Hello, Bluebird Families! This week we kept our schedule a little more flexible so we could play outside when it wasn't raining. We had a lot of fun getting pretty muddy sometimes, so thanks so much for doing extra laundry and replenishing your ... [Read More]
The Honey Bees :: Week 10
Did any of your children tell you that Candace, our fish, died last week? We spent a lot of time talking about it at circletime, and it has come up a lot during the week. Some of the kids saw the fish barely swimming during the after school program ... [Read More]
The Friendly Foxes :: Week 10
Hello, Friendly Fox Families!We had another wonderful week together. It was a more free-form time for us, as we found ourselves reading the energy of the children and the day and we found ourselves happily changing all our plans to go with the flow. ... [Read More]
Bluebirds Week Nine
Hello, Bluebird Families! We had another great week in Kindergarten! We are still reading Charlotte's Web. We read about how Wilbur tried to spin a web like Charlotte and decided to try it ourselves, weaving yarn on paper plates and writing messages ... [Read More]
The Friendly Foxes :: Week 9
Hello, Friendly Fox Families!What a wonderful week of Pumpkin studies and fun we have had! We are also still enjoying this gorgeous Autumn we are having along with the mild weather. The children seem very comfortable and settled at school and some ... [Read More]
The Honey Bees :: Week 9
The Honey Bees continued some fun counting by putting ten apples up on top of their own heads. They are up in the hall if you haven't taken a look. We are still working on identifying our own name... or "finding our letter". We followed the glue ... [Read More]
Bluebirds Week Eight
Hello, Bluebird Families! Our field trip to the pumpkin patch at Joe's Trees was so incredible! On the drive there, we noticed beautiful nature all around us. First, we saw a black bear run out of Jefferson National Forest, all the way across 4 ... [Read More]
The Friendly Foxes :: Week 8
Hello, Friendly Foxes Families!What a wonderful week of Apples and Autumn we have had. We have definitely felt as though we experienced all four seasons this week while playing outdoors, but have enjoyed noticing what it means when Autumn arrives. ... [Read More]
Honey Bees : Week 8
Fall really burst through this week with sweaters, raincoats, boots, and crisp fall weather. We loved the return of mud to our playground. The Honeybee's Monday book was Kitten's Autumn, and we read about what animals do when fall comes. We played ... [Read More]
Bluebirds Week Seven
Hello, Bluebird Famlies! We enjoyed lots of name activities this week! We traced and wrote our names on paper, used popsicle sticks to write our names in playdough, sculpted our names out of playdough, and built our names with magnetic letters to ... [Read More]