Mexican Fiesta

We had a fun week learning about Mexico! We made sugar skulls, maracas, and ended the week with a fiesta. Click on the link below to see pictures from the fiesta!

https://youtu.be/GUx-kK6L7vw

Teddy Bear "T" Party

We had a terrific week learning about letter Tt!! We "visited" Thailand and painted beautiful Thai elephants.  Friday, we ended the week with a Teddy Bear "T" party! The teddy bears loved being able to come to school and snack on Teddy Grahams and apple "tea". The boys were top hats and the girls wore tiaras. We talked about table manners and etiquette. It was a really fun day!

Click the link to see pics from the "T" party!

https://youtu.be/_pXhEaekNQg




Stay tuned for pictures from our fiesta! We are "visiting" Mexico!

A is for Awesome!

This week we "visited " Africa and learned about the letter Aa. Thursday, we had an apple tasting and graphed our favorite kind! It looks like yellow apples were their favorite!

 Yes,  those are Christmas napkins! Why can't we be merry and bright in August?! Ha!

In health, Mr. Myers taught them that we live in Lamar County!

They LOVE getting to sit in " big kid" desks.


3 weeks of Kindergarten... DONE! 

Gingerbread Week

We had so much fun this week!  The kids are doing a great job of learning all of the procedures and expectations. We are finally getting into the swing of things, and it's going to be an awesome year! Throughout the week, we read many versions of the Gingerbread Man. The kids created puzzles and puppets, and on Thursday we made our very own Gingerbread man! I took him to the cafeteria to bake, and during nap time he jumped out of the oven and ran away!!! Friday, we went on a hunt around to school to find our Gingerbread Man. We finally found him and the kids were very excited to eat him!

Click on the link to see pictures from the week!

https://youtu.be/QOxo0iYfC28

                                                                 1st Day of School

Welcome to Kindergarten!!

Welcome to our class blog! This is where I will post pictures and videos of all the amazing things we do in class each week! Be sure the subscribe to my Youtube channel and keep up with blog posts! I'm very excited to get to know you all! We are going to have a fabulous year!


1st day of school- August 7th

Check out our school website for more info!!

https://ogll.lamarcountyschools.org/

Cultural Arts Week

During cultural arts week, Kindergarten students learned about Japan. On Friday, the students participated in rotations that included a Japanese tea ceremony, sushi restaurant, fan dancing, martial arts, and origami making. It was a really fun day!


https://youtu.be/8IhkUArOPM0

Q and U Wedding / Dr. Seuss

Here are the links to view the Q and U wedding and Dr. Seuss week! A big shout to Jo Ignatius for planning the reception and being our photographer! You are awesome and so appreciated! 

https://youtu.be/bYV2yqfjnX0

Q and U wedding

https://youtu.be/2BPDeuRhwPA

Dr. Seuss Week 

Stayed tuned for Japan week and our Easter "Egg-stravaganza"!

Have a great week! 

December

Click the link below to see pictures from December! It's hard to believe half of the year is already over! I'm so proud of how much these kids have accomplished in just 5 months!

https://youtu.be/gpPb-T4IyB8

November

We had so many fun events during October and November!

Check it out! Click the link below!

https://youtu.be/G241yH4RwBA

October Adventures

We had such a super fun week at Longleaf! We started the week off learning about dinosaurs and paleontologists! The kids really enjoyed digging for fossils and using the "bones" to create their very own dinosaur. Thursday morning we celebrated all of the awesome dads by hosting "Donuts with Dad"! 

Click the link below to see pictures from Donuts with Dad!

https://youtu.be/-F9bQlVjco4


Friday, we went to Mitchell Farms! The weather was great, and we all had a fabulous time! Thank you to all of the chaperones! I'm sure everyone slept well that night!

Here is the link to Mitchell Farms Pictures!

https://youtu.be/Z_c5zjNKXZs

Alphabet Fashion Show

    Wow! October is here and full of fun! During the 1st 9 weeks of school, the kids worked really hard to recognize and produce the sound of all the letters in the alphabet. I like to call this "Alphabet Bootcamp". I am very pleased with how much all of the kids have grown academically in just two months! After a much needed long fall break, we returned to school to celebrate the end of Alphabet Bootcamp by having a Fashion Show! Last year, we had the fashion show in the classroom, but I thought it would be neat to make it a fun event for all Kindergarten students and let older grades watch. The kids were a little overwhelmed by the crowd of people watching, but they had a great time! I loved seeing all of their adorable costumes and hearing all of the sweet comments they shared with each other.
     We also had a special visitor come to our classroom Friday. Ms. Alex teaches down the hall from our room and likes to stop by and chat every afternoon when we are lining up to dismiss. She mentioned to the kids that she was going to get a baby hedgehog over fall break and would bring it by for them to see. They were very excited to see her!

I gave certificates and popsicles to the students who met the Rookie Reader goal for the 1st 9 weeks! Rylan was the top reader in our class! Way to go Rylan! He read over 75 books.

Click the link below to see pictures from our fashion show!

https://youtu.be/gxsaAMGWQIY

Pajamas and Pancakes!

This week we "visited" Paris! The kids really enjoyed painting portraits of the Eiffel Tower! They turned out really cute.

They are doing a great job with sentence writing! #fingerspaces

I loved seeing everyone dressed up for picture day! 

They are also working hard to earn Dojo points! We have 9 kids in the Dojo Club so far! 

                                               Monday, we read the book The Pout Pout Fish.

We finished letter Pp week by wearing our pajamas to school and made petite pink pancakes! 

Click the link below to see pictures! 

https://youtu.be/4w2OEq5uK8M

A is for Awesome!

We had another great week in Kindergarten! I think we should have a 4 day school week every week! It's a known fact that if Kindergarten teachers can survive until Labor Day, the rest of the year will be great! It's so true. I feel like the kids have grown so much in the last month. They are becoming independent, and have settled in wonderfully.I love that I really know their personalities, strengths, and weaknesses. I  love to see friendships being made, but most of all I love hearing them say "I love school" as I'm putting them on the bus in the afternoon. Sweet babies...!!!


Last week we  "visited" Africa, tasted different kinds of apples, celebrated Bo's birthday, and enjoyed the beautiful weather outside! We ate lunch outside one day, and it was so nice! Now that the love bugs are starting to go away and the weather is cooling down a bit, we will get to eat outside a lot more!

Here are a few pictures from our Awesome... Amazing... A week!

                                           Apple Tasting!

                                                            Happy Birthday, Bo!

                                                           African Good Luck Hands

                                                 Green apples are our favorite!

                                                                     Spirit Day!

                                                    Alligator puppets!

Letter Bb Week!

Last week was very busy!! Monday, we took the MKAS and the kids did a great job of following directions! They were so quiet and patiently waited for their friends to finish! Tuesday, we boarded our private plane again and went to Beijing, China! The kids enjoyed locating Beijing on the globe and learning about the Chinese culture. They made dragon puppets and pandas. The pandas turned out absolutely adorable, but sadly I forgot to take pictures of them! Wednesday, was the third day without recess and to top it off, we had to sit and wait for the tornado warning to expire. Once again, the kids did a fabulous job! Our "safe spot" is another Kindergarten classroom that does not have windows. Thursday, we made homemade bread and butter! The kids enjoyed learning about the process of making bread and butter! We also made bees and beehives for letter Bb week!
Friday, we all were SOOO excited to see a little sunshine!!! We stayed outside a little longer than usual!

Here are a few pictures from the week!

                                                    Shake Shake Shake!!

Chinese Dragons

                                                        #Baygentsbees

                                                  Beaver puppets! They loved the song and dance.