Last Posting because of Christmas Vacation 2014

This week the children did a lot of Christmas projects. They were doing four projects in one week. I personally think that's a little much because it puts a lot of stress on them and on us to try to  get everything done  before Christmas vacation. Maybe someday we can cut it down to two projects. Today was the last day of school.  The children  brought goodies for their classmates and teachers. In the morning I had them do one last Do A Dot Art stamping.

I will write again next year. Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Christmas Program

Last night was our Christmas program with all the practicing the children did beforehand really paid off because they did a great job. I was so proud of all of them. Our Christmas program was about Jesus being born. One girl played Mary and a boy played Joseph. Three boys played the wise men and a bunch of boys played the shepherds. Some boys played the animals. All the girls played the angles. The songs they sang were Behold The Star, Go Tell It On The Mountain, Glory Glory Glory To God,  The Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy, Wasn't That A Mighty Day.

My last post will be on  Friday December 19 th  because I will be off from  Monday December 22 to  Friday January 2 because of Christmas vacation.

Week of 12-1-2014 thru 12-5-2014

This week both classes  glued on pieces of newspaper on pink paper and covered letter N because that's the letter of the week. The Rainbow class did the Weekly Reader where they learned about  how different  religions celebrate Christmas. The activity was they had to circle pictures of different things involving Christmas.  The Rainbow class traced letters M and N in their composition books. Both classes colored a picture of Mary and Joseph. The Rainbow class traced lower case n and upper case N.

Next week on  Friday December 12th is our Christmas program. There will be a short post on that date. We have been practicing for the Christmas program this week. We will be practicing all next week until the night of the program.

Week of 11-17-2014 thru 11-21-2014

This week has been a crazy week because Thanksgiving is next week. The Sunshine class and the Rainbow class glued colorful squares into the letter M cause that was the letter of the week on yellow paper. The Rainbow class  also made  turkey hand prints on brown paper. Both classes colored paper plates using different colors for the turkey feathers. On Thursday  both classes  glued on the turkeys on to their paper plates. The Rainbow class colored a picture of the bible story Jesus feeds the 5,000 people.  Today both classes made an Indian  out of hand prints using brown, red, yellow, green, and  orange paint.

P.S. Been working short handed but that will change next week. The school hired a  part-time helper. Yahoo! Also I apologize for not blogging last week because I had a bad cold.

Week of 11-3-2014 thru 11-7-2014

This week the Rainbow class colored a picture of the bible story David  and Goliath. They also traced number 10. They made a kite and glued it on to yellow paper. They also did the Weekly Reader where they learned about veterans.  The activity was to circle the items that where in the care package. They traced uppercase K and lower case k. They also traced letter K in their composition books. For Your Information; we are starting to practice for the Christmas program so next month's posts should be interesting.

Week of 10-27-2014 thru 10-31-2014

This week The Rainbow class decorated pumpkins by gluing on eyes and made a face. They also made another pumpkin and glued  on black tissue paper on it. All of the children took turns carving a pumpkin for Halloween.  We also played the game called "Who Stole The Cookie From The Cookie Jar." The game goes like this: you call a child's name and you tell them they stole the cookie from the cookie jar and the child says who me and everyone says yes you then the child says it couldn't be, then we  say then who ? Then the child picks another child.  The Rainbow class traced letter J. They also did the Weekly Reader where they learned 8 facts about spiders.  The activity was to draw 8 legs on one spider to make it look like its friend. The Rainbow class colored a picture of Daniel and the lion's den. Today all the children dressed up for Halloween and we went on a fall parade. We took the children around  to the shops. They got a lot of candy.

Week of 10-20-2014 thru 10-24-2014

This week the children did circle time. They did the calendar and traced number 9 and tried to write it. They also colored a picture of 9 items. The children traced letter I and tried to write it. They also cut out circles and decorated it using Do a Dot Art. They also cut out pumpkins and made ice cream cones. They colored a picture of Noah's Ark. We took the children to chapel and they learned the story of Noah. They traced letter I in their composition books. They also glued real leaves on to white paper.

Week of 10-13-2014 thru 10-17-2014

This week the Rainbow class did circle time where they learned the calendar the month and day and the date.  They also traced number 8 and try to write it.  They also painted whatever they wanted on black paper using white paint because that was the color of the week. They cut out hearts and glued them on to white paper. They did the Weekly Reader where they learned about the different things you see when you go on a Autumn  Nature walk. The activity was to circle the pictures of what they saw on the walk for example acorns apples leaves. They also colored a picture of God Gives Us Clothes.  Today they traced letter H in their composition books and we watched a video.

Week of 10-6-2014 thru 10-10-2014

This week the children glued green glitter on green paper. They also traced number 7. They also did Do a Dot art using  a black stamp and made black dots on white paper. They made fire trucks  and decorated them. This week they did the Weekly Reader where they learned about fire safety. On Thursday we went to the fire station and the children got to see the fire trucks and learned more about fire safety. Today the children traced letter G and try to write it. We also watched a movie.

