Hi, Everyone,
Wow! Where has the time gone? I can't believe Thanksgiving is right around the corner!
The Cardinals have been busy learning all kinds of new things. One of the things we are working hard on is our alphabet books and writing journals. Your children are learning all of their letters (and the sound each one makes) and practicing how to write each one.

The Cardinal room is a bit challanging right now because I have some children getting ready to go off to Kindergarden and some that are going to be staying with us another year. Rest assured those that will be staying with us, your child is NOT being pushed to learn some of the things that the others will be doing. If they choose to do it-great, if not, they work at their own pace.

We also will be making alot of cool art projects. We are in need of empty veggie cans and creamer bottles (please make sure both are rinsed out if you bring some in).

I will try my best to update the blog more often (I'm hoping for a weekly update, but it hasn't been working out that way).

Just a friendly reminder: Breakfast is an important meal of the day and I would like to make sure everyone gets a balanced meal. However, in order to start our day we will be serving breakfast from 7:45 to 8:30. If your child needs/wants breakfast please make sure they are in the room by 8:25. At 8:30, it will be cleaned up and no longer available. Thanks for understanding! :)

Everyday is a new learning experience in the Cardinal Room, if not the kids, it is the teachers! We have been keeping busy learning to build buildings as tall as we are, playing the guitar, and just relaxing in the book area.

November is conference month at Diamond Street. Please call the office if you would like to have a conference. They will be held on Monday 23rd and Tuesday the 24th. If these days do not work for you, please see me and we will make other arrangments. :)

When the weather does not permit us to go outside, we head to the big room for scooter races, hoop toss, and fun active games!

Playing outside is so much fun in the fall. We made a maze path in the leaves, had leave "fights" and raked a huge pile to jump into! We were sad when they bagged them all up.

Getting ready for our Harvest Festival! I hope everyone had a great time. I know the children were busy working to make our room festive!

Introducing Toby the Tattle Toad...

With all the "minor" tattle going on in our room Ms. Dede came up with a wonderful idea of a "Tattle" stuffed animal that the children go and tell their problems to. We as a class sat down and talked about what you should tell the teacher (ex. hurt, bleeding, being bullied etc.). All of the other tattles are directed to Toby the Tattle Toad. This gives the children to express what is going on, and also gives them a chance to think through their problems. Of course I will hear all of "Toby's" tattles and be able to tell if a teacher needs to intervein. :)

Having fun playing in the leaves!

Ally the artist! Brenden the hairdresser!


Jesse the Math Wiz!!


Working together is so much fun!

Ms. Jessie Out

Hi, Everyone,

I just wanted to let everyone know that I haven't been feeling well. I do hope to be back tomorrow. Ms. Alyssa is doing a great job teaching the children about Apples and the LETTER A!

Don't forget to bring in your pictures/words of letter A! We will also be talking about TWO sounds the letter A makes...
Hope everyone is having a great week! I miss you guys! :)

The firemen came to Diamond Street!

We talked about how the firemen looked in their gear, but underneath it all they are just like us!

These children are "fixing" another child--he is sick! To cute!

All About Building Friendships!

We enjoy our side time playing with the other classes. Some of us miss our old friends, while others are joined at the hip! We can't wait for more leaves to fall so we can build a BIG leaf pile!

Picture Day was FUN!

The children watched quietly as each one got their picture taken... You could have heard a pin drop!

PICTURE DAY IS TOMORROW AT 8:30! Please come for the class picture if you are not scheduled on a Thursday! :)

Our walk to the Fire Station was a windy one, but we still saw the big fire engines!

Also, we have been talking a bit about strangers. My goal is to make your children aware of people around them, and not go with strangers. We discussed ways to yell for help if a stranger comes near and if they are asked to get into a car, run the other direction and find a grown-up (parent, neighbor, etc). I did tell them that if someone takes them, it is ok to kick, bite, pull hair or scratch them. I said this because one child asked what they should do if someone picks them up and they can't run away (smart kiddos). I also told them it is NOT ok to do this to a person walking on the street if they didn't do anything to them. I love this blog, because I am able to tell you all of this at the same time! :) I hope your children have shared some of our fire safety tips we have learned this week!

Fire Safety and Ms. Starla's Bible Story!

Listening to a Bible Story from Ms. Starla, we learned to be thankful for our noses because we can smell good and bad smells! :)

Taking turns with the Fireman Hat!!

Being Goofy!

Working on the letter S

Your children did a GREAT job learning about the letter S... Many of you brought in things that start with S and we talked about each item.

Next week is letter F! How many things can you find that start with F? It is also our Fire Safety week!! :)

Having a blast in the Cardinal Room

The kiddos in the cardinal room relived the Wild

Wild West. They were able to ride on a horse, paint "potato Cacti" and talk cowboy style!