Family Night, Thursday, February 12, 2015

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OH GOSH! It Happened Anyway....

Grrr... I had such plans, such dreams...I'd blog at least every two weeks, once a week if I could pull it off.  Pfffttt! (That is how you spell that sound of every dream going up in smoke, right?)  Here it is the 32nd day of school, the 8th week and I am just getting back to my blog.  Oh well, I might as well be honest and tell you that the start to the year was not nearly as smooth as I would have liked.  Bumps and false starts, warts and all, but it is getting better.  Everyday I'm reminded that I may have 25 years of experience, but 17 four-year-olds can teach me new tricks and I better get with it!

So, we are in to FALL and APPLES and FARMS and PUMPKINS.  Two weeks ago we spent a beautiful Friday at Carter Mountain Orchard.  We went to apple school, went on a hayride, ate apple donuts and drank apple cider and finally picked apples.  Then the next week we made applesauce and mini apple pies with our own little apples and apple pickin' hands!  If you don't own an APPLE PEELER, CORER, SLICER, make the investment!  Not only does it make your cooking projects easier, the kids love using the little machine, with supervision.

This Friday?  

The Farm!  

Look out animals, here we come!

I'm Ready For You!

It's that time of year again.  I dream of school on a nightly basis.  Will I be on time?  Will all of the neat, cool, exciting things I planned all summer work?  Will I remember them?  I shudder. 

I've been in the classroom now for a couple of weeks.  I'm trying some different things.  Opening the classroom up, no more nooks and crannies.  I'm purging.  I've been teaching for 25 years now and I'm actually thinking about retiring in 10 years, so I'm sharing stuff, even furniture, I've held on to for years.  Seeing the things I love get a new life in a new teacher's classroom has been really nice.  It feels good.  I like to feel good!  I'm no longer worried about table space or chairs for each of my 17 students, we have floors and many "fun" chairs.  Things are gonna change.  Fewer "rules" more figuring it out together.  More enjoyment of the moment and each other.    Criss-Cross-Applesauce hurts your legs?  Mine too!  Sit comfortably, wiggle if you need to, just respect your neighbor and your classmates.  

Oh yeah, I'm ready for you.  Are you ready for me?!

Einstein

The Gingerbread Man!

Wow!  No post since October!  Ridiculous!  My only excuse is my school to home computer has not been functioning at home, and it's hard to find the time to post at school.

Enough excuses! 

Today was make a gingerbread man day, and wouldn't you know that rascal jumped right out of that pan and ran all over school!  Everyone was trying to help us find him and finally Mrs. Gordon found him in Mrs. Rohm's office.  Mrs. Gordon had to wrestle him back into the pan, but she got him!  As we were leaving the office, Liam suggested we cut his legs off so he couldn't run anymore.  And that's what we did.  Problem solved!

September in Pictures

We have been so busy in preschool that posting has gotten away from me!  Here are our missed weeks, in pictures!

Conducting the Marine Corp Band

Dancing

Using our New Stamps and Stamp Pads

Serving Lemonade on The Day of Caring

Listening to Mr. Montoya Read

Doctoring Babies

Trying on Mrs. Stollings' Cast

Sleeping!

Karaoke with Veggies

Funnels with Rice and Black Beans

Apple School

Hayrides

Apple Picking

Making Applesauce!

I'll try to do better!  

Hope you enjoyed our pictures.

A Week In and We Have Our Routine Under Control!

News from August 30.2013

We made it through our first full week, and boy are we tired!  The children work so hard in the morning; most fall asleep during rest time!  The children are adapting well to our routines and they are making friends and learning to share and take turns. 

Next week we will continue to talk about making friends and being a friend, as well as sharing and turn taking.  We will finish up The Rainbow Fish stories and artwork.  We will begin talking about our families and what makes us special.  Our shape for the week will be the square and our color will be yellow.  Please dress your child in something yellow on Friday!  We will also work on counting and recognizing numbers to 10, as well as our ABCs.  Another busy week ahead!

This year we have many children with food allergies in our class.  We have allergies to peanuts, strawberries, seafood, eggs, and artificial banana flavoring.  For this reason, I am asking parents NOT to send birthday food treats.  We will make a classroom celebration book for each birthday and sing happy birthday over lunch!  Please be in touch if you have questions.

Mark Your Calendar!

Monday, September 2^nd, NO SCHOOL.  Labor Day Holiday

Tuesday, September 3^rd, Back to School Night 6:30-8:00

Friday, September 6^th, PTO Ice Cream Social

Friday, September 27^th, Carter Mountain Orchard Learning Trip. 

Monday, September 30^th, NO SCHOOL.  Teacher Professional Development Day

Tuesday, October 8^th, Picture Day

Friday, October 25^th, Layz S Farm Learning Trip. 

Friday, October 25^th, Fall Festival

Monday, October 28^th, NO SCHOOL. Teacher Work Day