Summer Lovin'

Phew... the long awaited summer has finally arrived! However, my poor blog has been a little neglected over the past few weeks. I'll just backtrack a little and fill you in a little of our end of the year fun! 

Our last week was c-r-a-z-y busy but tons of fun. After our zoo field trip, we had our End of the Year celebration, field day, move-up day, and all the usual year-end fun. Here's a look at our finished self-portraits and writing that we hung in the hall!

I am saving their advice pages to put in a book and read to next year's group. They were very insightful :)

My team and I also made some thank you's for our students and all our volunteers. The tags came from A Cupcake for the Teacher and the Flavor-ices were $8 for 200 of them at Sam's Club! Cheap and easy... my favorite!

For the parent volunteers, we filled these cute summer cups with Starburst and added a little tag I made up. You can grab a copy here! I taped a thank you note to the back of the tag for a personalized addition. 

More to come about the end of the year soon! Thanks for stopping by!

We're Going to the Zoo, Zoo, Zoo...

Happy summer to all you out there who started their break already! We on the other hand go all the way until June 12, so vacation feels like a loooooong way away. But, this week is going to be PACKED, so it should fly by. First off, we are going to the ZOO tomorrow! I made up this zoo bingo worksheet (download it here) to keep them busy, but for the most part my kiddos get to explore the zoo, see the animals, and just enjoy with their chaperones. The weather forecast calls for sun (AMEN!) so as long that holds out it should be a fantastic day.

Also up on our calendar this week is Kindergarten Graduation! We invite all the families to come and begin with a program and certificate presentation. We sing some of our favorite songs from the year, recite the "Goodbye Poem" and pass out certificates. Then we go out to the playground for ice cream sundaes, games, crafts, and play time. It's always a blast! I'll be posting more on that later, though...

In the meantime, we have been making new art projects for the hallway. On Friday, we did a guided drawing activity with self-portraits. We traced the pencil lines with Sharpies and will be painting them tomorrow. Here's a peek out how they're going so far...

Does this one remind anyone else of David from "No David"??

We will also be writing our advice for next year's kindergarteners too. Grab it here! After they hang in the hallway, I'll put them in a book to share at the beginning of the year with my new kinders.

That's all for now! Have a great Sunday!