Barrett Orchards

Today was our field trip to Barrett Orchards.  Boy, it was one fun-filled, memorable experience. 

We put our tie-dyes on for this SPECIAL OCCASION and made sure Floyd the Frog came, too!  

The bus ride, for some, may have been the highlight.  

The joy and excitement to ride a SCHOOL BUS was too precious...too cute!

When we got to the orchard, we took a hayride with THE FARMER, ate a juicy apple slice, read a story about the pumpkin patch, completed a scavenger hunt, AND went through the maze. 

We ended the morning with choosing a pumpkin; 

some chose round pumpkins, teeny-tiny pumpkins, or speckled pumpkins.  

Whatever pumpkin the Kinders chose, they were happy and a smile filled their face.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU to my chaperones for coming with us today!  

Your helping hands were AMAZING!  

I sooo appreciate your patience, guidance, and loving smiles to ensure all our lil' darlings were safe.  

ROOM 5 loves you!

HAPPY PUMPKIN DAY!

Cross-Age Linking

Last Friday, your child may have come home ELATED to talk about a new, 

 3rd grade buddy they met! 

It was such a fun experience to have 

"the BIG kids" come into our room!

Our buddies helped us with an illustration and writing project of what we'll be for Halloween.

Once or twice a month, 

Mrs. Moore's 3rd Grade class 

will come into our room for a 30 minute, cross-age linking activity.  

It will, usually, be a writing and/or art project that may be too difficult for our little hands, but BIG KIDS could share their helping hands to assist.

Mrs. Moore and I are hoping this will turn into a "big brother" or "big sister" model where the older kids take pride and ownership in building a 

lasting relationship with the Kinders.  From what we saw last Friday, 

it did just that; smiles all around!  

Want to SMILE?

We've been learning that 

curved lines make circles and ovals;
straight lines make squares and rectangles.  

Well, we've applied this knowledge into some goofy-looking pumpkins!

First, we painted an oval or circle, depending on what size we wanted our pumpkin to be.

Then, we cut it out and added the details with itty-bitty eyes, goofy eyes, surprised eyes,or happy eyes. 

The last party of our project was to cut a  

semi-circle out for the mouth with rectangle and square teeth. 

 PHEW~~~we struggled through this part, but we  remained positive.  

"I think I can, I think I can..."  

 WE DID IT!

Look at our final product...

simple shapes can make pictures; 

squares, circles, and rectangles!

When you come to your child's conference, the silly pumpkins will make you smile!

Don't leave without taking it for a Halloween decoration at YOUR HOUSE!

Don't these make you smile?