Butterfly Thanksgiving Feast

We celebrated Thanksgiving this week.  We talked about everything we have to be thankful for.

Are those Indians?  No, just Butterflies!

Parents getting into the spirit.

Everything was so yummy.

Miss Diane had fun.

Lots of great family photos one the blog.

Miss Jackie is looking good.

Caterpillar Thanksgiving and Birthday Celebrations!

Mrs. Lewis and Miss Melanie (Isaac's mom) have birthdays only one day apart this week!  We celebrated with Thanksgiving cups and plates, Pilgrim hat crayons and a color-it-yourself tablecloth, cupcakes, cookie turkeys, and orange soda.  The children had a chance to wear their Indian headdresses and necklaces, which Isaac shared with mom.

On Mrs. Lewis' birthday, everyone gets to blow out a candle.

We hope everyone has a blessed Thanksgiving, with travel mercies and good food.  See you Tuesday, December 3.

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Sometimes it takes a big group to put a big puzzle together.

Miss Jackie and friends work on a big puzzle all about numbers.

These friends worked very hard to complete a Noah's Ark puzzle.

Caterpillar Numbers/Nursery Rhymes

The Caterpillars started their week impressing Mrs. Lewis by identifying all numerals 1-5, and most of 6-10!  We played several games in the Circle involving putting numerals in order or counting items.  Mrs. Lewis tried to trick us by leaving one number out, but we were not fooled.  Even puzzles with little tiny items to count did not slow us down.

Mrs. Lewis introduced an art activity involving a giant shoe using tracing, cutting, hole punching, and lacing, but even more popular were the spiders made using the same skills.  Miss Muffet had no chance of a quiet snack in our classroom today.

Went had great Fire Safety Week.  We made thank you cards.  We read lots of books about Fire Safety.  We went to the Fire Station.

Here the Butterflies pose with a Firefighter friend.

It takes 3 Firefighters or 15 Butterflies to hold a fire hose.

Caterpillar company

After listening to McGruff tell us "Don't play with matches, stay down & crawl out, and Stop Drop, & Roll on Tuesday, we welcomed firefighters from the Bella Vista Fire Department to our classroom today.  Even a big friendly firefighter looks different in his full turnout gear, so it was good to watch the transformation happen right in our own space.  The children listened carefully, and seemed to accept the fact that it was indeed the same friend, whether or not he wore his mask and air tank.  We went to the parking lot to get a closer look at the trucks.  Unfortunately the firefighters were called to a grass fire, but it was pretty cool to see them pull away with lights flashing!

October 28 Space Week

Space week was SSSSSSSSSSSSSuper fun.

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In this picture, Angie Fries helps students create pictures of the night sky.

Butterflies prepare for lift off in their playground rocket ship.

I took lots of pictures of Butterflies sharing from the teacher's chair.  This is Isaac's sharing.  His name is Oreo.