Happy Friday

Sorry the blog is very short today......

I left at 9am to attend a funeral for a dear,

sweet friend. She was my assistant when I taught

in Parkway and was quite a bit older than me BUT we hit it off

instantly. I always thought of her like a 2nd mom and she will be 

greatly missed. I was so fortunate to be able to leave school today

and say good bye and spend time with her family.

Morning Work

Lots of Coloring

Ben likes the STARS..... fun to create 

pictures

with the different stars and 

other gems

Luke is sorting stars

Lincoln and Teddy were 

enjoying the lines

that snap together

Addie was enjoy the lines

too

Teddy, Charleigh and I were 

using the magnetic lines

and the plastic lines that snap

together....

Charleigh and I would

make a letter and

then Teddy would make it

with the plastic lines

Morning Meeting

Class Pledge

Teddy was attendance helper....

2 friends NOT at school

7 friends AT school

Since we had such a small group today

we needed LOTS of volunteers for jobs that

didn't get chosen

EVERYONE wanted to led invocation

So I let everyone lead invocation today....

Jesus Time

I read the story

of when the wisemen found Jesus

we talked about the

unusual gifts the wisemen

brought

Gold

Frankincense

Myrrh

what strange gifts for

a small child

I have a few essential oils to

give the children an idea

of what 

Frankincense and Myrrh

smell like

we passed the "gifts"

around and everyone got a chance

to smell them.....

2nd Steps

Same and Different feelings

I talked with the children a little more

about how some people may really LOVE an activity

or a game BUT your friend may not be enjoying it

Like the 2 girls in this picture

One is enjoying it and the other

is NOT

I asked the children if they would LIKE it

if I brought a pet snake to school

Almost everyone said NO WAY)including me)!!!

2 said they LOVE snakes

Then I asked about a puppy....

Everyone said YES to a puppy!!!

But I talked to the children about noticing how

friends are feeling about things...try to make

sure your friend is having fun

too

Then we went to the commons

with the other 1/2 day

preschool class....

They had several kiddos out sick as well

SO we combined classes and I was able to leave.

3 teachers for only 12 children.