Today was about sharing! Our mission was to share our candy canes with the other Kindergarten classes. Helpers counedt out enough candy canes for each class and then delivered them with a note about how "kindness inspires kindness". We even had enough to share with our 1st grade friends too.
Today our "kindness mission" was to make some bird feeders for our feathered friends (I'm sure the squirrels will enjoy them too!). I forgot to bring the camera with us outside... but, when we were finished making the treats, we took a walk outside and placed them all over the trees and bushes on the playground! PE-Nut is a nutrition and physical education program that is put on through the Kidney Foundation. A representative will be visiting our classroom monthly to teach the children how to make healthy choices. The program incorporates a planned curriculum, food sampling, structured physical activity, books, take home bags, daily health messages, and even school-wide events. More information can be found here: After a discussion about different kinds of healthy goods and healthy activities, Miss Kate invited them to try a "funny face" snack. She gave them a tortilla, beans , and various veggies. They made funny faces with the different foods and then rolled them up and gave it a try. Most of the Kindergarteners put in a brave face and took a bite... they were surprised at how yummy it was! Yesterday our guest reader read us three more great stories! She read a funny story called "Mooseltoe", a book about how snowmen celebrate Christmas... "Snowmen at Christmas" and "Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree"... a story about how a single Christmas tree becomes a source of cheer for the people and animals living near Mr. Willowby! Today we were asked to deliver a gift to Dr. Wright 😃. She loved it... she even did a little dance!! Today for our kindness mission, we were to decorate some special notes and then insert them in to a balloon. We delivered the inflated balloons, with instructions to "Pop Me" on them, to all the classrooms around the school. What fun we are having completing these "top-secret" kindness missions! We are getting lots of "questions" from the adults at Einstein... everyone is wondering who could be doing all of the kind deeds and surprises!! When asked, the kids, very innocently, respond with "we don't know" 😉. Today our "kindness mission" was to decorate our hallways with "Happy Notes". We were reminded to be extra quiet as we made our way through the hallways so that no one would catch us in the act! The kindergarteners especially enjoy these "secret missions"! Using kind words was our kindness mission today! They did such a great job! Each of them said "good morning" to Ms. Jones, our Media Center Specialist as we entered the Media Center and remembered to say "please" and "thank you" many times throughout the day. Lots of kind words being used in our classroom today... and, hopefully, everyday! 😊 Today the "kindness elves" gave us special instructions to show off our kind and caring ways while on our field trip to the Millineum Theatre. They also brought us balloons and left us instructions on how to find the "Just Dance - Happy" video 😊 Today our Kind Kids suggested that we write thank you cards to Dr. Wright for sending us to see the Junie B. Jones play. When we came in to the room, we even found "Sprinkle & Sparkle" hard at work on their own thank you cards 😉. |
AuthorMy name is Charlene Sipe and I'm the teacher in room #166 at Einstein Elementary School. Archives
May 2016
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