Week of 9-29-2014 thru 10-3-2014

This week's post is not going to be has detailed as the other posts I have written because we didn't have activities planned for the kids to do. We had to test them this week because parent teacher conferences are coming up. So how we test the kids is to see if they know their colors to see if they know how to cut to see if they know how to draw certain lines. Also we had to see if they know their numbers and if they know how to write their name. If they have any  trouble with any of it we have to bring it up to the parents

Week of 9-22-2014 thur 9-26-2014

This week the Rainbow class colored a picture of  the bible story God Gives Good Food the story about Elijah. The Rainbow class also traced the number 6 and colored a picture of 6  items.  They also glued orange squares on to white paper. This week the Rainbow class did the Weekly Reader where they learned about what a community is which is people who work and play together.  They also cut out fish a glued it on blue paper and also glued on green seaweed on the bottom of the blue paper. The Rainbow class traced letter F in their composition books. The Sunshine class trace number 6 and colored a picture of a fish. Both classes glued orange shapes on to yellow paper.

Week of 9-15-2014 thur 9-19-2014

This week the Rainbow class cut out hearts and drew their family on the inside. They learned God made family. The Sunshine class colored a picture of number 5 and I traced their hands over it and wrote 1 2 3 4 5 and wrote Five Fingers on the bottom of the paper. The Rainbow and Sunshine class used red and blue paint and mixed it together to make purple. The Rainbow class cut out eggs from their paintings they did the other day and glued colorful squares into the letter E cause that was the letter of the week. The Rainbow class did the Weekly Reader where they learned where apples come from. For the activity they had to circle their favorite foods. They also drew apples on the apples trees there was a number on the trees then they had to circle the tree with the most apples. The rainbow class traced letter E in their composition books and try to write it. They also colored a  picture of things that start with letter E.

Week of 9-8-2014 thru 9-12-2014

This week the rainbow class made blue heart cards and cut them out and decorated it for their dads. They also learned about the bible story of Jessie and David and colored a picture of them. They also did a Weekly Reader they learned about the school rules and how that the school rules are for everybody to follow. They had to circle which voice to use when they are outside or inside. The Sunshine class painted a dolphin cut out green this week because that was the color this week. They also colored a  dog picture cut it out and glued it on to a paper bag to make a puppet. They traced the number 4. Today both classes made green dots on white paper using the Do A Dot Art stamps. The rainbows traced letter D in their composition books.

Week of 9-2-2014 thru 9-5-2014

This week the children cut out a heart and made a card for their moms. They also painted whatever they wanted on white paper using blue paint cause that's the color this week. They cut out blue circles and glued them on white paper. The children also traced the number 3 this week and try to write it and also colored a picture of items. They did something different this week  called a Weekly Reader they learned how to be a friend. Every week the children will learn something new with the Weekly Reader. They also traced the letter C and try to write it. On Thursdays we take to children to chapel and they learned the bible story about Hanna. They also traced the letter C in their composition books. 

Week of 8-25-2014 thru 8-29-2014

This week the children learned what God made on day 6 which was Adam and Eve. They colored a picture of Adam and Eve. They also learned the letter B this week so they glued black beans on to yellow paper and formed the beans into the letter B. The children also learned the number 2 this week. They traced the number 2 and try to write it and color a picture of two items. The boys drew their faces on a boy happy birthday picture. The girls drew their faces on a girl happy birthday picture. They also traced letter B and try to write it. They also stamped lemons on to white paper using yellow paint. They also traced letter B into their compositions books and try  to write it. Today we played a game where everyone sits in a circle. In the middle of the carpet there is a string circle. Everyone gets two marbles and try's to roll one marble into the circle string. Then they wait till everyone had a turn then they roll the other marble into the string circle. I think we are going to play this game every Friday.

Week of 8-18-2014 thru 8-22-2014

This week the children learned what God made on day six. They colored a picture of animals  because that's what God made. They also learned what God made on day 5 which was fish and birds. The children colored the bottom of a white piece of paper blue to make it look like the ocean then they glued orange fish and stamped birds and butterflies on top of the paper. The children also learned the number one. They traced the number one and try to write it. They also colored a picture of one item. The children used a white piece of paper and painted it red then they drew apples on to the piece of paper when the paint was dry then they cut the apples out. They also have their own composition books where they trace the letters of the alphabet and try to write them. They also colored pictures of things that start with that particular letter. This week it was the letter A.

God Made

Week of  8-12-2014 to 8-15-2014

This week the children learned what God made for six days. On day one God made night and day the children glued black tissue paper on one side of yellow construction paper and left the other side yellow to represent day. Day two God made clouds and rain: the children glued clouds and  rain on brown paper and on Day 3 God made land and oceans: the children used a blue marker to draw the ocean on the same paper because we combined the days. On day 4 God made the Sun and moon and stars. The children colored a picture of the sun and moon and stars. They also learned the calendar the month day and date and year. We try to do the calendar every day.

First Week of School

Friday 8-8-2014

This week has been an easy week. It's kind of a get to know the new kids and let them get to know us and their new classmates. I am off today because of the hurricane. The  hurricane has weakened... thank goodness! This week the children wrote their names on paper then glued colorful squares on their names. The sunshine class made a sun because they are the sunshine's. The rainbow class made rainbows using watercolor paint

First Day of the New School Year

Monday 8-4-2014

Today was the first day of the new school year. It was an unusually day the children came into the classrooms and played quietly and so nicely. Normally the children are loud when they play in the classroom.

