Thanksgiving is Coming!

Need some creative ideas for your Thanksgiving table? Check out some of our Kid Cafe ideas! Thank you to our Kid Cafe parents who make this awesome experience possible!

Check out our awesome turkeys that Mrs. Kosasi created during our Kid Cafe! These were a big hit!

King Center Field Trip

Last Tuesday we went to see Bill Peet's The Ant and the Elephant, a wonderful story of friendship and empathy. The children really enjoyed the shadow puppetry and music that made the story come alive! We then went to Wickham Park to eat lunch and get our wiggles out! Thank you to all of the parents who volunteered their time. This was a great trip that helped to reinforce our first unit of inquiry "Family of Friends"!

Sonny's BBQ field trip

Wow! Did we have the best field trip?!! Our trip to Sonny's BBQ in Merritt Island was fantastic! The children were able to really experience different responsibilities and jobs in running a restaurant. We took a tour, learned about hosting, serving, busing, cooking, and being a manager. A HUGE thank you to the McNab family and everyone at Sonny's! Our learning today was simply outstanding!

A New Year

Carson and his 6th grade pal Madison reading together

Kishen and Carson during Creative Centers

After reading The Colors of Us

Tyler sequencing

A new year is fully underway, with new faces, new learning and new friendships. We are having a wonderful time learning together. Already, connections are being made, new words are being read and new discoveries have been found. Our first field trip is tomorrow and we have already had a wonderful fall harvest party, been visited by the Cocoa Beach Fire Department and begun our own running club. Our class is full of energy and curiosity and creates an atmosphere that is fun to be in everyday!

I will include some pictures from tomorrow's trip. But for now, please enjoy some of the images captured from our first nine weeks!

Zoo!

We had a wonderful day at the zoo today. The sun and wind made a perfect day. What a lovely way to spend Anna's birthday...feeding the birds, looking for giraffes, and comparing wing spans with vultures!

We had a wonderful day at the zoo today. The sun and wind made a perfect day. What a lovely way to spend Anna's birthday...feeding the birds, looking for giraffes, and comparing wing spans with vultures!

Welcome Babies!

We started with 12 eggs....after 20 days, we had 4 new chicks! Then throughout the day, 4 more hatched! The first 4 are named Night, Chirpy, Snowball, and Scardy. We are all proud new parents!

100th Day!!!

We've made it 100 days! Below you will find students making 100 Fruit Loop necklaces, measuring and walking 100 centimeters, inches, and feet as well as our whole group celebrating after our fun trail! Thank you Mrs. Pletcher for creating such a fun day for us and thank you to all of the parents who helped with the fun trail. "All of the games are the best ever! I especially loved the spinning!"

Springing Into Learning!

As we march through 2008, the kids are already showing their spring growth in their discussions, questions, and independence! Check out some of what we've done below.

Mrs. Matschner teaches us how to create Chicken Little for our Kid Cafe!

Kendell conducts our classroom experiment "What is a Shadow?"







Our brainstorming for our Celebrations unit:
Bradey experiments with force as he moves objects using only a gas!

Happy New Year!

Welcome back to school! I hope every one had a wonderful and restful holiday break. We have an exciting time ahead of us! I look forward to seeing our class of bright faces and listening to the sweet voices that carry our class into new discoveries and learning each day!