Once upon a time there were 13 children whose grown ups signed them up for preschool. The plan was made that they would come on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. 11 of the children started in September and one sister waited until she turned three years old. In this class had 2 sibling pairs who were cousins as well! One of the friends has a dad who was a preschooler here himself and ALL of them were valuable parts of the class. These children had yellow and blue labels by their name because we called Tuesday the “Yellow Day” class and Thursday the “Blue Day” class. Then on a Thursday in May, it was the last day that this group of 13 children would be together. The school year was over.
Here is how we spent our last day together:
We did painting on a big board with foam shapes on it to make butterfly prints! We helped sort things from our School Boxes (markers, crayons, scissors and glue). We ate snack mix from Max out of our School Boxes! Ms Kristin dropped in packages of Smarties since we are all so smart…some of them were very sour. We tried seaweed and fed some to Baby Rosie the Robot. We thanked Grandma Bonnie for all the extra clean up she did after snack time. We went on the big swing and got really quiet to hear the creaking sound. We matched the plastic eggs and went in the sound tunnel. We worked with the months of the year and holidays during Circle Time. We talked about Kindergarten, preschool and summer. We looked at a picture of Ms Kristin when she went to Kindergarten. We went outside and played in the drizzling rain and did Show and Tell in the pavilion. We sang We Wish You Well to each other and then had a dance party to Zander’s “Who Let the Dogs Out” singing toy. We had a such a special day today.
Sorting the school box supplies which led to cutting cardboard from the recycling bin.
Here’s to a precious group of children. Thank you to all the moms. dads, grandmas, grandpas, aunts, uncles, childcare providers and friends who made it possible for them to attend. We are grateful. Six of these friends are graduating which makes it even more tender to say goodbye today.
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