Groundhog Day 2016

WHEW!!! We were so happy to learn that the groundhog did not see his shadow! These kids are ready for SPRING!!

Here's our predictions we made on Monday...

Groundhog Song (tune: I'm a Little Tea Cup)

It's all about the money, money, money!

This week we continued to learn the name of the coins: quarter, nickel, penny, and dime. K1 had a chance to empty and sort Mrs. Broadhurst's piggy bank and play a few coin games! Math stations were very noisy this week with all the "cling-clanging"!

I loved this picture. Counting money is much more fun when you're wearing a pink princess ring :)

Lunch time smiles!

 Lunch time is without a doubt one of their most favorite times of the day. I love hearing their conversations, pretend play, made-up jokes and just great giggles during this (mostly) unstructured time in our day. They've come quite a long way since the first day of school!

Hugs for Soldiers

Last week during our library time we got to make Valentines for soldiers. K1 had so much fun cutting, coloring, decorating and writing a sweet note to one of our very favorite community helpers!

For more info: http://www.hugsforsoldiers.org/

Back in the groove...

I'm not going to lie, the first week back after two weeks off is always hard in Kindergarten! Here are some photos of us working around the room and exploring at recess.

While "listening to reading" this friend made a connection to what he was seeing on the computer to a book he had just checked out from the library. Sure enough-it was the Titanic!

Proof that kids are natural collaborators. EVERY YEAR my kids do this while they're on the computers. The picture doesn't show it BUT these sweeties are all trying to time the start of reading/listening to the same book (at the same time). They're giving well thought out reasons why the group should listen to the book of their liking and how to all press "start" at the same moment. Compromise is a beautiful thing...