Back in the Saddle Again....

We are back in the groove of school work today!

 

Here is a bit about our day:

 

William was my special helper today!

He gets to be first in line, sit in a "special" seat at circle time,

help with lunch and anything else I need!

We take turns in alphabetical order,

that way everyone gets a turn!

We started Circle Time off with our daily

prayer and Pledge of Allegiance.

Then we sing our ABC's,

we count to 20 (for now),

we do our letter board,

and number flashcards!

Whew!

After ALL that,

we read this great book!

 

 

This week is mainly to get back in the swing of things,

but I normally focus on their names.

Name Recognition, how to spell their name, and

of course, writing their names!

 

I normally have colored cups for each child with their names.

The kids have memorized their "color" of cup,

not necessarily their NAME on their cup.

I put those away and wrote names on plain white cups.

This way the kids had to look at the spelling and

figure out which is theirs.

It worked great!

The kids really looked at them and helped each other!

 

 

We then practiced tracing our names.

I was really impressed with how the kids did this as well!

 

 

After school time, we spent some great time outside!

It was lovely this morning!

 

After nap, we celebrated Gavin's 3rd birthday!

His momma brought cake and capri sun, and Gavin's
Nonna came to the party and brought Doritos!

It hit the spot! 

 

Today was our big kids' first day of school,

so we decided to walk down and meet them off the bus!

We were so excited to see Kasen!

 

I think he had a great first day!

 

 

I have and will continue to pray for our students

and teachers as we go through this school year,

What a big task they have!

 

Instruct the wise and they will be wise still;

teach the righteous and they will add to their learning

Proverbs 9:9

 

With Love, Mrs. Melea

Sweet Memories.

Rhett cleaned his room out the other day.

All of his toys are out.

He "donated" them to the preschoolers.

Let me tell you, that was tough on him.

Not necessarily donating them,

but just parting ways.

He hadn't played with them in years,

but they still hold special memories.

 

 

The preschoolers were thrilled, though!

Gavin's momma is out of town for school,

so he was here bright and early this morning.

He wanted to play with some toys,

so I got out some of the toys donated by Rhett.

 

These pictures bring tears to my eyes because it

reminds me so much of Rhett playing with them!

Rhett would be so careful and put each animal,

tractor or car in the perfect spot.

That is exactly what Gavin was doing.

Gah.

In his pajamas and those chunky legs.

I could've watched him all day.

Sweet boy. 

This truck is probably the most important.

It was Rhett's very first toy truck.

When I worked at the bank,

a very special and sweet man that owned

his own wrecker service,

Walt Record,

 brought Rhett this wrecker truck.

Rhett wasn't even crawling yet.

He took the truck in his hand, set it on the ground,

and began to make "engine" sounds!

I couldn't believe it!

I told Walt that story the next time I saw him,

and he said, "I'm glad he enjoyed it".

I will never forget that!

Mr Record has passed away since then,

so this truck holds a very sweet memory.

 

Hold on to the sweet memories of your kids.

The small insignificant things are the things

you will miss the most when they are older.

 

With Love, Mrs. Melea

Water Table Fun!

Here are a few pics from last week.

We love to get the water tables out!

These are actually water and sand tables-

but the sand doesn't last long,

so we have declared them JUST water tables.

They could play for hours.

Pouring and dipping and pouring some more.

But our favorite thing to do is stick our heads in it;)

Sweet Summertime.

 

From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets,

the name of the Lord is to be praised.

Psalm 113:3

With Love, Mrs. Melea

Happy Birthday, America!

We have been blessed with a super fun day!

We started the day off with some

face painting.

We read a neat 4th of July book

and made a wind sock!

For snack, I made the

kids some festive

fruit and marshmallow kabobs,

along with some brownies!

I hope they like them!

 

Life is good.

Come see us at the fireworks tent!

We are proven to have the BEST prices

around! Send your friends too!

 

Have a happy and safe 4th of July!

 

With Love, Mrs.Melea