Changing a Tire for Ms. Erin R. (Thanks Pablo!)

Changing a Tire

As teachers, we spend a great deal of time, making our curriculum great.
Often we are blessed with great teachable moments that fall in our laps.
Sometimes, even with great planning, the kids are more interested in what
is happening outside the window. This was the case on Thursday as Pablo
was changing a car tire. Everyone was instantly drawn to the window,
asking questions about what he was doing and why.

I could have pulled them all back to what we were doing, but I choose to
indulge their choice of activity. As we began talking about why you
change a tire, I was able to connect the conversation to tracker tires,
and how farmers have to take care of their machinery. This was great
because all month we have been talking about farms and machinery. It was
also great because they were so excited about the conversation.


Erin R.

Our Favorite Things about the Pumpkin Patch by Ms. Mariola's Kindergarten Class

Jessie - My favorite thing at the Pumpkin Patch was going on the slide and
eating chocolate ice cream and pumpkin pie. I also like the hayride, it was
fun. I liked everything!

Arianna - My favorite things were doughnuts and pumpkin patch. I loved the
hayride too, and going on the ship and I even loved baby goats and baby
pigs, I love all the animals.

Crimson - My favorite things at the Pumpkin Patch were the same as Arianna'
s.

Wiley - I liked when I was trying to feed the baby chick hay and I liked the
calf and the piggies, and I liked going on the Hay Ride, and patting the
goats.

Sam - My favorite things at the Pumpkin Patch were Gummy Spiders and
watching making apple cider.

Logan - I liked going on the hayride and on the ship, and the maze, and
having lunch. I liked playing with Will in the maze; we were playing 'Rock
Paper Scissors'

Will - I liked the Hay Ride and getting pumpkins. My favorite thing was
going in the maze.

Pumpkin Fun!

Last week in Ms. Sally Ann’s Kindergarten Class we studied pumpkins. For a fun art project we decided to paint pumpkin patches. We started by golf ball painting the vines then used cookie cutters to stamp our pumpkins. It was sooo much fun!!

Pretty Pigs in Preparatory Kindergarten!

Who knew that Pigs could be so pretty?? We did! The Preparatory Kindergarten is learning about Farms in October and we made our Parade of Pigs in the hallway across from our classroom. We used three different mediums to make these pink pigs! Check them out!

Who Let the Cats Out??

Last week in Ms. Sally’s Kindergarten Class we talked about cats. Some of our classmates have cats as pets and some don’t. We made some very cute cat faces; if you are at the Meridian Campus make sure you come down and check them out!!

The Letter "O" in Preparatory Kindergarten

In Preparatory Kindergarten we have been studying our vowels. We started with A, then E, and I and last week we learned about the Letter O. We sang an O sound song, listed O words like octopus, otter, ostrich and olive, and made some O art projects! Here are some pictures of a couple of the O projects we made! Learning the vowels can be so much fun!

Making Sheep in Preparatory Kindergarten

October is Farm Month in Preparatory Kindergarten. The first week we are focusing on farm animals, specifically cows, horses, sheep, pigs and chickens. Each afternoon we learn some cool facts about an animal and then do a project about the animal. So far our favorite facts are that cows have four stomachs and horses can sleep standing up.

Today was sheep day. We learned that sheep live in flocks, because they do not like to be alone. We also learned that sheep have wool to keep them warm when it is cold out. In the spring, when it is warm the sheep are sheared. We can then use their wool to make blankets or clothes. We made our own sheep today using cotton balls. We then wrote one thing we learned about sheep underneath our sheep.

Leaves, Leaves, Leaves

This week in Ms. Sally Ann’s Kindergarten Class, we talked about Fall and how the leaves change colors. We went on a nature hunt around the school to find proof that the leave really do change colors in Fall. Here are some pictures of our findings!

Apples Galore!

Ms. Sally’s Kindergarten Class was CRAZY for apples this week! We talked about how apples grew, what colors they were, and which ones are our favorites to eat. The class even got to PAINT with apples. We cut them in half both length and width wise along with into slices and then dipped them in paint and stamped them onto our papers. If you are at the Meridian Campus you should come and check them out!

Learner's Licenses

That’s right, preparatory kindergarten now has the license to learn! This was an exciting project to start the school year with. First we talked about driver’s licenses and how they allow adults to drive. Well of course we are to young to drive but not to young to learn.

The next step was to collect the data. We spent an afternoon measuring our height and weighing ourselves. We then recorded that information along with our birthdays on our licenses. Now, if anyone asks what we are doing, we can show them our license to learn!