Fantastic Friday!

What a great day to start Spring Break!

We had our EHES Olympic Closing Ceremony during Harmony on Friday. It was fun to see all the kids dressed in their grade levels/countries colors, wearing the hats of their country, and waving all the different flags. My little Olympians loved chanting/screaming "U.S.A!" as loud as they possibly could, and cheering when the medal winners were announced. Our class won a silver medal in Music, one of the two medals Team USA/kindergarten won. There are no words to describe the look of pride on ALL of kindergarten when Molly, our representative, went up on the medal stand.

After Harmony, we had just enough time for our morning drink & restroom break and morning recess before lunch. Pizza day and a silver medal; my sprouts were on cloud nine.

Afterward, we finished Dr.Seuss week out with reading The Foot Book. I then announced we were going to play rhyming bingo to help us with our rhyming skills. I was rewarded with "Thank you Ms. S! " "You're my very best teacher." and lots of I love you's. (I'm pretty sure this was more because of the prizes, than actually playing the game, but whatever motivates them to play!).

Playing Bingo in my class is loud, hilarious, and LOUD. I'm sure if someone would have walked in, they would have thought it was utter chaos. However, I love that we are loud; to me it says we are actively engaged in, and excited about learning. Each word I called out would be rhymed by everyone in unison, whether it was on their bingo card or not. We played three rounds (my usual limit), and had three winners. I only had one crier, which I consider a success.

Free centers were after bingo, which is also a pretty loud activity. My kids imaginations were on fire; I was served several delicious meals, visited by a team of doctors who cured me of "dying", and even rescued from a killer robot.

We ended our day with activity (art), snack, recess, and of course the Treasure Box. We did our goodbye song, and my kids were off to a week of quality time with their families. It was a long, loud, eventful day; the perfect end to Dr.Seuss week, and a great start to Spring Break!