Kindergarten traveled to the Dixie Maze Farms to complete our All About Pumpkins Unit. We had a FUN filled day traveling around the farm on a hayride. We churned our own butter, rode the Cow Train, jumped on a giant inflatable pillow, and watched pigs race. Kindergarten had the BEST DAY EVER!
Kindergarten loves pumpkins! This past week was all about pumpkins. We started the week off, learning the parts of a pumpkin. We learned that all pumpkins start with a pumpkin seed. Our little friends tasted a pumpkin seed, sorted, and grouped seeds during math. We read Pumpkin Jack and carved a pumpkin. We finished our day with Pumpkin Pie Parfaits! Yum!! 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
PumPkin Math!
Thumbs Up for Pumpkin Seeds!
Pumpkin Carving!
Pumpkin Pie Parfaits!
“What can you make with a dot?” This question was asked to our kindergarteners during Friday’s STEM building activity. We read the book the Dot, and gave students DOT Candies and toothpicks. They had to brainstorm and create an object using only these two materials with their partners. Students worked cooperatively in groups to come up with their own creation. Our sweet friends, used important problem solving skills in order to create different structures. I was super proud of their hard work! Team building is such an important skill to learn in kindergarten.
Kindergarten had a fun Friday tasting and graphing their favorite apples. Each student had a chance to taste a red, green, and yellow apple. Then, they placed their favorite apple color on our Kindergarten Apple Graph. Taste-testing apples is a great way to integrate meaningful learning. Children get to use all their senses exploring apples, which jump starts so much learning! 😊
Apples Everywhere!
Cooking With Apples!🍎🍏🍎🍏
All Smiles in KindeRGaRten!
Mrs. Carla’s Kinders are super excited to be back at St. James. We have been busy meeting new friends, exploring centers, and learning all about our names. We have had the BEST two weeks of learning! Their smiles say it all….Kindergarten Rocks!
Chicka CHICKA BOOM BOOM! 🌴🌴🌴
A classic piece of literature in kindergarten, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is written in rhyme through chant. It teaches the importance of the alphabet to our young learners.
Students work in centers finding the letters in their names.
Exploring Centers!
Centers are a class favorite. They help students learn different skills in a creative hands-on way. Centers allow children to grow in their social skills and help them engage in age appropriate activities that aid in their cognitive, social, and emotional development.
We sure do love our moms, aunts, and grandmas at St. James! We celebrated Mother’s Day and our special ladies with kindergarten’s traditional Mommy Spa Day. Memories made on this day will be cherished forever. Happy Mother’s Day!❤️
Hair Station
Nail Station
Interview Station and photo bootH
MAssage and MakeUp
More Fun PhoTos ❤️
Our kinder kiddos took a trip to the Four States Fair. Their day started off watching a rodeo with bucking bulls and horses. They had so much fun rooting these cowboys on for their eight second rides. They also participated in several stations, including a lesson on how we get milk from a cow and how we turn cotton into everyday items we use. Our friends loved the homemade ice cream and all the fair treats. It was definitely a fun day of learning about the importance of agricultural and our beloved farmers. ❤️🚜
All Ready for the Rodeo!
Station Visits and Fun Photos!
Today we celebrated St. Patrick's Day with many fun and engaging activities. Shamrocks and Leprechauns were the theme of the day. Graphing with Lucky Charms cereal was a BIG hit! My kinders counted, sorted, and graphed their cereal. These are important math skills for kindergarten. They were so excited to compare their graphs with their classmates. We ended the day with cookies and lucky leprechaun juice! 🍀🍀🍀🍀
We celebrated Read Across America week in kindergarten. March 2nd was Dr. Seuss’s birthday and we had fun learning about the famous author Theodor Seuss Geisel, AKA Dr. Seuss. Kindergarten had a FUNtastic day on Friday stacking cups for our STEM project. STEM activities are a fun way to engage students to work on their problem solving skills. Group learning fosters learning and comprehension.
To help us celebrate Read Across America Week, Nancy Clark, a professional story teller, visited our kinder classes. She acted out folk tales and had the students help her by using character props and sounds. She definitely kept our little friends engaged with her mesmerizing stories. Thank you Mrs. Clark!
The 100th day of school is an exciting milestone to reach in kindergarten. It signifies the halfway point of the year and an important time of setting new goals. Most importantly, it’s a special opportunity for students to celebrate their hard work. After 100 days of school, their passion for learning is evident as they soar into new heights.
Our Kindergarten kiddos have BIG Dreams!
Kindergarten teamed up this year with Texarkana Children’s Advocacy Center for our community service project. Our St. James families were so generous to donate items to fill bags with toiletries and necessary items for the children who come through the center. Texarkana Children’s Advocacy Center offers a safe place for children who experience abuse. The center was so appreciative to St. James kindergarten and their families. The students had a fun time helping fill the bags and learning the importance of giving back to their community.
