Our Thankful Tree - Part 10

Today was the finale of Our Thankful Tree project. It has been great to see how many things my girls have been thankful for this month!

We are thankful for:

* My sisters

* Mom & Dad

* My "Wolfy"

* Coloring with my teacher

* Flowers

* My frog, Samantha

Turkey Hunting with Jordan

Today Jordan was my teacher helper. He hid a bunch of turkeys in the room across the hall. There was a Pilgrim on our chalkboard who was very hungry, and needed some help turkey hunting for his Thanksgiving meal. The girls had made Indian hats earlier, so they pretended to be the Indians who helped the Pilgrims on the first Thanksgiving. Jordan would show one of the girls a word on a flashcard, they would sound it out, and then they would go across the hall to go "turkey hunting". When they found one of the hidden turkeys, they would bring it back and put it on the board next to the Pilgrim. By the time we were done, that Pilgrim had 20 turkeys next to him. Do you think that was enough turkeys for the Pilgrim's Thanksgiving meal? :-)

Our Thankful Tree - Part 8 & 9

 {My girls are wearing their Indian hats in this picture}

We are thankful for:

* My swing set

* My brother's stuffed monkey

* All the Kindergartners

* Colors

* Our Thankful Tree

* The park

* Cally & Sarah

* Thanksgiving

* Rocky, my dog

* Doctors

* My cats

* My Mom

* God giving me a brother

* My new bus driver

* My teacher putting a bandaid on my boo-boo

* Grandma & Grandpa giving me chapstick

* Bunnies

* Cucumbers

* Sarah's stuffed wolf

* Our fish, Mr. Jasper Smiles

Penny Store & Number Magnets with Emaline

Today Emaline was my teacher helper during Numbers class. She was the "sales lady" at our "penny store". I put price tags on different items in the classroom, and the girls used their paper pennies they had cut out awhile ago to "buy" the items at the store.

Once we were done with the penny store, Emaline did some number magnets with the girls. She put the number magnets on the cookie sheet, and the girls would have to arrange them in the correct order. She also would take a couple of numbers away, and the girls would have to figure out which one was missing.

Our Thankful Tree - Part 6 & 7

We are thankful for:

* God giving us food

* Kindergarten class

* My house

* Polly Pockets

* Songs

* Letter class

* Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

* Abbi's birthday

* My toy dog

* Smokey the Bear

* My unicorn

* My piano recital

* My glowing unicorn pillow

* My pet, Smokey, still being alive

Sun Matching with Destiny

Today Destiny was my teacher helper. The girls matched capital letters with small letters on magnetic sun cards. The girls loved having Destiny in the classroom, and before she left, they had a group hug! :-)

Making Applesauce

We are ready to make applesauce!!

Cutting up the apples

 

Once the apples were cooked, everyone had a turn to use the strainer to make the applesauce.

We invited the elementary students to join us while we tried out our applesauce. It was quite yummy!

"Fly Swatting" with Marc

Marc was my teacher helper today. We played a "fly swatting" letter game. I had made some cards with both a picture of a fly on them and a letter. In the room across the hall, Marc taped these fly cards all over the place. He would show the girls either a blend or word, the girls would sound it out, and then they would go around the room with a fly swatter, swatting at all the "flies" that made up that blend or word. It was quite fun! There were "fly letters" on desks, the door, the bulletin board, the bookshelf, the white board, the trash can, the window sill...it was quite the infestation of flies!

Background story to this activity: We had a problem with 2 flies in our classroom. Mr. & Mrs. Buzzy refused to leave! The girls discovered my fly swatter, and were determined to put an end to Mr. & Mrs. Buzzy. I am not sure what happened to Mrs. Buzzy, but Ayme was quite excited the one day to successfully swat Mr. Buzzy!!

The Months of the Year

My girls surprised me today by being able to sing the "Months of the Year" song all by themselves! We have only practiced it a few days. :-) What can I say? I have a smart bunch of girls! {They are jumping/raising their hands during their birthday month.}

Our Thankful Tree - Part 5

We are thankful for:

* Coloring

* My birthday puppy

* New friends

* My pet, Smokey

* Playdough

* going to Ella's house

* My friend, Maria

* My jaguar hat & telescope

* My Mommy tucking me in at night

* My birthday

Roadside America & Ella's House

Today we went to Roadside America. The girls had so much fun looking around the miniature village! After we were done there, we went to Ella's house for lunch. The girls were also able to play outside in her big backyard. We finished up our fun visit with hot chocolate and cookies!

