HaPpY BirThDaY!

Just before spring break, we celebrated this pretty girl's birthday. She even got some help from her little brother passing out her treats!

Happy birthday, to you!

Happy birthday, to you!

Happy birthday, God bless you!

Happy birthday, to you!

How does your garden grow?

Mary Mary quite contrary,

How does your garden grow?

With silver bells and cockle shells

And pretty maids all in a row.

Last week at school, all pre-kindergartners gathered together on the playground to discuss science and life and how things grow.

Our fearless leader, Miss Judy, explained to the students what we would be doing for our science project this school year. Growing lettuce! Each student was able to plant a strip of lettuce seeds and water it. Now, we just get to watch it grow!

Here is one student placing his lettuce seeds into the planter and covering it with soil.

He looks like a serious gardener, don't you think?!

Watering the seeds so they will grow.

"So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth."

1 Corinthians 3:7

Date with Daddy Slideshow

Check out this slideshow Miss Cyndie created using pictures she took from our date with daddy. What a special and fun day it was for the children and their daddies!

Who's your daddy?

Wednesday, pre-kindergartners throughout the Heiskell School will be hosting some special guests for the morning, and we couldn't be more excited about it. In fact, one little girl said to me this morning, "Miss Heather, is today the day we get to see our daddies?" See what I mean. As you daddies anxiously await your induction into pre-kindergarten, please allow me to give you a hint as to what we've been working on in our class. Now, I must warn you, little people tend to tell all. Read for yourself some things your pre-kindergartners are saying about you:

• At home, my momma calls my daddy to help clean up stuff.
• My daddy has a circle of hair.
• My daddy likes to eat everything!
• My favorite thing to do with my daddy is to go shopping.
• At work, my daddy gets money so we can go places and buy stuff.
• My daddy is as tall as Mommy, but not too big.
• My daddy goes to meetings and talks on the phone.
• At home, my daddy unloads the dishwasher sometimes.
• Well, he has a beard on his face and blue eyes.
• At home, my daddy mops the floor.
• Well, he looks like me, and his ears are kind of big.
• My daddy's rule is no punching.
• I like to play with my daddy.

Okay, Daddies, we are getting ready for you, so I hope you are preparing for your special visit to our classroom on Wednesday. We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday at 9:00 AM. You are in for a treat!

Recipe for a volcano.

1 part salt

1 part hot water

3 parts flour

baking soda and vinegar

Make dough and build a volcano up around a glass jar or small plastic cup. Let dry 1-3 days. To "erupt" the volcano, put about 3/4 cup of baking soda inside the volcano and pour on the vinegar. Then do it again and again and again!

P.S. It really helps if you have some little hands to flatten the dough!

A sneak peek.

The pre-kindergartners in Miss Heather 's class have been working hard before and after spring break. Here's sneak peek of what we've been up to.

We've been painting palm trees, grass, and

volcanoes!

First, we read about, then drew, and colored the Queen of Hearts.

We learned about the many presidents of our great nation, past and present. We drew pictures of and colored two famous presidents: George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

We also read about the three little kittens, who lost and found their mittens.

Whew, we've been busy!