Our classroom was taken over by some Doggies this morning!
Miss Chantal was in our room for a little while this morning and she transformed most of our 4's class into some super cute little puppy dogs! Some Dogs were filling up their food dishes with some puppy chow, and the others were spending some time in their dog house and taking turns walking each other with some yarn. They had a blast, and looked super cute. They were very excited to be Dogs since the letter of the week is Dd!
Thursday we took a bunch of Popsicle sticks and we made our very own boxes. The kids had fun coloring and decorating their sticks and then they all followed the directions on how to glue them together very well! A few of the kids did not want to make up their box (or were not here on Thursday), so their Popsicle sticks are in a baggy in their cubbies in the classroom :)
Since the beginning of the year we have been reading the book, "How Full Is You Bucket? For Kids"by Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyer
The Kids have really gotten into the idea that everyone has and invisible bucket above their heads and your actions and words can either help to fill a friends bucket or dip a friends bucket. They have been letting each other know when their bucket is getting empty and when friends do things to help fill their buckets! It has been fun to watch them really start to understand how their actions can impact their friends and seeing how they try to keep their friends buckets full! We set up our own Bucket Station in our classroom. Everyone has a bucket with their name on it and we have a basket full of the little pom-pom balls, which are our "drops" of water for our buckets. The kids have been having a blast helping their friends and adding drops to their buckets! You can have your child show you their bucket and ask them about it, they are all very into it.
