October 3-7

 Hello everyone! I hope everyone is having a wonderful week so far! This week we talked about different kinds of families. During circle time teachers went over what kind of families you will see out in the world. We also did a craft that was inspired by, "Spookley The Square Pumpkin". They all made their own version of Spookley. It's good to see them be creative! Wednesday, all classes went on a bear hunt. The older classes got to go outside and explore to find them all and the younger classes had a great time in the classroom singing it with their teachers. What a week this has been! 

What A Wonderful Fall Week!

 Hello everyone! I hope you all had an amazing week! The weather has been beautiful in the mornings and afternoons. We're so glad that fall is here! This week, we really took advantage of this beautiful weather! The classes had went outside and read a story. It was really exciting for them because it's something different in their routine and they really enjoyed it. They also got to make leaves with coffee filters. The teachers would let them color them any way they liked, then spray water on them so the colors would spread. The teachers then would cut them into leaf shapes. It was fun to watch them just have fun with color. 

Friday was a really exciting day for the teachers. Well, not only was it Friday (the best day of the week for a lot of people lol) but it was the day of the pie contest. There were so many varieties of pie. The staff worked really hard on them. We are all so excited about who will win. Hopefully we will find out soon!

I Think, I Feel!

 Hey everyone! I hope this week has been a wonderful one for you all. It has gone by really quickly! Oh, wait! How could I forget. HAPPY FALL!!! It is finally here! We can't wait until all the leaves start to change along with the weather. Friday has been absolutely beautiful! Now let's talk about what we did this week.

Monday we had parent teacher conferences. We had a lot of families come in and were able to talk to their child's teacher. I know the teachers were excited to have this time to get to know families and tell them how their child is doing in school. It's a great feeling to know you can have such great communication with the teachers whenever needed.  

Tuesday we really wanted to help the children understand feelings and how to navigate through them. Being a kid with big feelings can be so hard to work through. As educators our job is to help guide them. So the classes created a "Feelings Station" for whenever they are; angry, sad, confused, frustrated, or even happy. They can come to the "Feeling Station" and show their teacher what they are feeling. Some classes read stories about how colors can show emotion. Where they pick a color that relates to them the most on that day. Some had pictures of different faces of each emotion along with clothes pins with the child's face on it to pin on. It was nice to see how excited they were to participate. 

Well, Wednesday was the day before fall so classes read the famous story, "There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves". Watching them actively listen to the story was so cute to see. I'm really excited of what's to come for the rest of the season. 

Now Friday was an exciting day for everyone! Independence High/Middle School had their parade and everyone got to come out and watch them! The music was so upbeat and lively. All the children were so excited to see all the creative floats that the students helped create. We also had homecoming kings and queens pass by in their cool cars! 

With this week being a busy week. We hope you all have a wonderful and relaxing weekend!