Spooky Storytime...

We have been reading about ghosts, witches, haunted houses, and jack-o-lanterns! I have been turning out the lights and reading by the light of our jack-o-lanterns. I tried to take a picture but it isn't very good....the kids loved it!

Rainbow Room...completed 95%......lol

Finally!! There is always some thing left to do.... I just need to get the second coat of paint on the floor. This project took me a lot longer than I anticipated. As I was moving through it I would think.......ohhhhhh I should go ahead and take care of this while everything is torn apart. Unfortunately, I had a lot of those little things pop up. As I near the end I am very happy with the "rainbow room" concept. I really have wanted to do this for a long time but knew it was going to be a lot of work. I got in my head I wanted to FILL all of the wood cracks where I had a 2x4 up against another, etc... I wanted it to look like "1" post (I spoiled myself after getting the ones for the front of the house). I laugh now because it doesn't look that much different but I know what's behind it. I repainted/re-trimmed the chalkboards, added my "information/inspiration" board at the exit door, and hung our beloved thermometer beside it! Just so you know......the blue represents the beautiful "Carolina" blue sky, white is the clouds, and of course the rafters make the rainbow. The kids love it. Today when we were outside finishing our "fall color" book and enjoying the beautiful blue sky day....I mentioned we can always have a beautiful blue sky day with our new rainbow room

We made a book...."Fall Colors"

They will be bringing these home today!! Have your little one read it to you this weekend! They were all so proud today when we finished. Camden and Addison spent the rest of the morning pretending to be mom/dad with child reading to each other...so cute!

We have a new friend....Jayce Crews!

Jayce started with us last week! He is 2-1/2 years old and has a big sister named Sienna. Anna and I are so excited to have another pair of brown eyes in our group!!! He is ALL boy and loves to play outside. He is coming 3 days a week......Tues, Wed, and Thurs. His mom's name is Denise and will be the primary picking up so introduce yourself if you see her.......daddy's name is Jayson. Jayce is a great addition to our MSC Family......please welcome him the next time your are in the classroom.

Autumn Leaves are falling.....

We found some leaves this week. We took our leaf and put it underneath our blank "newspaper" then we took a crayon (without paper) and ran it side ways across the paper, over the leaf.....guess what?!! We could see the outline of the leaf!! They will be bringing home their drawings today along with a blank sheet of paper so you can do it with them at home! This is a bit of "home" work and they are expected to bring them back after the weekend. It would be great if you can find/use some other fall colors that your child didn't use on their original!!! Have fun and good luck......

Winners Never Quit! by Mia Hamm

Today we read a book written by Mia Hamm.She talked about the importance of being a part of a teamand how to loose gracefully. We discussed how importantit is to "play" the game and not about who wins or who looses!And we are a team here at Mrs. Angies......we help each other bylearning and playing together. It is important for the older children to help the younger ones learn, etc....
Whatever you love to do remember....
WINNERS NEVER QUIT!

WR Tools Help Us Learn

Today we finished up....."Tools Help Us Learn". Please take the time to look through your child's work with them. The picture above is from our use of scissors and glue sticks. We each cut our own color of construction paper and then we put the scraps in the middle of the table. Then we glued them onto our papers.....we call this our FRIEND COLLAGE. We used colored pencils on Mr. Pencil and used crayons on Mrs. Crayon. The only tool the children did not have access to was the computer. But I used it to find Mr. Pencil and Mrs. Crayon. I explained to them that when they enter kindergarten they will be using the computer. Brooke often works on the computer with Anna when completing her homework so this made perfect sense. On another note...I believe they will have plenty of electronics/computers soon enough.....I try to keep it simple. Our next Weekly Reader is about fire safety!!