Welcome Back!

What a wonderful and crazy start to the school year.  I think it is this way every year! I can't believe 14 days have passed already. Sorry, I haven't posted in awhile. Life has been very crazy in preschool land. Moving classrooms, sharing a classroom and an aide! Ahhh!! Finally getting settled into my routine (that is what I keep telling myself anyway.)

Well I had tons of fun on pinterest this summer finding new things for my classroom! The first week we made a version of time capsules that I found at pinterest. I made sheets for the kiddos to use. Each kiddo wrote their name, age and told a few things about themselves. Then each one drew a self portrait. Last, I measured each kiddo with string and put it in an envelope. I marked the envelope "__________ height on (date)." I put all the papers in a folder and stapled it shut. I marked "Do not open till June 2013!" and let the kiddos decorate it.  I don't have a picture, sorry. Will update when I get a chance to upload the pages I created. The big plan is to do the same activity in June! Here's hoping I remember (I hung the folders on my board in plain sight so hopefully this will help).
The link to my pinterest board for this activity can be found here

We also made "All About Me" bags. The kiddos colored the people and glued the finished people on a lunch bag. Each kiddo took theirs  home to fill with a few important items to share with the class. I found this on pinterest as well :) The link to the website can be found here

Well that is just a few of the fun things we did to kick off the year! I will start up the language lessons for the year with the next unit we do, which will be APPLES! I so love fall and can't wait to start this one!!