My classes for this coming Fall are full....however I have decided to open another class.  This 4-5 year old class will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:15 until 2:15. If you know of anyone interested please let them know and give them this blog.  Thank you!

just 2 letters left to do this year and graduation will be just around the corner...
Letter "Y" - what an interesting letter.  The hardest two words we learned were Yacht and Yak.  The kids giggled and giggled trying to remember those words after seeing the pictures of a Yoyo, a Yam and even Yogurt!  But when they encountered the pictures of Yacht and Yak lets just say they struggled a little bit, but with giggles. We also learned several new shapes - (parallel and pentagon).

This week my son Matthew who is serving a mission in Brazil sent us a picture of him in Campanario, Brazil. He was being transferred to a new area.  Enclosed with the picture was a letter that he wrote to his father and I. He told us that he had a lot of humble growing experiences in this area that changed his life.  He said the people there were extremely poor and living conditions were like nothing my son had ever seen or experienced. He said to "watch for every little blessing you can and be thankful for that moment - that blessing".

I did have that moment this week in my little 3-4 year old class.  A child who was showing his show-n-tell was sitting in my big chair as all the children were standing around him checking out the incredible toy he had.  I noticed one of the little girls just stayed in her chair smiling and was somewhere else in her moment of time....as I watched her smiling and realizing what a tuff personal life she was experiencing I couldn't help but call her by her name. She came over to me and I asked her if I could hug her.  She smiled and said yes!  I hugged her and told her how much I love teaching her and what a wonderful person she is.  She hugged me back with her big beautiful brown eyes still smiling and in that moment I just pray she will always know she is a child of God and that He loves her too.... I love these little ones so much.  They are so precious. I am truly grateful for every little blessing that I have and I love being around the Savior every day I teach....

Letter "x" this week was really fun for the children.  They all received little books showing pictures of a human skeleton, a dog, cat and fish.  I then had a real x-ray of a broken arm to show them and they really enjoyed looking at the bone that was broken.  They asked a lot of questions and my favorite one was, "How do you know if you have a broken bone?"  That was the easiest question they gave me. (hehehe)
The 3-4 year olds dressed up in hats and they each had a big net to carry around the yard.  We started to look for creatures flying about and around in the yard.  It was too cold still so this next week we will try to have another adventure if the weather permits and we will see what bug we can find first after our long cold winter.
The 4-5 year old class got their new reading books and I was so impressed at how well they are reading.  I did not help them much and they read like pros!  As with all classes we really played a lot of interactive games and they are such good friends now that it is so fun to watch how they just take care of each other.  They are very special children -

Spring Break until April 10th and 11th!  See you all soon.

We have almost completed learning our alphabet.  This past week we learned more about the letter "W".  I think the children were more excited for our Easter Party tho.  It was great going outside with our easter chalk and writing our names on the cement.  The weather was great for the kids.  I told the children last week as we were learning the letter "v" we would go outside this week and make a volcano.  They each poured vinegar into a cup full of baking soda and watched the volcano fizzle out of the cup.  I then showed them the vocanic rocks I have in my front yard and they touched them and found them to be sharp.  I explained what happens when the lava cools down and they intently listened. I pointed out west and they could see the "R" Mountain and explained to them why it was flat!

For our Easter Party we went outside and the Easter Bunny left some eggs full of candy.  We played games and I listened to the children giggle and smile and have a fun time together!  I love teaching preschool!!!!!