Let's Review, Shall We?

During the last "full" week of Kindergarten, I did a special review with my kiddos. I pulled out my lesson plan book, and we went through each week of the school year, remembering all the fun activities we did in Kindergarten. I was amazed by how much they remembered about each activity!

As we were doing this, it got me to thinking. I have many pictures and blog entries scattered all over my blog from this past school year. Wouldn't it be neat to find a way to organize them all into ONE blog entry? You know...organizing is my thing :)

This probably benefits me more than it does you because it will be a resource I can easily turn to when I teach Kindergarten again. However, feel free to click on the links and revisit the blog entries I posted of this school year's activities!

Week #1 (August 26 - 29, 2008)

- On the first day of school we had a room scavenger hunt where I showed them pictures of objects in the room and they had to go find them.

- On the first day of school, they put their handprints on posterboard along with the poem "The Kissing Hand" based on the book called The Kissing Hand

- We made our first batch of homemade play dough in the kitchen.

Week #4 (September 15-19)

- We had our first "field trip". We walked to Hess Gas Station and to Dunkin Donuts to get a special snack.

- We made our own applesauce.

Week #5 (September 22-26)

- We painted fall leaves (construction paper with leaf shapes traced on them) with Q-tips and these were then placed on the walls for fall decorations.

Week #6 (September 29 - October 3)

- We went to McDonald's for our second field trip, and had a behind-the-scenes tour! Afterwards we enjoyed a yummy lunch.

Week #7 (October 6 - 10)

- We made "Autumn Spotlights" (peanut butter cookies with Reese's Pieces)

Week #8 (October 13 - 17)

- We made "goop". (cornstarch, water and food coloring)

Week #9 (October 20 - 24)

- We went to Kalmbach Park (my first blog entry of my kiddos!).

- They sang their vowel song.

- They recited one of their favorite poems. (They recited this at Kindergarten graduation also)

Week #10 (October 27 - 31)

- They built unique creations with the interlinking blocks.

Week #11 (November 3 - 7)

- They loved reciting the Pledge of Allegiance!

- We made "Leaf Piles".

- The children wrote their names on the chalkboard.

Week #12 (November 10 - 14)

- We went on a field trip to Roadside America. (Two blog entries for this one...check this out as well!)

- We made cinnamon applesauce ornaments. Later on, we decorated them with glitter. (oh what fun!)

Week #13 (November 17-21)

- We made a Thanksgiving tree.

- The marble run was brought out for the first time, and the children loved them!

Week #14 (November 24-28)

- We made Indian headbands & vests.

- We made Pilgrim hats and played other Thanksgiving games.

Week #15 (December 1-5)

- We painted ornaments and decorated our room for Christmas.

Week #17 (December 15-19)

- We went on a field trip to the Troxell-Steckel house with the rest of the Elementary students. This was our FIRST bus ride field trip!

Week #18 (December 22)

- We decorated Christmas cookies and did a lot more Christmasy things!

Week #20 (January 12-16)

- We made "crunchy snowballs."

- We went on a field trip to the library.

Week #21 (January 19-23)

- We played with chocolate-scented play dough.

Week #22 (January 26-30)

- Emaline (my K-student from last year) came into the classroom and was a "teacher's helper." She did a flashcard review/ball toss game with them.

We made cotton ball snowmen.

Week #23 (February 2-6)

- We made soft pretzels.

Week #24 (February 9-13)

- We did a Valentine's Day art project. (There are a few blog entries for this one: Step 1, Step 2 & 3, Step 4, Step 5)

Week #26 (February 23-27)

- We drew bakers.

- We practiced some of our favorite Bible verse songs.

- We made hot chocolate.

- For science, we did a taste test.

Week #27 (March 2-6)

- We had an "out of the box" painting experience.

Week #28 (March 9-13)

- We played with Insta-Snow.

Week #29 (March 16-20)

- We went to Rita's on the first day of spring for a free ice.....it snowed!

Week #30 (March 23-27)

- The kiddos playing with magnetic pattern blocks.

- The kiddos singing the months of the year, the books of the Bible, and playing outside.

Week #32 (April 13-17)

- Our caterpillars arrived this week. This was a process we definitely enjoyed watching throughout the next month!

- Our ladybugs arrived this week as well. We enjoyed learning a lot about ladybugs.

- We went on a field trip to the Da Vinci Discovery Center.

Week #33 (April 20 - 24)

- We planted flower seeds.

- We went on a field trip to Giant.

Week #35 (May 4-8)

- We went on a field trip to the Daniel Boone Homestead.

Week #36 (May 11-15)

- We went on a field trip to the Fish Hatchery.

Week #38 (May 27-28)

- On our last day of school, we went to my house. We played games, had a picnic lunch, baked brownies, and had lots of fun!

- Thursday, May 28, was Kindergarten graduation!!