First Week

Well the first week is over and I think it is safe to say we survived. Not going to say that it wasn’t crazy but I think we managed.

For the first week of school we talked about Chester Raccoon from “The Kissing Hand” by Audrey Penn. Since Kindergarten can be a very scary time for most students this helps them feel better about school. During open house we sent home a letter that asked parents to kiss their child’s hand on the first day of school so that when we read the story they would feel comfortable knowing that their parents loved them just like Mrs. Raccoon loves Chester.

At the end of the week we colored, cut, and glued our very own Chester. Ok Ok my sister cut Chester out for the kids because we didn’t want our first cutting project to be a disaster. We like to keep cutting simple at first.

Here are some of the completed raccoons. 

Now this week we are onto learning about the 7 habits. So far we have learned 1) be proactive, 2) begin with the end in mind, & 3) put first things first.

We are reading the stories out of the 7 Habits of Happy Kids picture book. They seem to love the stories and I think they are super cute as well.

Each morning when we come in we are coloring the habit from the day before and by the end of the week we will put them together to make a book.

Next week starts our reading series and the “real” learning begins.  

-Mrs. Lewis