The Kindergartners are playing. They went outside and slid on ice and couldn’t get up ’til Springtime!
On Tuesday, we were able to enjoy a chilly gift from mother nature with a walk through a winter wonderland. We loved trying to catch the snow on our tongue and throwing snowballs!
Johannes is wondering why in the world there is snow in March!
Kate is wondering when we are going inside!
Drequan is wondering what he ever did to Victoria!
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The parents are down for the count after their abysmal performance at the 3rd Annual Quiz Bowl. After months of preparations, the Kindergartners were able to stretch their brain power with their quick recall of our recent geography facts. With a score of 42 to 3, the students took home the prize from this year’s battle of the brains. Congratulations to the Kindergartners! You did an awesome job!
Eric’s mom looked ready, but she still couldn’t beat him!
The kids know who really needed to prove himself, Mr. Clint!
I spy with my little eye a CHEATER!
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Last Friday, Sammy’s mom stopped by to teach us all about India. She showed us India on a map, the Indian flower, the Indian bird, the Taj Mahal, and had lots of artifacts to share with us from her trips to India. Some of the most interesting items she had were the bags, dresses, and the reflective pillow. We loved learning some traditional Indian dance moves also. Thank you so much for the visit!
Sammy’s mom shows us a dress from India.
Sammy with a scarf.
Victoria and Alize learn an Indian dance.
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Drew celebrated his birthday over our long weekend! We were so excited to join his birthday festivities on Tuesday
Happy Birthday Drew!
On Friday, we were anxious to celebrate Valentine’s Day with our Third Grade book buddies. During our party, we had four different centers where we were able to make Valentine’s for friends or family and enjoy a sweet treat. We created our iPods full of love songs, sucker treats for the friends that are “stuck together”, and bracelets with outrageous prints! We also loved the cupcakes and juice!
Mmm! Cupcakes!
Bracelets with our buddies!
Drew and Tristan made funky fun bracelets.
Unfortunately, I did not get many pictures of the Valentine’s Day party. If you were able to join us for the party and you have pictures of our activities, please feel free to email them to me so that I can share them with all of our families.
As the Winter Olympics get under way, we took a moment to reflect on the traditional games of Scotland with a Kindergarten version of the Highland Games. The students each threw the hammer, tossed the caber, and put the shot. We quickly learned that these variations of some of our Physical Education techniques could be quite difficult. Only minor injuries were experienced by teachers in the way of rogue tosses.
Johannes threw the hammer!
Sarah tried her hand at shot put.
Eric tossed the caber!
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After studying about the significant landmarks of Europe, we put our young architects to the test: create the Eiffel Tower! The students were put in groups of 4, given a handful of straws, and set loose. They had the opportunity to use any materials in the classroom and were encouraged to use their imaginations and pictures of the Eiffel Tower from books.
The results:
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On Tuesday, Drew’s grandfather and his wife came to visit and discuss their time living in China. His wife, Mrs. Isabella,was born in China and shared with us how to count and say common phrases in Chinese. Drew’s grandfather shared with us a very interesting story about the Great Wall of China. Then, Mrs. Isabella shared with us about the upcoming holiday, Chinese New Year. We were so excited to see the special gift they brought for us, a red envelope with our name in Chinese and Chinese money. These are a traditional gift for the children in China on the Chinese New Year. We finished off our time with fortune cookies and chocolate money from Drew!
Our special guests.
Counting to 10.
Drew and his gift!
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Last Tuesday, we celebrated the traditional Japanese holidays, Girls’ Day and Boys’ Day. The girls celebrated with a tea party including their favorite baby dolls. At our tea party, we served green tea and rice cakes, which were a big hit with everyone! The boys made koi fish kites. On Boys’ Day in Japan, the boys put out a koi fish kite for each of the males in the family. Unfortunately, our boys only had time to make a kite for themselves.
The girls with their dolls and tea!
Here is a toast to tea and koi kites!
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Last week, we helped Victoria celebrate her birthday! Everyone loved their pupcakes!!!
Happy Birthday Victoria!!!