These kids have quickly become my best friends, and we got some alone time today on the playground...just me and my best friends. I'm a happy teacher!





















I love my job!

We also got more great Star of the Week snacks...Reed's Ritz crackers and raisins. Yummm!




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Peeking Reindeer

Santa sends his reindeer each night to make sure all boys and girls are doing what's right.






















These will be hung in the big school by the library for the holidays!




Let me also update you on our wonderful Star if the Week Reed!



Watch out!


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Letters to Santa

Chrsitmas is a comin, and we've got lots to do in PreK!  First things first...we must write letters to the big man (Santa) to fill him in on everything before it gets to close to THE day.  I sat with each child and typed word-for-word what each one said that they wanted to let Santa know.  These are pretty funny, so brace yourself.

Can you guess which one is your child's??

Dear Santa,

Hi Santa. Whatcha doin Santa?Hi Santa.  I’ve been good today and tomorrow.  Hi Santa.  I want a Barbie.  I want a toy for Christmas. 

XXX

 

Hey Santa,

I want a Spiderman shoes, Spiderman pants, Hulk slippers, airplanes, racecars, hot wheels, Star War pencil, a toy train, a gingerbread house. I can’t wait for you to come Santa!

Love,

XXX

Dear Santa,

I’ve been good.  I love your elf. I named it Jingles, but it’s actually named Jingle Bells, but we call it Jingles.  Well, I want a mini iPad.

Love,

XXX

 

Dear Santa,

I’ve been pretty nice. I like to play with my sister, and sometimes my momma plays games with me and my daddy.  And I want Stompies…Ive never had stompies.  What I mostly want a new tent.  When is Little Foot coming back?!  What are you doing Santa?

Bye Santa.

XXX

I love you Santa,

I want an Imaginauts Rocket Ship, with two men and a space station, and it comes with an alien that’s green.  I want a race car set, and wall track…it goes on your wall and there’s a chopping monster and saw, but those aren’t real.  I want to tell you about my baby brother.  He likes gumballs, and he likes wrestling, he likes video games, he likes hunting with me, he likes watching jet fighters with me, he likes playing in the pool with me.  One more thing, I want a Hot Wheels launcher…that’s what I want, and it’s going to be awesome.  And I want a jack-o-lantern video game.  I know the North Pole has snow wolves, they’re white wolves, and polar bears, and elves, and Santa.  I like Santa’s red suit, elves, and reindeer, and I like that the reindeer can fly.  I like gumballs too!!

Love,

XXXX

Santa Santa,

I’ve been good. My brother was playing.  I love the dinner mommy cooks me.  I want for Christmas is…an Iron Man bicycle, I want a sticker book, I want my own pencil case, that’s all.  One more thing, I want a new Tomas Train table. 

I love you Santa,

XXX

Santa,

There’s a freeze guy on Batman, and I want him.  I’ve been good.  There’s one more thing…I believe in you Santa!

Love you Santa,

XXX

Dear Santa,

I want something for Christmas.  I want a lego Batman2dc Super Heros Wii game, and I want all the Star War movies, and I want a trash bag toy, I want a Avenger movie, and I want Lego Batman, now I’m finished!  I don’t want any more toys.  I’ve been good everyday.

Love,

XXX

Merry Christmas!  I want a Lego vampire castle, and a Lego white cat bay, My sister has good, and what I thing she wants is a little double decker bed and it has two babies and a rocking horse.

Goodbye,

XXX

Dear Santa,

I’ve been good.  Well James got toys for his Birthday.  I want a toy.  Well I have one football, well I have lots of balls.  Well, I have some trains.

Love,

XXX

I like you Santa,

I need a new pencil.  I’ve been good.  I want a new puzzle and a new zebra hairbow. 

I can’t wait till Christmas!

 

XXX

Hey up Santa!

I’ve been bad.  Cause I scratch my mommas table.  I want more toys.  I like Dora.  I have jokes for my sister.  I have jokes for my mama too.  I have jokes for my dog. I have jokes for me.  I love this class.  I love my mommy.  I love my daddy.  I want to play with my horsey, the one that’s brand new…I saw it big, so I can put my dogs on it.  I love my Bell.

