Finally Spring!

We have been very busy in our classroom as usual...too busy for me to put much on the blog this week, but we have been trying to get outside as much as possible to enjoy the spring weather (finally!). It has been beautiful the last few days, and the kids have been loving it!

Future Careers

We had so much fun on Dress Like Your Future Career Day this past Monday. Everyone was so excited to show off their outfits. We took turns guessing one another's careers, and then each child explained why that was his/her career of choice. It was a great celebration for our positive behavior!

This week, we also had the oppotunities to be leaders at our all school assembly. During our school Lead Time over the past few months, the kindergarten students have been embracing the role of being Birthday Celebration Leaders. They have made hundreds of birthday cards for each child in our school to receive on his/her birthday. We have also been learning how to sing "Happy Birthday" in different languages. At our assembly this week, we performed "Happy Birthday" in Chinese and Hindi to celebrate all the birthdays in our school. They were very excited (and some very nervous!), and they did a wonderful job! Make sure to check out our Shenandoah Facebook page for videos of the performances.

We are so proud of our kindergarten leaders!

Spring Party!

Our Spring Party was so much fun as you can see from the photos below. We even ended the party with a surprise fire drill! The kids did a great job, even in the rain and cold, and thanks to all the parents who were here to help us. It was a great party...fire drill and all!

We have been working on "Whole Body Listening" as a class and met our monthly goal yesterday! On Monday April 2nd, we will have a celebration: dress like what you want to be when you grow up. We were so excited about meeting our goal, though, that we had to have a little early celebration. We got to work with our shoes off today! The kids were clearly very happy about that!

Have a happy, fun, and safe spring break!

Magnets

We have finished our science unit on Pushes and Pulls. The kids loved every minute of it! One of their favorite tasks was using magnetic wands to attempt to move a magnet through a material or surface. See their photos below!

We have also started a new unit in writing, How To Books. Below, you'll see the kids learning from each other as they share their very first drafts of this new kind of writing with a partner. We were checking for components that How To books have: steps on each page, steps numbered, and pictures to match each step. Make sure to ask your child about the How To books he/she is writing!