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Our Tree Named Steve
We’ve started our tree unit, in Kindergarten. I asked families to send tree related items to school, and boy did they come through! Many of the families in my school live on a few acres of property, so they helped do a bit of collecting for our class project. The kids were thrilled to bring
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Sometimes it can be hard to take pictures without showing my kids’ faces. This one turned out pretty cute, if I do say so myself. Happy Valentine’s Day!
Reading In Kindergarten
I love this time of year, in Kindergarten. It’s a magical time, when kids go from saying, “I don’t know how to read!” to “Hey, I can read this book!” I’ve been telling them they could do it all along, but it usually take until about February for the kids to start believing it. Some
Winter Books
Winter is here and I have snow on my mind. We were able to take a short trip to Lake Chelan over the Holiday break and it was beautiful over there. It had snowed a little, just before we arrived, and there was still a dusting covering everything. I made my hubby pull over as
Chalkboard Thanksgiving Table
My chalkboard Thanksgiving table activity is up on LeapFrog Learning Path. This activity was especially fun to create, photograph, and write about. My daughter helped make the place cards for a dinner party earlier in the week and my son helped set up the camera and lighting for the photoshoot. Details on how to make