The CASHS Steel Drum Band

Today the kiddos of New Franklin Elementary got a nice treat. Day One - ugh: a no special day. What's better then? An assembly! From the CASHS steel drum band!! The kids had a blast. They were clapping to the beat, swaying to the music, and taking it all in. The kids really did a great job! I hope they come back next year.

This is a picture of the steel drums made from a 1/4 oil barrel. I wanted to get a picture of some of the kids actually playing the drums, but don't know which ones have media clearance. Aren't they awesome looking?

Happy Easter

Hope everyone is enjoying their Easter today and that you head on outside with your families and enjoy this GORGEOUS weather before we get smacked in the face again with more rain! haha

See all you kiddos at school on Tuesday :-) Miss you <3

Earth Day

Did you know today was Earth Day? Our class got to have a brief discussion about Earth Day yesterday in school before we left for break where we talked about what Earth Day means and how we can help our planet.

We read a great book that is perfect for the younger audience to understand Earth Day and how we can help out:

Every Day is Earth Day by Jane O'Connor

Some "green rules" that Fancy Nancy's class came up with are

• "Less than a mile? Then bike in style"
• When shopping: "Please take a note. Always bring a tote."
• "Don't waste water. Get clean, but stay green."

I encourage you to talk with your family about ways to "be green" in today's world.

For more ideas check out this website:

8 Easy Ways to Start Being Green

Here's a fun project to do to get started!

Backyard birds won't know the difference between a fancy, store-bought bird feeder and one that's homemade, so save your pennies and make one out of an empty milk carton. Cut openings on opposite sides of a clean carton and coat with nontoxic paint. Glue Popsicle stick shingles onto the roof. For a perch, poke holes below the openings and slip a dowel through the holes. Fill the bottom of the feeder with birdseed mix. (You can make your own mix by combining a variety of nuts and seeds, such as sunflower seeds, millet, thistle seeds and yellow corn.) Then hang the feeder with wire in a spot that's easy to view but far enough away from fences or posts to thwart predators.



Easter's on its way

Today was a great day in kindergarten! We dyed eggs (I can't believe some of the kids have never done this before...) and the kids had a blast.
They got to dye two eggs and then take them home at the end of the day (RED ALERT - parents check bookbags and get those eggs into the fridge ASAP! lol)

Isaac

Carly

some of the boys all picked blue & green for their egg colors (big surprise they didnt want pink LOL)

the girls of K2

Sebastian

We also got a new book to add to our home libraries from Chase Martin. A new book by Laura Numeroff titled  Happy Easter Mouse. (the same author who brings you If you take a mouse to school,  and If you give a pig a pancake or If you take a mouse to the movies and many more) The kids are really excited to bring this book home and read it with a grown up or older sibling because they are able to read many of the words also!

At the end of the day, I gave them a goodie bag, Miss Naylor gave them an egg filled with a surprise, and Julian handed out Easter pencils. I hope you all enjoy the time off (if you get any) and have a blessed Easter. I will see you back at school on Tuesday, the 26th (Sorry, parents, my calendar skills were off while writing last week's weekly news when I said the date was the 25th on Tuesday)

New Children's Books

So after I got all the kids on the bus this afternoon, I hung around school for awhile (yep, not gonna lie - I was messing around on this website playing with my new blogs) because this evening I headed over to Andrew Buchanan to attend a "What's New" in children's literature workshop. It was (to use my 14 year old daughter's words) "O-Mazing!"

We moved

Welcome to our new location! This site will be much more user friendly for our kindergarten parents and families to read my blogs with added eye appeal.
I will continue to have the link posted through our kindergarten website to get to this new site from our homepage. Your other choices of course are to bookmark this new site under your favorites or subscribe to this blog by email.