Well it was a bear of a day. We lost a teacher today. It's always sad to say goodbye to someone, especially someone special, but at the same time, it's good to know that one of our teachers will go on to do great things out in the bigger world. I am always proud to know that we have launched yet another bright light in the world.
But back down in the sand box, we have a lot of changes to make. Mrs. St. Louis will move into Miss Rachel's room, and Miss Judy will teach the kindergarten class. I tried it today and loved it. I've taught for years, preschool, nursery school, pre-K, and of course the French, Music, Geography, and History to the whole school. So being in a classroom with a small group was really exciting. I love the children and we had a really nice day. We practiced writing our names using spacing and letter size. We did a lot of math today sorting, counting and fun with the numbers on the calendar.
We worked a lot on matching upper case letters with lower case letters, and we had graham crackers and milk as a snack. The only thing we failed to do was art which is what I wanted to do best, so tomorrow, after Officer Friendly comes, we'll do a lot of art.
In French class we prayed en Francais, and sang Il est ne le devin enfant, and Unflambeau Jeanette Isabella. And then sang Jingle Bells, Away in a Manger, and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. We will add one song to our repertoire every day until we sing Santa Claus to school on the 22.
We had spaghetti at the last minute with fresh fruit and salad and bread. Tomorrow it's ham for sure.
Since the play, we've been ruthless about taking medals. They are not re-earnable. Every day a child keeps his medal, he will get a paper angel. The boy and girl who win the most angels will win the Santa Prize on the 22. Good deeds win angels as well.
Beve Pietrowski will be taking pictures on the 12th of December. It's her only free date. She said she will have the pictures shortly after Christmas. What a neat New Year's gift! She's a great photographer. Please view her work in the front hall of the school.
Still thinking about Narnia as a field trip - any comments about that? Is it too scary for the little guys?
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Faith is pretty much a "wuss" when it comes to anything slightly scary or evil in a movie. But if you go, Aunt Hazel can go with her and she can sit on her lap.
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