Day and Night Craft

This week we have been talking about the differences between day and night and this was a fun simple craft that we did using paper plates.
First I had my students start coloring the center of the plate yellow to represent daytime and than they colored the outer edge of the plate with a dark blue or black to represent the night sky. I than drew a swirl line on the plate for them as a guideline to cut on to make our plates into a mobile that can be hung with a ribbon. Now the students were ready to glue their clouds (aka: cotton balls) on to the daylight area and they stuck golden stars in the night sky area.
They turned out really cute and my students loved how they hung in a "twirley" fashion!!!

Healthy Snacks and Sweet Treats!!!

So I want to give a HUGE thank you to all my parents who contribute snacks to our parties! We had a wonderful combination of sweet treats and healthy snacks that were fun and tasty too!!!

These are pictures for two different classes!

Thanks to Mom's Dad's and Grandparents who made our parties special!!!

 String Cheese Fingers

Ants on a log

 Bones in a bag

 Yummy Veggies and Dip

 Wormy Cupcakes

 Finger Puppet Fun

 Mummy Dogs

 Spider Cookies

 Candy Bar Necklas' to take home

Spice Cupcakes

 Chex Mex in a Box

Festive Cupcakes

Musical Chairs With a Lesson and a Spin!

We play many games during the school year, but musical chairs seems to be the most requested game by my students. Along with the fun of musical chairs we always have disappointment and tears for those who do not get a chair, so I decided I would do a little spin on this game that would make it different and would be a lesson in "Sportsmenship" too!
I always give a little pep talk about being a good sport and I choose to give "Caught Being Good Coins" at the end of the game as long as everybody has a good attitude!
So how we play the game is that the person who does NOT get a chair when the music stops gets a "Clapper" to clap to the music and cheer for their friends as they continue the game. As more children are eliminated from the cirlce of chairs our clapper team grows bigger and louder and it is a hoot to watch!!!
 The last person who is left with the chair does a victory lap around the chair as their friends continue to clap and cheer!!! It is a win, win situation for all!!

TEEA TIMER'S GO TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT!!!

What a fun filled day we had going to the Montesano Fire Department for a field trip!!!



We started our trip off with the bus picking us up at the school and Driver Jerry always takes good care of us and makes it a fun time. I think he totally gets a kick out of the kids and it is a wonderful way for us to practice our manners that we have been learning about!




Upon arriving we were greeted by Fireman Greg, Fireman Dean and Fireman Ryan who did an awesome job teaching us about 911, Stop, Drop and Roll, What's Hot and What's Not and Get Low And Go (crawaling in smoke)!!




We got to look at the fire trucks and our favorite one was the ladder truck! We also got to see a Fire truck from the 1920's!!


From there we were able to look at the ambulances and even sat  in one of them!!!


After our tour Fireman Greg gave us goodie bags filled with cool things and we got our own fire hats too!!!

Country Pumpkin Cuties!

The best time about Autumn for me is the pumpkins! I love the bright orange color's and the fun you can have with them. We are having a grand time with ours by shaping orange play doah into pumpkins, drawing our jack -o-lanterns & pumpkin patches on the chalkboard and the easel's and doing simple crafts to take home and show mom and dad!!!