The Last Day of School!

What a great year we had in kindergarten!  The children worked so hard on their reading skills and it paid off in a big way because they were able to read quite well by the end of the year!  They did great on their other skills too.  Along the way, we had such a fun time learning and doing special activities!  I will miss these wonderful, little people and I look forward to seeing them in the fall as they are across the hall in 1st grade.  Have a great summer everyone!

Last Day Photos

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Mother's Day Cards

The Last Day of Lunch in the Lunchroom

Bird Gifts!

On the last day of school, I gave each of the kindergartners
a bird paper airplane of their choice and a painted, clay
bird figurine from Guatelmala from the Urquietas.  The
kids loved them!

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Bird Figurines

Years ago, a man from Ogallala, NE used to take these lightweight, hand-painted bird figurines into the 5th grade classroom each year to teach the students about local birds. I was told that he placed the birds around the school yard, in the trees, or in the habitat where children might see them. The students had worksheets to fill out while going around the yard to find and identify the birds. Now that he is retired, a friend of his suggested he pass them on to me. That was very thoughtful! These birds are not only unique due to the material they are made of, but one side is painted to be the male and the opposite side is the female plumage. I showed them to the kindergartners on our last day of school and they knew all of them. They thought they were wonderful...as did I! You'll need to click on the pic to see the full picture.

Random Photos

This was a cool Peregrine Falcon kite that he got from
Fairway Seeds.  The kids loved it!

I had so many birds coming to my feeders, so I brought
the kindergartners over on one of the last days of school
to spy on them.  They got good looks at some pretty birds!

The kids enjoyed making Earth Day art.
They could make it into any animal.  Check
out the pointers.  Is there anything you can
do to help?