Christ the King

Hail, Jesus, You're My King

Before we could prepare for the new beginning of Advent, we had to say goodbye to the passing of another church year as we celebrated Christ the King Sunday.  What a great opportunity to get out the liturgical calendar in our classroom Atrium and discuss the church year.  It was a great reminder of all the liturgical colors (especially as we discussed what color Father's vestment was on this particular Sunday...Many argued it was orange!!) and a great way to predict what we will begin to see next Sunday as we enter the season of Advent.

Our activities included a coloring page of Our King, which we bedecked and bejeweled.  The munchkins loved it!

The finished products were lovely!

This particular activity led to a great language exercise, discussing the special sound of "ing"...as in "king".

The munchkins got the chance to practice using this new combination of letters in a quick writing activity.  Boy, do we have some great kindergarten writers!

Be sure to click on each one to get a closer look at the exceptional handwriting, conventional spelling and artwork of our munchkins.  They do a great job.  Who would expect this was done independently by 5 year olds??

Well...I guess we should know that things wouldn't be complete (not in this classroom anyway) unless there was a recipe!

We made crowns for The King.

But many of the munchkins tried them on...
Oh my!  Are those cupcake sprinkles in your hair?

Some even stayed...

Hail, Jesus, You're my King!

Your life frees me to sing!

I will praise You all my days!

You are perfect in every way!

Hail, Hail, Lion of Judah!

How wonderful You are!

Until next time...

Giggles,

Mrs. D.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Give Thanks to the Lord!

(For all the little turkeys in your life!)

We were a small gang of turkeys, as the germs have crept their way into kindergarten just in time for the holiday.  Yuk!  But the munchkins that were healthy had a great few days to fill our room with "turkeys everywhere" (quite literally as you can see!)...

I know I count each one of them among my blessings!

Until next time...

Giggles Gobbles,

Mrs. D.



A Salute to Our Vets

Veteran's Day Celebration

This year our Student Council organized the Second Annual Veteran's Day Breakfast for area veterans.  Last year's breakfast was a huge success and it seems to be a new tradition for our school, our parish, and our community.

This year, not only did the Kindergarten munchkins create many of the decorations and gifts for the event, but many of them were able to attend the Sunday celebration as part of the entertainment!   It was a wonderful way to remember those who have served our country and honor those currently doing so.  We are so very blessed!

We introduced this topic by reading a BIG book titled: I Am Lucky!

This was a great easy reader that focused on symbols of our country and how lucky we are to be American.

After discussing the story and talking all about veterans, each munchkin created two cards.  One card was sent to disabled and hospitalized vets at an area hospital.  (Thanks to our second grade teacher, Ms. M, for organizing that outreach).  The other card was put in a gift bag for one of the vets that attended the our breakfast. 

The gift bags also included gifts from all the kids in our school.  Our kindergarten class had a great day, dedicated only to our veterans, in which they created all sorts of wonderful gifts.

We made red, shite and blue stars.

We made beautifully decorated picture frames (complete with a picture!).

And we made cute kitchen magnets.

The Veteran's Breakfast Celebration itself was a huge success thanks to the hard work of our Junior High Student Council and its sponsor.  The families that attended enjoyed fantastic service, a wonderful breakfast and fun entertainment. 

The kindergarten munchkins and their first grade friends completely looked the part!

And they were absolutely adorable parading around the gym, waving their flags and singing

"I'm American".

Many of the other classes entertained the crowd as well.

Second grade signed to the song "America the Beautiful" while the fourth grade played along on their recorders. 

The fourth grade also sang The Pledge of Allegiance.

And our student council president also addressed the attendees.

It was a wonderful day, both for our students and for the many veterans that were remembered and honored for their service to our country.

May God Bless them all.

Until next time...

Giggles,

Mrs. D.



There Was an Old Lady...

She Swallowed a What?

The munchkins had a great time with this quick little unit about the crazy old lady that swallowed...

Well...

Everything!

We read so many fun versions of the story, from swallowing a "fly", to swallowing a "pie" and even some "leaves"!  We even had one that had her seeing a ghost.  It was a great way to compare and contrast.  The munchkins did a great job deciding how each story was the same or how they were different. 

Probably the most fun, though, was creating a lapbook full of fun games to take home and share with everyone. 

Along with making our fantastic lapbook, we filled our time with all sorts of interesting activities...

Whether reading from the many pocket chart poems about the old lady...

Or helping each other retell the story with our fun old lady puppet (who actually "ate" the character pieces!)...

Or even sequencing the words of the story in our own mini-pocket chart activity...



The munchkins had a blast.

But that wasn't all we did!

Some of the munchkins really enjoyed the little story about the old lady who swallowed all the numbers!!  This was a great way to practice forming each number correctly as well as learning to read and recognize number words.

So some munchkins played our number matching game...

And still others enjoyed learning all about how to eat healthy (unlike that crazy old lady!)...

And still others simply had fun finding a hidden place in the room to play with all the great games in their lapbooks.



But to top things off, we couldn't resist tyring to swallow a spider ourselves!

Of course, they go down much easier when they are made of pretzels and oreos!

I wonder where a spider belongs on the food pyramid?

Until next time...

Giggles,

Mrs. D.

The Feast of All Saints

Little Saints

What could be better than being a saint in Heaven?

(From Left to Right)

St. Henry, St. Maximus, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. Lucy, St. Gabriel,

St. Mary, St. Joseph, St. Mary, St. Joan of Arc, St. Francis, St. George

Saints of Heaven...Pray for Us!

Until next time...

Giggles,

Mrs. D.



Five Little Pumpkins

Five Little Pumpkins

We had a terrific time entertaining Mom and Dad (and Grandma & Grandpa, too) at our annual play...

Five Little Pumpkins

The munchkins looked great in their little costumes and they sang all their songs wonderfully.  It was a great afternoon. 

Especailly the cookies afterwards!

Until next time...

Giggles,

Mrs. D.