cinco de mayo

Today we talked about cinco de mayo. It was all sorts of fun. We made our own quesadillas for snacks, and made marachas for one of our crafts. They made fantastic music, and we did a little mariachi parade and said "ole!" and "andale andale!" and "ay ay ay ay ay!" really loud. que bueno! he he he he. such a fun day

Celebration Day!

Today we got to celebrate this darling little girl! The best part about her is that she has a puppy that is her most favorite thing in the world! Lucky! She loves it so much that if she could have anything in the world, it would be another puppy. She loves the color purple, and she loves sea horses. She doesn't like sharks because they eat sea horses. She is amazing because she is so helpful, and she can do somersaults better than anyone. We love our association with this little angel.

ch - charms!

Today in school we made clay charm necklaces. We made clay, rolled it out, and the kids cut out words, or just letters. We baked them and painted them, and strung them on some yarn. This was such a cool project. I loved how they turned out.

Wh When can we PAINT??

Today we did one of the coolest projects we've done all year. I loved it!! We made our own puff paint out of salt, flour, and water. It took a bit longer than I thought it would and the kids really got good use of their "wh" word- WHEN??? We put it it squeeze bottles, added pigment, and FINALLY we got to paint. The colors rocked, and the way they blended was even cooler. When the kids went home, my kids and I made a bunch more. SOOOOO fun. I totally want these pieces for the Spring Salon, but our show is already so huge. We'll see.

Yay for Spring!

Spring is seriously thinking of coming. Winter is ever threatening, but I think in the end, it will get warm around here. To encourage, we have done Spring-ish projects this week. Today we made butterflies out of watercolors and coffee filters. They were super colorful and oh-so-cute.

Ee

I have lots of E names in my family. Because of this I have lots of E's all over my house. This cute little chicken makes me Lego E's every day. Every day I see this adorable little face and hear "Teacher, I made this for you!" I love it I love it I love it.

wh-- what in the world is that????

This week we are talking about wh. We have learned the words who, what, why, where, and when. Our snacks have been all sorts of creative. Where is our snack??? When is our snack ever going to be ready?? Why are we having cheesy puffs AGAIN??

For our project today we made "what in the world is THAT???" Oh, it's goo. We made this really cool stuff from scratch, colored it, and played hard. It was a super cool project!