It has been a great week! The picnic was great. All my friends were able to come! It was so sweet seeing my friends having such a super time. I bet they all slept really well that night. Today was very special seeing my little grown-up kids singing in the big church. I am so proud of them!

Wow This year has flown by! Your little ones have finished all the letters of the alphabet. We will review the letters and sounds then actually start working on blending. We will be doing lots of review with number writing, counting, and colors. This month we have my favorite lesson plans! When we get back from break we will break out the camping gear and go camping in our own class room! The week of the 23rd we will be doing our recycle week. So be careful, your child will be watching if you recycle. We will also be making our famous recycle sculpture in the room. The last week in April we will go buggy talking about bugs. 

Tonight is are big night at Festival of Friends. Thank-you to all the moms who helped and contributed. You and your wonderful children are what makes our program so great!!

We are having a snow day! Everyone enjoy the day and I will see you on Tuesday!

February is here and LOVE is definitely in the air. Our little ones are growing up too fast and I have told them and told them that they can not have boy friends and girl friends till they get out of college and get a job. ANND no kissing till they get married! Hopefully the icky germs and cooties talk will keep them young for a little longer. We have been having a great time and this week your children might have been coming home talking "Cowboy talk". Our first unit this month is "Cowboys". And they have LOVED it so far. Everyone wants a horse and to dress up  like a cowboy. Next week we will get a head start on Valentine's Day and finding out why we have it. We will be having a Valentines Party and we will ask the children to bring 13 Valentines to share with their class mates. There is nothing sweeter then when the children get to open their Valentines! {Please  let them sign their own name on the Valentines so that they get extra practice and they can say they did it themselves.  They are so proud and I am sure they will show us! We will talk about Dental health the week of Valentine's Day. And have a celebration of our 100 day at school on Wednesday the 15th. Library Liz will be here on the 16th and we will have Spanish Class on the 17th. The week of the 19th we will be talking about some famous Americans. Then on the week of the 27th we will be Rock and Rolling to celebrate our Festival of Friends. That will be on the night of March 1. {Be sure and make reservations} Then on March 2 we will have a teacher's workday so we can rest after having so much fun! I hope your children are talking about what they are doing and they can't wait to come to school in the morning. The children are really learning a lot and Beckye and I are very proud of each and every one. Thank-you for letting us be part of their lives!

Happy New Year! I hope that everyone got some rest after a busy holiday. I was so excited that the children came in smiling and rushing to tell us about their new toys. We even had one that had a dance and song to go with his new toy. How we love children, who can make something so small into something so magical. 

December is such a great month to be teaching! I love to tell the children the true meaning of Christmas. I then love to listen to them reenacting the story on the carpet. All the girls want to be Mary and the boys Joseph. Then we have the ones that lay down in a tiny box and pretend that they are baby Jesus. Let me tell you,  for some reason that little box becomes awfully popular and then everyone at one time wants to get in there. Of course Beckye and I have to explain that in the story there is only one baby Jesus but we can act like Jesus and take turns. So they regroup and start again. Mary, in our class version definitely tells poor Joseph everything to do, and poor Joseph is always willing. And for some reason they keep adding kitty cats to the script, so there is a lot of meowing.Oh how we love Christmas!

We have been in school for a month! Your little ones are adjusting really well to the 4 year old class. They are learning our routine at school and they are working really hard. We are learning to use our listening ears so that we can follow directions. Playing" Simon says" has been a good trick and can be played at home. Ms Beckye and I have really enjoyed learning about your children and our hearts keep growing knowing more about them every day.

Welcome! Beckye and I are looking forward to meeting you! Our Open House is on September1, Thursday at 10:00-11:00.  We have been putting the finishing touches on our new class room. I am sure you will agree that it is bright and cheery. Your little ones are going to love it here!

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