February Art Work

100 Days of School

                

We On February 3rd, we celebrated our 100th day of school!  The kindergarteners have learned so much since that first day of school!  I am really proud of them!  

Today we did many activities revolving around that number 100.  We counted 100 pennies and found other ways to make a dollar using nickels, dimes and quarters.  We counted by 1s, 5s, and 10s to 100.  The kindergarteners also wrote 1-100.  They also attempted to be quiet for 100 seconds.

They drew what we looked like now and what we might look like when we are 100 years old.  We also made a list of 100 things we learned in kindergarten.   

I read books about 100 days of school. They drew pictures of what we could buy with $100, what they could eat 100 of, what they would want 100 of, etc. and I compiled that into their own book!   

The students made a cool headband with the #100 on it.  In the afternoon we shared a giant, frosted cookie to mark our special day!

Groundhog Puppets

Today I had the kids make Groundhog puppets for the upcoming Groundhog Day.  They enjoyed playing with these.  Here is the poem that they recited when they did their puppet show for the 1st Grade class.

On February 2nd, Phil Groundhog pops out to see,

Just how much winter, there's going to be.

If the day is cloudy, he plays outside,

But if it is sunny, he pops back to hide.

We Are Published!

We have a published bird book for you to purchase, if you choose.  Follow the link below.  You will be able to preview the book first.  The cost is $10.08 plus shipping and handling.

The kindergarteners worked really hard on this project and they put forth their best effort.  I am really proud of them!

To order a copy click here.

Hat Day

The elementary students donated a dollar to wear a hat in school for the day. The donation went to support the "Polar Plunge" to raise money for the Special Olympics. 

Snow Art

Since the students have been studying shapes, I cut some potatoes into square, circle, rectangle and triangle shapes.  The kids dipped them into white paint to print out a snow scene.  After they dried, they added details with colored paint using Q-tips.  I thought these were really cute!

ARKive - Animal Website

A great place to search for bird photos, videos and information is ARKive:  http://www.arkive.org/
They have information on other animals too.  I think the kids would really enjoy looking at the animals on this site!