Sad Goodbye

Hello all!

I sent home notes this week with your child's daily that I am moving!  I thought I would put it on our blog too, just in case you might have missed it.

Dear Talking Time Families,

My husband and I recently found out that his work will be relocating us to Cincinnati, Ohio.  This is bittersweet for me as I will no longer be teaching your children, but Cincinnati is where I grew up and we still have family and friends there.  I will be finishing out the fall session, but I will not be returning after Christmas break.   

It has been an honor teaching your children over these past four months.  I wish them great success as they continue to grow and learn!  Thanks for all of your support!  Have a great holiday season.  

Sincerely,

Ms. Jenny J

Some pictures from our food unit...

Ordering some food at the "drive thru"

It's quite the popular restaurant

Coloring our ice cream cones...blueberry flavor...

cotton candy...chocolate...and strawberry

M&M math activity

Our theme next week is Christmas.  The following week is a two day week and we'll be having Christmas parties.  More details to come!

Fairy Tales, Food, and Christmas

Hello all!

I'm sorry to report that there won't be any pictures in this blog.  Last week, I was only at school on Monday due to a nasty stomach virus.  Not to mention that I had left my camera in Cincinnati at my parent's house; however, I now have my camera and am planning on being at school on Monday.

This week we'll be talking about food.  This is such a great theme because there are so many activities and different directions one can take.  We could spend weeks on it!  I have some great books, games, and activities planned for the students this week.

On the horizon...
Dec 7: Food
Dec 14: Christmas
Dec 21 & 22: Christmas  *The 22nd is our last day of school before break!  School resumes Monday January 4.*

Thanksgiving Week

We had a great week in both classes this past week.  Many teachers will tell you that by January the class pretty much gels together or that the teacher can wrap the kiddos around her finger by then.  While I won't say we have every kink worked out or that every day is perfect, I felt like we settled in this week in both classes.  The children in both the 2s and the Pre-K class just seem to be interacting more with each other and with me.  Thanks for allowing me to teach your children!  I hope everyone has a great holiday!  Enjoy the pictures from this week.

We love playing games.

Reading is fun too.

Puzzles after snack time are always popular.

3 amigos.

Reading with comfy pillows is always the best.

Bounce House fun in the Motor Room!

Scooters on a ramp delighted everyone!

We have turkeys on our minds...

or "The Mystery Machine" another one of our favorite things to draw and write.

Cooking up a feast in the 2s.

More bounce house fun.

Scooters!

Some of us go down without the scooters.  :)

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!  See you next week-we'll be talking about Fairy Tales!

Happy Thanksgiving

This past week our theme was manners.  The kids did great when asked about what good manners were and many of them were reminding each other throughout the day about them.  :)  I also had to use lots of good manners when it came to coughing and sneezing as I was getting sick.  Unfortunately I missed the last half of the week, so they're aren't any pictures to post this week.  After some antibiotics and getting my voice back, we should be good to go next week for our Thanksgiving unit.  Just a reminder that we only have 3 days of school this week!

Upcoming Events

Hello All!  I think I missed a week in here, so I apologize for that.  Time has been flying by!

Last week we had our "Bear" unit and we had lots of fun activities.  The Pre-K class heard some stories about Corduroy and even played some Corduroy games.  We also talked about Goldilocks and the Three Bears.  One student knew the story so well, that he actually told the story to class and even used voices (it was so cute).  He said his grandma tells him the story all the time.  My 2 year old friends also had a good time singing some bear songs and listening to bear stories.

This week we are talking about "Manners".  Next week we'll have our Thanksgiving unit and a short week (we will be closed Thursday and Friday in observance of Thanksgiving).  After Thanksgiving, we'll be talking about Fairy Tales!

Here are a few pictures to enjoy!  Promise to have more of the Pre-K class next week!  :)

Two friends playing "Find a Pocket for Corduroy"

Halloween!

This week was a short week due to our fall break, but the children had a great time telling me about their upcoming Halloween festivities!  Below are some very cute pictures of them in their costumes (or just some cute pictures-not everyone wanted to dress up :) ).

I hope everyone has a wonderful fall break and comes back healthy!  We'll be talking about Spiders the first week back and then Bears.

Trick-or-treating!

We even got goodies from the office!

Ms. Jenny even snuck over to the Pre-K class to see their costumes...

The kids had so much fun!  Thanks to all our parents for donating items and helping with the parties!  It's so much easier with your help!  See you next week!