Field Trip and Kindergarten Visit

The first graders take a field trip every spring to Historic Washington State Park in Washington, Arkansas. It is always such a fun field trip because the children are outside and walking from site to site. We get to see how the pioneers lived. It’s so fascinating to go into the old homes, the weapons museum, the printing press, and checking out the blacksmith shop. Making their own wax candle is always engaging and a neat memento. The kids are captivated by how different life looked back then. The weather was beautiful and it could not have been a better field trip.

This time of year everyone’s always looking forward. There’s always a discussion of class next year and all the exciting things the children are going to do with her new teacher. To help get the kindergartners excited about moving up to first grade they came to visit. This was such an excellent opportunity for my students to be leaders. I told the class that the kindergartners were coming to get a glimpse of what first grade is like. We chose math groups for the opportune time to get a glimpse of what a day in first grade is like. My current first grade class is very well-versed in our stations and how rotations work. So, when kindergarten came the first graders got into their groups and then partnered with the kindergartners. They worked through math groups. The groups went through three stations: counting collections, math games, and a place value write the room. The pride I felt watching my students teach and guide the kindergartners through our routines is immeasurable. The first graders did an outstanding job and made memories with the soon to be new students in our building.