found worms!  What could be better than that!

Lego Mania

The Lego center is a big draw at choice time.  Each day their creations become more elaborate and I like listening to their explanations of what they have made.  What I like the most is that they play well together and share the Legos.