Japanese Dolls

We are having such a good time in Japan and we're learning so much! This week we learned about family life in Japan and where Japan is located on a globe compared to where we are!! Japan is REALLY far away! :)
We also got the chance to watch the Inauguration of our new President on Tuesday. We had a lot of fun learning about Martin Luther King Jr. also and why we have a whole day to celebrate such an extraordinary man.
These pictures are of us making our Japanese dolls out of toilet paper rolls, fabric and a popsicle stick. We learned on Friday that in Japan there's a whole day to celebrate girls. It's known as Girls Day and it's a day when Japanese girls make and display their porcelain dolls. There's celebrations and parades that go on throughout the day as well.
Next week we will have reached our 100th day and school and have a TON of fun activities we're going to do with the number 100. We also will be participating in the Art Of The Sky project at Kate Sullivan, where all 900 of our classmates and teachers will form a human made crocodile in the Coob Bowl right behind our school! Stay tuned next week for some really FUN photos!!

Our Trip to Japan

We left for Japan today!! We had so much fun. First we decorated our suitcases and then packed for our three week stay in Japan where we will learn TONS about life in Japan!

Above: We boarded our plane by signing our passports, getting them stamped for departure and then seated for our on-board video.
Below: Here we are watching "Big Bird Goes to Japan". We learned all kinds of information on Japan. Can't wait to learn more and tell you all about it!

I'm so excited about our "trip" to Japan and can't wait to spend three weeks learning all about he culture. Our Japan theme will also tie into our daily curriculum. We have a lot to learn these nine weeks and would love your extra help to ensure that each child succeeds. We're learning a lot about perseverance and setting and keeping goals and I will work as hard as I can to help each child succeed!

Don't forget to ask us about our trip and what we're learning! Maybe we can teach you something! :)

Winter Fun Friday

We love Fun Friday! Above is a picture of our 'Snowflake Initials' we made with white paint and a thread spool. We had fun stamping the first letter in our name.
Of course it wouldn't be Fun Friday if we didn't go outside and play with all the fun toys!


Above is a picture of some of us coloring during 'Free Choice Sign Up'. We enjoyed signing up for our favorite center after finishing all our work!

And this is a picture of some of us playing the Snowman Game! We had to roll dice to see what part of our snowman we could draw. The object was to be the first one done drawing their snowman!

This week was lots of fun getting used to the new routine. We have a lot of new rules and things to remember but we're well on our way!
We started our Winter Unit this week. We started learning all about winter weather and winter animals. We're also learning about locations in the World where there is a real winter.

We've started to read "Tacky The Penguin". This book is about a penguin who's different from all the others but at the end is the same and everyone realizes how special Tacky really is. Since we've started our Stick To It Unit in Reading we're learning a lot about character and what it is to have goals and always do our best!

Come back next week to see what else we've learned!!!

Welcome Back

Hello parents,

I just wanted to take this opportunity to introduce you to our classroom website! This is the perfect way for you to be able to see what goes on everyday in our classroom. I will post pictures and maybe even some artwork that we've created throughout our lessons. You will be able to see exactly what your child is learning and be updated on not only what we're doing in the classroom but what level your child should be at!

I hope that you'll check back frequently and as always feel free to contact me at anytime!
Thank you so much for your continued support and I can't wait to get the second half of the year started!