Pajama Day!

Ok. . .I'm just gonna say it. . .is there ANYTHING cuter than a kid in PJ's?  I don't think so!  It is SO MUCH FUN to see all the kids come into school wearing their PJ's, dragging their blankies, and clinging onto those stuffed animals and pillow pets!  Even the teachers wore PJ's!

We started our day a little different than normal.  Typically the kids spend the first bit of time in the morning playing, and then we move on from there.  Today however, we started with a story about Daniel in the Lion's Den.  (Daniel 6)  We talked about the importance of prayer and how Daniel never stopped praying.  He prayed 3 times a day.  After our story, the kids made a project. . .

We decided to be prayerful like Daniel!  This was SO adorable. . .all those kneeling little kids so full of love for God! I encourage you to talk to your children about prayer, and not only pray for them, but allow them to pray as well

After that we spent some time hanging out with our friends and getting the chance to see everyone's PJ's.

Blue class

 

Yellow Class

Ok. . . now I don't normally just post a million pictures of the kids, but today I just can't resist.  I have to do it!  I mean look at all those pajamas!

Pajamas sure do bring out the silly in the kids!

 Even Miss Barb wore pajamas!

I have to say, the kids FAVORITE part of pajama day is the Movie and Popcorn!

Enjoy your weekend. . .and we'll see you next week for more CRAZY fun!

All About The Dentist!

Today Miss Amy's Class learned all about taking care of our teeth!  Dentist day is always fun and there's so many thing to learn about!

The first thing we talked about the correct way to brush our teeth. . .as you all know, alligators have LOTS of teeth, and the best way to keep them healthy and ready to CHOMP is to keep them clean!

So Miss Amy let the kids each take a turn to brush the Alligator's teeth!  By the end of class, his teeth were bright, white, and VERY sparkley!  After that the kids had a turn to practice doing some more brushing.

Then they made their very own giant, bright, white, sparkly tooth!  They each had a giant tooth that they got to paint with a tooth brush!  

The paint we used was white paint, mixed with toothpaste, because no tooth is complete with out that minty fresh smell!  

Then of course, we had to add some sparkle and shine to those teeth!  

We had a blast today learning all about taking care of teeth!

Clifford The Big Red Dog!

Well, it's the day after Valentine's Day and we're continuing with our week of love!  Today we read stories about our favorite puppy. . .CLIFFORD!  What kid doesn't love that giant adorable puppy? 

Guess what else we did.  . . we made our own Clifford. . .out of HEARTS!!!!  I have to say, I was pretty impressed with the teachers creativity and how well the kids did cutting and gluing and putting together these adorable puppies! 

We started out with three hearts.

The kids all cut out the hearts and glued them onto the paper.  Then they added a nose and a mouth.

And before you knew it they had made a puppy!  Just like Clifford!

Happy Day After Valentines Day!  Enjoy your child's artwork!

It's VALENTINE'S DAY!

Let me tell you, NOTHING makes your children more excited than a great big bag of candy!  They were all super pumped up getting to school, and it stayed that way the WHOLE day!  Luckily for all those kids, we have some pretty smart teachers that know how exciting days like today are!  We had a great way to let the kids blow off some steam while allowing them to enjoy their fun Valentines Day Party!  We set up an obstacle course!

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We started out our course by playing Hopscotch!  

After that we moved onto jumping through hula hoops, 

and climbing into and out of the school bus.  

Then came the tricky part. . . 

 

 

we had to tackle the balance beam!  The kids were all pretty coordinated and did a really good job!  

 From the balance beam we had to crawl through the big blue tunnel.  After that came the best part! 

The giant jump house!  Each kid got a turn to jump and bounce and yell and play!  WOW do they have a great tiem doing this!

After the obstacle course came the thing the kids had all been waiting for!!!  Time to hand out VALENTINES!  This was so fun to see, they all took such pride in their Valentines that they brought for their friends!  I have to say, this years most popular Valentine was the Princess Valentines with Suckers!  Lots of little girls brought those! 

It couldn't have been any easier to hand out those cards either!  We taped their bags to the side of the table, and then the kids just had to come by and drop the Valentines into the bag!

After we handed out our cards we had a visitor from a VERY special friend. . . 

It was Sparky the Dog!  The kids LOVE sparky!!!!  Now we all know that Sparky is just a puppet, but the kids think he's great!  They all took turns talking to Sparky and asking him questions.  One question was "Where are Sparky's Feet"  Needless to say, Sparky was shocked when he looked down and realized he was a leg-less dog!  The kids sure got a kick out of him!

We ended our special day by reading a story.  The Night Before Valentines Day.  Just like the Christmas version only Valentiney!