Storm In The Night

Literature.  We read Storm in The Night.  It's a story about a boy and his relationship with his grandpa.  I invited all the kids' grandpas to come to class or said we could call them.  I was overwhelmed by the cute activities each Grandpa (and some Grandmas) did for the kids!  They made it so special for our kinder class.

PE.  We made a tree with painter's tape.  We did different balance beam activities and tried to stay on the trunk of the tree.




Grandpa Time.  I called my Dad and Grandpa (Parks and Billie's Grandpa and Great-Grandpa).  We prepared question ahead of time.  It was the neatest experience!  Wyatt B. asked if they had action figures.  It was amazing to hear about all the different experiences they had growing up and how things are different now.

We called Wyatt's grandpa.  He was so darling and had some great jokes for us.  How special!!  The kids were in the joke telling mood for the rest of the day.

Nora's Grandpa.  Her grandpa was so darling and said he would love some ornaments on his tree so for another class we made some ornaments and put them in an envelope for him.

Grandma Sally.  Wyatt's Grandma came in and helped with the whole class.  She told a darling Gingerbread story and gave the kids a gingerbread cookie afterward.

Parks and Billie's grandma.  My mom, Tammy, came in and read stories with the kids and helped out with class for the day.
 

Mariah's Grandpa.  He was so sweet and heard some of the kids' jokes and we asked him some questions.  He reminded me of my grandpa...the way he looked and spoke.  He was darling.

Brenna's Grandpa.  Both of them read a Christmas story to the class.  One of them cut out Brenna's face and she was under the "B" for the Christmas alphabet (cute idea).


Science Experiment.  We poured baby oil into the mason jar.  In a separate container we mixed warm water and white paint.  We poured the white paint mixture and glitter into the jar and let them sink below the oil.  We talked about how water is more dense and and also that the water molecules are attracted to each other and stick together.  All the kids put little bits of Alka seltzer in the jar and it made a beautiful storm.  I handed each child a whole Alka seltzer tablet and when they put them in at the same time, everything exploded and spilled over!!  Ha!  The kids were screaming and loved it!



Art.  We hot glued all the graham cracker house ahead of time and let the kids decorate them with candy and frosting.  What a hit!  I combined this with our Spanish lesson and pointed different words out on theirs "casas".





Thank you to my helpers.  They hot glued all the gingerbread houses the class period before so they were already for the kids.