We are 100 days smarter!

We have a very active 100th day of school. We did numerous activities involving the number 100. Leading up to today, we created fruit loop necklaces and hundreds day hats. During the day we wrote all the numbers from 1-100, we saw how many times we could write our name in 100 seconds, we created pictures of us at 100 years old, we did a writing piece about what we could not do at the beginning of the year and what we can now do after 100 days and we also counted to 100 by 1's, 5's and 10's.  Many of the kinders dressed up as if they were 100 years old including myself. Check out our pictures.

Happy Birthday Kansas!

The kinders have learned a lot about our state symbols and they were excited to share the crafts and learning experience with their family members.

Tuesday, all three Kindergarten classes went through a rotation from class to class to create a Kansas symbol. In Mrs. Bowman's room, the kids made the State of Kansas with graham crackers, frosting and candy corn. In Mrs. Ropp's room, the kids made a box turtle with a bowl and tissue paper and in my room, the kids made honeybees with toilet paper tubes. At the end, all 60 kinders sang songs that they had worked hard on learning.

Preparing for Kansas Day!

With Kansas Day quickly approaching, we have been busy learning about the different symbols. We have learned about sunflowers, Jayhawks, buffalos and the state flag. We have also been joining all three Kinder classes to learn songs to sing around our "campfire" during our Kansas Birthday Celebration (Tuesday, Jan. 9th 2:15pm-3:30pm). The kids have been working hard and we hope that you can come celebrate Kansas Day with us!  Here are some photos of the things we have been working on.

Polar Express and Winter Party

I was excited for a snow day but bummed that we missed our Winter Party. Today we had our rescheduled party and the kids had a blast. We began by watching a read aloud of the Polar Express. This kids enjoyed "hot chocolate" chocolate milk and apple juice.We then went back to our room where there was centers set up around the room for them to participate in. Center one was decorating a gingerbread house, center two was putting peanut butter on a cardboard gingerbread man cut out and dipping it in bird seed to hang outside for the birds. Center three was snack (awesome snowman made out of cheese and crackers, gingerbread cookies and smoothies) and the fourth center was a snowman target where the kids threw velcro balls at it and won prizes if they stuck. 

Enjoy the photos that I took!

Teen Number Snow-people

We made teen number snow-people to help us with learning our teen numbers!

Fabulous Fun Fitness Friday

Once a month, Quail Run as a Fabulous Fun Fitness Friday. The students are encouraged to wear athletic clothes because we will be participating in various activities thought out the day. On January's FFFF, Mrs. Boyack (Matthew's mom) was invited to educate the entire school about creative movement and dance. Each grade level signed up for a 15 minutes time slot throughout the day. During our time, I snapped some photos to share with all of you! Mrs. Boyack has also been able to come into our classroom a few times this school year to help us in linking our curriculum with movement. It was great for the kids to be able to learn about the different seasons and rhyming words all while moving their bodies and tapping into their kinesthetic learning abilities.

Marshmallow Points

During the month of January we will be earning marshmallow points. The kids will be working as a group with the people at their tables to earn marshmallows in their mug. Once they have filled their mug, they get to eat lunch in the classroom with me and I will give them a cup of hot cocoa with marshmallows. Tables can earn points by working quietly and efficiently, being kind to each other, helping each other when they need help, and following directions. Working together as a group I have noticed that the kids tend to help motivate each other to do the right thing!