Kaleb's Last Day of School

Today was Kaleb's Last Day of School, it was a bitter-sweet day! Kaleb has loved having Mrs. Forman. I couldn't have asked for a better teacher, Mrs. Forman was truly the best fit for Kaleb this year. I also loved her and have never met a more invested teacher than she was. She was very organized and just absolutely loved each of her students. I could tell this every time I volunteered in her class, which was 2x's a month. 

Today after Kaleb left for school, I hurried and put together a "thank you gift" for his teacher. There is a website called Pinterest that features lots of  craft ideas and I found this teacher appreciation idea on there and tweaked it a bit. 

It says, "Teachers come In-N-Out of our lives, but will stay in our hearts forever!" We put a gift card for 

In-N-Out  in the gift bag for his teacher.

Kaleb was sad to say goodbye to his teacher but expressed how excited he was for Summer and for 2nd grade!

This year Kaleb has made huge strides in learning. He has become a great reader this year and catches on to things pretty quick with out much effort. I think he gets this from his Dad. Kaleb is also very outgoing and  made many friends this year. Some of Kalebs interests this year were reading Junie B. Jones  and Magic Tree House Books, playing/ reading anything Star Wars and doing Math Box activities.

We are so proud of you Kaleb and all that you accomplished this year in 1st Grade.

Field Day!!

At Kaleb's Elementary School, they have what they call Field day. Each class does some outdoor activity to celebrate the end of the school year. This year, Kaleb's 1st grade class focused on "Going to Camp." Leading up to Field Day, Kaleb's darling teacher focused on a different activities for each day that pertained to camp. Each activity focused on giving the kids a "Summer Camp-like" experience. On Tuesday, May 29th, I volunteered to go and help in Kaleb's class and assist the kids in Tie Dying T-Shirts. Kaleb's class Nickname for camp was Mrs. Forman's Frogs, so they died their shirts Green. It was such a fun activity and the kids were so hyper with excitement. It was so fun to see how each shirt turned out. Each one was so original. The day before (Monday), the kids made their own binoculars and visors. Tuesday, the kids made their tie died shirts.Wednesday, they made dirt cups with chocolate pudding and worms and had a reading day under the stars. Mrs. Forman had stars hanging from the classroom ceiling and the kids were allowed to bring books, blankets, a stuffed animal and pillows from home. On Thursday, they made a Critter Cage for all of the bugs they might catch on their "hike" to the park. 

 Friday was field day and I was able to go and volunteer. On field day, we "hiked" to a near by park where the kids competed in relay races, had water fights, enjoyed playing on the playground equipment and enjoyed eating snacks. 

 Here is Kaleb competing in a relay race.

Kaleb sitting by his friend Lina, also found out later that they are 3rd cousins! Who knew!? I think there are some similarities!! :) Lina's Mom and Me are 2nd cousins! :) I Lina's mom on this day and will record later about our fun/weird meeting.

Kaleb had a super fun time with his classmates. It was fun to visit with the other parents and get to know Kaleb's classmates better.

Here is Kaleb's 1st grade class. Can you find Kaleb? Hint: He is standing in the upper left hanging onto the playground equipment.

Hedge Hogs!!

Kaleb really has the neatest 1st grade Teacher. Mrs. Forman is the BEST!!! She is always doing fun things in her classes to make learning fun for her students! I adore her and so does Kaleb. A couple of weeks ago, she sent out a sign up sheet asking for some volunteers to come and help make Hedge Hogs with the kids in her class. I love helping out in Kaleb's class and really enjoy being able to spend time with him and see how he is doing in his classroom. Kaleb also seems to enjoy when I come in to help, so for the time being I will continue to go until he thinks his mom is uncool! :D

Just one other mom and I accepted the challenge to go and help, which I thought was sad, but that didn't deter us and we had a blast helping the kids. The kids were all excited and the room was abuzz with enthusiasm. To make the hedgehog we scooped grass seed and soil and placed both items in a sock and then patted it down to make a circle and tied off the bottom. I got to help Kaleb and it was so much fun!!

After all the kids got a turn making a hedge hog, we placed them into bowls and set them on the window sill to get some sunshine so they could start growing!!

The hedgehogs are in the window sill behind his class!

Now this little guy is sitting in our window sill at home growing a tuft of Hair! So cute!