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2014-2015 Kindy Blog

Thank You!!!

Thank you, parents, for the privilege of working with your children this year.  I consider it an honor.  We had a great year and I am really sorry to see them go!

I hope you have a great summer.  Enjoy the moments, be they fun or challenging.  As my youngest graduates from BHS tonight I can tell you...

THE DAYS ARE LONG BUT THE YEARS ARE SHORT!

A teacher friend of mine posted this for summer work for her class and friends:

Do good work.
Have fun.
Be Good People.

Sounds like a plan to me!  Enjoy your summer!

First Half of the Last Day of Kindergarten

Morning Choice Time:

Circle Time:

Puppet Show in Ms. Anderson's Class:

Morning Snack Celebrating Summer Birthdays:

Book/Art in Ms. Schroeder's Class.  The Challenge was NO TALKING and they DID IT for a half hour!!!!

(Dr. Nelson fixing the sound system)

Extra Recess with our Year Long Buddies!!!

Centers May 30, 2014

Water Color Artistry

The more we read, the better we get!

iPad exploration

Making Get Well cards for Miranda

Domino Dash!

Next Week's Lunch Menu

DISCOVERY’S JUNE 2^ND-5^TH LUNCH MENUS

MONDAY, JUNE 2^ND: CHICKEN DAY (NUGGETS, O’S AND TENDERS) WHIPPED POTATOES, BROCCOLI, FRUIT CHOICE, BREADSTICK OR ROLL. ALT: TERIYAKI DIPPERS

TUESDAY, JUNE 3^RD: BRUNCH DAY (WAFFLE STICKS, MINI PANCAKES, FRENCH TOAST) W/SYRUP,     SAUSAGE PATTY, JUICE CUP, FRUIT, HASHBROWNS. ALT: HAM SANDWICH

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4^TH: PIZZA DAY (ASSORTED PIZZA ITEMS), LETTUCE SALAD, CORN, ORANGE JUICE, TEDDY GRAHAMS. ALT: YOGURT

THURSDAY, JUNE 5^TH: HAMBURGER ON A BUN W/FIXINGS, BAKED FRIES, BABY CARROTS W/DIP, COOKIE, FRUIT CHOICE. ALT: PBJ UNCRUSTABLE

Expo Pics

I did not have a chance to take any pics last night, but a parent shared these with me this morning:

!!!!EXPO!!!!

Schedule:

5:30 - 5:50  View Displays
5:50 - 6:00  Children to East Gym, Parents to seats
6:00 - 7:00  Performance

After the show Kindergarteners 

MUST BE PICKED UP AT THIER SEAT IN THE AUDITORIUM 

for safety reasons.

7:00 - Collect children and artifacts and take them home with you safely in the car!!

Library

Today was our last day to check out books at the library.  Thank you for a good year of getting books back on time!  This really has been the smoothest year... maybe ever!

If you are still looking for a book at home, you have another week or two to find it.  Next week I will start sending notes home about missing books as needed.

Reminders

*  The only snack in the cupboard right now are the ones I purchased so the kids would have snack this week.  We still have two weeks after that.  I know many of you have already sent in your fare share if not more.  But anyone who could help us out, it would be greatly appreciated!

*  Shoes:  Please send your child to school in shoes that will work for the playground and gym class.  Toes must be covered by the shoe to be worn for recess.   Although students are getting faster at changing their shoes, it still isn't fast enough.  It wastes learning time and keeps classmates waiting for a long time in line for shoe changers to join us.


*  Your child's replica of your house needs to be here by Thursday morning.


*  EXPO is Thursday night!  Can't wait to see you and have your children showcase some of their hard work from the year!

Thank you for your attention!!  :)

Lunch Switch Next Week

Hello. We are switching Thursday the  22nd and Friday the 23rd menus around. We will be serving the school grown lettuce with the hamburger menu on Friday.

Our Tour of Coborns

We were given the most fantastic tour at Coborns on Wednesday!!!  They showed us each department, talked about the schooling or training required to work in that department, fun tools and finds in each and rules that they need to follow in each type of product they put out.

They were also very generous...  meat sticks from the meat department, a treat from the deli, cupcakes from the bakery (which we used for snack today) popsicles from the frozen department, a cheese stick from dairy, and a hairnet and bag to hold all the goodies!

If you have a chance to tell them at Coborns that your child was on the tour and how well they did, that would be appreciated!  We will also be sending a thank you as a class.

Some pics:

Leaving Discovery

We arrive a bit early, so we walked around the block and found a Dentist, Lawyer, Deli, Antique Shop, Book Store, Pharmacy, and more!

The Seasonal Department

Frozen Foods

The big freezer!

Bakery

Fun tools in the bakery

Rotating oven

How to make Monster Cookies!

Dairy

A favorite:  To be BEHIND the milk!

Offices

Deli

Produce

Guess How much a pineapple weighs?!

We got to try dragon fruit!  A first for most of us!

All the Kindies Together

More Community Center Video!

All DES Kindies

Buffalo Community Day - Videos now Public (I think!)

Today the children had a chance to experience what it would be like to deliver some of the goods and services found in our community.  They played so appropriately for 45 mins! I finally just had to stop them!  Most children tried all the different activities. It was a joy to watch.

I have 4 videos.  The first shows the set up just as they were arriving.  The rest show snippets of their play.  I wish I could say I got some of the best moments, but they just kept amazing me!

Community Day Set UP

Video 2

Video 3

Video 4

Buffalo Home Saved from Fire! First responders... ;)

Walk to Coborns' Tomorrow!

We will be walking to Coborns tomorrow.  We will leave at 9:30 and be back by recess at 11:10.  Please dress the children appropriately, including good walking shoes.  Thank you!

Career Day!

Peighton is a teacher.

Maren is a doctor.

Kenzie is a doctor.

Kalah is a flower girl.

Teagan is a ballerina. 

Miranda is a cow girl.

Preston is Joe Mauer.

Henry is a teacher.

Jackson is a scientist.

Gabriel is an astronaut.

Finn is a firefighter.

Kris is a scientist.

Myia is a soccer player.

Thor is a football player.

Waylon is an artist.

Henry is a baseball player.

Mitchell is an architect. 

Garett is a banker.

Lauren is a doctor.