Farm Life Fun!

For our next field trip, our class traveled to the Bartow History Center for a lesson on Farm Life!   Here are some cute pictures of the kids on the bus with their friends ...

 

 

 

 

 

Once we arrived, it was time for a little lesson on a child's life on a farm in the museum.

Then, we got an opportunity to practice some of the common chores for children on the farm.  First, all the students got a chance to milk the "cow"...

 

 

 

 

 

 

After our milking experience, we got to spend time doing other traditional children's chores.  These included gathering eggs...

and washing clothes.

We also got a chance to experience some of the free time activities children enjoyed over 100 years ago, including playing with traditional wooden toys...

competing in a game of bean bag toss...

and even playing "Drop the Clothespin".

Guess which two "farm kids" were the ultimate "Drop the Clothespin" champions?

Mrs. Jones and Jose!

What a fun trip!

Our First Field Trip!

Hooray - we've taken our first kindergarten field trip!  Today, we headed to the Bartow History Museum for a lesson on Pioneer Days.  We got to experience many of the things that pioneer children did many years ago.  First, we took our first class bus ride.  Here are pictures of all the students with their bus buddies!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our first stop was the museum, where Ms. Amanda talked to us about pioneer life, including pioneer families' homes, how they got their food, and how they spent their free time.  The students got to see many authentic museum pieces from pioneer days!

Then, we got the chance to participate in some neat pioneer activities.  We learned all about pioneer children's days in the one room schoolhouse and practiced writing with quill pens and ink.  

None of the children could believe the stiff punishments that were handed out to pioneer kids - paddlings, slaps on the hand with a ruler, standing on a tiny wooden block for a long period of time, wearing the dunce cap, and even completing difficult physical labor!

Then, it was time to learn how to churn butter.  All the students got a chance to churn the milk into butter while we sang a song to help us keep the time:

Come, butter, come-

Come, butter, come-

Aeris is waiting at the gate

For a piece of butter cake!

Come, butter, come!

Just replace your child's name where you see Aeris, and you've got it!

After we finished our churning, we got to taste the butter we'd made.

Yum, yum!

Finally, here's a neat picture of the class waiting in line so patiently outside the butter churning room ... what wonderful kindergartners!  Mrs. Jones was so proud of their excellent behavior on our first field trip!

September Character Kid -Nyla!

Congratulations to our Character Kid for the month of September...

Nyla Crockran!

Nyla does an excellent job of demonstrating the Character Word of the Month

- Responsibility - 

by completing all her work on time, following class rules at all times, and going above and beyond to keep her area neat and tidy.

Great job, Nyla!

Our First Lost Tooth!

Gib lost his first tooth today!  It was a very exciting time for the class because it was the first time anyone had lost a tooth in the room!  Everyone cheered and clapped for Gib, who handled it like a pro and didn't shed a single tear.  He got a neat tooth necklace to carry his tooth around his neck, and we put his name up on our "Who Lost a Tooth?" chart in the classroom.

Here's a picture of where the tooth used to be...

And the new snaggle-tooth smile!

Congratulations, Gib!