Science day Physical and chemical change

Kindergarten investigated chemical change and physical change this week in science. We made ice cream, volcano's, floated the m's off M&M's and blew balloons up. It was very exciting. I think hey liked the ice cream most of all. (who doesn't like ice cream?) I can't thank you parents enough for all your help this year for hands on Science day! The students really love having their parents share in the fun. Many of you have asked for the ice cream recipe, I will get it to you this week.

Peter Pan

Don't forget Monday (March 7) we are going to see Peter Pan at Lewis University. The students should come in uniform and if they are staying all day they will need a lunch and a drink. If you pre-ordered a special lunch then their lunch is taken care of. We will each when we return from the play. I am looking forward to it, they always put on a really cute show! See you tomorrow.

Dr. Bronke

This week Dr. Bronke (Mrs. Wind) came to our class to talk about dental health. She brought us so many great things to take home. (masks, gloves,dental mirrors and tooth brushes) She also talked to us about our teeth and why it is important to brush them at least 2 times a day for 2 minutes and floss at least 1 time a day. She brought her extra set of teeth that we all got to practice brushing on. Thank you Dr. Bronke for all the information on dental health.

The Cat in the Hat

This week we celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday. We made some really cool hats and read so many fun books as well as watched a few crazy Seuss movies. Ask them about the Lorax. We read the story and watched the movie and compared the similarities and differences between the two. They are so smart, they picked up on so many little things, that I didn't notice at first.

Exciting News!!!

Kindergarten is getting a Smart Board!!!! I am so excited about this. There are so many great interactive activities we will be able to do. The learning activities are endless!.
I am not sure when the installation will be complete, but I hope it is soon!
I will keep you posted!!!!

February Activities

Wow, I can't believe this is the end of February

We celebrated so much this month: our 100th day, Valentines Day, Presidents Day and Science day. I apologize for not updating our blog, it has been a crazy month, but now that things are back to normal I promise I will update each week.

Our 100th day celebration was so much fun. We celebrated by doing several 100 day activities and eating cupcakes. My favorite activity was to lick a lolly pop 100 times. I think they enjoyed it too! Didn't they look cute in their crowns and glasses. We looked forward to this day all year. We finally had 100 straws in our bundle pack, and we put a $1.00 bill in our piggy bank. How exciting.

We celebrated Valentines day with a party, I am sorry I had to miss it, but I heard the kids had a great time. I would love to see pictures if anyone has any. Thank you for the special valentines Mrs. Lessentien and I received from you.

We also celebrated Presidents Day by learning about George Washington and Abe Lincoln. We learned so many great facts, created a class book about them and made some really cute Presidents that are hanging in our hall.

Finally, our science day this month was exploring our 5 senses. I love this science day, we learned about out taste buds, we had fun feeling the objects in the socks, and we got to taste many different things. The lemon tasting was priceless. Thank you parents for all your help with our science days. I couldn't do it without any of you!

Teddy Bear Math

Well, as most of you have heard we have a snow day for Wednesday, February 2nd. I hope everyone stays indoors and stays safe!

Last week we talked about Bears, we will finish up our unit this week (if the snow allows). We had lots of fun the day we brought our Teddy Bears to school. So many different Bears! We decided to graph them. We discussed their size, their color, and how they were dressed (or not). We got out our big graph and went to work! It was so much fun!!!! We really love our floor graph. Its fun to gather around it and be part of the graphing.