Spooky Fun

We made lots of spooky projects this week including a ghost made with mini-marshmallows. We also
practiced our cutting skills to make adorable mummies.

 
We discovered a spooky web that showed up after we painted on our paper and we wrapped up the week with our costume party! It was so much fun!! We made witches brew for our project.

 

We took turns adding ingredients. We had Bat Bones (pretzels), Skeleton Glue (marshmallows), Pumpkin Drool (Cheetos), Ghost Droppings (popcorn), Spider Webs (chex cereal), Jack O'Lantern Eyes (Doritos), Chicken Toenails (candy corn), Bat Poo Poo (chocolate chips), Ants (raisins), Beetles (M&M's), Snake Eyes (red hot candies), Zombie Knuckles (peanuts).

Sophia D's Monster Cookies & Class Witches Brew

Here's how awesome our classes looked in costume. 

AM Class

PM Class

You can see more photos of our fun day on the photo gallery page. 

A Short, Fun Week

Our fieldtrip was a blast! It was the first time on a school bus for many of our friends. At the farm we saw animals including goats, fish, donkeys, llamas, alpacas, a calf, a pig, a sheep, bunnies, and cats with kittens. We took a hayride through the pumpkin patch and saw pumpkins that were orange, white, yellow, striped, bumpy and more! There was a spooky barn maze too. When we clapped really loud we made ghosts fly, cats meow, and witches cackle. Check out the Gallery Page for more pictures of the fun.

AM Class

PM Class

Thank you to all the chaperons who joined us, your help was very much appreciated!!!!!

Our next trip will be to a Christmas Tree Farm around the first week of December. Watch future newsletters for the details!

Now is the time to check your child’s backpack to be sure his/her extra clothes are appropriate for fall weather.

Pumpkin Harvest Week

We had so much fun learning about pumpkins this week! We learned that pumpkins start as seeds and then grow into sprouts. The sprouts turn into vines and on the vines grow flowers. These flowers develop into little green pumpkins. Then the green pumpkins grow into the big pumpkins we can carve into jack-o-lanterns. Did you read the book your child made?

Tuesday we read a book called “The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin”. It told the story of a square pumpkin that saved the day. We then created our own unique pumpkins of any shape, size, color, and pattern. A colorful pumpkin patch is now decorating our classroom.

We made a quilt of pumpkin squares that are now decorating our hallway.

AM Class Quilt

PM Class Quilt

Thursday we created a diagram of pumpkin parts and labeled them. We even cut open a real pumpkin to see what’s inside and had the opportunity to help scoop out the pulp and seeds during playtime.

We are really looking forward to our trip to Hermanson's Pumpkin Patch next week!

Fire Safety Week

Monday some of the Edgerton Firefighters came to visit us. The firefighters talked to us about fire safety and we watched some fire safety videos. You can see photos on our gallery page.

AM Class

PM Class

Here are some fire safety items we talked about:

• Are your smoke detectors working? —check monthly!
• What is an emergency? When to dial 9-1-1
• Don’t run! STOP, DROP, AND ROLL!
• Have fire extinguishers available
• Crawl on the ground, smoke rises
• GET OUT & STAY OUT!!
• Have a meeting place outside where you can meet safely. Practice your plan.
• NEVER play with fire, matches, or lighters
• NEVER EVER, hide from fire fighters! YELL, I AM HERE! I AM HERE!

Tuesday we created a firetruck out of various shapes and these are now decorating our classroom.

We made ourselves some firefighter hats on Wednesday and Thursday we colored a Dalmatian.

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We have a number of children who are unable to put their own coats on. Please work with your child at home so that he/she knows how to fix sleeves if they are inside out and how to put the jacket onto their body unassisted. Once these steps are mastered, please work on zipping. 

It won’t be long until we are adding snowpants, boots, hats and mittens to the mix so let’s get the jacket process perfected ASAP! :) Another great thing to practice is how to pack items into a backpack and zipping it up. Thanks for your help in making this process easier so we can get outside faster!!!

Open House Tonight!!

Did you notice that we didn't post about our projects last week?
It's because we are hoping that you will be coming to our open house tonight to see all our hard work! Monday, October 5th from 5:30-6:30pm