100th day in K

Happy 100th Day of School! We had a great day. The kids dressed up as 100 year olds (they were SO cute). 

We did some fun 100th day activities. This is a picture of the kids making a gum ball machine with 100 gum balls in it.

We talked about what we will do when we are 100 years old and we made this cute craft by A Cupcake for the Teacher.

Our third grade buddies came over to do an art activity with us. The kids had to use the numbers in 100 to make a new picture. They were very creative; they made faces, robots, trucks, TNT, trees, creatures, monster trucks, scooters, etc...

This is the third grade and kindergarten class. We love our buddies.

We had a great day. We are 100 days smarter!

Art Masters: Michelangelo

We have been learning about Michelangelo for the past two weeks. This week the kids made a painting based on Michelangelo's work on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. This is our version of Adam touching the hand of God. 

I drew the outline of the hands for the kids. Originally, I was going to have the kids draw the hands as a directed draw activity, but when I tried it myself I thought it would be way too hard for the kids to do. The kids painted the hands using tempera paint. 

Then the kids used watercolors to paint the background. They were able to choose the colors that they wanted to use for the background. 

They did an awesome job! I cannot wait to hang up these paintings in our classroom. 

Kinder Fun

Math Time:
We are practicing making rows, columns, and arrays with lima beans.

Social Studies:
We learned about Johnny Appleseed. 

The fourth graders taught us God Bless America in sign language. 

Reading:
We are reading books by ourselves!

Bates Nut Farm

My class went to Bates Nut Farm a couple of weeks ago. It was a very hot day, but we still had a lot of fun.

Kids: "Let's pick up this pumpkin!"

"Look! A flower!"

"A seed!"

We went on a tractor ride.

We each got a pumpkin to take home for Halloween. 

It was a great day!

Fall Festival

Every year my school has a Fall Festival. It is an awesome way to kick off the fall season. There are many fun games and prizes, there are also jump for joys, face painting, and crafts. The kids had so much fun at the fall festival.

Cake Walk

Crazy Hair

Sand Art

Mary Grotto and Liturgical Year

My Kindergarten class is responsible for maintaining the Mary Grotto and Rosary Walk. We had so much fun cleaning up the grotto and watering the plants. We also picked weeds on the Rosary Walk. 

We learned about the Liturgical Year last week. We made a Liturgical Year stole. Each section of the stole is a representation of how long that season is. For example, Advent is four weeks long so that section is four inches long.