Week of 1/24 - 1/27

Hi Bumblebees,
I hope you all got a chance to wish Mrs. Valeria a happy birthday this week, and thank her for all she does daily for your children! I am especially thankful for her this week as I fought off laryngitis! Enjoy the pictures.

Reading Chester and Ronny's journal about their fun weekend with Yena!
Working hard getting our first and last name in the right order on our necklaces!
Samantha showing us the great N items she brought in the class sound box!
Name Necklaces!
N is for nap with Alphabet Al.....we like this one!!
Thanks to all of you who came to chapel on Tuesday! As expected, the kids did a fantastic job telling the story of the woman at the well!
Jesus Loves Me!
Lauren got to take our letter-of-the-week book home this week. The Napping House by Audrey Wood (the kids loved this one, see if you can find it at the library!)
Pretend you're the coach....set up your playing field!
Balloon "volleyball"
Decorating a sports pennant...and sneaking in a little last-name practice!
Sports tattoos!
Last week we got to play in the "mud," this week we turned our mud into monsters!
We are still practicing the days of the week and months of the year!
Noodle Names!
These turned out cute!
Now that we are more than halfway through the alphabet, we will continue to review all the letters we have studied so far. ABC Bingo is a fun way to do that!
Please check this picture to see if your child is responsible for anything this weekend. Have fun!
Just a reminder.....Field Day had to be postponed from this week due to all the rain/bad weather we had. I will let you know when it is to be rescheduled for when I find out.

NEXT WEEK:
*The letter O (please send in an "o" picture in the letter envelope on MONDAY. Our "n" poster this week was pretty bare!)
*Dental Health
*Groundhog Day

Class wish list:
boxes of tissues
Clorox wipes (if you haven't recently donated one. Thanks to all of you who did send some in!)

Week of 1/18 - 1/20

Hi Bumblebees,
You will notice that due to the shorter school week, there are less pictures this time. We still managed to get in a lot of learning and fun though!

It's all about the letter M this week!
M is for move with Alphabet Al!
Lauren showing us the great items she brought in the class sound box
Mackenzie got to take our letter-of-the-week book home this week. Mud by Mary Lyn Ray!
What happens when it "rains" on something (like our beautiful pictures)?
Everything gets soggy and drippy!
We are still practicing recognizing our last names and spelling them!
Making cloud pictures!
What shape does your cloud look like?
Reading Chester & Ronnie's journal about his fun weekend with Riley!
We even got to "play" in the mud!
Matching pairs of mittens!
Please check this picture to see if your child is responsible for something this weekend. Have fun!
NEXT WEEK:
*The letter N (please send in an "n" picture in the letter envelope on MONDAY)
*Sports, exercise, and staying healthy
*TUESDAY @ 9:20 our class is sharing the story and a song in chapel. If you'd like to join us, please drop off your child, and then wait in the church lobby until chapel time. If you can't make it, we'll take pictures!
*WEDNESDAY @ 11:00 our class will be having "field day" for an hour outside. Pray for good weather! Please have your child wear a sports shirt that day (from a team they're on, or a team they like, etc).

Please practice with your child:
*all letters and sounds A through N
*days of the week, and months of the year
*cutting on simple straight and curvy lines

Week of 1/10 - 1/13

Hi Bumblebees,
Thanks to so many of you who sent in the project about your jobs/careers. That helped us tremendously as we talked about community helpers this week! Enjoy the pictures.

Reading Chester (and his baby brother Ronny's) journal about their fun weekend with Haley!
Practicing our last name with stickers....
...and writing our last names
Future construction workers?
Kaylee showing us the great "L" items she brought in the class sound box
Happy 5th birthday, Riley! We're so glad you're a Bumblebee!
Thanks for the awesome bumblebee hive cake, too!
L is for "lift" with Alphabet Al
We even learned how to make an "L" with our whole body!
Future mommy?
BLUE DAY show-and-tell!
Sammy got to take our letter-of-the-week book home. Lunch by Denise Fleming!
Often you can tell about a person's job just by the uniform or clothes they wear!
After reading our book-of-the-week about a messy mouse eating lunch....we made our own messy mice! I hope you got to read our copy of the book!
Thanks to police officer Juanita from the Safety Village, a community helper who came to talk to us about Stranger danger. Ask your child what they learned!
Future doctors?
Our mom's and dad's jobs are now in our class picture book! Thanks again to all of you who did those. Your kids were so proud to show you off! When it's your child's turn to bring the picture book home, take a look!
Even though we learn a new letter every week, we daily practice all the letters we've already learned.
We FINALLY have a working computer in our center room! Yeah!
Lots of fun stuff going home this weekend. Please check this picture and/or your child's backpack to see if they are responsible for anything. Have fun!
NEXT WEEK:
*The letter Mm
*All types of weather
*MONDAY--no school in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Enjoy your long weekend.
*TUESDAY--please send in a small "M" picture in the letter envelope.

Please practice with your child:
*All letters A through M
*cutting
*spelling, recognizing, and writing their last names
*months of the year in order

Class wish list:
If each of you could send in one container of Clorox wipes, we'd appreciate it! We try our hardest to stay on top of these germs!