Here's the proof!

**See previous post regarding our Tulip project! The deer did it...and we know it...they left their tracks. We learned all about animal tracks from our tracking lesson this past winter. Now what to do about it?

Spring is here!

We couldn't celebrate spring without observing chicks! The kids enjoyed seeing and touching the new little chicks from our farm. Soon they will be roaming the farm with the chickens!

We love Mashed Potatoes!

We had a great time making mashed potatoes for our St. Patrick's Day celebration...just look!

Ummmmm good!

Thank You Mr. Fenner!

It was a special day in kindergarten. I had a happy accident... and ended up in Mr. Fenner's office... when what should I spy but a pencil sharpener...well we have been in dire need of a new pencil sharpener in our classroom (and even tried to order one from a catalog!) Mr. Fenner had some shiny new pencil sharpeners and he came right down the hall and put a new one in our classroom. Mrs. Volbrecht was REALLY wanting a new sharpener so we decorated it with a bow and surprised her! It never could have happened without Mr. Fenner. He made our day. Kindergarten helps you to remember the importance of the small stuff in life!

Kindergarten's Crazy Composters!

We are super-duper composters. Now that we have been composting in the cafeteria we are super composters. We sort our food on our trays then go and dump in the correct bin! We are GREEN!

Tulip Time...Tip Toe through the tulips...oh no!

The kindergarten children were so excited to go to the bus and see that our tulips from the tulip project (through Journey North) were beginning to peek up from the dirt...we watched for a few days...then began to notice some footprints. Footprints from our local deer! The locals have decided that our tulips are mighty tasty. This is disappointing because we enjoyed planting them and have been looking forward to seeing our beautiful red tulips this spring. Have faith...we have a plan. Stay tuned to see if we are smarter than the deer! Our little plot of tulips is just behind the Lansing Elementary sign in front of the school.

Hey Bobcats...It's Swim Time!

We have been enjoying our time in the pool! The kids are very excited about swimming. I am sure you have heard all about it. They enjoy playing Simon Says and learning about swimming. You will be so surprised at the progress they make in just a week or two. On April 1st we will have the parent preview day. You may come watch at the Lansing High school pool from 12:40-1:20. The kids will be very excited to see you there and are looking forward to it if you can make it. They are doing a great job! The past few days we have been practicing swimming with noodles and racing (swimming) across the pool. We are turning a few "scardy cats....into future Lansing Bobcats (and possibly future kids on the swim team)!!! Go Bobcats!

We're Lucky!!

This past week we celebrated St. Patrick's Day. We enjoyed writing about why we are "Lucky"...listened to Red Grammer's song "I'm Lucky" and made these adorable pictures!

The children and I made a list then they chose three things from the list why they thought they were lucky. We heard incredible things like: I have food, I have toys, I have God, I have video games...we were very impressed with the list!

In honor of the day we cut up potatoes (after we weighed and measured them of course!) and made mashed potatoes. We graphed our favorite ways to eat potatoes. Ask your child their favorite way to eat potatoes. We talked about Ireland and the fact they they grow potatoes there. We were shocked that when we came back to our classroom after specials there was a mess and some riddles leading us to a pot of gold candy (a Rolo!). We think we were visited by a leprechaun!

Class Picture Day!

This picture represents our year so far...fun and smiles! This was taken on our class picture day. We all donned blue shirts (yet to be decorated!) and thought we'd look great...and we were right! We plan to wear these class shirts on field days in June. Last year the class picture was taken on "green" day so we were all dressed in green...and it was earth day so Mrs. Volbrecht and I were dressed in earth day shirts. This year we did it on purpose...we hope you enjoy our pic's!

We love Dr. Seuss!

On Tuesday we celebrated famed author...Dr. Seuss! (Theodore Geisel) We began the day by making hats like Dr. Seuss, we played with words like Dr. Seuss...puzzles, pictures and stories galore...

they just kept asking for more and for more!

It was destined to be...green eggs and ham for everyone you see!

We ate it, we graphed it,we tried it you see....

turns out we liked it it was meant to be!

1,2,3 Start!

We enjoyed the start of the Math&Movement lessons this past week. The children especially loved the movement mats. It was the start of what is sure to be a lot of fun. We will keep you posted!

Math & Movement to Start this week!

This week we will be starting a math movement program developed by a local individual...Suzy Kuntz. She has developed a program that teaches math through movement, which is of course what kids do best. Lansing kindergarten is looking forward to participating. If you would like to learn more about it go to her website at mathandmovement.com Check it out....it promises great things! We will keep you updated with what we are up to in class!

Happy Snow Days!

There is nothing quite like the feeling after hearing the words......"snow day!" I hope families were able to take some time to enjoy the snow :-) I can't wait to hear all about their "snow days" in our lesson on writing "booklets" from today.