The Espinoza Family Blog

No school today.

This morning Isabel and I headed to school together. It was only a half day for everyone and I was working in Isabel’s class today because Mrs. Boettcher is out sick. Mrs. Kelso was running the show…

The opening activity was a dot-to-dot of a Pteranodon (ter-ann-uh-don).

We opened class with a the flags/Bible pledge, a lesson on the seasons, months, and days of the week, and prayer. We then proceeded over to the church to view the cake entries for the school fun carnival tonight. The money raised from the sale at the auction will help improve the playground at our school.

Afterward we headed back to class for snack-time before heading out into the gym for P.E. For P.E. we did a few beginning warm-ups, like run in place, arm circles, and jumping jacks. While the kids were being divided up into 2 groups, I helped Mrs. Kelso set up large bowling pins around the gym. The object of the game was for 1 team to knock over the bowling pins and the other team to stand them back up. After a few minutes for running around, the teams switched and whichever team knocked over now stood them up and whichever team stood them up now knocked them over. We did this for about a half hour or so and it was so fun to see the kids working together to get the most knocked down or stood back up.

After P.E. we headed back to the classroom to finish snack-time before heading over to Mrs. Seal’s room for music. The class was in music class for about 30 min. while Mrs. Kelso and I were preparing for a Saint Patrick’s Day lesson/craft.

When the class returned from music class, Mrs. Kelso gave a lesson on Saint Patrick, while explaining how to do our craft.  Each of the kids cut out 2 shamrock’s and then we attached them to pipe-cleaners and then a crown. Afterward we had all the kids gather together for a group photo to send to Mrs. Boettcher.

The whole class with their shamrock crowns!

Before heading home, the class had free-choice Thursday (usually on Fridays). Most of the kids colored/cut/taped/stapled with paper, a few did computer games, or played with the dinosaur table.

We were home by 12:30 and that gave me time to eat lunch and relax for an hour before heading back to work to close.

I didn’t get this photo until the next day because of work yesterday afternoon.

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This week’s Bible verses:

“Uu” – “Unto Thee, O God, do we give thanks.” Psalms 75:1

“Tt” – “Thou God, seeist me.” – Genesis 16:13

“Ss” – “Seek ye the Lord while He may be found.” – Isaiah 44:6

“Rr” – “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.” – Exodus 20:8 

“Qq” – “Quit you like men, be strong.” 1 Corinthians 16:13

“Pp” – “Praise the Lord for it is good to sing praises unto our God.” Psalm 147:1

“Oo” – “O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good.” Psalm 118:1

“Nn” – “No man can serve two masters.” Matthew 6:24

“Mm” – “My son, give me thine heart.” Proverbs 23:26

“Ll” – “Look unto Me and be ye saved.” Isaiah 45:22

“Kk” – “Keep thy tongue from evil.” Psalm 34:13

“Jj” – “Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth and the life no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6

“Ii” – “If ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it.” John 14:14

“Hh” – “Honor thy father and thy mother.” Exodus 20:12

“Gg” – “God is love.” 1 John 4:8

“Ff” – “Fear not for I am with thee.” Isiah 43:5

“Ee” – “Even a child is known by his doings.” Proverbs 20:11

“Dd” – “Depart from evil and do good.” Psalm 34:14

“Cc” – “Children obey your parents in the Lord,  for this is right.” Ephesians 6:1

“Bb” – “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” Acts 16:31

“Aa” – “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23

Today is Wednesday and that means show-and-tell for the boys. They were told to bring something green. Only 3 of the boys brought something, 3 of the boys forgot to bring something and 1 of the boys has been out sick all week. Jayden brought a green car, Nevan brought a green light saber, and Vincent brought a tiny stuffed green turtle.

The opening activity was a dot-to-dot of a Heterdodontosaurus
(het-er-uh-don-toe-sore-is).

Phonics work for the letter “Vv“.

Back: writing practice for the letter “Vv“.

Writing practice for the letter “Ss“.

Back: On School Street we get to slide and swing in the sun!

Today for recess, they stayed in the gym and play “Doggie Doggie Where’s Your Bone” and Isabel got to be the doggie at some point. The class really likes playing this game (and I know the preschoolers do too!).

