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Happenings With Hemme

January Learning...

1/11/2021

I missed all the kiddos SO much!

During snack time this little guy brought me a big package of Reese's!! It was exactly what I needed.
Thanks, Grady...and MOM!

Our first day back to school we did a lot of team building activities.
I was working hard over break to make leveled groups for small group time. They are color coded. We have the orange group, the red group, and the blue group.

The students really missed their friends.

Fine Motor practice is very important. We've been doing A LOT!!

I love making snow!
2 1/2 cups baking soda
1/2 cup conditioner
(I get the coconut because I like the smell)

This stuff really holds up and feels a lot like snow.
They can even make snowballs.

A HUGE thank you to PTL for purchasing more things for our classroom.
We received 5 weighted blankets to help with nap time. We LOVE them!

Here's to 2021

1/1/2021

I hope each of you had a MERRY Christmas! I spent lots of time with my family, which was much needed. I am ready to get back to school and tackle the second half of the school year. See you Tuesday, January 5th.
Love,
Mrs. Hemme

Christmas...continued

1/1/2021

DISCLAIMER....According to the Lafayette County Health Dept, "Children younger than 5 years of age are STRONGLY recommended to wear a face covering at all times in settings where it is likely that a distance of at least 6 feet cannot be maintained from non-household member."
*Masks are not required when eating , drinking, resting, or during physical activity. *Masks may have been removed for short periods of time during any given day or during our class party.

The staff makes every effort for the youngest learners to wear their masks. (There are times when this is harder than others.)

As always, we will educate and love your child even while wearing a mask.

Name recognition, letter recognition, and writing our names are the goal before Kindergarten. These kiddos are on their way.

While our focus during Christmas is Jesus' Birthday, we like to do other activities too. Charting, counting, and comparing took place with this fun activity.
There was a big discussion about which was "better," elves or reindeer.

Dice games are our favorite. Some of our students are up to TWO dice, adding them together. Then they put that many ornaments on their tree. Partners are great to work with to learn cooperation skills.

Christmas Tree STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) Activity!!
This was a HUGE success. I am constantly blown away by these sweet students. The purpose of a STEM activity is to give the students material and let them problem solve on their own. They were each given green play-doh, popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, and foam stars. They were told to make a standing Christmas tree. They could decorate if they wanted to. They were also partnered with their buddies.
Look at these results!!!!

Gifts, gifts, and more gifts...
We are so loved by so many people.
Ms. Tammy joined us in November. She volunteers in our classroom everyday from 9:00-11:00. She has grown very close to these preschoolers. She brought each of them a gift. THANK YOU Ms. Tammy. We love you.

The 2nd graders have become our friends, from a far of course.
They sent our class a special delivery. MR. NIBBLES, he eats books.
Mr. Nibbles came with a book and a stuffed animal. We love him already.
He sits on our shelf and watches us behave well. ;-)

Ms. Val joined us as a COVID aide. She has been a gift from God. We can't imagine our classroom without her. Good thing she is STAYING with us for the remainder of the year! Answered prayers for sure.

Ms. Val and her husband gifted the preschoolers with an indoor recess game,
2 bean bag toss games. THANK YOU Ms. Val!!

The class party was a success! Thank you to everyone who sent things in. I didn't get many pictures because we were having SO much fun.

I did get pictures of our class gift exchange!
We practiced taking turns and using our manners to say thank you.

Christmas

12/14/2020

We had a whole week of Gingerbread FUN! We read these stories, compared the characters, and then tried some gingerbread cookies for ourselves.

We tasted gingerbread cookies. Then we charted our first bite.
We ALL like gingerbread. Yum!!

We talked about NEEDS and WANTS. Then we sorted pictures in our stockings.

Number 11-20 are hard.
We have been practicing identifying those numbers and counting that high.

Some of our friends practiced their fine motor skills by wrapping presents.
They also decorated a Christmas tree.

Numbers and fine motor q-tips.

We read about a sled...so of course, we made one at recess.

Singing in Chapel #2 & 3

12/7/2020

Singing in Chapel #1

12/2/2020

Thanksgiving

12/1/2020

Thankful for our friends!!!

We were making a cage to hold our turkey. Toothpicks and marshmallows were our tools. These preschoolers were so creative with their ideas.

Thanksgiving BINGO. A great way to practice our numbers.

You can't see very well in the picture, but we had a Thanksgiving Feast. Thanks to Ms. Dee. We had a tablecloth and decorated with lights and centerpieces that we made.

We have so many reasons to be thankful.

November

11/20/2020

Our very creative shape scarecrows!!

We painted with a fork to make turkey feathers.

Letter practice is more fun with a friend.

Q-Tips for the letter Q and to help with fine motor skills. WAY less mess too!

We cut out pictures of magazines of things we'd like to eat for Thanksgiving.
They managed to cut out A LOT of dessert.

We love incorporating food into our letter of the week. O is for oatmeal.

Halloween Week

11/2/2020

A little late post...sorry.

Spiders!! Counting their 8 legs and 8 eyes!

Our Halloween party was so much fun! We missed our parents though.
We're hoping our Christmas party involves parents!!

Quarantine 2020- #1

10/20/2020

As sad as I am that I don't get to see you this week...I am very thankful that's it's only 1 week (3 days). My "quarantine crew" will be very helpful this week.