Halloween in Room 107

We had a blast celebrating Halloween in our room!  Our parties were filled with fun activities and Halloween themed food.  The costumes were awesome as well!  Check out our pictures :)

We had a candy corn measuring activity where each kiddo had to measure Halloween pictures with candy corn to figure out how tall they are.  Candy is much more interesting than rulers :)

We had an apple relay race in the hallway!

We made black cats out of paper plates...

We had a delicious snack of dirt cups and worms :)

And of course took pictures in our spiffy costumes!

And here is a peak at my own Halloween celebration :)  Mr. Kloss made a pretty funny crayon.

Happy Halloween!  Be sure to check out Thanksgiving coming up :)

Field Trip Fun and Fire Fighters

October has been a blast in our class.  We've taken a "hands on" learning approach this month :)  Our trip to Cotants Farm Market consisted of watching how apple cider is made, picking our own apples, and selecting the perfect pumpkin from the patch.  The kids were enthralled with every second of the trip...including the bus drive :)

  As you can see, we had a fabulous time and our day was just about picture perfect...

Later that week, we had the fire fighters come visit with their truck and gear.  We have been talking about fire safety all month, so it was great for the kids to be able to see how it all works!  We even got to go inside the truck!

Coming up next...our halloween party!!

Fall Projects

During the past few weeks we have been busy getting ready for our big Art Gallery Fundraiser.  Each year, the kids create awesome art projects.  We display them in the hallway on the night of the fundraiser and parents can come and "buy" them.  We get all of the profits and the kids have a wonderful time!

We made leaf prints, alligators with our foot prints, hungry caterpillars out of balloons, and marble art.  The kids worked really hard and a great time getting it all together!

Outside Fun in the Fall!

The weather this fall has been amazing so far!  We've been trying to go outside at as much as possible.  The kids are working on their large motor skills on the big play ground.  They are also enjoying using side walk chalk to practice tracing their hands and feet as well as writing their names.  Too cute!

Spirit Week

We also celebrated spirit week in preparation for homecoming!  We had America Day, Farmer Day, Camo Day, College Day, and TK Spirit Day!  Go Green :) :) :)

Next up, we have our field trip to the pumpkin patch, a visit from the fire station, and our first report cards!!

Beginning of the Year!

Well year two is under way and boy is it a busy one!  Last year, I had 38 preschoolers and this year I have 51!  We've been very busy getting to know each other learning all about school.  We've had a great start together...check out what we've been up to below.

Here is a sampling of our first day of school pictures :)

We've also been working on some fall crafts.  We made trees, and then used our fingerprints to make the leaves.  We also painted with leaves using neon colors!

More posts to come soon!!

End of the Year!

I can't believe I'm actually writing this post!  I feel like I just met all these preschoolers a few weeks ago.  It has been truly amazing to watch them grow into students going off to kindergarten.  I've been very lucky to have an awesome class this year for my first year of teaching.  Parents have been so supportive of me and I have been able to really do a lot with these kiddos.  I will miss each and every single one!  Enjoy the end of the year celebration pictures!

We made these all about me poems with flowers.  Very cute responses :)

We made these pictures of us is graduation caps and explained what we learned in preschool...

The last day of school we got to play out side all day!  Bubbles were lots of fun...

We even got to have a water balloon fight :)

Thanks again for an amazing year!!

Spring Projects

Lately we've been able to explore the outdoor world due to the wonderful weather...but when we're inside, here is what we've been working on!!

We've been studying farm and zoo animals, so the kiddos put together these adorable farm animals out of paper plates :)

For Mother's Day, I took a picture of each preschooler holding a sign that says "I Love You to Pieces," then they made frames with puzzle pieces!  I also interviewed each kid about their mom's.  There were questions like "how old is your mom," and "what does your mom like to do." The answers were quite entertaining!  Some kids said their moms were 12 and that they liked doing laundry, while others said their mom was 61 and liked to clean the house!  Very fun project :)

We are in our final 2 weeks of school, and I can hardly believe it!  Next up...graduation :)

Lately...