On our way to Roadside America! (Yes, it was a NOISY ride!)

A quick pose in front of Roadside America

The girls had so much fun exploring Roadside America!

My girls and I at Roadside America

It's tradition. We always get a picture in front of "Ma and Pa", but it sure was blustery C-O-L-D outside!!

Eating lunch at Ella's house! We had "train sandwiches". :-)

Playing outside in Ella's fun backyard!

Enjoying hot chocolate and cookies

One more class pose before we leave Ella's house to head back to school

Our Thankful Tree - Part 4

It may be a little hard to see in this picture because of the white wall behind them, but don't my girls look cute in their Pilgrim bonnets?! We were learning about the Pilgrims in Social Studies today, and I made them each a Pilgrim bonnet. I figured it would be fun to include them when I took the picture of our Thankful Tree!

We are thankful for:

* Mom & Dad

* Food

* Ella's house 

* A pet snake

* My school

* Candy

* Kindergarten & meeting my teacher

* My mom painting my nails

* the Bible

* my bunny, Sweetheart

Magnet Shape Numbers with Michelle

When Samantha was my teacher helper, I forgot to mention that she was Ayme and Alyssa's big sister. Well, today Michelle was my teacher helper, and she is also their big sister! We brought out the magnet shapes, and Michelle gave each of the girls a number to create on the chalkboard with the magnet shapes. Some girls had big numbers...some had small!

Our Thankful Tree - Part 3

We are thankful for:

* Field trips

* Alpacas

* My "Boo-Boo" (a stuffed bear)

* My Mommy

* Cough drops

* My Baby doll

* Mom & Dad

* Cereal

* Meeting Miss Follett

* My bunny, George

A Visit to the Alpaca Farm

Learning about alpacas

Feeling the alpaca fleece

Hope & Ayme feeding the alpacas some carrots.

Cally feeding an alpaca a carrot

Sarah feeding an alpaca a carrot

Alyssa posing with the alpacas

So many alpacas came over to visit!!

We had fun visiting the Alpaca Farm on this chilly, fall day!!

Click here to view more pictures of our day at the Alpaca Farm.

{Be sure to scroll down past our other field trips!}

Our Thankful Tree - Part 2

We are thankful that:

* Mommy takes care of me.

* Mommy makes chocolate chip cookies.

* Mommy makes brownies.

We are thankful for:

* Boxtops

* My sisters

* My dream light

* School

* Miss Nina

* Ayme

* Alyssa

* School & Teacher

* My family

Wednesday Afternoon Free Play

Hope & Ayme playing with cars & trucks

Alyssa playing a number game on Miss Follett's tablet

Cally building a "tent"

Sarah entering the "tent"

Sarah, Cally and Ella having fun with their "tent"!

Missionary Story with Miss Sarah

ABC Leaves & ABC Cookies with Julia

Today Julia was my teacher helper. She handed out ABC leaf cards randomly to each of the girls. She would then call out a letter, and whichever girl had it would have to slide the leaf card  through the straw Julia was holding. {Each card had a hole punch in it.}

The next game was ABC cookies. Each girl had 4 cards with letters that they had to find inside the ABC "cookie jar". During their turn they would use a spinner to see if they could pick 1 or 2 ABC "cookies" out of the jar, or if they could trade "cookies" with another player. Whoever found all 4 of their ABC "cookies" first was the winner!

Our Thankful Tree - Part 1

We are thankful that:

* God made me special.

* Mommy makes food for me.

We are thankful for:

* My teacher

* Praying

* Breakfast
* Toys

* What my mom makes me

* My Rapunzel book

* Mom-Mom & Pop-Pop's house

* Miss Follett's class

Painting with Samantha

Today Samantha was my teacher helper. She has been looking forward to this day for a LONG time! :-) She had it all planned out what she wanted to do with the girls - PAINT! She had the girls paint the entire alphabet and also numbers 1-20. She wrote out the letters and numbers on separate paper, and the girls painted over them with the 4 paint colors they had picked out.

The stack of papers Samantha had in her hand quickly diminished as the girls eagerly painted their numbers and letters.

The Finished Products!!!!

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