January/February Winter Fun

Plenty of exciting things going on Mrs. Halloran's Kindergarten class!
JANUARY
Hibernation Day was soon after we returned from Christmas break. We wore our pj's and slippers to school. We hibernated in our "caves" and played a rhyming game where you only woke up if you heard two words that rhymed! We had a word wall snowball fight and went to recess in a V shape as if we were migrating birds heading south for the winter. After lunch we watched Polar Express and enjoyed hot cocoa with peppermint sticks. The kids had a blast (so did their teacher!)We also learned about snowmen and made pretend snow angels on the floor (since we do not have snow in Florida and sand angels are just gross!):We made snow flakes and mittens too.
February began by celebrating 100 DAYS of school. Their family project for the month was to create a picture sing 100 of anything (some of those were interesting...celery, house keys and a few other odd items were used!)We did 100exercises and were quiet for 100 minutes...SIKE...I WISH...really 100 seconds! HA!We also hunted for 100 Hershey Kisses! We learned about MLK and made our own rainbow of dreams where students wrote their own dream. "I have a dream..."that everyone would come to my birthday party"..."that my mommy will love me forever"...that I could go the whole way on the monkey bars!" Hey...they are creating goals right?! We enjoyed a fantastic Field trip to the children's museum and a Max & Ruby play at the community college. Because of Dental Health month the tooth fairy made a special visit to teach us the importance of taking care of our teeth. Students learned about former presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and got quite upset about the "l" in Lincoln because you couldn't sound it out!I'm with them on that one!That has always bothered me too! hehe And of course Valentine's Day was a BIG deal where they felt safe to announce the love of their life! They were so excited to share their valentine cards and treats and our party consisted of a chocolate fountain with all the yummy treats to dip! YUM YUM! They teacher really enjoyed that! haha Now we are diving into spring and students are currently working on their leprechaun traps at home to catch that sneaky leprechaun that is loose in our classroom! He keeps messing things up and making strange noises throughout the day. Look forward to posting those pics later..until then enjoy these from Winter!