Week of 5/23 - 5/26

Hi Bumblebees,
I'm getting a bit teared up as I get ready to post this last blog. I can't thank you enough for making my year such a wonderful one, have a great summer!

A big thank you to Mrs. Alfa for filling in for Mrs. Valeria at the beginning of this week. We sure were glad to see Mrs. Valeria back today, though!

What part of being a Bumblebee was your favorite?
Riley helping us review the letters M through P
Happy 5th birthday, Yena! Thanks for the yummy pizza and cupcakes too!
Mrs. Alfa helping us make our Bumblebee mobiles
Zach helping us review the letters Q through U
Haley helping us review the letters V through Z
Reviewing the whole alphabet and all the sounds with Mrs. Alfa
We had a great time at our family picnic. Thank to all of you who took time out of your busy day to come eat with your child! Those of you who couldn't make it, your kids had a great time, and you were missed!

We love you Riley!
We love you Kate!
We love you Lauren!
We love you Samantha!
We love you Mackenzie!
We love you Yena!
We love you Kaylee!
We love you Zach!
We love you Brianna!
We love you Haley!
We love you Sammy, Matthew, and Josh!
NEXT WEEK:
*Relax and sleep in!

OVER THE SUMMER:
*PLEASE read to your child daily! I can't stress enough how important this is, especially this summer before kindergarten!

Have a wonderful, relaxing summer. Thank you for enriching my year! You will be missed!

Week of 5/16 - 5/18

Hi Bumblebees,
This, our second-to-last week of school, was all about dinosaurs! I think the kids knew more than we did, and they were happy to share all they knew!

Scientists working to put dinosaur pieces together correctly!
This week we started reviewing the whole alphabet too! Samantha showing us some of the review items she brought in the class sound box!
Happy almost-5th birthday, Zach! We're so glad you're in our class!
Paleontologists working really carefully on their dinosaur fossils!
We found a lot of fossils!
Alphabet review!
Kate showing us some of the review items she brought in the class sound box!

Happy 5th birthday, Josue! We're so glad you're a Bumblebee!
More alphabet/sound review
We have been writing in our "kindergarten" writing journals daily!
Your child got a barrel of dinosaurs! Hanging them together is a hard small motor skill, and some of the kids had a hard time! Have them practice!
Happy almost-5th birthday, Samantha! We love you!
As an end-of-the-year gift to each other, we are signing our names on beach buckets. Your child will get their bucket the last day of school!
What would it look like if dinosaurs still roamed the earth?
We watched a "real" dinosaur hatch from its egg this week!
Mackenzie showing us the review items she brought in the class sound box!
Please check this picture to see if your child is responsible for anything this weekend. Have fun!
NEXT WEEK:
*The last week of school!!
*More alphabet review
*Lots of graduation practice
*TUESDAY--Yena's parents will be providing lunch for us as we celebrate Yena's 5th birthday. Please send snack as usual.
*WEDNESDAY--Family picnic! The picnic has been scheduled for 11:30. I found out this week that we have graduation practice scheduled at 11:00 on Wednesday. If you arrive for the picnic while we're still in practice, please go right out to the shady trees by the playground, set up your stuff (our plaid picnic blankets will already be out there marking our spot) and wait for us. Remember, food is NOT provided, please bring lunch for your child and anyone else who is coming with your family. Please send only snack in the morning. If it rains on Wednesday, the picnic will be relocated to our classroom, so please pray for good weather!
*THURSDAY--GRADUATION! Your child's cap/gown and/or tassel came home this week. Please have your child arrive in our room between 6:00 and 6:15 on Thursday evening. They need to come DRESSED in their cap and gown! The program will start promptly at 6:30.

Week of 5/9 - 5/12

Hi Bumblebees,
Only 2 more weeks of school until graduation....are you ready?

It's all about musical instruments this week! And we love to play them....loudly!
Doing our last-ever alphabet train!
Lauren showing us all the great "Z" items she brought in the class sound box!
BLACK AND WHITE ZEBRA DAY show-and-tell!
Z is for a dancing zebra with Alphabet Al!
Mackenzie got to take our very last letter-of-the-week book home! Zoo-looking by Mem Fox
We learned a lot about musical instruments this week. And we used instrument stickers to practice our new ABCD pattern!
Working very hard to string the jingle bells onto our tambourines

Shaking our tambourines makes such a pretty sound!
The kids were so excited to share their mystery shakers with the class. We had a lot that nobody could guess! What's inside yours?
Kate had popcorn kernels in hers! Thanks for helping your kids with these, they loved it!
We shook all our mystery shakers at the same time! What a LOUD noise that made!
Please check this picture to see if your child is responsible for something this weekend. Have fun!
NEXT WEEK:
*Dinosaurs
*Alphabet Review
*lots of graduation practice
*THURSDAY--no school for the children. See you at your scheduled conference time!

Please practice with your child:
*All letters/sounds A through Z
*ABCD patterns

Week of 5/2 - 5/5

Hi Bumblebees,
Happy Mother's Day to all our wonderful moms! We had a great time talking about you and celebrating you this week!

We got the impression that a lot of you were not prepared to see your sweet children in caps and gowns :) Graduation is 3 weeks from today! Yikes!
It's all about Y this week!
Kaylee showing us all the great Y items she brought in the class sound box
Y is for yawn and stretch with Alphabet Al!
Yena got to take our letter-of-the-week book home this week. little blue and little yellow by Leo Lionni
Guess what happens when you start with blue and yellow play-doh...
...squish it together....
...and it turns into green play-doh!
How many of you moms were able to guess which beautiful picture was of you? Were you right?
If you mix blue and yellow paint.....
you get green!
And you get a mess!
Happy 5th birthday to Haley! We are so glad you're a Bumblebee!
Thanks so much to all our moms who took time out of their busy day to come to our Mother's Day Tea! There was MUCH good food, and we had a great time. To our moms who could not be there, we missed you!! Happy Mother's Day to all of you!
Sammy and mom
Haley and mom
Zachary and mom
Samantha and mom

Kate and mom
Kaylee and mom
Lauren and mom
Yena and mom
Josue and mom

Brianna and mom
Mackenzie and mom
Those of us who got a chance to decorate Mother's Day cakes from Publix...
...had a great time!
Please check this picture to see if your child is responsible for anything this weekend. Have fun!
NEXT WEEK:
*The letter Z (please send in a 'z' picture in the letter envelope on MONDAY)
*Sound and Music
*TUESDAY--Black-and-white zebra day! Please wear some combination of black and white, bring one black item and one white item for show-and-tell

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL OUR WONDERFUL MOMS!!