Well, it’s been another fun and busy two weeks here in the Kindergarten Super Stars. For the first of the two weeks we celebrated train week where the children constructed their own train and turned it into a reading train! The stories and some math ... [Read More]
Friendly Foxes Week 8
Dear Friendly Fox Families, We had a fun week last week focusing on the season of Fall, pumpkins, and leaves! We started our week with creating some texture painted forests using Fall colors. The children thought it was fun and silly to paint ... [Read More]
Honey Bees :: Week Eight
Dear Honey Bee Families, If only the leaves would really turn it would feel like fall. I'm hoping for leaf crowns and leaf art in the coming week. Last week our final school monarch took flight, we read about Johnny Appleseed, played in sensory ... [Read More]
Honey Bees :: Week Seven
Dear Honey Bee families, I love that we could brave the rain and flooding and continue to come to school last week. Our class started talking about apples and orchards. On Tuesday we peeled and chopped apples for applesauce, and on Wednesday I ... [Read More]
Friendly Foxes Week 7
Dear Friendly Fox Families, We had a busy and short week last week in the Friendly Fox classroom! The children came in on Tuesday to find that our pretend kitchen had been transformed in a Farmer's Market. They have been having so much ... [Read More]
Friendly Foxes Week 6
Hello Friendly Fox Families We had a busy and fun week last week learning all about apples and the season of fall! We spent time playing with green apple pie scented play dough, reading books about apples, and creating beautiful apple art to hang ... [Read More]
Kindergarten Super Stars Week 6
It’s hard to believe that it has already been six weeks since we started this school year! This week was the usual flurry of activity including learning about Vincent Van Gogh and the children had a great time painting Starry Night. For social ... [Read More]
Honey Bees :: Week Six
Week six is a big marker for me. Full time children have been with us for almost thirty days, and we have created a rhythm to our days. Separation anxiety backs away, and we just know what is going to happen next. As a group we have gained confidence ... [Read More]
Kindergarten Weeks 4 and 5
Whew! we have had a busy time here in the Kindergarten classroom. For math we have been working on becoming more confident in writing and counting from 1-100 as well as dipping our toes into the concept of addition. We have also been learning ... [Read More]
Friendly Foxes Weeks 4 and 5
Hello Friendly Fox Families, We have been having lots of fun in our class over the past two weeks! Two of our Monarch butterflies came out of their chrysalises, and we got to release them together on the playground. The children sang ... [Read More]