Love,

"Me"

Hi Santa,

I want a sky lander for Chirstmas…my brother has that.  My brother wants a sky lander giant, and I love you.  I want a bicycle, scooter, skateboard… I know I like skateboards.  See you later.

From,

XXX
 

Hi Santa,

I went to Granny’s.  I’ve been good.I want another Barbie doll, some more blocks, a ABC book, some more candy, and a candy cane.

From,

XXX

 

What’s up Santa?

My sister, her wants to have a pretty dress like mine.  I want a picture of my mama with a kitty cat holding her hand.  I love kitty cats.  I want you to give me a pretty doll house, and I want to have a girl turkey named Lexie, and I want to have a little hog cup, and I like to have some pretty flowers (doll flowers), and a pretty pretty dress with some little books I can read, and a doll pretty bed so I can play with when I have my dress on.  I like to have a little piggy bank with pennies and dollars in it to keep my dollars safe.  I want a little wrap thing that you swirl like a rope…you jump rope and swirl up in the sky and swing it like a dog.  I like to keep my paint, and I would like to keep my money safe, and I like to have 2 piggy banks.  I like to have 2 pictures so I can paint and put it on my wall, and have some pretty things so I can play with.  I like to have a pretty octopus so I can decorate.  I want to be the Star of the Week at my home. 

I wish I could see you at the North Pole!

 

XXX

Dear Santa,

 I want a toy camera for Christmas.  My brother’s been bad, he gets in trouble.  I spank my daddy a lot.  My daddy’s funny. 

Dear Santa,

 Freddy has been watching us.  Me and my sister have been really good.  My sister has cried sometimes at nighttime.  Sometimes she wants us to start the story over, but mommy doesn’t really want to.  I want a Doc McStuffins doll, and white earmuffs, and I also want a closet for my American Doll clothes, Tinkerbelle dress up, and a Cinderella doll and her prince.

Thank you Santa.

XXX & XXX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thankful

Happy Thanksgiving!!

I am so very thankful for my wonderful job, and these turkeys who make it fun ever day!!





























Have a wonderful holiday!

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Pilgrims and Indians

Feast day is here! We, the teachers, decided that it would be a bit challenging to wear the Indian paper sack and eat the feast successfully, so we've got something equally as festive up our sleeves. However, what's Thanksgiving without the Pilgrims and Indians...nonexistent really.

So in our class we first had a pilgrim day where we learned all about the people, how they lived, and how yet dressed. We then made fun self portraits of ourselves as pilgrims, and they turned out pretty cute!


































Love em!

Then yesterday we had Indian day! We talked about how differently the Indians loved than the Pilgrims, how they wrote things down, and how they dressed.
First we made cave drawings:

We looked at a chart that showed us some pictures the Indians really used and what they meant.





Crumple it up










We then got our very own Indian names, and got dressed for a pow wow!

HOW!








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I know I've been MIA for awhile, and I'm so sorry. I promise it's not because we're not doing anything in class! In fact were doing so much, I'm having a very hard time documenting it all. With the holidays upon us we have been doing many fun crafts, but rather than putting them all on the blog now we would love for you to come visit our room!

For now, here is one of our fun lessons from last week. We learned about positional words, then put our bear Max...
On Top of writing center


Between Owain and Emma


Under the chair


Inside listening center


Under my (turkey infested) desk


Behing Julia


In Front of the kitchen


On Top of blocks


Inside puzzle center


Between Grant and Sophia


On Top of the hooks


Under Science


Above art...this one was tricky


Inside the recycle bin (poor Max)


Haha Over the books!


In Riley's seat


Finally...on table 4.


Not only did we have fun doing this, but we can better take directions and make better explanations from now on.

Also, another Star lost a tooth!!! Lindley's first tooth:)


And here is sweet Riley's Star of the Week board from last week.