Reindeers at BSLK!!

Last week during their reindeer unit, Mrs. Lee's class made  reindeer hats and wore them all day at school! The children and Mrs. Luce are having fun getting ready for Christmas and learning!

Santa Comes to BSLK!

This week, Santa came to Big Spring Lake Kindergarten to visit with all of our good little boys and girls! The children took pictures with Santa and told him everything they wanted! :) 
Pictured are a few of Mrs. Jackson's students. The children have also been making ornaments and Christmas projects in their classroom. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Big Spring Lake! 

Learning is Fun!

Miss Chamblee’s class has been having a blast this year!  They have learned so much!  They recently learned all about Thanksgiving.  Here they are pretending to be pilgrims on the Mayflower.  They decided it wouldn’t be very fun to be on the Mayflower; check out those faces!

Here they are sharing things they learned with their friends in the “Wagon Wheel” game!  It’s such a fun game; they didn’t even realize they were learning from one another.

They have also been learning numbers and number words!  Here are some friends playing a game, matching numbers with number words.

Miss Chamblee and Mrs. Mosley teamed up to fight bullies!

Meet Super Shape and Alphabet Woman.

Christmas Activities

Here you can see Mrs. Holcomb’s class is busy gearing up for the Christmas holidays. They spend several weeks on various Christmas themes and this year Mrs. Holcomb kicked off the holiday season with Santa Claus. They made a TLC Santa, wrote about what they would do if Santa got stuck in their chimney AND they had some fun making their own Santa faces. Check out these busy little elves!

Happy Holidays from Mrs. Holcomb’s Class!

Perfect Attendance

For our last nine weeks we put all of the names that had perfect attendance in a hat and drew a name. Mr. Todd Lunsford from State Farm Insurance helped sponsor this event by donating a bicycle to the student who's name was drawn.  Thank you to Mr. Lunsford!

Guadalupe Bravo won a bicycle! 

She had to be at school everyday and have perfect attendance.  We had a bicycle parade.  Guadalupe got to ride up and down the hall to show all of her friends her new bicycle.  It was so much fun!!!!!!

Thanksgiving Fun!

Mrs. Henderson’s boys and girls have been learning all about Thanksgiving. During center time, the children completed Pilgrim and Indian jobs so that they could compare and contrast how their lives were different. Some of the things the boys and girls did were sew, stuff mattresses, pick berries, carry water buckets on their shoulders, fish, and plant corn. They realized that it was much more difficult to be a Pilgrim or Indian. The children got to turkey bowl for math to help learn how to add numbers together. They also learned about homes and how they are built. They read the Three Little Pigs to go along with the theme. The children made the three pigs houses at the end of the unit.  Wow, just look at the fun and they learned so much!!!!

Fun with Pumpkins!

Mrs. Harris' kindergarten class enjoyed learning about Pumpkins and having fun at the Pumpkin Patch in Rainsville!

Voting on Election Day

Mrs. E’s (Eidson) kindergarten class voted for class president on election day.

Candidates- Alpha Buddy (used during our reading lessons)

Spotty (helps us remember to come to school everyday)

WINNER- Spotty the Dog!!!!

Caught being Good!

 Mrs. C.N. Chamblee's class earned 20 polkadots in their jar for being good! So as a reward, they got to wear hats to school! They had so much fun and were so well behaved! They left their hats on their heads all day long! :)

Fun with Mrs. P. Brown's Class

Mrs. Pam Brown's class has had lots of fun over the last few weeks!  They have had Teddy Bear parties, gone to the Pumpkin Patch, and participated in Apple Week, just to name a few things.  Some of their favorite things about fall are: apple cider, teddy bear tea parties, and going on a bear hunt (oh, no bears, of course!)  They also loved going to the Pumpkin Patch and having a fun time with each other.

 

Pumpkin Patch Fun

Mrs. Charlotte Chamblee's class had a great day at the Pumpkin Patch.  It was a fun way to kick off our Fall unit and October activities.  The boys and girls rode the cow train, worked in the barn, loved all the animals and played in the corn crib.  But the most important task of the day was to pick the "Perfect Pumpkin" and we did!  What a FUN day!

Monster Mash Party

Mrs. Ashleigh Brown's class studied the letter M and things that begin with the m sound.  They ended the week with a Monster Mash party that included making a class monster named after one of their classmates, Mia, and turning themselves into monsters with monster teeth and magic rings!

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Mrs. Ashleigh Brown's Students at Big Spring Lake Kindergarten enjoyed science explorations using coconuts during a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom unit.  Using their five senses, students recorded observations of the inside and outside of the coconut.  After completing the study they enjoyed tasting coconut milk and meat.  

All About Me!

Mrs. Bouldin's class had an awesome week describing themselves and their friends with the theme "All About Me"!  

"We have talked about our names, our homes, our city, and anything else that we feel is important to us. Check us out improving our fine motor skills by tearing paper and creating our rainbow names."

Fruits & Colors

Mrs. Andrea Barclift’s Class enjoyed tasting a variety of fruits to go along with our recent color days.  They graphed their favorite and least favorite items.  They made comparisons and learned some new Math vocabulary words!  Thanks to all the parents for sending the fruits for each color! Yummy fun!

Color Week!

Mrs. Bearden's Class is having so much fun learning about colors. We read Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do you See? By Bill Martin Jr./Eric Carle. We painted, made a texture book and made rainbow hair! Kindergarten is just beginning and we are learning so much. There is just so much to learn this year we can't wait!

Mrs. Ables Meet and Greet in August

We are getting ready to start a new school year at BSLK and today was our meet the teacher day. It was fun to match the new names I have been learning to sweet little faces! It looks like it is going to be a GREAT year.

Speech

May is Better Speech and Hearing Month!

For more information on speech and language visit:

Www.asha.org/bhsm

Little Conductors

This week in music, the students are practicing their graduation songs. The students are singing, “A Beautiful Day” and “One Small Voice” both by Jack Hartmann.

The students have read the book Maestro Mouse and the Mystery of the Missing Baton and have learned the 2/4 conducting pattern. Students have been practicing the 2/4 conducting pattern using their conducting batons.

A Trip to the Zoo

We went to the zoo! How about you? We took a field trip to the Birmingham Zoo after studying zoo animals. We had so much fun seeing all the animals, riding the train, and feeding the Lorikeets. We even worked on our map skills while we were there. Thanks to all the parents and volunteers who helped make our day so much fun!

Mobile Dairy comes to BSLK

We concluded our farm unit with a visit from Rosebud and the Mobile Dairy.  The Mobile Dairy is provided by Auburn University.  My students were able to learn all about dairy cows and the process that gets milk from the farm to the store.  

Farm Day with Ms. Nolan's Class

Farm Day at Big Spring Lake Kindergarten School is always so much fun! The children learn so much! We have a fun filled day learning about different animals on the farm, chores farmers do around the farm, and so much more! The children got to hold baby chicks and get on a big blue tractor. 

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

We celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday this week with a lot of fun activities.  Our favorite thing was making Green Eggs and Ham!  Yum!  We had a special guest reader too!