Friends & Families Make Life Fun

 Our letter this week was the letter L.... and we spent our week talking about friends, feelings and families.... and of course.... LOVE!  So above you see one of our friend's books about our family....It is hard for our boys and girls to understand the importance of all of those around us... but we are learning that as we grow and get older... we can be more independent...but we also see that we need all of those around us!!! We spend a lot of time talking about the changes that happened as we grew from a baby into a smart, strong four year old student.  So, the hard part now is to see how we fit into the world around us.  We have families and friends to help us in all that we do and to make life so much for fun!!! Of course we don't always like the same things... and that's were sharing, kindness and acceptance come into play.  (That's crazy hard for us as adults too.)  You can see from the pictures below that we are learning to play with each other... friends old and new to us this year. We are also learning that when we mess up.... it is totally okay... we all have those days... BUT... we can say "I'm sorry."  Friends mess up and friends forgive.

 So to help us remember that we care for each other - just like God cares for each of us... we got a "prayer pocket" to take home.  This is a small turtle pillow with a message that says "God Cares."  There is a pocket on the tummy that contains each child's name and a message that reminds us to take one card out each night to pray for this friend.

When the cards are all out... they can go right back in and our prayers can start all over.   It is amazing how much God loves each one of us... no matter what we do or say.  This little turtle reminds us to remember that each friend is special in their own way.

Friendship Cake

 Having friends makes the world so much sweeter and brighter!!! Friends share and work together... and that is exactly what we did when we made our friendship cake.... First we read the box recipe and mixed up the batter.  Then each child got a cup of batter and we added a drop of their favorite color....

 The next step was pouring each cup of batter into the pan and then swirling it all together....

 SEE!!!!  This cake looks so beautiful.... and this is just before Mrs. Kelli put in the oven...

After our cake was thoroughly baked and cooled.... we added some creamy white frosting and then each child added some colorful sprinkles... As you see below... this cake was super yummy!!!

Each child's batter mixed with the others and we ended up with this rainbow cake prepared by everyone ... working together.

 I'm not sure if this cake was so yummy because ... well, it is cake... OR was it so yummy because we did it together.  Whatever the reason... here we are... our sweet little class family of friends.  We are a rainbow and that's what makes us the perfect class family.

Happy Sunny Monday

 A beautiful happy Monday makes everyone smile!  You can see these precious faces smiling and enjoying the warm sunshine on a beautiful fall day... and below you see us at work in our classroom.  How blessed we are to share this room with each other and it is just so much fun to see God at work in each child.

 This week we are talking about feelings, friends and families.  Even though we have only been together a short time, we care about each other and want each other to do our best!

  We are playing in centers with new friends each day and finding that we have lots more in common than we thought.  And yes... boys can play at the dollhouse and in home living... because girls can play with Lego's and building blocks.

 What a super way to start our week!  Thanks be to God for this amazing class family this year!