Month: January 2011

Today was a gorgeous day outside; the sun was out with no clouds in sight! It was warmer in the sun but the temp only got up to about 42 by the time I went to pick Isabel up from school.

When I arrived she immediately told me about everything they did today. She was talking so fast that it was hard to keep up! By the time she told me everything, I looked up and most of the parents and other kids were gone. After gathering up all her papers, we headed to the office to get our copy of the Christmas program in December. I’ll have to see about posting it…

Today was Chapel at school. They heard the story of Elijah being fed meat and bread by ravens in I Kings 17. Which I was excited to hear about because Isabel and I had just read this story during our devotional time at night!

The classroom was rearranged again today! They even had a new rug (which I didn’t even notice!)! Isabel says that the new rug is a bunch of different shapes and colors. There is even a star on the rug for the special helper to sit on when they are using the rug.

The new board for this month, with the “homework” from Christmas vacation. Can you find Isabel’s snowman?

The letter “M” is for marshmallows and monkeys! For this project they didn’t use glue…they licked the marshmallows and stuck them on! Isabel thought this was so cool and she got to eat a few too!

Pizza box painting with a marble. Isabel liked doing this project too but not about seeing what the paper looked like afterward but more about what the marble looked like afterward!

The special helper today was Payton. For show and tell, Payton brought a pretty pink ring. For snack, Payton shared with the class string cheese, craisins, and juice.

No school today in observation of Martin Luther King Jr. day.

I just realized today that I didn’t do a “School News” for Wednesday! Shame on me. Well, I can’t remember what went on…maybe Isabel can.

This morning when we arrived at the classroom, there were balloons (more on this later!) and the room was rearranged, that was the first thing Isabel noticed. It wasn’t that big of a change but it did take her focus off of writing her name.

Today’s Bible story was from Luke 19 and was about Zacchaeus; a little man who became BIG in the Kingdom of God. Isabel cut out the tree but NOT Zacchaeus in the tree. She’s doing so well with her use of scissors!

This is a salt and paint, painting, which was completed a couple days ago but was able to come home today.

Isabel said that the balloons in the classroom this morning were for Mrs. Calvert, whose birthday is tomorrow! Happy Birthday Mrs. Calvert! Isabel said that they sang, “Happy birthday” to her and during free play, Isabel made her a birthday cake with molding clay.

The special helper today was Eden. For show and tell, Eden brought…Isabel couldn’t remember. For snack she brought to share, crackers and yogurt covered raisins with water to drink.

So, going back over the school day from Friday, I finally remember a tiny bit of what Isabel told me on Wednesday about her day in class. I have got to remember to sit down and work on this on the actual day that it happens! Otherwise, we forget…

Today they worked on the letter “L“, as for lamb.

The special helper today was Addie. For show and tell, Addie brought a black horse named Fluffy. Addie let all the kids pet Fluffy during class. For snack Addie shared something, we just can’t remember. I guess it’s better then nothing!

This morning was a very cold one, I actually had to scrape ice off the windshield, which I haven’t done in awhile. The temperature for the morning barely made it to 32° by the time I went back to get Isabel…

When I arrived at class, Isabel was excited to tell me about a class project they were working on that day. The kids were working on a get well card for someone who is sick in the hospital. They were all coloring pictures on a big piece of paper. Not exactly sure what’s going on there so I will have to find out more about this on Wednesday when we get back to class.

However, after gathering all her school things and getting her coat on, as we were heading out the door. Mrs. W stopped us and told me that she was concerned about Isabel playing in the water during recess (alarm bells going off!). Mrs. W said that Isabel had gotten so wet in the water that she was concerned for her getting to cold. Mrs. W said that she had tried to get Isabel to change her wet pants but Isabel told her no, she wanted to wear her own clothes. I told, Mrs. W that we had already had a talk about her playing in the water at recess. So on the ride home, we again had a talk about playing in the water at recess… With temperatures only a few degrees above 30, I was not happy, to hear about this.

Today, they made snowflakes.

This snowman was actually made last week sometime but it didn’t get to come home until today. Isabel says that she didn’t cut anything out, they just glued the pieces down.

Isabel did tell me about this painting that they did today. They were each given a sheet of paper with a dab of white paint on it. They were then told to fold the paper in half and then press lightly on the paper. Afterward, they were told to unfold the paper and tell the teacher what they saw in the paint after unfolding the paper. What do you see?… If you hold the paper this way; Isabel says that it’s clouds.

If you turn the paper sideways; Isabel said it’s an ice cream cone.
Daddy looked at the paper and said he saw a person wearing a coat, with their arms folded and their head down.

The special helper today was Zachary. For show and tell, Zachary brought a Spider Man mask. For snack, he shared with the class graham crackers and milk. Isabel said that she enjoyed the graham crackers because she hasn’t had them in awhile and she got to dip them in milk.