Week One
Wow! Five full days of Kindergarten on the very first week of school has worn me out, big time! We had a week full of singing, dancing, routine practicing, expectation learning, friend-making, laughing, exploring, and getting to know each other. Thank goodness for restful weekends and the large cup 'o' joe that is keeping me awake this beautiful Sunday evening as I reflect on week one. I love my job!

First Week Findings: 
-Jack Hartmann's "My Whole Body Can Move" is our new favorite jam.
-We like to "rap" the Days of the Week.
-Automatic toilets might flush before you finish. It's okay. Continue :-)
-Play-doh smells funny.
-Ms. Taylor is very picky about a neat & tidy classroom, so WE are learning to be neat and tidy.
-Hand-painting tickles!!!
-If you fake sleeping at rest time, Ms. Taylor will give you an AWESOME POSSUM award :-)

Parents:
Thank you SO MUCH for the support you have already shown. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to email me or send a note in your child's blue folder. Newsletters go home on Monday. Continue to initial your child's behavior calendar each night. I look forward to a great year with your precious child.

-Ms. Taylor

To My Upcoming Kindergarteners...

Dear Kindergartener (and parent),

I am SO excited to meet you! You are going to LOVE kindergarten. I think I have the best job in the world because I get to go to kindergarten every year! I will be your teacher this year, and we are going to have so much fun as we learn and grow together. I'm going to tell you and your parents about a few important days that are coming up. Write them down so that you don't miss them!

Wednesday, August 15th at 4:00 pm- MEET THE TEACHER

A day to meet me (yay!), see our classroom (wahoo!), and fill out some very important paper work (alright!) Please do not miss this day!

Monday, August 20th- FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL & KINDERGARTEN PICTURES

I am so excited about this day, and I hope you are too! You will be getting your beginning-of-the-year pictures made, so come with a smile!

Thursday, September 6th at 6:00 PM- PARENT ORIENTATION

(Parents only please!) This is a wonderful opportunity to learn about what your child will be up to this year. I will inform you of our classroom procedures, discipline policy, important dates, and all sorts of other useful information. Please come!

Enjoy the rest of your summer and I'll see you soon!

Ms. Taylor

Lately...

Followers, (both of you), I sincerely apologize for not updating you more often on the goings-on of Ms. Taylor's Busy Bees. Sometimes life just gets in the way :-).
I have compiled a few of the latest events to share in this post. I hope you enjoy!

Last week was Dr. Seuss Week!! We celebrated the incredible talent of the late children's author all week long. I was so proud of the superb work the Busy Bees did on their first ever book reports (pictured below.)

During Dr. Seuss Week, we were studying the states of matter (solids, liquids, and gases). After learning and experimenting with the three types, we set out to cook up a mixture that would baffle us at its ability to resemble both a solid AND a liquid. Oobleck!! Dr. Seuss writes of this insanely fun substance in his book Bartholomew and the Oobleck. We made it using corn starch, water, and green food coloring. The corn starch never quite mixes with the water. If you grab it firmly, it feels like a solid, but if you poke at it gently or turn it to pour, it acts as a liquid. I don't care how old you are, this experiment is always fun!!

On Thursday, I had one of those fabulous teacher moments where I realized just how far my precious students had come since August. I whipped out my camera and started taking pictures and video. They were reading Dr. Seuss books all on their own and were ENJOYING it!!! My heart smiles to see a child who enjoys reading.

Another huge event that took place recently was the Buzz Run. We ran our little hearts out to earn money for our school! This was such a fun event and we even got to enjoy a popsicle after all that hard work. Well worth it!

I hope you feel a little more caught up on our life as Busy Bees. I will say, I have tried to update many times, but the old 'blogger' format was not working with me very well! Now that I have the updated version, I will be updating more often :-)

Have a blessed week,

Ms. Taylor & The Busy Bees