Making Memories

As we wrapped up the schoolyear, our emotions were bittersweet.  I am so proud of the students and their accomplishments, but truly did not want to give them up!  We spent our last days together working on a special memory book...

...and we also made the video below to highlight all of the smiles we have shared this year.  The students picked out the song, pictures, and the template and I think they did an amazing job!    

We're so 'Bubbly'!

Our Kindergartners worked so hard this year, and so we thought why not reward ourselves by 'blowing off' the afternoon- with bubbles, of course!  We have been soaking up every last minute of our time together and this seemed to be the perfect way to enjoy our friends before the summer.  The little ones were even more delighted when they realized they could take their bubbles home.

Kindergartners, Sight Words, and....SHAVING CREAM?!

If your child came home smelling like a barber shop last week, it is probably because of all of the 'lathering up' we did in our classroom!  As a special end of the year treat, we sprayed globs of shaving cream on the tables and used our fingers to write sight words into the sudsy concoctions.  The looks on the students' faces were priceless when they saw me start to spray the cream on their tables!  What they didn't know is that the 'messy' activity was simultaneously helping us to clean the furniture!  Naturally, we learned that the shaving cream had many other uses than for shaving and writing words, and we quickly discovered all of its other functions and places it could be used :)  I'm not sure if they had more fun exploring, or if I had more fun watching...

 

  

Field Day

This Friday, we kicked off the end of the year celebrations with our annual Field Day.  A special thanks to Coach Foster and all of our parents who helped make this day's events possible.

Ready, set.....  

Let the games begin!

Our day commenced in the gym with the limbo competition.  We had some very flexible students!

Next, we moved on to the soccer and noodle relay races.

The competition heated up with the egg relay race.

Then we cooled down with the water balloon toss!

We also took a detour to enjoy a sweet treat.

We were then transformed in the face painting station!  Love the mustaches :)

It's hard to see in the photos, but we also took a trip to the music t-shack where the students caught a little bit of disco fever!  Ms. Aycock had Just Dance projecting from the Activ Board to help the little ones up their moves!

Off to the water relay!  This is where we really got to see who was trying hard to stay dry and who preferred to 'splash around' :)

Our next stop was the basketball relay.  The students were sure to show their team spirit at this station!

The bean bag toss was also a 'hole in one'.

Last but definitely not least, we headed back to the gym for a hula-hoop endurance test.  We had some very determined 'hula-ers'!

At the end of the day, we rewarded our young athletes with a 'home' made treat.  First, we colored the book below 'We Scream for Ice Cream' (www.makinglearningfun.com/.../EmergentReaderListing.htm), and then headed outside with Mrs. Wooten'c class to make 'ice cream in a bag' (you can find the recipe at: http://www.food.com/recipe/homemade-ice-cream-in-a-bag-34257 ).