Turkeys are the theme of the month. We read the book Turkey Trouble in class. Students were then assigned an at home project to disguise their own turkey to be hidden in class. This family project is always a big hit! Our friends did a great job disguising their turkeys, and everyone loved sharing their creative turkeys with the class! Gobble, Gobble! 🦃
Mickey Mouse Turkey
Merry Christmas!🎄
Dallas Cowboy Turkey
Bowling Ball Turkey
Strike!
Pirate Turkey
Kitty Cat Turkey
Zebra Turkey
Candy Turkey
I am a Peacock Turkey!
Cupcake Turkey
Miss JOJO Helps Out!
Fourth grade students earn points in class on their Class Dojo by following rules, completing assignments, and meeting educational goals. They can use the points they earn to help teachers around the campus in their classrooms. Jojo wanted to use her points to help me in kindergarten for the day. She helped me do sight word checks and taught a math lesson on solid and flat shapes. The kindergarten students loved having her as their helper teacher!
Sight Word Check!
Miss Jojo is hard at work!
Shape Lesson!
Flat and Solid Shapes.
Sister Love!
Story Time!
We had a Fabulous Friday celebrating Halloween in our favorite costumes, playing fun games, a hay ride around the campus, and seeing some huge Pumpkins!
Big Thanks To Our Middle School Friends!
Kindergarten was super excited to get to visit DixieMaze Farms for a fun filled day of activities. This was the first visit to a pumpkin patch for many of our kindergarten friends. DixieMaze Farms offers multiple activities for little ones to experience and enjoy. Our friends toured the farm on a hayride through the tall corn fields, shot tennis balls out of a corn cannon, jumped on a huge inflatable pillow, rode the cow train, and flew high in the sky on the barn swing. We ended the day with our very own pumpkins to take home. What a FUN FALL DAY!
Barn Swing!
She’s a Brave Girl!
So much FUN!
Hayride with friends! 😊
We love our St. James Parents!❤️
Smile!🥰
Look at that Cowboy! 🤠
It’s that time of year again; Apple Time! When I think fall, I think APPLES! We have been exploring apples in kindergarten this month. Our class has enjoyed reading books about apples, learning the different parts of an apple, cooking with apples, and many Johnny Appleseed activities.
Apple Science has definitely been a favorite of our little friends! Skills addressed in this activity include; predicting, recording results, and drawing conclusions. Our class conducted a sink or float experiment with apples. They loved the water stations and couldn’t wait to see if their predictions were correct!
Cruz is ready to put his apple boat in water!
They are super excited! 🍏🍎
Wren and Luke are ready!
They love being right!
Who’s excited? ❤️
Testing their apple boats! 🍎
Caia is a HAPPY GIRL!
Not everyone is happy!
Our kindergarten friends love Show and Tell! During Show and Tell, students share “meaningful moments” with their classmates. This is great practice for speaking in front of an audience. It is also a time to be an active listener. On this particular Friday we had a Huge surprise!
Show and Tell
Sharing our Favorite Things!
Check out this 1969 Vista!
Future Picasso!
Look at Avi’s beautiful cats!
Batman toys are a crowd favorite!
Rainbows make Caia happy!🌈
Wren loves to demonstrate how things work!
Dinosaurs are Weston’s favorite!
The beginning of school is an exciting time in the lives of children, especially Kindergarten. I have loved watching all of my little friends personalities shine the first two weeks of school. We have been super busy learning our classroom rules and procedures, writing our names correctly, meeting our enrichment teachers, and making new friendships. The beginning of school I introduce the unit Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. It is a perfect book to help start the school year! My students are engaged and quickly learn the pattern and chime in. I hope you enjoy our classroom blog this year and watching our sweet little learners grow!
First Day of Kindergarten pics! ❤️
All smiles for Kindergarten!
Recess is FUN!
Coconut trees with the letters in our name! 🌴
How many letters are in my name?
Our very own coconut trees!
STEM activity…Build a tree with letters, blocks and popsicle sticks.
Teamwork!
They are proud of their hard work!
Wow! 🌴🌴🌴
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom will there be enough room?
The 2021 school year is officially in the books! Our precious kindergarteners persevered through this school year amongst unusual circumstances. They grew so much in their learning and made Mrs. Carla super proud!
We have been super busy the last month preparing for graduation. It all came together Tuesday with the theme “When I Grow Up!” These sweet souls shared their dreams for the future and made us laugh…and shed a few tears with their beautiful voices. We will never forget this 2021 St. James Kindergarten class and pray for a safe and fun filled summer for all!
Hazel and Hadley at Graduation! ❤️
Greyson and Madelyn are ready for the BIG Day!
Braxton and Hazel are all smiles!
Madelyn is all smiles! 😊
Reed and future kindergarten graduate Wren!
Future Teacher….Piper!🥰
Beautiful Mia!
Future Paleontologist Arthur! 🦕
MaeLeigh loves caterpillars and wants to be a Scientist when she grows up!
Last day of kindergarten included Candy Awards, Water Fun, Watermelon, Cupcakes, and Kona Ice.
Braxton was super proud of his Lollipop Award!
Greyson loves all things math!
Kona Ice for the Win!!