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That little leprechaun got away again! Thank you to all the families for helping your child dive into their imagination and create such awesome traps. They had so much fun leading up to St. Patricks Day. 

The traps were laid out the night before St. Patrick's Day. When the kids arrived the following day there were rainbow streamers hanging from the doorways and the traps were all closed with gold and red tinsel sticking out of them and confetti trails! 

The leprechaun left us a special message! The kids made sure to behave extra special and work extra hard. At the end of class we opened up the surprise to see the leprechaun left us all shamrock necklaces and gold coins!

During the week we also had some St. Patrick's day themed fun, we:

-clapped syllables to words related to St. Patrick's Day

-painted rainbows

-sang a silly leprechaun name rhyme

-played math games such as number recognition and graphing with St. Patrick's Day themes

-searched for gold and jewels in the sand table.

The kids also learned:

-St. Patrick's Day started in Ireland 

-we located Ireland on the globe 

-we compared our flag to Ireland's

-myth is a story

  -if you don't wear green on St. Patrick's Day you'll be pinched by a leprechaun 

-clovers have 4 leaves and shamrocks have 3

-leprechauns are fairys 

So we blamed so much on the leprechaun that you may be hearing him as an excuse at home too! The kids are still blaming things on him...now on to the Easter Bunny! Next month I am putting together a classroom Easter egg hunt! 

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Miller

I am back!

Happy Friday!

I am so happy to be back!  The best feeling was returning to school and seeing the kids faces on my first day back, I love what I do! 

The kids did great with Mrs. Reese ad Ms. Marissa. 

Today we had our much anticipated Charlie and Checkers magic show and let me tell you, the kids had a BLAST!  It was so awesome watching them laugh uncontrollably at Charlie (Checkers could not make it today).  I cannot recommend them enough!  www.charlieandcheckers.com 
They visit places all around WNY and many of the shows are at events that are free!  I had some of the kids asking me when or if we would be able to see them again. 
These guys are really good for this age group but honestly adults enjoy them just as much. 

On a personal note, my son is 5.  For his birthday I hosted his first friend party at our local fire hall. Even though I handle multiple children for my living I was nervous to host a party with so many little ones.  I hired Charlie and Checkers and it was amazing!  The kids were completely engaged for half of the party and the cost was about the same as you would pay at a bounce house or Chuck E Cheese.  The fact that I did not have multiple kids running around screaming the whole time was worth it ha ha!  So not only can you see them around town but I think personal parties would be great too, if able.

Have a GREAT weekend!