WhErE hAvE wE bEeN?!?!?!??!!

First of all, let me start by saying that I am terribly sorry about not keeping our blog as updated as I would like. The problem with a to do list is if you keep adding more to it, you can never accomplish everything and it can be quite overwhelming at times. So we will start fresh. Thank you to all the wonderful parents today that so kindly asked, adding no pressure whatsoever, if there would be pictures from the current 2011-2012 school year. I am truly blessed! Here is some information as to what we have been working on and learning the past few weeks:

• Classroom routines, procedures and rules.



• Chester Racoon from the Kissing Hand played a little trick on us and led us on a scavenger hunt throughout the building.



• We have been working on how to correctly hold a pencil/crayon/marker. (Just ask your child. There is a great little song for them to sing to you!)



• Writing our name.



• Learning about our lesson maps. (More on this amazing learning to come!)



• We have met 4 alphafriends and many "heart" words.



• Learned how to take care of our FROG folders.



• Played apple math games and are now playing Bat/Pumpkin math games counting up to 12.



• Found out patterns are fun!



• Practiced how our calendar works and the days of the week.



• Learned poems about a penny, a nickle and a dime and what each coin looks like and it's value.



• Met new friends and how to treat our "classroom family".


• Went on two successful field trips to the best pumpkin patch ever, Linder Farms!

Plus so much more! You can't imagine all we have done in the short amount of time we have been together. Thank you so much for having such amazing kids! The year is off to a terrific start and this teacher just couldn't be happier! Take a peek at some of a few pics from our first 17 days.

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A sPeCiAl SnEaK pEeK!!!

I am so very glad that you will be coming to school ready to work and learn with me! I just can't wait! I hope you are as excited as I am!!
Here are some upcoming important dates for you to remember.

What: Kindergarten Sneak Peek

When: A Group: August 23, 2011

B Group: August 24, 2011

Time: 8:10-9:30 am (Both sessions.)

Who: All kindergarten super stars and their parents.

What to Bring: Please bring your supplies with you to make the first day of school a little bit easier!

I can't wait to meet you! See you soon.

A Wedding? In Kindergarten...............

ChRiStMaS wIsHeS.....

Ever wonder what a Kindergarten Kid would like for Christmas? Well, I did! So I took a minute to ask! Enjoy! Hopefully Santa is watching.......

Callie Cat, Christmas, Candy and Cake!

Bet you couldn't guess what letter/alphafriend we are meeting this week?!?!?! The letter C and Callie Cat is the perfect alphafriend to help us with that!!! Even though Callie is an amazing cat that can cook (Sure wish she could teach me!), the best part about learning the letter C is that our favorite holiday begins with it, CHRISTMAS!! Oh Boy!!!
In Kindergarten, this is the best time of year!
It is so much fun to watch the kids get excited about the holidays! We even have a Christmas tree in our reading center for us to sit by and read! There are even some lights up and we will start Christmas projects to help our room look more festive! Come in sometime and see! Maybe we can talk you into staying a while and helping us out! We would love to have you!!! We will even write letters to Santa himself! Wahoo! Christmas is just the best!

In the meantime, have fun looking for all the words that begin with the letter C. Be careful, as we have been learning.....it is a tricky letter. It can sometimes be confused with the letter K!

M is for Mouse (Mimi Mouse that is!)

We have met another alphafriend! Mimi Mouse!

Mimi Mouse, Mimi Mouse,
Minds her Manners in the house.
When she sips her Milk
She never Makes a Mess!
Mud pies never stain her dress!

We not only learned the letter M and the sound the letter makes, we got to shove Marshmallows in our Mouths and see if we could sing the song. If that wasn't crazy enough, we had some good old fashion fun playing in the Mud!

Maybe Mrs. Ryan has lost her Marbles!!!

We were not as good as Mimi though. There were a few of us that might have stained our "dress"!

Thanks Moms and Dads for being such great sports! We had a great time!!!

A HuGe SHOUT oUt.......

Our week has been full of meeting our new alphafriend, learning classroom routines/workshop time and how to be at school, learning our first "Heart" word AND we even had the extra special treat of working with 5th graders AND playing with snakes!

Yes, I said snakes but 1st things first, the 5th graders!

Mrs. Dobson's 5th grade class had an assignment to create a letter book and they were kind enough to come down to our room and share them with us! The alphabet books turned out fabulous and getting the chance to work with brothers, sisters or the "BIG" kids made our afternoon perfect! The best part was finding out that not only did they get to show us their books, they also are going to give them to us to keep in our room! Thank you Mr. Dobson and 5th Graders! You are all amazing and we LOVED having you!!! Hopefully you will get to come and work with us again!!

Now on to those snakes! In our newsletter, I asked you (the parents) to send in old ties that dads might not miss for a project. Well we didn't receive enough for each student but we did have one family donate 25 snakes for our classroom. Thank you Mrs. H!! You are the bestest ever!! Anyways, we didn't have enough for us to make the snakes but my mom so graciously made the 25 ties into "classroom" set of snakes for us to dance and sing with ! Thanks Mom!! We are so appreciative and LOVED playing with them! I couldn't think of a better way to make the /s/ sound with than with an actual little snake that we could hold! Fun, fun times in Kindergarten!