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This week’s Bible verses:

“Uu” – “Unto Thee, O God, do we give thanks.” Psalms 75:1

“Tt” – “Thou God, seeist me.” – Genesis 16:13

“Ss” – “Seek ye the Lord while He may be found.” – Isaiah 44:6

“Rr” – “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.” – Exodus 20:8 

“Qq” – “Quit you like men, be strong.” 1 Corinthians 16:13

“Pp” – “Praise the Lord for it is good to sing praises unto our God.” Psalm 147:1

“Oo” – “O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good.” Psalm 118:1

“Nn” – “No man can serve two masters.” Matthew 6:24

“Mm” – “My son, give me thine heart.” Proverbs 23:26

“Ll” – “Look unto Me and be ye saved.” Isaiah 45:22

“Kk” – “Keep thy tongue from evil.” Psalm 34:13

“Jj” – “Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth and the life no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6

“Ii” – “If ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it.” John 14:14

“Hh” – “Honor thy father and thy mother.” Exodus 20:12

“Gg” – “God is love.” 1 John 4:8

“Ff” – “Fear not for I am with thee.” Isiah 43:5

“Ee” – “Even a child is known by his doings.” Proverbs 20:11

“Dd” – “Depart from evil and do good.” Psalm 34:14

“Cc” – “Children obey your parents in the Lord,  for this is right.” Ephesians 6:1

“Bb” – “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” Acts 16:31

“Aa” – “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23

No school for Isabel today. I kept her home due to weather and her complaining her ear hurt.

I however worked today. I worked from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. I worked with the “lunch bunch”, gave several people breaks, and took my own lunch, before heading to my classroom for the day. It was a long day but I had a surprise waiting for me at home!… Gino fixed my desk top computer! The hard drive was fried!! DEAD!! Luckily, he was able to get a bit more life out of it to get my over 36,000+ or 100 gigs of photos off! So very very THANKFUL for that!! MY HUSBAND ROCKS!!!

What a weekend! We had rain, snow, sleet, hail, a bit of sun and WIND; lots of wind! It was hard to get to sleep for Monday with the blowing wind and with the time change over the weekend. Ugh!

I got an early morning call this morning to come into work this morning. I worked in the Pre-K class and we had 11 kids. We did pledges, did an art project (made a rainbow with the kids hands), had music with Mrs. Seal (fun!) and even got to go outside for 10 min. to run around. The kids were great and all got along well. I work again tomorrow with the “Lunch-Bunch” (haven’t done that yet!) and the extended classes until closing.

Isabel didn’t say much about her day at school. She told me all about recess though. Her “best-friend” Nevan and her made “rock slush”. Isabel says that it’s a type of rock soup. They used pine needles, rocks, and water to make it. They used sticks to stir it all together. They mixed this all together in the tires (used to get to the monkey bars) on the playground. She said if they get outside again tomorrow, they were going to finish making it before “eating” it.

The opening activity was a dot-to-dot of a Edaphosaurus (uh-daff-oh-sore-is).

Phonogram with “ap” sounds.

Back: Sentence building.

Review of letters “Gg”, “Jj”, and “Qq”. Awesome job with writing!

Back: Fill in the missing letters.
Not so good filling this in, she wrote her “Gg'” backward and then wrote “Gg” for “Jj”.

Lots for kids were absent today, Isabel’s class had 4 kids out and my class had 3 kids out and the teacher. Hopefully it’s nothing serious and they are all back to class tomorrow!

Mrs. Boettcher let Isabel borrow a book again today. She picked out Dr. Seuss’ “I Am NOT Going to Get up Today!”. We are both looking forward to hearing the story.

After looking through Isabel’s paperwork, she told me more about her day. They worked with the die again, like on Friday. They rolled the die and wrote down the numbers they got until it was time to finish. Isabel’s paper showed that she got all 6’s when she rolled her die.

Isabel’s paper from her die rolling.

The class also practiced writing out their numbers.

With so much practice lately, Isabel has really improved on her number writing. She gets them all written down in the right direction. Way to go!

