Aaron LeJeune (Mia’s dad) with Old Dominion visited our school this week to show us his 18-wheeler that delivers all kinds of things, including BOXES! He showed us his protective vest and hard hat, and we saw that the tires are as big as the students. We also got to see the cargo in the back of the truck and learned about the kinds of things he delivers.

Each student had the opportunity to climb inside the truck and see what it looks like. At the end, we raised our arms up and down, and Mr. Aaron honked the horn!

Thank you to Mr. Aaron for visiting our classes!

What a great morning!

We had so much fun celebrating Read Across America Week in preschool! Each day, the students enjoyed activities inspired by some of our favorite books. We kicked off the week with Cat in the Hat Day, where students wore their favorite hats to school. On Tuesday, inspired by If I Ran the Zoo, the children brought their stuffed animals to join us for the day. Fox in Socks Day on Wednesday brought lots of laughter as we admired everyone’s fun and silly socks. On Thursday, we celebrated The Lorax with mustaches provided by the school, which the students absolutely loved! We wrapped up the week with Pajama Day, inspired by The Sleep Book, making for a cozy and fun end to our celebration.

It was a wonderful week full of books, creativity, and excitement about reading!

Each child was able to create their own picture on a quilt square. Their creativity blew me away. We put everyone's name in a bowl, and Mrs. Whitney drew Boies' name, and he gets to take the quilt home today!

Q IS FOR QUICHE

Which comes first? The chicken or the egg? Our Pre-K classes are going to find out thanks to Cherrie Curtis, CEA - 4H and Youth and Development Leader, and Cora Wieneck TX 4-H Poultry Ambassador. They brought us eggs, an incubator, and read a book to us about the life cycle of a chicken. We now wait 21 days.....

We made snow in our sensory bin!

Thank you to Molly Kendrick for teaching a yoga class to our Pre-K kiddos! The children learned different breathing techniques, discovered their dominant hand and leg, and participated in fun stretches and balancing poses. It was a wonderful, engaging experience for everyone!

The children were given white crayons and had to write the word love on a heart. As they water colored the message appeared.

The students had fun building their name snowman! I gave them snowballs with letters of their name in random order. They had to put them in order correctly and glue them to their paper. Knowledge of letters and words is an important component of literacy. The idea that written words are composed of letters that represent sounds is called the alphabetic principle. Children's understanding of the alphabetic principle is a predictor of future reading success.