Mother's Day and More

Well, I meant to post earlier about some of the things we did for Mother's Day, but between spending Mother's Day with my own mom and the arrival of my granddaughter.........I have been busy! We made Kindergarten Cooks, a cookbook of each child's favorite recipe that their mom fixes for them. I do this every year and I always love the results. The many ways that the children think their moms cook different foods is guaranteed to make you smile, if not laugh out loud! The children also wrote about their moms and made TLC irises for them.
Just wanted to show you again the Hairy Harrys. Here are before and after photos. Just this week the sweet potato sprouted leaves. Who knew that leaves on a sweet potato could cause so much excitement.


The combined Kindergarten classes presented The Little Red Hen musical to a packed house. I was really proud of the children. I thought they did a fabulous job.



We finished up a short unit on insects this week and will be doing some ocean things from now until the end of school. When we were learning about plants, we went out in our back yard to look at the plants there. We have lots of dandelions and clover. This afternoon the children were observing bees in the clover. I find myself marveling at how much they have learned and how excited they can get over simple things like clover blossoms and bees. Some days, my job is just too much fun!

Manic Monday

When the children came in on Monday, they quickly discovered that their "Hairy Harrys" had grown long grassy hair over the weekend, the sweet potato had grown roots, and there were pictures of my brand-new granddaughter on my table. Mr. T came by and wondered what all the ruckus was about. It was just too much excitement. Frankly the children were most impressed by their Hairy Harrys and the sweet potato. I was much more interested in introducing everyone to the newest member of my family. By now you have all seen the Harrys, so I would like to introduce you to Hannah Quinn Brune who made her appearance on Saturday, May 7. She was 19 inches long and weighed in at 6 pounds 7 ounces. Proud parents are Matt, my son, and Katherine, my wonderful daughter-in-law.

Here is Hannah............Nonny's favorite (and only) granddaughter!

PS If you want to see the sweet potato's roots, you will have to stop by the classroom. Just to warn you, be prepared, we think it my be sprouting leaves! More excitement!

We're Moooving On

It is hard to believe that this school year is coming to a close. The weeks seem to be flying by and I am not quite ready to let my "babies" go. But those babies are definitely ready to fly.........right on down the hall to first grade. We are just finishing up our unit on the farm. The children made farmers and cows and horses that are displayed on the hall outside our classroom. One teacher gave our class a link because she said that those horses were too cute and made her smile every time she saw them.We finished up our farm unit with a trip to the dairy and the turkey farm, followed by a picnic. We had a terrific time! Check it out.

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