Robin, robin in your nest...

Robin,robin in your nest...

where you've built it...is it best?

The kindergarten kids have been watching a robin building her nest in one of the towers of the kindergarten playground. It has been fun to watch her...we saw her try to use a piece of plastic. She decided better of it though and took it back out...promptly dropping it on the playground where she found it!

This act of nature has caused us to think about predators, places to build a nest, nest making materials(we put some yarn on the playground and are anxious to see after the season if she used it! We have been taking digital pictures since day one and will be writing a book about building a nest and the life cycle of the robin. I fear we may learn about survival of the fittest. Our best lesson has been about the Life cycle in regards to our earth worms, robins, chicks, monarch caterpillars and also soon plant life cycles...yes it is dandelion season. I got my first one last week!

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.