Last weekend we celebrated Mothers' Day a bit early with my mom...we enjoyed a delicious CREPE BAR!
Here's to all you moms and folks who fill the "mom" shoes out there,
Thanks for being you!
You are the most important teacher in your child's life!
Enjoy your day!
Here's to all you moms and folks who fill the "mom" shoes out there,
Thanks for being you!
You are the most important teacher in your child's life!
Enjoy your day!
We've added a few new stations around the room...
The Pet Shop toys are a hit!
The Pet Shop toys are a hit!
The bird station is fun to explore!
All week long we've been working here and there on making Mothers' Day gifts and cards.
Here is one little guy making the beginning of a lovely flower filled card by using BUBBLES to create the illusion of hydrangas!
Here is one little guy making the beginning of a lovely flower filled card by using BUBBLES to create the illusion of hydrangas!
More pics of the completed cards are farther down on this post...
Tuesday brought new morning challenges:
Bird addition...
Tuesday brought new morning challenges:
Bird addition...
Months of the year order...
Bird sentences...
We began our science topic of GASES SOLIDS and LIQUIDS with this exciting experiment:
We added a solid (packed baking soda) to a liquid (vinegar) and trapped the gas created by the chemical reaction in the balloon! It was pretty cool!
We added a solid (packed baking soda) to a liquid (vinegar) and trapped the gas created by the chemical reaction in the balloon! It was pretty cool!
We then sorted objects into SOLID LIQUID GAS:
and then created our own list:
Tuesday's centers included:
Counting by 5s bluebirds read the room...
Solids Liquids and Gas
STATES OF MATTER:
Build a Word flower spinners...
Spring Scene Search...Number words!
(oops the group photo did not turn out)
Moms, don't peek...
Everyone else, aren't these the cutest?
Moms, don't peek...
Everyone else, aren't these the cutest?
On Wednesday we generated bird words!
Each kid had to describe a bird using adjectives or a descriptive or telling phrase and then name a type of bird!
Each kid had to describe a bird using adjectives or a descriptive or telling phrase and then name a type of bird!
Oh, JOY! The Pizza Parlour dramatic play center is open for business! More pics further down...
Here is our Yy treat...Yyyyummmy Yoplait Yogurt!
and our Qq treat...Quaker granola bars!
Thank you to everyone who helped with snacks this year!
These were our last two for 2017-2018!
Pizza Parlour Photo!
These were our last two for 2017-2018!
Pizza Parlour Photo!
The spotlight on artists continues with Ms. Kay in the library.
On Wednesday the kiddos learned about Georgia O'Keefe and then created their own O'Keefe style chalk drawings!
Another pizza shot...
Here's those cards from the bubble paint activity.
ADORABLE!
and here's some fantastic pictures the kids drew of their moms!
We have another birthday boy!
And here's more pet shop pics...
Thursday's centers included:
120 Chart Puzzles...
120 Chart Puzzles...
Flower Shop playdough brain break...
Springtime words...
What's it made of?
Science table...
Good reads...
Friday's new morning challenges included:
Days of the week order...
CH SH TH WH sound sorting...
Long and short vowel sounds...
On the morning chart the kids wrote about their moms!
Friends playing!
This little lady asked to continue to 120 chart puzzles!
Wow!
Yep, another birthday boy!
For a bonus activity, this smartie is writing numbers on a long scroll...at the time of this photo he just got to 100!
Later in the day, he and a friend took turns writing numerals and they are over 200 now!
And now for the week of May 14-18:
Reading: review all star words, vowels, ing ending
Math: Graphing
Theme: Pond
Science: pushes and pulls, forces!
and magnets!
BIG NEWS:
Free Breakfast for
Parents & kids Tues. May 22 7-8am
Oxbow Zoo Thurs. May 24
1:OO Dismissal Fri May 25
Last Day of School~Friday, June 1
Kindergarten Lunch with Families 12:00
Kindergarten Concert 12:30
Graduation Ceremony afterwards