Her homework reading book, is “The Little Pie“. We’ll take 2 days to read it through several times and then return it to be tested on and get another one. Lots of great “sight-words” to read in this one.

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This week’s Bible verses:

“Uu” – “Unto Thee, O God, do we give thanks.” Psalms 75:1

“Tt” – “Thou God, seeist me.” – Genesis 16:13

“Ss” – “Seek ye the Lord while He may be found.” – Isaiah 44:6

“Rr” – “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.” – Exodus 20:8 

“Qq” – “Quit you like men, be strong.” 1 Corinthians 16:13

“Pp” – “Praise the Lord for it is good to sing praises unto our God.” Psalm 147:1

“Oo” – “O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good.” Psalm 118:1

“Nn” – “No man can serve two masters.” Matthew 6:24

“Mm” – “My son, give me thine heart.” Proverbs 23:26

“Ll” – “Look unto Me and be ye saved.” Isaiah 45:22

“Kk” – “Keep thy tongue from evil.” Psalm 34:13

“Jj” – “Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth and the life no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6

“Ii” – “If ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it.” John 14:14

“Hh” – “Honor thy father and thy mother.” Exodus 20:12

“Gg” – “God is love.” 1 John 4:8

“Ff” – “Fear not for I am with thee.” Isiah 43:5

“Ee” – “Even a child is known by his doings.” Proverbs 20:11

“Dd” – “Depart from evil and do good.” Psalm 34:14

“Cc” – “Children obey your parents in the Lord,  for this is right.” Ephesians 6:1

“Bb” – “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” Acts 16:31

“Aa” – “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23

 

I had to work today and didn’t get the inside scoop and by the time I was able to ask, it was to late…

Writing practice for the letter “Uu“.

I think she forgot to do this side.
Back: In Upside-down town Uma and Uri are Up and Under an Umbrella.

Die rolling math match. Roll the dice and fill in the space for the number you rolled. Isabel ended up rolling more 4’s.

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This week’s Bible verses:

“Tt” – Thou God, seeist me.” – Genesis 16:13

“Ss” – Seek ye the Lord while He may be found.” – Isaiah 44:6

“Rr” – “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.” – Exodus 20:8 

“Qq” – “Quit you like men, be strong.” 1 Corinthians 16:13

“Pp” – “Praise the Lord for it is good to sing praises unto our God.” Psalm 147:1

“Oo” – “O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good.” Psalm 118:1

“Nn” – “No man can serve two masters.” Matthew 6:24

“Mm” – “My son, give me thine heart.” Proverbs 23:26

“Ll” – “Look unto Me and be ye saved.” Isaiah 45:22

“Kk” – “Keep thy tongue from evil.” Psalm 34:13

“Jj” – “Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth and the life no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6

“Ii” – “If ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it.” John 14:14

“Hh” – “Honor thy father and thy mother.” Exodus 20:12

“Gg” – “God is love.” 1 John 4:8

“Ff” – “Fear not for I am with thee.” Isiah 43:5

“Ee” – “Even a child is known by his doings.” Proverbs 20:11

“Dd” – “Depart from evil and do good.” Psalm 34:14

“Cc” – “Children obey your parents in the Lord,  for this is right.” Ephesians 6:1

“Bb” – “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” Acts 16:31

“Aa” – “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23

This morning was a gorgeous morning, the sun was out and it’s expected to reach 60 degrees today! Heat wave! Maybe we can get outside to ride bikes or scoot on her scooter. We’ll see…

I got a call this morning after taking Isabel to school about working this afternoon. So after picking Isabel up from school and eating lunch with her and Gino, I headed back to school to learn how to “close” out the day the kids.

Before heading to school, Isabel was able to tell me all about her day during lunch.

The opening activity was a dot-to-dot of a Apatosaurus (uh-pat-oh-sore-is).

Dice rolling math. Roll the dice and add up the numbers that you get!
Don’t know why she didn’t finish this.

