Mrs. Sabine’s Kindergarten class

_Friday, March 5
Today’s Stations of the Cross were illustrated on the big screen by hand-drawn pictures of each station. I noticed that these pictures really caught the children’s attention and made this service more meaningful to them. They do understand that this is different from Mass and are beginning to understand why we go each Friday. There were NO complaints today…pretty impressive for Kindergartners on a bright, sunny Friday afternoon,

We had a “stuck-in the mud” incident on the playground this noon which resulted in boots and snowpants coated in mud. Luckily, she annoached it before she squished down the hall! Please put an extra pair of socks in your child’s back pack throughout the spring! With any luck, no one else will need to use them.
Have a great week-end and soal up as much sunshine as possible.

Tuesday March 2 Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!! We joined our 5th grade friends to add a few more pages to the classic Green Eggs and Ham – with some clever results. Seuss wpuld be proud!
We also completed our celebration of Chinese New Year (a bit late) by whipping up a batch of veggie fried rice which many of the children Kindergarten and Preschool really enjoyed. The children sawed away at the veggies, preparing carrots, celery, peppers, and sugar peas for the electric skillit. The small wafted into the hall and made the other students’ mouth water.

Friday February 25 Our first attempt at testing the strength of an egg shell was a bust—literally! I used an old egg and it only held 26 books. However, a fresh from the grocery store egg was able to support 73 classroom books before it collapsed. The children were very proud of our egg because last year’s egg was pretty puny in comparisaon with only 51 books before the collapse. So now we understand just a little better why birds’ eggs don’t break when the mom sits on them…even an ostrich mom!

Tuesday February 23
Thursday we will celebrate Chinese New Year with our friends in afternoon preschool by making Dragon Dancer masks and “dancing” our way throught the school…maybe, even the parish office. The children will also help Mrs. Couture and me cut up vegetables for our own version of fried rice, a staple in some parts of China.

Please remember to save dryer lint for our spring paper-making project…especially if yopu have a red load! It adds a beautiful pastel tint to the paper.

November 3
Please check your child’s backpack for the newsletter and an update on this week’s Eucharistic Service. It is Kindergarten’s first time in the liturgy rotation and we are doing a very brief scenario with a Good Shepherd and the flock. Four of the children will read the petitions with a 6th grade friend. I have sent each short line home attached to the newsletter. We practiced in the classroom and they did seem comfortable but please run thru the line a dew times with your child.
I have sent a copy of the newsletter home with each child this week as I am still having trouble with my computer at home and wasn’t certain that I could upload to my website.

Kindergarten_News_October_5.pdf

Kindergarten_News_October_12.pdf

Kindergarten_News_October_19.pdf

Happy Halloween party! I will be subbing for Joanne tomorrow as she needs to spend time with her Mom.
The parade and party should go smoothly and without a ripple…OK, I might be in just a bit of denial but it
will be terrific and the kids will have a good time. We will start the parade around 9:30ish with the party
right after. Pray for dry weather in the afternoon as I plan to “reward” them with an extra special outdoor
recess just about the time the sugar hits their systems. Pray hard!
Many of the children are coming in their costumes which is just fine but please send a change of clothes
along for the noon recess…and the afternoon recess as I would be very upset (not to mention the children)
if someone destroyed their princess or clone costume swinging from the zip line.

Please save glass spagetti jars and their lids for science. Send them in any time…I think the plastic
Mayo or Miracle Whip jars might work also. I need bigger openings and clear containers. Thank You.