>One of our activities today was looking in a suitcase. First we discovered that the suitcase had WHEELS! We talked about why a suitcase might have wheels and why we would use one. Then, I asked ” what do you think is inside my suitcase?” I got answers like toys and dinosaurs. 🙂 Then I […]
Category: <span>parent involvement</span>
- by Debbie
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Chinese New Year
>What a very fun day! If our QA person would have come today , they would have been impressed! The day started out with Anna’s dad, Jason, stopping in to visit and make origami with the kids. I knew Anna had brought some in before so thought that adding this would be perfect today! The […]
- by Debbie
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Mommy and Me
> What a great night. Even though I am exhausted I am smiling. I love spending time with the moms . The mom’s and kids made cake in a cup tonight. We had mixed reviews but the one thing they all said was – it could use a little more sugar. Since I am on […]
- by Debbie
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I’m scared
>What makes you scared? When I go to bed and my mommy forgets to turn the closet light on. When there is a tornado. We had a lot of fun discussions today on what we are scared of. We also journaled about being scared. In circle time we looked at different pictures of people that […]
- by Debbie
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The Tortilla Factory
>Today we had a special visitor . Rosanna’s mother came to school to talk to us about Honduras, her home country. She read us a book called ” The Tortilla Factory” that explained how tortillas are made . The book talked about the ” brown hands ” that turned the black earth and made yellow […]
- by Debbie
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Welcome winter
> We started off our day making a little something for the birds. I had cut out the word WELCOME on poster board and the kids help me string it and cover each letter with glue. Then we proceeded to make a yummy welcome sign for the birds that visit our play ground and might […]
- by Debbie
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Jingle Bells
> Mrs. Beth has hung out with us a little today . My dad is still very weak and my mother had chemotherapy and was afraid to leave him alone. Randy is his best bud and Beth was off, so this was an easy fix. Please continue to pray for my parents and their health. […]
- by Debbie
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Get well Soon friends !
> Many of our friends are home sick today. FIVE are out! They seem to be feeling ok but running low grade temps. Sharae ( above )was feeling ok but “playing dead.” Jaden showing the kids how it is done! Katie… quiet as a mouse. Jaden’s 5th birthday was today so her mom came and […]
- by Debbie
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Salt Dough Ornaments
> We found ICE outside. We play while we learn. More ornament making! They love these little scratch activities and well… it looks like a pencil grip. Sneaky huh? A little elf snuck back in from yesterday… who could that be? Clara’s mom, Jessica, came to help the children paint salt dough ornaments today. I […]
- by Debbie
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Flu Shots? Really?
> Today has been eventful. I put out clay this morning for the kids. Modeling clay is a little harder for the kids to manipulate. I heard several of the kiddos say ” Someone left this playdoh’s lid off, it’s hard.” Jaden ended up tearing hers in pieces and making and L . She was […]