Star Student Cooper!

Meet Cooper!

Birthday: August 18

Born in Utah

Favorite Book: a dinosaur book

Is Excited About: his mom's birthday

Favorite Foods: candy, ice cream, popsicles, apples, oranges, and cereal

Favorite Things to Do: play kickball, baseball, and play with his baby brother, Jett

What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?

Ishan- construction worker
Olivia-veterinarian
Jake-pipe worker
Jack- police officer
Michael- fire fighter
Maggie- veterinarian
London Grace- doctor
Sophie-veterinarian
William- police officer, judge, and tow truck driver
Cooper- the greatest fisherman in the world!

Fun Friday!

Fun Friday began with a visit from Jake's dad, Judge Ed Roberts. He spoke to the children about his job as a judge for our unit on Community Helpers. They were all tickled when he told them he had to wear a robe in court. ;-)

For our Cooking Show, we constructed houses from pretzel sticks and gum drops. These proved to be rather unstable, but we had fun knocking them down and tasting them!

Grandparents Are Grand!

On Thursday we performed for our parents and grandparents in celebration of National Grandparents Day. We sang songs, recited a poem, and presented our grandparents with hand painted portraits and handmade eyeglass cases. We had a lovely reception following the program. Thanks to Jennifer Kincaid and everyone who contributed items to the reception. Also, thanks to everyone for coming!

Ishan and his mom.

Olivia and her parents.

Cooper with Mr. Sammy and Mrs. Ruth, his Mississippi grandparents.

Jack and Lolly

Jake and his Papa

Jack with Yaya and Papa

London-Grace and Nanny

Maggie with Papaw and Shug

Sophie and Mamaw

Sophie with Grandma and Grandpa

Michael and William with Mrs. Abby

The children had a swell time tasting all different kinds of apple products. We tried apple juice, apple chips, apple butter, apple jelly, Apple Jacks, and little apple pies. Thanks to everyone for sending in apple products. What a fun way to wrap up our unit on Apples!

Turtle Tricks!

Our new turtles seem to be adjusting well to the noisy surroundings of Sr. K. They no longer dive in the water when we get close to the tank...as long as we approach quietly. They have taken to turtle stacking, which we though was quite a talent. It turns out that they are competing for the heat of the basking lamp...may need to get a stronger bulb. For now, it's just fun to watch. :-)

Meet Star Student London-Grace!

Birthday: Mach 30

Favorite Foods: Spaghetti and Candy

Favorite Book: How Full Is Your Bucket?

Born in: Oxford

Is Excited About: The Treasure Chest

Favorite Things to Do: Play on her momma's computer and work with her dad

Cooking Show: Edible Traffic Lights!

Check out these yummy creations!

William, Sophie, and Ishan show off their stop lights.

Jake, London-Grace, and Jack display their traffic lights.

Olivia and Michael model theirs.

Cooper crashed at rest time and could not be stirred...even for sweets!

Surface Safari!

We went on a Surface Safari this morning to test how well our cars rolled on different surfaces. We recorded the results in our Surface Safari books which will be sent home today. What a fun way to wrap up a unit on Transportation!

First, we tried grass.

Then we went up to Miss Frances's room to try her sandbox.

Next we tried the carpet near Miss Stephanie's desk.

Then we borrowed Miss Sarah's Moon Sand to use in place of wet sand.

EVERYONE'S car rolled fast on tile!

Lastly we tried our cars on our new squares. (Thanks PSG!)