More planting

Thanks to those who donated seeds and soil, we were able to plant a few more things. We will be carefully observing wild flowers, pinto beans, corn, and helpchysums grow. I will continue to post pictures o these plants progress.

Grow grow grow!

Wow! I was gone only for a few days and came back to plants growing OUT of the bags! Unfortunately there were some students bags that didn't grow at all, but we are going to replant those. I sent the student bags home today. If you want to continue to grow this plant, you may. Plant it in a pot with soil and water it regularly. If you do decide to do this send me picture updates.

What do plants need?

Today we talked about all the things plants need to grow. Plants need soil, sun, water, and air. Well, since we had all of hose things, we did a little planting today! We planted some grass seed in small clear cups. The cups are clear so that in the near future we are able to see the roots form at the bottom of the cups. We watered our cups and took them outside so that they would have enough sunlight and air. I hope they grow! I'm not the best gardener at home...lets hope I have better luck at school. 😉

No more letters!

Today was the first Monday I didn't introduce a new letter. Some of the kids didn't know what to think of that.
Now that we are done with our letters and sounds study, we are moving on to bigger things. Today we started talking about beginning sounds. Most of the kids knew exactly what this meant because we find words that start with certain letters all the time. It was a great transition. We listened very carefully to some of the sounds in these picture cards and sorted them on the board. The kids did an awesome job with this.

Disinfecting

Today we had a serious talk about germs (in the PM class we will talk on Monday in the AM class). I have had 5 people with PINK EYE! We talked about the importance of washing our hands, using tissues for our noses, not putting things in out mouths, and keeping our hand to ourselves. After our talk, we disinfected out areas where we sit and all our centers.

Parents, in consideration to others in the class an to myself with a small baby at home, do not send your child to school I they are sick. This way everyone stays well an is able to come to school and learn. Out time in preK is coming to an end, and we want to learn all we can in that little time.
Thanks so much!