Today in KinderLand . . .

We had some special visitors! 

Iron Man and Optimus Prime took some time off from saving the world to join us. . . 

The Snow Whites were able to leave their dwarfs for a little fun . . .

A beautiful Princess danced for us . . .

All the way from Kansas, Dorothy joined us and decided there is no place like home . . .

Lightning McQueen's Pit Crew was able to take a break from work . . .

Spongebob traveled all the way from his pineapple under the sea. . . 

Our very own Hannah Montana's got all jazzed up to party with us . . . 

Making it back from space just in time for some fun, our Astronaut. . . 

Our proud supporter and great Cheerleader . . . 

The whole Super-Star Gang!

We had a GREAT Costume Party today!!! The kids had a total blast dressing up and showing off. We watched movies throughout the day and enjoyed a WHOLE day with no school work. Even through all the fun they remembered that they are the ones that worked hard and earned this party. We have already begun our next 50 A's chart! Who knows what the next item of fun will be . . .

Count by 10's

Today was the 4th day of school and I am so impressed with my students! They are catching on very quickly to the rules, policies, and all our procedures in Kindergarten! Today we focused on following directions in Language Arts. We had a worksheet and the students had to listen closely to my directions to know what to do on their paper. They did a fantastic job. I was impressed with how many followed exactly what I said! I often have some that like to venture into their own coloring ideas. :-) In Math we discussed In and Out. We practiced putting things in and taking things out. I knew they would do great and they did! We are getting close to focusing on Left and Right which is a hard subject for most kindergartners. I have some great ideas to help them!

Tuesdays are our special day because we get to go to P.E. and to Music! They earned an "A" for our 50 A's Chart in both activities!!! Yay! The 50 A's is an incentive program to promote good behavior. When we fill up our chart we get to have a party! We can fill up as many charts as possible throughout the year.

I would have to say that the kids get most excited when it is Morning Calendar Time. We do this on the SMARTboard and they are loving it! We have many songs that we sing to help us learn including days of the week, months of the year, weather songs, money songs, counting by 2's, 5's, 10's, and of course some alphabet songs! Their favorite though is without a doubt counting by 10's so I wanted to share it with you! Enjoy!

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