FOUND

I was finishing cleaning our classroom and found the children's painting mats that we used all year.  Ofcourse, some of you may be just fine if they stay at school, but I will leave them on the round kitchen table in our room if you would like to come by for them.  I will most likely be here until 6:00 tonight and then again for a few hours tomorrow at some point.  Email me at crogers@topsfieldps.org if you want to coordinate a time. 

Have a wonderful summer!!

Miss Carol

Goodbye Picnic

It was so nice to see so many of our families at our Goodbye Picnic.  We have thoroughly enjoyed our year with your children. We have all learned a lot and had lots of fun doing so.

  Enjoy your summer!  

Miss Carol

Who Do You See?

We made our own class book for our blog just like Eric Carle did with Brown Bear, Brown Bear.  Enjoy!!

Click on the picture above to see our book.

Kindergarten Visits

Some of us visited Mrs. Craven's Kindergarten Class.

Some of us visited Mrs. Ragan's Kindergarten  Class.

Some of us visited Mrs. Martin's Kindergarten Class.  

We all got to eat in the Cafeteria.

The children had lots of fun going on our Kindergarten visits and to the Cafeteria.  As the time gets closer to Kindergarten in September, have your child look at these pictures again as a reminder of what's to come.

Beach Day Fun

Today was a perfect beach day for our class out on the field.  The children all wore different bathing suits and brought lots of different beach towels. We had some many fun activities. 

3 pools 

(1 with a slide, 1 with sea creatures, and one to "swim" in)

a sprinkler

bubbles

shaving cream

beach balls 

& more

We had push up popsicles for a treat.  Thank you to Ruby's Mom!

Huck's Dad brought a tree frog to show us.  They found at their house. It was a beautiful green and yellow and climbed up his arm. The children asked lots of great questions and made lots of good comments about the tree frog.

Thanks for coming Mr. Prazar!

We ended our Beach Day fun with a game of Drip, Drip, Drop (Duck, Duck, Goose with water)

Excavator Day

We had a fun and exciting day with our Excavator Visit.  Mike, Kostas and Theo told us about all the things that make an excavator work. We listed some of the following:

bucket (teeth, thumb)

pistons

track

cab

controls

hoses

controls

arm

blade

and so much more.

The children took turns sitting in the cab and pretending to drive the excavator.

Mike drove the excavator up onto  the flatbed trailer and made the bucket go up really high.

Thank you so much to Mike, Kostas & Theo for bringing the Excavator today.  The children had so much fun pretending to drive and learning so many things about what an excavator can do.

Picnic Snack Wish List - Thank you!

Thank you so much to the families who brought in juice boxes for our June picnics.  We could use small water bottles, individual snack packs, yogurt pops, etc.

Thank so much! 

( Now we just need the warmer days again.)

Picnic Snack Wish List

We will be having many picnic snacks outside until the end of school.  We would appreciate any of the following.

  Thanks so much!

Assorted Snack packs

Goldfish

Pretzels

Popcorn

Animal Crackers

.....other

Small water bottles

Juice Box Packs

Apple Juice

Grape Juice

Punch

Lemonade 

Popsicles

100% Fruit Bars (single)

Yogurt Pops

Go-Gurts

Philly Swirl Pops

Philly Swirl Cups

Please email me ( crogers@topsfieldps.org ) to let me know what you will be able to donate for our picnics.  

Thank you so much!

Lindsay & Her Puppet Pals

The children were mesmerized by Lindsay & Her Puppet Pals this morning. They watched intently as Lindsay brought out so many wonderful puppets.  Some were small and some were life-size.  It was such fun to hear the children's giggles and laughter throughout the puppet show.

The mouse and the cheese

 The Tortoise and the Hare

 The Sheep

Bob the Robot

Dancing with Bob the Robot

 The Dinosaur

 Super Tiger

 The goat

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you to Lindsay & Her Puppet Pals!!

Can't wait until next year!

http://www.lindsayspuppetpals.com/program

Butterflies

The children were fascinated to observe the Life Cycle of the Butterfly.   
1.  Our eggs came in a small, clear, covered cup in the mail.
2.  5 tiny caterpillars grew into big ones.  One of the tiny caterpillars took a long time to get big like the others.
3.  The caterpillars climbed up to the top of the cup.
4.  The caterpillars hung from the top of the cover and made their chrysalis (cocoons).
5.  Finally the butterflies came out.  They just seem to appear.  So Exciting!!
6.  We took the butterflies outside on the field to set free.  On Wednesday, we let 2 go and they flew right up to the sky.  On Thursday, we let another 2 go and they flew low to the ground.  One of the butterflies stayed on Miss Carol's thumb for a little while.  So much fun to watch!!

Exciting News!!!  Our 5th and smallest caterpillar finally turned into a butterfly today.  We will set that one free on Tuesday.

Spring Tea

The children did such a wonderful job singing for our Mothers and Grandmothers at our Spring Tea. They sang our Good Morning Song, 2 Little Blue Birds, and I'm a Little Teapot.

The children told their Mothers and Grandmothers about all the many "Signs of Spring".

butterflies

green grass

flowers

baby birds

dragonflies

lady bugs

flower buds

ants

dandelions

bumble bees

green bushes

mosquitoes

raspberry bushes

The children also made a delicious coffee cake that they served their Mothers and Grandmothers.

It was such a wonderful morning and so nice to see so many of our families!

Earth Day

The children sang "We've Got The Whole World In Our Hands" during the Earth Day Celebration.  They painted the earth and put their handpring all around.

Miss Danielle asked the children what they can do to make the earth beautiful during her student teaching time.  The children had lots of different ideas.

The children made their own Earth collages with Miss Danielle.

Goodbye to Miss Danielle