K-4 Games

This game makes me laugh: spin around until you're dizzy, and then try to run in the shape of a
star.


The star/spoon relay:
3 legged star walk; it was neat to see some of the older students taking charge of the younger ones.

Igloo post 2

Even with only one layer complete, it is already a popular place to be.
A little ice fishing during center time:
More clean ice chunks ready to be glued.

What it looks like now:

Tomorrow

This is what your children will see when they get to school tomorrow (minus the hot glue gun). Our igloo is started. As you can see, it still has a ways to go, so please keep the jugs coming!

More Wintry Pictures

This one isn't wintry, but oh well. We made wind tassels to measure the weather. If it's down, there's no wind. If it's moving, there is some wind and you can tell what direction it's blowing. If you run with it, it makes it move too. :)
We moved around the letters in snowman to make new words.
We read winter words and learned about compound words. (Snowman artistry credit goes to 2nd and 6th graders in daycare)

Snow Day Pictures

First off, a big THANK YOU to Mrs. W. and Mr. H. for going to get the snow and shoveling it all out of the truck for us to play with here! And now we will start the pictures with the shrieking mob. Don't worry, we forewarned the other teachers...
She actually looks wintry!
A big snowball
Another big one. (And only in Phoenix do we have snow days that don't require jackets)

Look! It's snowing!
Digging tunnels...
Some attempts were made to build tiny snowmen.
We threw a lot of snowballs at the wall.
And we wrote/drew on the wall.
Sitting on top of the 'mountain':
Group shot:
All that was left of the pile after 30-45 min.s of children
Wet mittens/gloves drying in the sun.

Snow Day!

After most of the mob had left for recess, I was able to get a few video clips to give you an idea of what went on. Now imagine this energy level but with 30 children instead of 4... and this clip is more than half an hour after we came out.

This one is short and gives an indication of why some children were so wet afterward. They thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

This one just makes me laugh:

We'll call this last one, "We got snow!" You can even see it 'snowing'.

A gift for you

We played in the snow for half an hour.
We had recess.
We danced inside.
We had recess.
We went in a bounce house.
We had PE.
Your children should sleep well tonight!

Snow Day!

The surprise was well received. There are some very wet very happy children in this class. Pictures coming this evening.

Field Trip Pictures

I did not take any video footage, so you don't get to hear the horn over and over and over and over. Just imagine 30 preschool-1st Graders being told they can touch the horn...
I think this expression adequately demonstrates the level of excitement we experienced.
Since everyone got to sit in the loader, I have 13 pictures that all look very much the same, so I can email you a copy of your child if you like, but I didn't want to bother uploading 13 very similar pictures.

While we were waiting, we watched the action: big wheels allow the tractors (*I'm sure one or two of my students could tell me it's actual name, but since they're not here to help me now, we're just going to call it a tractor) to drive kind of crooked.
We also got to see a dead tree being dug up.

We heard a VERY loud horn
From this truck. It made us laugh, scream, and cover our ears.

My favorite question from sharing time today

Student 1: "Do you know what company made your toy?"
Student 2: "Santa?"