And in our room a RAINFOREST grew...

This wall is our rainforest where we put the kapok tree - we made our tree

look like Eric Carle's in "Slowly, Slowly, Slowly" said the Sloth.  

We have large leaves hangin in our classroom - they have green tree frogs,

flowers, chameleons, ants, and toucans on them!

This jaguar is walking along the Amazon River.

Our sloth and sloth facts are hanging near the kapok tree

as you enter our classroom.

Watch out!  Piranhas are swimming in the Amazon!

A pair of friendly Keel-billed Toucans.

An actual bromeliad...  Rainforest frogs will put their tadpoles in the pools

of a bromeliad high in the canopy of the rainforest. 

Our K-1 students also did research on plants of the rainforest. 

You can check it out on our webpage - look for Rainforest Slideshow.

Did you know that jaguars are good swimmers?

What would your face look like if you were eaten by a boa constrictor?

Check out our faces!!

Beans Plants: Then and Now

We planted bean seeds at the first of May and

then transfered them into our hydroponic pots (2 liter pop bottles). 

Each plant is suspended in the water on a little styrofoam raft.

Can you see the brown seed case?

In this picture you can see the roots.

Now our plants are starting to grow; some of them needed to staked.

We are beginning to get the 3rd set of leaves! 

We're looking forward to beans!

Kindergarten Round-Up

Parents,
     Our Kindergarten Round-Up is on Thursday, May 16th at 7:00PM.  Please drop by the kindergarten classroom, register your child for school next year, and meet our new kindergarten/first grade teacher, Kelly Neil.

     There will be a large packet that will need to be completed before school starts in the fall.  We'll let you know when those are available.

See you next week and enjoy our beautiful spring weather,
Mrs. VanNice

Spring is Here!

Hannah is looking for ants!  I wonder if she found some...

More kinders searching for the elusive ant.

Ryan builds a Harpy Eagle from Legos.

                        Planting the Triangle for May Day

Danny digs in the dirt.

Gideon gets some help planting his petunia.

Ryan digs his first hole of the morning.

Cabella planting flowers for May Day.

Richard examines the petunia he'll help to plant.

The boys are busy...

Mykaia and Kelly choose a pink petunia.

Baylee sets her plant in just so.

Another plant.

Kelly shows Loghan what he needs to do to plant his petunia.

Mykaia finds just the right spot!