Thursday, October 13, 2011

The Worst Thing That Can Happen To A Preschool Teacher...

Well, as many of you who I see on a daily basis noticed, I completely lost my voice this week. I felt wonderful - I didn't have a sore throat or a cough or a fever or a headache or any other sign of the flu or a cold - I just simply lost my voice. That has never happened to me before, and I hope it never happens to me again! I realized fairly quickly that this is the worst thing to happen to a preschool teacher. Thankfully, it was almost completely normal today. The kids did a fabulous job being super listeners to help me deal with the lack of a voice! I was actually pretty amazed at how well they listened when I told them my voice couldn't get any louder than a whisper! Thank them for me!

Now, on to the good stuff. Yesterday, we had an afternoon visit from the firefighters. It was a blast for the kiddos, and it went very smoothly. I was so happy that no one was afraid of the firefighter in the full uniform (although it might help that this particular firefighter was Keely's dad - Thanks, Ryan!). Last year, I think I ended up with four kids trying to sit in my lap because they were scared. They learned all sorts of ways to stay safe from fire, and, of course, they got to see the fire truck! What a fun time everyone had!

We did a few more investigations with water. We learned about sinking and floating by making boats out of aluminum foil. The kids made a prediction about how many bears it would hold. I got all sorts of predictions from 5-115! Then they added bears one at a time while we counted to find out how many bears would make it sink. Mrs. Twedt was surprised that one of the boats held 64 bears!
We also did an investigation of how water reacts on wax paper. The cool thing about water is that it really wants to stick together, so on wax paper, which repels the water, you can push the drops of water around to see this sticking in action. We used eye droppers to make drops of water on wax paper. Then, we took pencils and dragged the drops around the paper. Some kids tried to break the water drops apart, which is actually pretty hard to do. Some kids tried to push all of their drops together to make one mega-drop.
We also did some cooking today! Since we weren't able to cook with Jodie this week, I brought the cooking into the classroom. We made Doughnut Muffins - they're muffins that taste exactly like doughnut holes! The kids read a recipe to find out what and how much to add. They did all the stirring, the measuring, and the pouring (with some guidance from me, of course). After the muffins came out of the oven, we rolled them in butter and then cinnamon sugar! Yummy! They were a hit! Even one friend after saying, "I'm not sure if I like these," told me they were tasty!

I got a newsletter out on time today, so check your child's bag/folder! Don't forget our Read-a-thon is next week! I'm really, really excited, and I hope that you are too. There's a note on the newsletter about signing up for the supper before the Read-a-thon. We need to know for sure how many people are coming, so we know how many pizzas to get!

Have a fantastic weekend!

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