Do you speak kindergarten?

For mother's day my kids wrote in their journals about their moms. Here are just a few quick examples of what they wrote. See if you can figure them out.

G wrote "my mom is Sooet."
M wrote "Wen it is coLd mom macks me wem."
C wrote "my mom cus befis for me."
K wrote "my mom is hape."
T wrote " I like your her."
C wrote "Mi mom res to me."
W wrote "my mom dus holp me."

If I was going to write in my journal about my mom is would say...
My mom is selfless and giving. She worries and worries because she loves me so much. She is a blessing and I don't know what I would do without her!

To the other moms in my life. Thank you for letting me be a part of your child's life. The biggest compliment is when one of your children mistakenly calls me mom instead of teacher!

What Happened!?!?

How did they get from this...

To this....

To this...

Happy 2nd Birthday Logan and Lauren! I miss you more then you will ever know!

Love, Your Aunt KiKi

What do you want to be when you grow up?

This year I have tried a few new things. You know I don't think I'll ever be the type of teacher that does the same thing year after year. Why make it easy on myself, right!! So anyway, I decided to do a fun unit on careers. I sent a note home to parents inviting them to come to school and talk about their career. I've had several responses and still more to come.

Can I just say that the presentations were more then I could have even asked for. The kids loved having different family members come in and they were fantastic listeners. It also gave them a chance to practice asking appropriate questions. (an important skill!!!!)

The morning class had Weston's grandpa and Cooper's grandpa. Weston's grandpa talked about being a farmer. He brought great pictures, bags of seeds, corn, and wheat. The kids made butter while he was talking and showing the pictures. He also brought bread, milk and cheese for them to try. They loved it!!!

Have you ever been attacked by 25 kindergartners! Don't worry they only swarm when they like you!

Shake, Shake, Shake! Lets make some butter!

Milk, butter, bread, and cheese! One of the kids said "Four snacks in one day! Wow we are lucky!"

Cooper's grandpa come in and talked about being a construction worker. The kids loved the the pictures of the big, big, big trucks. That was so cool. I personally loved the dump truck with the Utah State emblem on it!

Family picture

The kids loved the bag full of goodies

We also had Pierce's dad come and he works at Hill Air Force Base as a Radiologist. He brought the coolest x-rays. He had the kids call out a body part and he would pull out the picture and show the kids what it looks like in an X-ray. I was so glad he came! Every year we learn about Mr. X Ray man our alpha friend for the letter Xx. I always wish I had a real x-ray to show the kids what they look like. So his presentation was perfect. Of course I left my camera at home so I don't have any pictures but I wish you could have seen the kids faces as they saw the coolest x-rays.

Thank you for all the parents who have come so far and a thank you in advance to the parents who are still to come! We can't wait!

Oh No!!! Oh No!!!

It has been a great spring break! I has all my family here and we have been busy. On Friday we went to Cache Valley to Baby Animal Days. It was so much fun there were so many people but the area is so big you really couldn't even tell. The highlight of the day was when Haden decided to try Muttin Bustin. For you city folk that is when little kids jump on a sheep and hold on for dear life. I couldn't believe that Haden said he wanted to do it but he has had a brave streak going lately. He put on his gear and march right out. I was relieved to see that they had a cute little sheep ready for him. Then that cute little sheep got out and they pulled the next sheep/bull looking thing! It was the biggest woolliest sheep I have ever seen. Then it didn't make me feel better when they said the sheep's name was Crash! As you can see from the video Crash is an accurate name! Haden was doing great until the sheep ran smack into the barrel in the arena. Karen looked at me and I looked at her and she ran out to pick up Haden. The guy in charge told Karen that Haden broke his leg and the panic set in. He only ended up with a bruise and a few tears. I felt so guilty because it was my idea in the first place! So to ease my guilty conscience he got the biggest cotton candy I could find in the place. On the way back to the car Haden was covered head to toe in candy. He looked at me and said, "Oh yea, that was totally worth it!"
Today he told me that he was ready to try it again but this time he wants a large chocolate milk shake!

Kindergarten Parents...Love 'em or Leave 'em!

I choose... LOVE THEM!!!!!

Thank you for...

• Spending your time in our classroom. Not only helping your child but other children as well
• Supporting me and understanding I'm only human
• Giving me an opportunity to get to know your child and be the one who gets to experience all sorts of new things with them daily
• Being patient with me as I try new things
• Reminding me of things that I have completely forgotten to do
• Giving me constructive criticism and giving me time to apply it
• Sending kind emails, notes, and comments
• Understanding that we are a new school and all the construction and confusion that goes with that
• Stopping to visit and just to say hello

I am so thankful for everything you do. We have had a wonderful year so far and I hope it continues. I already got teary eyed when I thought about saying goodbye to this group of kids. And I still have months to go!
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

We Love The Dentist!

I was so excited when I met Allie the first day of school. She is such a cute girl and I love her to pieces, but I was really excited to find out that her dad is Dr. Argyle! A few years ago at West Point we had a fantastic dentist come and talk to our kids. He did such a good job that others just didn't compare! That dentist was Dr. Argyle and Allie's dad. He came the last week of February to talk to the kids about dental health. It was great and the kids loved it. Thanks Dr. Argyle!

Dr. Argyle and his assistant Morgan helped some kids dress up like dentists and dentist assistance. The kids loved the outfits! Especially the spit blockers!

We learned to make sure and brush all surfaces of the the tooth. And to use floss in those hard to reach places.

Thanks for the great hands on lesson!

Thanks for the toothbrushes and goody bags!

Allie was a good helper!

February Fun in Kindergarten

February is such a busy month! We have been working on new letters and words. The kids are sounding out words and writing like crazy. We starting off the month with Groundhogs Day. We made our predictions if Phil the Groundhog would see his shadow or not. Then we watched on the Internet to our dismay that we would have six more weeks of winter!!! We decided to enjoy the sun while we had it and went outside to trace our shadows. It kinda looks like a bad episode of COPS or CSI but we traced shadows and played a round of shadow tag. It was a fun day!

Don't move!

Remember to write your name on your shadow! So it doesn't get away!

Soak up that sun while it lasts! Six more weeks of winter is on the way!

It was hard to get the details like fingers!

Guess who!

So proud of our work!

Ta Da!



Hands up!

Strike a pose!

Valentine's Day was a blast. Thank you to all the parents who came to help. Also thanks for the wonderful treats you sent for me. I just finished the treats from Christmas and now I have more to add to my supply! We had fantastic parties in both the morning and the afternoon. Of course my batteries ran out before I got any pictures of the afternoon class. So you'll just have to trust me IT WAS FUN!

The morning class made me a giant card! It was suppose to be a surprise but of course it is too hard to contain. One student told me "Miss Thomas this is a surprise for you, but I'm not going to tell!" I loved it anyway!

We had cookies, doughnuts, and cupcakes. Can you say SUGAR HIGH!

One of the letters we learned about this month was the letter Qq. Our alphafriend for Qq is Queenie Queen. We took turns dressing up like Queenie Queen. We would sing our Queenie Queen song and if Queenie Queen noticed that you were not singing she would stop the song and send you to the dungeon! Then while we practiced writing Qq's, Queenie would walk around to make sure you were writing "quite nicely". If she tapped your paper with the rose you would have to come and show it to me and I would help them fix any mistakes. The kids loved it! We all took turns being Queenie Queen. When Queenie had to go on vacation the King would take over. Even the boys thought it was fun.

Oh no! I hope the king is nicer then Queenie Queen!


The kids thought it was fun to be the teacher for the day!


The original Queenie Queen and one of our Queenie Queens!