There are a few new children in the 3 year old class and a few in the 4 year old class. There is a new boy in the 4 year old class who said to me  teacher I like your hair. I said thank you. Another boy said  Hi Ms Erin your good.

The children rode bikes today they had a good time. This afternoon for snack they had apples and ice pops. No one got hurt today so we didn't have to write an ouchie report. Today was a good first day.

 I was so excited about today that I forgot my lunch at home and I had to go back and get it. Lucky I wasn't too  far  from my house.

During nap time I made crayon boxes out of milk cartons that the parents brought this morning for the children.

Work Week Before the New School Year Starts 5th Day

Friday 8-1-2014

Today was the last day of work week. We all went into the play yard and cleaned it up. I did the sweeping and  rinsing out the containers that had balls and trucks in it. I put the new balls we got in one container. I also put all the Lego's in another new container we got.

I wrote the children's names on name tags and place them into their cubby's. I hung the welcome children we love you sign back on the door under that sign I hung another sign that says Welcome to our class of fantastic kids the name of the room and who the teacher's are and grade level.

We also got new t-shirt uniforms. They look nice. We had Korean BBQ for lunch it was good.

Work Week Before the New School Year Starts 4th Day

Thursday 7-31-2014

Today we hung the boarders on the bulletin boards. We also hung a helper board we pick 5 children's names  out of a bucket and those 5 children get to be a helper for the week.

I labeled all of the children's names on their folders where we put their art work in. I also labeled the children's names on their compensation books where they are going to write the letters of the alphabet and color different pictures  that start with that particular letter.

I also went to the play yard and clean all of the toys that go into the classroom. I also cleaned the window sills again.

Work Week Before the New School Year Starts 3rd Day

Wednesday 7-30-2014

What a long day we all had. Today the people from the waxing company came to wax our floors for both classrooms. That was nice of them.

That means we had to be out of the classrooms for most of the day. We all went shopping. First we went to Wal-Mart and got some stuff. Then we went to Education Works to pick a few things. Then we went to Toys R Us and go more things. I would name all of the stuff we got but the list was too long. We also ate lunch at a Hawaiian BBQ place. We also went to Fisher to get more stuff. It was a nice day.

When we came to school we had to put all of the furniture back in the classrooms.

Work Week Before the New School Year Starts 2nd Day

Tuesday 7-29-2014

Today I  cleaned all of the windows in the classroom that was a tough job and a gross one at that.

I also covered the bulletin boards with paper and hung them on the wall with some help from my coworkers.

My coworker and I went to the play yard and unscrewed  all of the window screens for both classrooms because they needed to be hosed down and dusted off. Then we hung the window screens back on the windows.

Our boss left without us knowing and when she came back she brought us all lunch. We all had a turkey sandwich and a salad.

Work Week Before the New School Year Starts

Monday 7-28-2014

This  is the week we all come to work to get the classrooms ready for the new school year. Today we took down the bulletin boards and the paper that was on them and the boarders.

We also empty  out all of the toys from the centers and put them away in the closet and wiped down the shelves.

We had a staff meeting this morning and talked about what is going to happen for the new school year. Like which children are moving into the 4 year old class. We also talked about what to do on a daily basis like lessons plans what the aides are suppose to do. It was a good meeting.

We also took everything out of the cabinets and wiped down the shelves and reorganized  the cabinets. We also relabeled the containers.

Last Day of School

7-25-2014

 It has been a long school year today was the last day of school. We had water  play today the children seemed to have a good time.  The parents brought a potluck lunch with lots of food.

This morning I played a game with two children called scrub. One child would pretend to wash the alphabet letter block with soap and the other child would pretend to dry and I was suppose to pretend to rise it with water it was fun. Then we would change roles.

This afternoon I played catch with a little boy and roll the ball with a little girl. The little  boy brought me a rubber ball that had hello kitty pictures on it. The little girl brought me a light green basketball and we sat on the ground and rolled it to each other.

It was also  the last day  of 5 children who is leaving to go to kindergarten. It was hard to say good bye to them.

Two children gave me a present. One child gave me a plant in a mason jar and the other child gave me a bag that you put together. I thought that was very sweet of them.

One Year

7-24-2014

I have been at my job for a year. In that time frame I have learned  much about being a teacher.

I am also taking online classes going for my Child Development Associate degree. Through these classes I have learned  much about child development. I think you learn more when you are getting hands on experience.

I have seen children come and go through the preschool. It's amazing how much you have an effect on a child.

Today a child  gave me a gift for no reason at all.  The child comes in and said here Ms Erin for you. It was a beaded  bracelet.

Today we also went on our last field trip for the summer. We went to Chuck E Cheese. The children had a good time.

My coworkers and I all wrote in a children's book called Oh The Places You'll Go to give to a child who is going to kindergarten. That was very hard for me because the child and I have a bonded by playing games and having conversations