Wow!!  What a whirlwind of the past few weeks!  We had assessments, report cards, parent teacher conferences, march is reading month, spring break, and now we in the home stretch of school.  I can't believe how time flies. We had a great first week back last week and to kick things off this week, we got to go on a super fun field trip to a YMCA camp!  The kids were able to make smores, go on a wagon ride, pet some fuzzy friends, and even horseback ride.  What a neat experience for these kiddos!

The counselor told them they would need a partner to roast marshmallows...they did a great job taking him seriously :)

Yep, that's a pot belly pic they are petting...

Meeting some new friends...

And of course, our favorite part...horseback riding!!!

And I'll leave you with this precious moment...melt my heart!

Bowling Trip!

Here is preschool we were so super lucky and got to go to the bowling alley for a field trip.  For most of the kiddos, it was their first time bowling.  We had a blast!  I had so many kiddos come up to me and say "this is the most special day ever.  We are so lucky!"  I guess preschoolers are easy to please :)

Coming up next...Dr. Suess and March is Reading Month!!

All You Need Is Love...

So sorry I didn't get these Valentine's Day pictures up sooner!!  We had a little celebration here is preschool.  We made our own fruit pizza, exchanged valentine's and made a few crafts (including love bugs with our names on them!).  Check it out!

And It's STILL Snowing...

We've been lucky these past few weeks to really experience some great winter weather!  In our class we have been learning all about snow animals, the letter M, N, and O.  We've also been getting pretty good at writing our names :)

First up...penguin water bottles.  After reading Penguins, by Gail Gibbons, we made a chart about what we knew about penguins, then of course had to do an art project.  I had parents bring in empty water bottles (thank you!!!) and we made these precious little guys.

 
Next we worked on writing our name because it starts with letter N...and we needed the practice :)  I made these awesome tracer's that I saw one the kindergarten teachers use.  My kids weren't ready to use them at the beginning of the year, but are now doing GREAT!

Finally we decided it was a polar bear type of day...we got TONS of snow and only half the afternoon class came because we "unofficially" cancelled school.  The kids had a blast making these masks out of paper plates.

Up next...dinosaurs and Valentine's Day!!

Winter Wonderland

Well!  Last week was a successful week where we learned all about the letter M.  We made our letter M chart and decorated mittens! We also transformed our room into a winter wonderland.  We focused quite a bit on snowmen projects!  Take a look...

We made snowmen with puffy paint and buttons...

We also made snowmen out of toilet paper rolls (my favorite!)

After having a great week back, then weather decided to turn on us and we had 2 snow days!  And of course, those snow days happened to fall on Tuesday and Thursday, which is when we come to school.  So here's what I did on my days off  :)  Hope everyone enjoyed the weather as much as I did!

Took the pup, Wilson, for a walk in what felt like Antarctica...

Made some delicious food... caprese chicken, zucchini fries and cous cous.

Eggplant parmesan "roll-ups"

And reese's cupcakes from scratch...

My husband was pretty happy that I had days off :)  I'm looking forward to next week when I actually get to see my kiddos!  Happy Winter!

Christmas in Mrs. Kloss' Class

SO SORRY for the late post!  I left my camera in my classroom and was out of town for the holiday.  We had so much fun preparing for the holidays and then celebrating during our Christmas party!  We started out by making crafts to give to our families:)

Peppermint ornaments with red hot candy details...

Snowflake ornaments made out of popsicle sticks, puzzle pieces, paint and glitter...

Wreaths made out of our hand prints...

Santa faces made out of paper plates and cotton ball beards...

Christmas lights with our thumb prints...

Christmas trees made out of glitter paint.  Squeeze the paint on one side, fold on half, open up and magic!

And finally we topped everything off by making gingerbread houses at our Christmas party!

Thanks for checking everything out.  We really enjoyed our holiday time and can't wait to kick off the new year!