Wednesday, March 30, 2011

iTunes Adds Classic Picture Books...

We're still out on Spring Break, but I thought I'd stop in to share a little info:
For those of you iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad owners, you may be interested to know that iTunes has added Classic Children's Picture Books to their library. Titles include, The Poky Little Puppy, Caps for Sale, & Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. iBook is a FREE download from iTunes. The books vary by price. Enjoy!

Monday, March 28, 2011

A New Look for Our Blog...

Today we are THRILLED and EXCITED to reveal a NEW, FRESH, LOOK for our blog. After searching around at several blogs and viewing a lot of templates and designers, I chose  Pamela Lopez at The Posh Box to help bring a  fun, friendly look to our blog!
Don't you just LOVE it?
Pamela worked with me to create the exact style I desired. I love the birds and polka dots! Be sure to look over all the new changes....you can read about us, visit our links, send posts to friends & family via email, sign up to follow us, get email updates, share us on your Facebook, Tweet about us, or grab the banner to share our blog on your site.The Odiogo ("Listen Now") link will even add us to your iTunes.
If you have a need to create or redesign your own blog or website, The Posh Box has lots of templates and resources to help you find the perfect design for you! Pamela is GREAT!!
Please check back soon to see new pages and links!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU Pamela for your patience and hard work!
I am sure our viewers will agree....I think it looks FANTASTIC!!

Thursday, March 24, 2011

We Love Center Time...

We usually have very busy days in Kindergarten. One of our favorite times of the day is "Center Time". We get to choose to play from a lot of different areas. Some kids like going to the Block Corner, others like to go to the Writing Center. Some kids like to go to Housekeeping. You can choose to make paper puppets, draw, do puzzles, play with Math games, ABC games, write notes to friends, go on the computer, read books and so much more. The only thing you can't do is NOTHING! With so many choices, everyone needs to be busy doing SOMETHING!
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

More From Storybird...

Here are a few more stories you may enjoy from Storybird. Remember, we would love to read books you create there too:
The Picnic on StorybirdThe Strangest Family in the World on StorybirdFriends! on Storybird

Monday, March 14, 2011

A New Way to Share Books...

Storybird is a fun site where you can find pictures, add your own words and create your very own book. Here's a sample book for you to enjoy. We will make more books to share so be sure to check back soon.
Red Bird and His Band on StorybirdIn the meantime, click over to Storybird and create a book of your own. Please let us know when your book has been published so we can read it.

Friday, March 11, 2011

Paper Puppets...

We are having so much fun making Paper Puppets! Our teacher used her Gypsy & Cricut machine to create some puppet templates for us to trace. We got to pick out some of the clothing and costumes too. We use the templates and paper scraps to make our puppets. Then we glue them on sticks and head over to our puppet stage. What creative fun!
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Thursday, March 10, 2011

Popsicle Party...

Today we got to have a POPSICLE PARTY!! We collected the most box tops of all the classes and as a reward, we got to have a nice frozen treat. YUMMY!! Thanks to all the families who sent in boxtops to help us win!




Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Nursery Rhymes...

We really enjoy reading and playing around with Nursery Rhymes. Sometimes we change some of the rhyming parts of the Nursery Rhymes and make new rhymes that make us really giggle. Other times we act out the parts, that's fun too!
We are working on getting a post together for our blog that shows some of what we do with the rhymes. In the meantime, here are some of the rhymes we've worked with:
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