"Best Day Ever!"

I missed a fun presentation today when we were visited by the Bradford Fire Department and "Sparky's Fire Safety House."   The class watched an informative video and then visited Sparky's house to learn what to do in a fire situation.

At the end of the day,  Mrs. Baker was amused to hear one of our JK students explain "This was the best day ever!  I love school!"  These are words we LOVE to hear!

This is Math?

Today for math, we were exploring number formation.  Instead of boring pen and paper tasks, Mrs. Baker and I set up sensory math centers where students could make, form and create numbers using a variety of materials.  Students explored making play dough numbers, pipe cleaner numbers, writing in cornmeal, writing in salt, writing in shaving cream, printing on white boards, and finger painting numbers.  We practiced our numbers from zero to ten.


An amusing conversation overheard:

Student "J" - Mrs. Baker, is this math?

Mrs. Baker - Why yes, "J."

Student "J" - Really?

Mrs. Baker - Yes, "J", this is math today.

Student "J" - Oh my!  This is so much fun!!!!  I'm loving math!


Our conclusion:  We continue to explore activities to meet our goal for learning in a fun and playful environment.  It was accomplished today.  Time to plan some more.....

2 Snow Days?!?!?!

I'm sure everyone is well-rested from our 2 snow days.  The weather wasn't as bad as the weather-man thought, yet still the roads were slippery this morning as I drove in to the school. 

As a result of the snow days, our "Anti-Bullying Pink Shirt Day" will be moved to Friday, March 2nd.  Come dressed in your pink shirts to support our "STOP BULLYING" awareness!