YEAH for us!

Yeah!  What an amazing day!  We did such a fabulous job working in groups, following directions, trying our best, and staying in our spots!  I took pictures of SMART KIDS LEARNING to share with you!  When we practice "mirror" it sounds and looks like this:

"SMART KIDS LEARNING"  (hands on head)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"SMART KIDS LEARNING"

"EYES ON TEACHER"  (point to eyes)

"VOICES QUIET"  (point to mouth)

"VOICES QUIET"

"HANDS IN LAP"  (hands resting in lap)

LISTENING TO LEARN

Listening is SUCH an important part of learning!

Being around a group of 20 children all learning "how to do school" is sometimes an overwhelming feeling!  As a parent, you know what it is like to get one or maybe four children to listen to you and so you might be wondering what we are doing at school to facilitate learning to listen in a group of 20 children.

Here are two examples of strategies I use in the classroom.  It would be wonderful if you could talk to your child about the importance of listening, the need to be quiet sometimes in a classroom of 20 children, and maybe even practice these activities with them at home!  Hopefully your child should be able to model what these activities LOOK and SOUND like at school.  Enjoy!

SMART KIDS READY TO LEARN:  I ask the children to show me "smart kids ready to learn"! Smart kids who are ready to learn have their hands in their laps, their eyes on me, and a quiet voice that is not talking.  Their brain is ready to be smarter!

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS:  I have a variety of instruments that I play in the classroom to get the attention of the children.  I have an xylophone,  a maraca, a tapper bell, and a music wand.  When the children hear the sound of the instrument they know that they are suppose to put their hands up in the air and that their voices should be quiet.  After I give directions, we clean up and move when we say the rhyme:  "1, 2, 3...quiet as can be!"

JOY in every day

Please enjoy this first peek into our room! We have learned SO MUCH in four days about being in school, following rules, rotating in groups, walking in line order, and how to be...SMART KIDS LEARNING!

Welcome To Kindergarten

"The more that you read, the more that you'll know.
The more that you learn, the more places you'll go!"

-Dr. Seuss

Welcome to KINDERGARTEN.  I am so happy that you have found us on smartkidslearning!  Oh, I can't wait for the places we'll go.....

A BITTERSWEET GOODBYE

Hello!  I am starting to brainstorm and work on my blog for next year.  I appreciate your patience with me as a new blogger and your willingness to let me learn and grow during this year.  I hope you are having a wonderful summer and enjoying time with your adorable children!  Please know that I will be deleting you from my "subscribers list" later this week.  You are most welcome to rejoin me in the fall if you wish!

With love,
Miss Sawyer

KINDERGARTEN CELEBRATION

Greetings from the munchkins!
Just a quick reminder that our Kindergarten Celebration starts at 10:15 Friday morning. Please remember to pack your lunches if you did not sign up for a school sack lunch.  I will be wearing my GREEN TIE DYE shirt! We are so excited to have guests and to be going to the park! See you soon!

We can make a difference!

This video is being brought to you at the request (and pleading) of the munchkins in our classroom. We finished these posters last week and they thought it would be "MOST FUN" to post them on the blog. I must admit, we have some wonderful ideas for taking care of the earth and doing our part to make the world a better place. ENJOY!