Dr. Seuss Pep Rally

   I realized while looking through my pictures I needed to get close ups of the children's t-shirts. Each classroom had their own color to tie dye t-shirts and decorate for this Pep Rally. Our classroom had light blue. I used rubber bands to make strips and we made hand print Thing 1 & Thing 2 on the front. There were so many creative ideas for the t-shirts. One class did Sneetches inspired shirts while another class did Horten the elephant inspired shirts. I will try to get some close ups next week so you can see all the detail that was put into them.
  Now I bet you are wondering how to have a Pep Rally for young children. We do a lot of cheering, music, and dancing. Oh, and don't forget the silly string that was sprayed into the air! A few classrooms had special songs they wanted to sing. One two year old class did "The Wheels on the Bus" and another sang w/ hand movements "Head, shoulders, knees, and toes". My class did the "Harlem Shake", which was so much fun even when our lead dancer became a little shy at first. The K-1 class did a rhyming rap with three awesome "break dancers". We have student nurses who come to our school twice a week right now to learn more about young children's development. They thought they would watch, but at our school you have to participate!!! I have a few pictures to share of them, one who did a great job doing the "worm".

 This is the end of our Pep Rally when everyone was dancing.

Love how the student nurses jump right in and started dancing. The children thought that was very cool!

Dr. Seuss Family Literacy Night

Our annual Dr. Seuss Family Literacy Night was a huge success! We had tacos in the cafeteria and Cat in the Hat along with Thing 1 and Thing 2 greeting the children. Each classroom had activities set up and a "fishing for books" at the end for each child to go home with a free book. The Scholastic book fair was going on the whole time.

 Lorax tree cup cakes were a big hit with everyone!

 One of the Pre-K room's "fishing for a book"

 Our two fundraisers for the Kinder graduation.

 Book Fair/Classroom Wish List was a great success! Many Thank You's to all the families who helped us grow our classroom libraries.

 Measuring Hats.

 Matching rhyming pictures.

 Cat in the Hat came by for a visit.

 "Fishing for Books" in our classroom. I love sending each child home with a free book!!

 One of our activities, trying green eggs and adding their name to our graph.

 Sorting and counting "fish" (M & M's taste so much better than fish!;P)

 Tracing and measuring his foot with cubes.

Lots of Dr. Seuss books to read together.

   We had an estimation jar in my room along with four door prizes (more books, pencils and book marks). Not pictured is our -at family word Cat in the Hat, hats. So many people and so much fun, making connections between school and home is so important for all relationships. I feel so much closer to my kids and their families. I really love Dr. Seuss week!!!