> We all get bit by it ever once in a while dont we ? The angry monster comes up and bites us on the hiney and we start to yell… and yell … and cry and kick. No, I didnt explain anger to the children like that . This blog is for YOU… so […]
Puddle Jumpers
>Today our lesson plans said ” Feelings and Emotions,” but several of the kids came in all wound up about the thunderstorm that was happening when they arrived at school. A couple of them were expressing very STRONG emotions about something. I cant help but think that it had something to do with the weather […]
Not even a mouse…
> Our first nap time of this year just started and so far so good…. We have had no screamers or runners. As the norm we started the ” I gotta go potty one more time” parade. This early in the year you hate to say “no” even if they just went. This is the […]
Friday
> We made it to the end of our first week. I could tell many of the kids were really getting worn out near then end. There is very little ” sitting and relaxing” while the kids are here. These kids go 100 MPH for the most part. Hopefully the weekend will give them time […]
Who are your friends ?
> Today, day 2, was a much better day. I felt more accomplished and focused. I think the kdis felt more comfortable. Our first goal is to learn our friends names. We played name games all day. The first one was a matching game with our pictures. All of the pictures were face up on […]
Open House
> What a great Open House we had. I hope that everyone left as pumped about our new year as I was. It was wonderful to meet the new sweet kids and families and to see the ” oldies” again after the summer. It is amazing how much growing a child does in the summer […]
Last Day
> The last day and we get to add one more visiting animal to our list of pets brought in by the kids. Kimber and his mommy found this turtle on the road and brought it in the share with us. We did end up sitting him outside . He became a little stinky. 🙂 […]
This is why I do it !
>Caught Kayla revisiting a book we read earlier in the week. This video is why I do what I do. This is how I know it is working. Kindergarten readiness indicators ( Off the Arkansas DHS Website) In this one activity Kayla is showing proficiency in numbers : 1, 3, 4, 11 and 18. And […]