Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Back to School 2014

I can not believe that it is time for school to start back. School is starting in less than one week!  I would like to welcome all of my special Kindergarteners and their parents to my class. I will be out the first week of school on my last week of maternity leave. 

I would love to tell you all a little about myself. This summer, my husband and I were blessed with a little miracle, named Jase Cole Newton.

Meet Jase:)




 Meet my little family:) My husband is a firefighter at AO Fire Department.


I absolutely love DISNEY. My classroom is Mickey/Disney themed.

This has been a life changing summer and the best one I will probably ever experience. Becoming a mommy is the best thing in the world and it has also provided me with a new outlook on teaching. This is my third year teaching and I know that this year is going to be different in many ways. I now know that I will have a class full of "someones special little miracle", just like mine. I have always had a love of children but becoming a mommy has made me realize just how amazing children are. I am obviously blessed in being a mommy (to the cutest baby ever :)) but I believe that I am also blessed in being a teacher and having the privilege of being a part of 18 little children's  lives. I now have a whole new respect for all of the mommies and daddies of my class. I am going to have an extremely hard time leaving my little man on my first day back (I'm teary eyed just thinking about it), and I've only had him for about 12 weeks. I can not imagine sending him off to Kindergarten after 5 years. I want all of you mommies and daddies to know that I am going to take very good care of your little one. I promise to be the teacher that I hope my little man will have in Kindergarten. 


I hope that everyone has a wonderful first week of school and I look forward to meeting you all on September 2! We are going to have a great year!!!


Thursday, May 2, 2013

Such Smart Kinders!

 Chic-fil-a Ice Cream Party to celebrate our class winning CGS Night at Chic-fil-a.
 The ice cream was so yummy!!
 This week we have been talking about liquids and solids. We have explored many different textures and discussed their traits. We even made moon sand. It was so cool!! The kids loved how the moon sand was soft and would stick together to make things. The consistency  is like sand and play doh all in one.  

Here is the recipe:
4 cups of flour
1/2 cup of baby oil

Mix together and play!!








The children have been working hard to memorize their addition facts. They have cut out flashcards to play match game!


Our Kindergarten memories bulletin board :(


We played money/coin race. The kiddos were divided into teams. Two children raced each other to bring me a certain amount of change.

New Kindergarten banner


My kindergarteners continue to impress me each day with their smarts!

Monday, April 22, 2013

April Updates

Here is what we have been up to...
 Center Time

 Assessments with Ms. Grayson. Getting ready for 1st grade!

 Working independently in our math books!

 Kenon and Brandon's birthday snack!
 Ms. Angie purchased a tree to plant on Earth Day for Mr. Finnigan. This fits in well with our plant unit this week!



 Class picture with our tree!

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Easter!!

Here are some photos from our last week before SPRING BREAK!! 

We had a special visit from my grandparents! They brought the children LOTS of sugary goodies, read books, and made paper airplanes. It was a fun day!
 My pawpaw even brought a photo of me when I was five years old!
 Eating their special snack
 Time for egg dying!!

 Jelly Bean Sort
 Jelly Bean Graph


 Sight Word Shaving Cream Fun

 880 eggs to hide and hunt!
 They were ready to hunt the eggs! It took me more time to hide them all than it did for the kids to find them!




 Egg races