HAPPY 1 st DAY!!!

We had such a 

wonderful 1st Day!!!!

As the children  walk into the classroom.

they hang up their back packs

and put things into their cubbies---

then they sign in

and then wash hands and then come to

morning work!!

Kennedy enjoying

the pegs. She was excited to

show me her TALL TOWERS

Charleigh enjoying the

colorful blocks

Ellie cutting with

scissors

This is how we 

"SIGN IN"

Emmy trying out

the colorful blocks

Cecilia and 

Maisie thinking about coloring

Oliver making a picture

Emmy wanting to

play play doh

Jacob decided to do a 

puzzle to start morning work

Lots of friends enjoying play doh 

Signing In .....

The children find their names on the

smaller board and then move

it to the BIGGER board

that says...

I am here today......

Winston using the pegs

and peg board

Charleigh also doing the peg and 

peg board

Maisie showing me her

play doh creation

Ben and Luke working

on a puzzle together

Lincoln practicing with scissors

A few friends wanted to read

When it is time to clean up morning work

I say

1-2-3

FREEZE your knees!!!

I ask everyone to stop what they are doing 

and put their hands on their

knees

I then give them the next direction.

LOTS of great 

FROZEN KNEES!

Probably by Monday

we will have a good idea what all our

jobs are and I will have the job chart all ready to go

Today I took a picture of each child doing 

one of the jobs(so I can use that picture

on the job chart so the children know what each job is)

This job is attendance helper

The attendance helper

gets the boards and brings them

to the blue carpet. Then the attendance

helper counts how many friends we have

at school that day.

Winston was our attendance helper today

16 friends at school today!!!!

YAY!!

Everyone came to school today

Next we did yoga

Lincoln was my 

yoga instructor today

Then we did Jesus Time

We learned what this book is called

and sang

Read Read the Bible

God wants us to know

that it is a special book

and HE LOVES us so!

Ben was our line leader

Ella our light helper

Maisie was one of our

door holders 

Luke was our

other door holder

Learning about how to

walk in a line......

Ellie was our gate keeper

OUTSIDE TIME

Many friends were really excited

about our mud kitchen

After we come in from outside

we wash our hands and then

sit on the brown carpet

and read while all our friends

wash their hands.

The children can also have their 

water bottles..

Another job is to sit

in this fancy chair while

I read a story.

Mack was sit by the teacher today

Story time

This is the story I read today....

OOPS ! I didn't

 realize it was upside down

Another job is the Librarian.

The Librarian gets to put our

book away. Also, they sometime will also get to 

choose our book for story time

Austin was our weather helper

Kennedy was our

Prayer Leader

We have a book of about 6 or 7

prayers. Our Prayer leader will 

chose one and lead the class in

reciting it! It doesn't take long

and you will be impressed

with how well they

will learn the prayers

Another job is

SNACK MANAGER

This one is always a favorite

(and a great way to learn everyones name).

Snack Manager calls each friend

by name to go

get their snack

and sit at the table.

WHOLE SCHOOL PICTURE

During snack we went outside

for a WHOLE SCHOOL

PHOTO!!!

Then we came back in and finished snack

Then we sat on the blue carpet again

A job that we will do once we start doing

Hand Writing Without Tears

(next week)

is Teacher Assistant.

The teacher Assistant will point to the

letters we have learned and call on friends

to tell us what each letter is.

Oliver "posed"for this picture for

our job chart

CENTER TIME

Today we learned about 

Dramatic Play Center (Kitchen as

most of the children called it)

Art

Writing

Tool Bench

Trains

Dramatic Play

WRITING TABLE

Austin has been excited about making

a phone call

LOTS and LOTS of friends

wanted to play in the

Dramatic Play(Kitchen)

Trains

Trains were also a popular area

today.

So fun to use the recycling

and make creations

Takes strong little fingers to

squeeze the glue bottles!

Way to go, Jacob!

Mack enjoyed watching this hour glass

Another fun job is superintendent 

Emmy "posed" for this job for

me today!!

The superintendent has a construction vest

and clip board and gets to mark

off the centers as they get cleaned up

Another job....

Exercise Leader

Exercise leader gets to

pick out our exercise

and lead our friends

Charlotte chose

Toe Touches

Invocation...

Usually we do this job

before Jesus Time

Our Invocation Leader will

stand in the middle of the blue carpet

and lead our friends.....

The Invocation Leader says

We begin in the name of God the Father (holds up one finger)

then class responds..... who created us

And God the Son (making a cross with fingers)

class responds...... who died for us

And God the Holy Spirit(giving self hug)

class responds...who comforts us

Our line leader chooses our

Good Bye Rhyme

'Till then, Penguin

is what Ben chose