Kindergarten Round-Up and Dr. Seuss

Today was an exciting day! Kindergarten Round-Up was so much fun for the kids! For me, it was exciting to provide them a chance to share everything they know with their future teachers. The whole day went so well. The kindergarten teachers were marveling at how well this year's group of preschoolers behaved while they were at Round-up. At one point this afternoon, one of them came back into the room where the children were all playing and said, "Wow! You wouldn't even know there are kids in here!" They were busy playing hard and staying focused! (Which makes for one, proud preschool teacher, let me just say!)

I, unfortunately, forgot my camera in the morning. Luckily, I had it this afternoon though, and in terms of the activities, the two sessions were identical. Morning parents - look at these pictures and pretend the children in the picture are yours, and I'm sorry I forgot my camera.

The kindergarten teachers will be letting you all know how your children did as soon as they've had a chance to fully review all of their information. If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know!

Also, I feel compelled to tell you all how incredibly sad I am that my young friends will not be with me forever. I can't believe they'll be heading off to kindergarten and k-prep already. I feel truly blessed to have had this time with them, and I hope they stop in to see me every once in a while after they leave me for The Big School. I'm going to miss them so, very much!

This week we've been talking about Dr. Seuss. We were busy finishing up our bodies last week, so we missed celebrating his birthday. We'll be celebrating all of this week though! We started out by graphing our favorite Dr. Seuss books on Monday. The Lorax won by a landslide. (Of course, I wonder how much peer pressure played a role in this. Most of the kiddos were intent on picking the winning book instead of their actual favorite. It's all good though! Graphing is graphing either way!) We also read The Cat in the Hat and made some hats to go along with that story. I will be hanging most of these hats in the hallway as soon as I get a chance. To make the hats, the students had to find the pictures that started with the letter on the brim of their hat and glue them on the stripes. When we finished with those hats, some of the kiddos wanted to make hats, like The Cat's, that they could actually wear. Here's what they came up with:

Today, since it was absolutely gorgeous outside, we went outside when we returned from Kindergarten Round-Up. The kiddos blew some bubbles, ran around, and played a fun game of hide and seek with a rock they decorated. It was a great time, and I'm so excited to see signs of spring around us.

(looking for rocks to collect and to play hide and seek with)

We are still looking for volunteers to help with tip day on Saturday! Please sign up if you have any time free that day! Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of you who have already signed up!