My Hot Air Balloon Adventure

Last year my kindergarten students bought me a hot air balloon ride for my end of the year gift and today I finally got to use it. Going on a balloon ride has always been something on my bucket list and today I was able to cross it off. Let me start by saying THANK YOU to my class for giving me the opportunity to do such an amazing thing, I am so thankful for being given this opportunity to do this. For those of you who have never done this, I highly recommend going.... it is amazing the silence you experience as you float in a balloon 9,000 feet above ground. A little scary at first but worth every second.

Thank You again to my Kindergarten class of 2010-2011!!!!!

Using our Senses to Observe a Pumpkin

In Science we are learning about properties. As an introduction to our unit we have been studying the 5 senses. Properties describing how something looks, tastes, feels, smells and sounds. What better way to put our senses to use than by observing a pumpkin??? Each child completed a senses observation chart as he/she observed the pumpkin. After using the pumpkin for science we carved our pumpkin with a funny face and I took the seeds home and baked them for the taste portion of the lesson that is not on the observation sheet!

How many pumpkins tall?

We recently took a field trip to the pumpkin patch and had soooooo much fun. Students had the opportunity to explore a corn maze, the pumpkin patch and the farm animals on the grounds. We had a great time watching a video all about pumpkins! When we returned to school as a follow up activity we took each child's picture next to pumpkins to see how many pumpkins tall each child was. We are creating a class book called Pumpkin's Tall. Each page will read... I am _______ Pumpkins Tall. Students will fill in the blanks and glue their pictures on their own page. Stay tuned for our finished book!