Today was P.E. class. So her class and the other Kindergarten class got together in the gym for some indoor fun! They did some warm-up exercises like jumping jacks, running in place, and jumping from side-to-side. Afterward they used hula-hoops to play 2 games, one called “scrambled eggs” and another game Isabel couldn’t remember the name of. Isabel said she really liked playing the games and enjoyed using the hula-hoops. For the last game they played she got a really pretty blue one.

The class also went to art class today too. Isabel said they went to another classroom with a different teacher, not Mrs. Boettcher for art. During art class they were given a piece of paper and told to draw characters from the book/movie, “Charlotte’s Web“. They drew a sheep, Wilbur, a goose, and Charlotte.

Isabel’s amazing drawing from art class.

The Bible story was the continuing story of Moses again, but Isabel said she couldn’t remember what they talked about today.

Isabel was able to make a Noah’s ark during some free-play time. She used plastic stencils to make the deer and elephant but drew the boat and cat on the boat.

My day went by very quickly and before I knew it the kids began to head home. We had 2 kids just up to 6 p.m. when the center closes. It was a good day, I learned a lot and got to meet more of the kids in the program.

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This week’s Bible verses:

“Tt” – Thou God, seeist me.” – Genesis 16:13

“Ss” – Seek ye the Lord while He may be found.” – Isaiah 44:6

“Rr” – “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.” – Exodus 20:8 

“Qq” – “Quit you like men, be strong.” 1 Corinthians 16:13

“Pp” – “Praise the Lord for it is good to sing praises unto our God.” Psalm 147:1

“Oo” – “O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good.” Psalm 118:1

“Nn” – “No man can serve two masters.” Matthew 6:24

“Mm” – “My son, give me thine heart.” Proverbs 23:26

“Ll” – “Look unto Me and be ye saved.” Isaiah 45:22

“Kk” – “Keep thy tongue from evil.” Psalm 34:13

“Jj” – “Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth and the life no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6

“Ii” – “If ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it.” John 14:14

“Hh” – “Honor thy father and thy mother.” Exodus 20:12

“Gg” – “God is love.” 1 John 4:8

“Ff” – “Fear not for I am with thee.” Isiah 43:5

“Ee” – “Even a child is known by his doings.” Proverbs 20:11

“Dd” – “Depart from evil and do good.” Psalm 34:14

“Cc” – “Children obey your parents in the Lord,  for this is right.” Ephesians 6:1

“Bb” – “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” Acts 16:31

“Aa” – “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23

Today was show-and-tell and it’s the girls turn. They were told to bring something green to class to share. Isabel doesn’t have anything in the green family, until I remembered her little stone turtle. We purchased it last year when we visited Mt. Saint Helen’s with Grandma and Grandpa. It’s a very light green but at least it was green!

She mentioned someone brought a microphone (but it wasn’t green) and that’s all she said about show-and-tell and her day. I got side-tracked with eating lunch and getting to the grocery store that I completely forgot to talk about it anymore! Terrible…

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This week’s Bible verses:

“Tt” – Thou God, seeist me.” – Genesis 16:13

“Ss” – Seek ye the Lord while He may be found.” – Isaiah 44:6

“Rr” – “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.” – Exodus 20:8 

“Qq” – “Quit you like men, be strong.” 1 Corinthians 16:13

“Pp” – “Praise the Lord for it is good to sing praises unto our God.” Psalm 147:1

“Oo” – “O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good.” Psalm 118:1

“Nn” – “No man can serve two masters.” Matthew 6:24

“Mm” – “My son, give me thine heart.” Proverbs 23:26

“Ll” – “Look unto Me and be ye saved.” Isaiah 45:22

“Kk” – “Keep thy tongue from evil.” Psalm 34:13

“Jj” – “Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth and the life no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6

“Ii” – “If ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it.” John 14:14

“Hh” – “Honor thy father and thy mother.” Exodus 20:12

“Gg” – “God is love.” 1 John 4:8

“Ff” – “Fear not for I am with thee.” Isiah 43:5

“Ee” – “Even a child is known by his doings.” Proverbs 20:11

“Dd” – “Depart from evil and do good.” Psalm 34:14

“Cc” – “Children obey your parents in the Lord,  for this is right.” Ephesians 6:1

“Bb” – “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” Acts 16:31

“Aa” – “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23