Thanksgiving Feast with the Little People!!

Hi, everyone!  Just thought I'd post a few pictures of our Thanksgiving Feast with our kindergarten neighbors.  We had so much fun!  First, we shook up the butter.  In case you've never done this before it's just "whipping cream" in a jar or a clear plastic container.  I chose to use a plastic container and good thing.  It went flying one time during the churning process, lol.  Each child shook to their hearts content and then passed the container to their neighbor.  After we shook our cream into butter we all grabbed our headdresses, bonnets, hats and placemats and went out into the hall to enjoy our "mini" feast.  We tried cranberry sauce, corn muffins, butter and pumpkin bread.  Delicious!  They were so good and precious!  Check out a few of our pictures below!

This first picture makes me a little sad!  Trevor's (the little guy shaking the butter) last day with us was the Tuesday before Thanksgiving!  He's such a neat little guy!  

We will all miss him a lot!

Aren't they precious?!!

 Three little Native Americans!

 Cody, Trevor and Andrew (best buds!)

 Smile for the camera!!

 A view of all of together!  50 little Pilgrims and Native Americans enjoying a little feast!

Latest Newsletter!!

This past week we read several great stories about the first Thanksgiving.  We've also been reading "Junie B., First Grader: Turkeys We Have Loved and Eaten (and Other Thankful Stuff)".   It's funny to hear the different things kindergarteners and first graders are thankful for.  Rainbow sprinkles, Nipsy Doodles,  cranberry sauce that slides out in the shape of the can, exploding biscuits and toilet paper were at the top of the list.  Too cute!!

Hope you all have a wonderful "Thanksgiving" holiday! 

We all have so many things to be thankful for!!

I am sorry this post is a little late!  I forgot after our Veterans Day post to upload our newsletter for the week of November 9th.  So, here you go!!

I'm Proud to Be an American

This week my kindergarteners spent time learning all about voting and Veterans Day. They are such  an amazing group of children!  We will be singing a song called "Thank You Soldiers" for the rest of our school on Monday in honor of Veterans Day.  They have practiced so hard and each day they ask if they can sing their special song.  We have talked about how brave our soldiers are and have been in the past and how they protect our country!  It is an honor to teach such compassionate children!
I am truly blessed to be in such a wonderful school with such special little people!!  Below are a few of the things we did to honor our veterans!

Wow!  What an exciting week this last week was.  We had Halloween, began practicing our Veterans Day song and finished up learning about bats!  Whew!  This week we will be voting for the next President of the United States and learning all about some very special people who have helped to protect our nation and many who continue to do so!  

Thank you to all of the veterans and those in the Armed Forces for your service and dedication to our country!