Pinterest Fail

So, I feel like I haven't had an original thought since I started looking around "Pinterest".  Today was no exception….Below is the inspiration picture (taken from Pinterest) that we were going to try our hands a recreating.  Keep reading to see how it all turned out….

This student made her own "Sky Art" today….I love it when kids are inspired by something else that we have done.

It's hard to see from this photo, but these guys lined up the blocks, end to end, all around the room!

Some great collaboration happened today!

Ok, so here's our attempt at that amazing bubble art.  The plan was to add food coloring to bottles of bubbles and spread paper around outside and then move around blowing bubbles and letting them pop all over the papers.  Well, the wind was blowing, so the papers went everywhere.  Once we got the papers where they should be, the wind carried the bubbles away before they had the chance to land on the papers.  Then about 5 of the bubbles bottles were spilled.  We talked a lot about leaning forward so the bubble liquid didn't dribble on our clothes…that didn't always happen.

Once we adjusted our technique, we had a little more success.  This was supposed to be a great time to work together to create some beautiful pieces.  Instead, we were trying as hard as we could to get results on one piece of paper.

After a certain amount of time, we picked up all the papers and had some fun blowing bubbles in the wind and running and playing together.

It just goes to show that sometimes you can have the best plans and the best of intentions, and things don't always turn out as you think they will.  I don't think the kids know that it didn't work out, they had a blast and that's all that really matters!

Reminder, we are going to Mahon Park on Thursday afternoon.  I will be sending an email home with information about what to bring, what not to bring, and our time line while we are there.

There are still a couple of scrapbooks that have yet to be picked up.  The next time you're in the school, please come in and pick it up.

Fancy Friday! and Exploring Symmetry

Happy Friday everyone!  It's hard to believe that next Friday will mark our last day of Kindergarten (I'm not even going to think about it!)  Today, according to one of our classmates, was Fancy Friday.  Sometimes you just have to dress up and enjoy the day.

Some great creations were made this morning.  Here is the front and back view of one creation.

Oh, this took some steady hands!

We worked on sorting numbers today.

And some of us practiced our number printing.

Others built an incredibly long pattern.

Then, after recess, we explored the concept of symmetry by drawing and painting butterflies.  We made sure that anything we did on one wing, we did on the opposite side.  This weekend, see how many examples you can find of symmetry.  

The butterflies are almost finished.  They just need to be outlined and then we'll hang them for our last week of school.  I think we might even leave them up and they can welcome us back in September!

Please look in your child's home envelope tonight, there is something special for Dad inside.  Happy Father's Day to all you Dads…enjoy your time together this weekend!

Top Secret

Tomorrow, please look for this top secret item in your child's backpack.  It would be GREAT if everyone could bring his/her home envelope to school tomorrow so that this item can make it home safely and so that it can stay top secret until Father's Day on Sunday!  Thanks!

Scrapbooks

Over the course of the school year, I have been collecting all of the students' work (mostly artwork, but also some other work) and, with the help of some other very kind and patient people (Ms Forrest and Carol, one of our moms) we have stapled everything into a scrapbook.  

I like to hand these to parents so I know that they will get home safely.  Please come in in the morning when you drop your child off, or at the end of the day when you pick your child up.  If the weather is looking a bit wet, please bring a plastic bag to protect it.  To me, these are treasures, capturing some of the work of Kindergarten.  I hope you enjoy looking through them with your child.  

Please let me know if you are unable to come and pick up your child's scrapbook and we can make other arrangements.