"You've still got us!"

Such sweet words!

Today one of my little girls came in from recess crying her heart out.  One of the kids asked her what was wrong and she said that a little girl had told her she wasn't her best friend anymore.  That's when those sweet words came out of the mouth of a little boy in the room, followed by a chorus of others agreeing with him.

I love my job!

Visiting the Post Office

We had our first outing of the year today--our annual walk to the post office!  Nancy gave us a tour and showed some of the interesting stamps we can buy, then the kids got to go on the back dock and look at a mail truck.  At the end we bought stamps and the kids mailed postcards to themselves that they had colored.  Well....not my class.  I forgot the postcards!  So I told my kids we'd mail them when we walked to the bank.

Cache has been having leg problems and came to school today with a splint on his leg.  A wheelchair was rounded up at school so he got to ride to the post office.  Some of the kids probably thought he was pretty lucky, but I'm not so sure.  I never realized how many cracks and bumps were in the sidewalks!  All I can say is, thank goodness he had a seat belt!!  Sorry, Cache!

We had a fun time, the kids were very well behaved and they are looking forward to our next outing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fall Trees

We were studying fall and actually had a few days that felt like fall!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discovering Colors

The kids could have spent hours mixing the primary colors--red, blue and yellow--to make more colors.  I love listening to their exclamations of amazement when they discover they've made another color.

 

 

 

Elmer

During our study on colors we always read about the very colorful elephant, "Elmer".  Elmer isn't happy that he's different from the rest of the elephants, but what he doesn't realize is that the other elephants love him that way and think he is special.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The finished product!