Friday, May 23, 2014

Goodbye Butterflies

What a year it has been.  Your student has grown so much.  Many of the students I have known for two years.  I will miss this class.  But it is our job to give them roots and wings.  Together we have done just that. They are ready for the next step. Wednesday we celebrated with our annual picnic.
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Good friends.



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Two great cooks prepare lunches for their families.

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Rae and Lyla complete orders.

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It was a beautiful day.


Thursday, May 22, 2014

Caterpillar picnic

Bittersweet picnic day for Mrs. Lewis.  Getting to know these children has been a blessing and a pleasure.  They are very ready to be Butterflies, in fact as of picnic time today, they ARE Butterflies!
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First thing Butterflies want to do...climb to the top of the dome.  As Caterpillars they have been limited to the bottom rung.
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Wonderful to see the families interact with each other.  Here's hoping you all enjoy a great summer.

Friday, May 16, 2014

Water Day!

Butterfly class wound up 5 senses week with Water Day.  Not as warm as we might have hoped, but in a sunny corner of the playground we were able to use squirt guns for target practice, draw on the parking lot with chalk, and use the fence to support our papers for spray painting.  We even ate our watermelon outside on the patio.  No person was drenched in the process, and only a few dampened, therefore a successful activity.  Special thanks to volunteers Miss Sharyl and Miss Melanie for their work in small groups today.
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We weren't quite brave enough to take pictures during the squirting and spraying activities, but those full size chalk drawings were dazzling.

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Caterpillars are growing...

We are growing beans!  Mrs. Schaefer helped the Caterpillar class put beans in our Window Greenhouse and there are roots and stems to be seen.
We also put a handful of beans into plastic bowls with lids, and wow, in 4 days time there is lots of activity there, too.  We will send these home next week.
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Kind of a rainy Tuesday, so scooter fun was the order of the day for indoor recess.  We had quite a lot of traffic, but no serious fender benders,
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Friday, May 9, 2014

G Week Butterflies






This week we learned all about things that grow.  We planted flowers for our moms.  Flowers and preschoolers grow. The students are growing up so fast.  They are getting ready to fly off to Kindergarten.  

 Lyla practices saying, "Happy Mother's Day!"

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Some boy love for Mrs. Schaefer

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Kaelyn shares a crazy costume.

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Aurora reads a book during sharing.



Friday, April 25, 2014

Butterflies Pet Week 2014

This week was Pet Week. We read books about pets, played games about pets, and had many pet visitors. Thanks to all the families that helped make Pet Week so much fun. We also released three beautiful painted lady butterflies.



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Today we played with Lyla's dogs, Sugar and Bolt. We talked about her responsibilities in taking care if them.



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Cael's rat, Momo, visited this week.

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Aurora's dog Mini loves preschool.
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Madalynne's dog Sky Blue Hastings visits.
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Isaac brought a dog and a baby!

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We also did puzzles about pets after snack.We worked together to finish in time


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Pet week was a learning experience for everyone, and a fun one. See you Monday!

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Caterpillar pets

Ah, Pet Week.  We were blessed with good weather on Tuesday, and that plus our patio makes all the difference.  A pet turtle spend the day in the classroom.  The children were fascinated to watch Sen move around the box.  Two pet dogs visited us this morning (on the patio).  John Henry and Lucy were both well mannered and welcomed the children's interest.  We asked about food, baths, and walks.  We learned to hold our hand out to meet a dog who is standing with it's master, and occasionally, if a dog really likes us, we will be asked to shake a paw or rub a belly.  By the time Atticus visited at the end of the morning, walking out to the patio was not a big deal and we remembered how to greet him.
Our butterflies came out of their cocoons over Easter weekend, today we released 2 of the 5 into the warm spring air.  Pretty exciting day in BVPS Caterpillar land!
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