Once there was a snowman…

We missed Nikkya today, and hope she has a wonderful time on vacation!!! Travel home safely.

Today we reviewed some of the letters that we have done so far. I have each letter drawn on a popsicle stick, and each  kiddo got to draw a stick and see what letter they were going to draw on the board.

Addisyn had an uppercase A, and Evelyn had a lowercase h

Bennett had a lowercase c, and Kaden an uppercase D

Cannon had an uppercase H, and Sayla an upercase E

Logan a lowercase g, and Deegan a lowercase f.

Miss Abigail had an uppercase A

We were actually reviewing Gg, and Hh. So that is what our worksheet was! They are all getting very good at doing the worksheet. I am so proud of them.

For our craft we made Snowman. They each had to cut out the circles, glue them on the blue paper. Then we pulled apart cotton balls so it looked like he was made of snow. Then you have to have a top hat, a scarf… buttons… eyes and a carrot nose!

        

After snack we talked about the importance of BEING HAPPY!!!

We read this cute little book:

When it was over, I asked each of them what made them happy. Here is what they said:

Addisyn: “Playing with my Dad and Brothers.”

Evelyn: “Playing with David and Charlie.”

Sayla: “Seeing a ball.”

Deegan: “A bird in a cloud.”

Kaden: “Playing on Dad’s phone.”

Logan: “Going camping with Mom and Dad and my sister.”

Cannon: “Going camping with mom, dad and my brothers, and playing planets & zombies.”

Abigail: “Going camping with mommy and daddy.”

Bennett: “Swinging and Sliding.”

Hope you all have a HAPPY afternoon!!!

C’s & D’s, and Flag Day

Oh what a busy fun day it was today. It makes for a really good day when the kids are cooperative, willing, and excited!

First, Cason was so excited to tell us all about his time with Spark.

Here is some of what they did together…

• Let sister take a nap with Spark.
• Took Spark to visit cousins.
• Took Spark to church and let him wait in the car.
• Let Spark sleep with him at night.
• Read Scriptures together.
• Took Spark for a ride in the jeep.
• Spark loved it when he spun him around.

I am so glad that you took such good care of him Cason, and you two had so much fun!!!

Today was all about C’s & D’s. Our main focus was on Dinosaurs. We made fossils today! The kids were excited about them. We had to do them first thing since they had to cook. I hope the 2 hours was long enough. They were still a little soft!

We also did Flags for Flag day. Here is a little information about flag day;

Flag Day not as widely recognized as other major holidays around the world and it does take a “back seat” to July 4. But Flag Day is meant to draw attention to the so-called “stars and stripes” that make up the flag of the United States of America. This flag pattern was created and adopted as the official flag of the U.S. shortly after the country declared its independence from England.

This day became special in the early months of the Civil War. Apparently the first celebration took place in 1861 in Connecticut. Less than two decades later, the federal government declared that all public buildings should display the flag on June 14 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the flag’s adoption (1777-1877). That was the beginning of what is now an annual event. June 14 of each year is very popular now, though it is not an official holiday, as are July 4, Memorial Day.

Some of our flags ended up being red, white, and pink! But the kids loved it, and that is what it is all about.      

While the paint was drying they made dinosaurs out of play dough…soon they ended up putting all sorts of animals in the dough. Such imaginations!

    

The finished projects… Happy Flag Day tomorrow!

     

For free play they all started out outside. That didn’t last very long for most of them. It was cold, and starting to storm. But, Bridger & Deegan found themselves occupies shooting birds…

The girls played dress up, and were beautiful princesses…

And Cason wanted to be the baby puppy when he came in from outside…

It is so cute to listen to them play, and interact with each other. They played “Star Wars” today, Justin Beiber was eating lunch with them at one point, and so so much more!

Emma got to take Spark home, so it will be fun to see what great adventure they go on over the next few days!

Review…Review…Review…

We only have a few weeks left before school is out {tears…}, So last week I did some assessment of the kids to see what areas they needed that last little push of knowledge in before school is over on the 26th.

One of the things I noticed through my assessment is that most of the kiddos write their whole name in uppercase letters, so today we practiced writing it in lowercase letters. Habits are a little hard to break, so it has been a little challenging for them to change the way they have done it all year, but they are all doing so well with it, and catching on so quickly!

     

After they completed the name worksheet, it was more review…

Online there are so many resources. I combined two worksheets, the first one they could associate the letter A with apple, alligator, and angel. Then they practiced properly writing the letter A in uppercase and lowercase letters. This was done as a final review of the letters A,B,C,D,E,F,and G.

     

For my Parents: Please continue to work with them on the lowercase b, and d. These are a little confusing for some, and they write them backwards.

There was  a lot of busy work for the kids. And so we had to take a few breaks… 1 was snack. Thanks Emma for the wonderful go-gurts. They were the perfect treat.

Another break was for puzzle time…

     

Each student was given 4 letter puzzle pieces. I like this because they had to work together to create something wonderful. After some great teamwork they were able to put the Alphabet Train together. It is over 10feet long. They were very excited and proud of themselves when it was all finished. What an accomplishment.

We also watched a little bit of our site words movie. The kids were acting out what the letters were doing… I thought it was just too cute not to include.

Here they are stirring the magic potion…with the word “his.”

Here they are being little pigs in a mud bath…with the little “on” pig

For my parents: I sent home with your children a registration form for the Summer Preschool Program. It needs returned with the $25.00 registration fee before Sunday May 15, 2011, if you are interested in enrolling them in the summer program. Thanks for all you do!