We are so proud of how much the kids have learned this year. Lorelei has improved in all of her subjects, especially in her reading. You would never guess the girl with her nose in a book was in tears at the start of first grade. All her hard work has paid off! :) Makin has done amazing work and we have had some definite push-to-level moments interspersed this year, but Mrs. White and I are already brainstorming how to expand the learning for him next year. I also met a mom of a third grade boy who seems a bit like Makin and I look forward to getting her feedback!
We still plan to work about an hour each weekday morning this summer. Both of them reading and working on math facts, with a little writing thrown in too!
Kindergarten Graduation
I really had no idea what to expect when I wrote this event on the calendar and it was such a great and special way to celebrate this year. We had a bring-your-own picnic (aka fast food cuz May is crazy) and enjoyed some fellowship with the other Kindergarten families. We have gotten to know these families so well this year so it was fun being surrounded by so many friends!
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| Charlie is so not into smiling for pictures right now... |
Then we headed to the front for the awards to be given out. What a sweet moment for each child. Mrs. Harris called them up to sit in her special chair while she told us a small anecdote leading up to their award. What a teacher we have been blessed with and she made each child feel so special!
Makin's Moment:
Home-Day Snapshots
Mrs. McCorkle finished up several of her books with a couple weeks to spare so it was quite fun to see the tasks that got assigned in May. Our little artistic one loved putting together this flag, copying the original flag with its 13 stars, and if you think cutting out those itty bitty stars is easy think again. :) Mrs. McCorkle already had all of the supplies (other than cutting stars) prepped and sent home. Soooo nice!
We had science experiments (including Rock Candy which didn't turn out) and plant growing projects. We loved how this celery looked.
We celebrated our last library day!
We plan to keep this in the routine again next year! It was good for all of us. :)
Teachers
What a blessing. One of the many amazing things about our school is the teachers. Both kids loved their teachers this year.
Mrs. Britton has been a phenomenal art teacher. We are heartbroken she has to move this summer and will miss her so much next year! I am always amazed at what the kids come home with. She gives them so much power when they can make these types of art work!
(Picture fail! I thought Mrs. M would be at the park after the last day
but she was packing up her classroom!!!)
Mrs. McCorkle is so the teacher I am not. She is fun and so laid back I can never believe it!
She is genuinely interested to hear what the kids have to say,
so they seem to open up and love chatting with her.
They had many extra-special projects they did throughout the year.
I was thankful Lorelei got to experience this for her 2nd grade year. She had such a fun year!
Lorelei wrote in her card, "My favorite thing about my teacher is...that she is very kind."
Mrs. Harris has a heart of gold. Even though this was her first year teaching K and her first year in a UM school, (can you say two HUGE learning curves!?) we all really enjoyed her and I'm so thankful Makin had her for his Kindergarten teacher! The kids filled out cards for their teachers and I loved two things about Makin's card for Mrs. H. "My favorite thing about my teacher is...she is always so happy." and "My favorite memory is...reading the pigeon books." (She is the one who introduced us to Mo Willems!) Makin's journal said it all, "What I will miss most about Kindergarten is Mrs. Harris."
End-Of-School Photos and Celebration
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| Had to capture that last walk into Kindergarten. |
They have a tradition of the last day of school being a half-day, with any families who want to join coming to the park afterwards. These pictures are from when things settled down quite a bit. I originally took three extra kiddos after school and there were about 20+ kids ranging from age 4-10 on this merry-go-round. I was spending my time counting heads and making sure no one was going to fall off and get trampled. Gradually families left and I could get some shots of the calmer park time. :) At the very end the Kindergartners...I mean going-into-first-graders... (and some siblings) started Duck, Duck, Goose.
We continued our last-day ice cream tradition.
That's a wrap!
Summer here we come!
What a phenomenal year both L and M have had! Glad they both had such wonderful teachers. Happy Summer!!
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