Candy Cane Hunt

We make learning fun in Kindergarten! My little friends came into the classroom this morning and found candy canes everywhere. Who knew that candy canes would throw 30 5 year olds into a fit of pure craziness first thing in the morning?! I'd call that a rookie mistake BUT I'm not a rookie sooooo....

Anyway, each candy cane had a number taped onto it. When it was time for us to go on our candy cane hunt each student had to find one candy cane and then find the large number card that matched the number on their candy cane. Then they had to find their place within the other numbers ordered 0-30. They did a super job and has so much fun doing it. Of course, they each got to eat their candy canes when our activity was done. 

Today I can order numbers 0-30! We rocked it out today!!  

Santa! Santa! Santa!

We got a surprise visit from Santa himself today! We think maybe our elf friend Chippy sent him. Either way, we were so super excited that he was actually here. He received many hugs and high fives! We wrote him letters today too and those will be mailed to the North Pole. We are hoping to hear back from him before Christmas.

Chipee

Santa has sent an Elf to our classroom again this year. She is beautiful and kind and REALLY loves Kindergarten!!! She always finds the perfect place to sit and watch over our friends each day and we LOVE to find her every morning! Here is where our lovely little Elf friend has stationed herself today!

Happy Thanksgiving

We hope you all have a wonderful, peaceful Thanksgiving full of love and togetherness!

The Finished Product

Here it is... our long term goals board! I LOVE this addition to the classroom! We have so much to work for...even in Kindergarten!

Big Goals!

In Kindergarten we reach for a lot of goals. We focus a lot on the small or big goals we have to meet by the end of the year. These are goals like knowing all of our letters, writing our first and last names, adding and subtracting, counting to 100, reading all of our sight words, etc. We had a discussion today about making BIG goals and how it's OK to start thinking now about what you want to be when you grow up and working already in Kindergarten toward that goal. You have to know your numbers before you can be a doctor, you have to know all of your letters before you can be a teacher, you have to be able to listen and follow directions before you can be a hockey player, you have to be able to follow all the rules before you can be a police officer. The kiddos are so exciting about setting these goals! We took pictures today to put up on a board as a reminder of their BIG goals while they were away on their little goals.

Go Go Cardinals!

We had so much fun today making signs in support of our fellow Cardinals! The Cardinal Football team will be playing in their second playoff game tonight, the Cardinal Volleyball team won their second straight district title last night and tomorrow the Cardinal Cross Country team will be running in the state championships!
GO GO CARDINALS!!!