The Doctor is in...

Thank you to Eliana's dad, Abby's mom and Emmi's mom for sending in props for us to use in our Doctor's office.  The children are enjoying this new dramatic play center.  The conversations are priceless... 

Calling all doctors, nurses....

Our Dramatic Play area will become a Doctor's office for the month of January. Any props you can send in for the children to play with would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you.

Wishing you and your family a year filled with

happiness, joy and love.

Snowman Name Graph

The wall outside our classroom looks like winter.  Brrrrr...  The children enjoyed making their name graph snowmen.  Which snowman was the tallest?  Which was the shortest?

Future engineers? architects?

The children enjoyed stacking sugar cubes to try to make towers as tall as they could before they tumbled over.  Then, with the use of frosting, they were able to "cement" the cubes together and continue building.  It was very interesting to watch their ideas of how to build the tallest tower.  FUN!

Cornstarch quicksand... oh, what fun!

Is it a liquid? Is it a solid? Neither, it is actually a suspension! The cornstarch and water mixture acts like a solid sometimes and a liquid at other times. This concoction is an example of a suspension - a mixture of two substances, one of which is finely divided and dispersed in the other. In the case of the cornstarch quicksand, it's a solid dispersed in a liquid.

In this experiment, we used ordinary cornstarch to model the behavior of real quicksand. The children had a blast!  This is great fun to do outside on a summer day using a garden hose to clean up!!  Thanks for another week of science fun, Science Mom!

Reading Street Fun

Dear Kindergarten Parents,

Success at school can be a shared learning experience! As a partner helping your child make the most of learning, Pearson SuccessNet offers the right tools for you and your child. It offers you the opportunity to look inside your child's day-to-day learning.

It all begins with a simple login at the website http://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/.  User names and passwords were sent home at Open School Night.  I will  resend them in your child's homework folder by weeks end.

The children have been taking turns using our classroom computer to navigate around the site.  You will be amazed at how motivated and excited your child will be to share in the interactive learning experiences.  Watch as your child "teaches" you how to access the resources we utilize in the classroom.  

I wanted to let you know that I have been adding decodable readers and fun activities to the site. Please let me know if you have any problems accessing or using the site. Remember, this is a fun and engaging way for your child to reinforce many skills taught in school.  Have fun! 

Sincerely,

Mrs. Lyons

P.S.  If you ever run into technical difficulties, there is a Pearson SuccessNet online help connection to serve you between the hours of 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. (CST) 

You can reach them at 1-800-234-5832.