Welcome to Ms. Shelley and Ms. Kirsten's Classroom Blog! 

We are incredibly excited for our students and parents, both new and old, to get acquainted with our blog as well as our classroom! 2015-2016 is going to be full of new learning and growing experiences and we are very excited to get this school year started!  A quick reminder before we begin on August 10^th-  we are looking forward to seeing all our new parents at orientation on Thursday, August 6th at 6:30pm.   We will discuss important information about the coming school year and you will have an opportunity to ask any questions you may have. 

Parents, if you have any questions or concerns, we are always available through email at Shelley@jbma.education or Kirsten@jbma.education.  

A Note from Aftercare:

Dear Parents,

Hi! My name is Kari Barlowe and I will be working with Ms. Lindsey in the aftercare program this upcoming year! I wanted to begin by telling you a little about myself. I live in Montevallo, AL and I am a graduate from UAB’s education program. In my spare time I enjoy cooking, exercising, and reading. I especially enjoy outdoor activities in warmer weather. Currently I am studying about gardening.  

If your child will be napping or attending aftercare please send a nap mat and an extra pair of clothes to be kept in the aftercare building. You can drop these off with your child’s teacher Monday morning. Please label the nap mat, the bag of clothes, and each individual piece of clothing with your child’s name. Please let me or Ms. Lindsey know if you have any questions. I look forward to this year and all of the outstanding memories it will bring!

Kindest Regards,

Ms. Kari

kari@jbma.education

Tomorrow is our last day of school. Thanks for another great year.  Please remember we close tomorrow at 1:00 and there is no aftercare.  Please be sure to check Lost and Found for any articles you might be missing.  Anything not claimed by tomorrow will be donated.

We've had another action packed week!
Christof's mom shared about her native country of South Africa.

Happy Birthday Collin!

Happy Birthday Christof!

Happy Birthday Liam!

Counting bees.

Working on handwriting.

The flowers we made for our mothers!

Happy Birthday Ria!

Happy Birthday Ansh!

Don't forget to return all library books!  Please also remember to return all classroom reader books.  Next Friday, the 22nd, is our last day of school.  We get out at 1:00 and there is no aftercare.

Happy Birthday Ben!

Counting insects!

Nayeli's mom came to show us pictures of her trip to Egypt.

Happy Mother's Day to all our mothers!  Please check your child's backpack for a few surprises we made for you!

We finished our study of the ocean and now we are studying insects and spiders!

 *Please return all library books by Monday.  The library will be closing soon for inventory.

Happy Birthday Siddhartha!

Some good outside time.

Building a bridge.

Making hand prints

We had fun adding to our ocean scene all month long.

We labeled each level of the ocean...

and painted many different types of sea creatures!

Another busy, busy week!

On Monday, we celebrated Addi's birthday!

On Tuesday, we celebrated JJ's birthday!

On Wednesday and Thursday, we learned a little more about the ocean.
Alyssa is sharing her own ocean animals with us!

We celebrated Earth Day today!

We made pine cone bird feeders.

We planted lots and lots of flowers.

We weeded and watered our plants.

We filled all our bird feeders.

And we celebrated one more birthday!  Happy Birthday Suhanna!

Don't forget our book fair next week!!!!

We are celebrating so many birthdays this month.
Happy 4th Birthday Lola!

Happy Birthday Dhanvi!

Coach Adam came to share some fun facts about Australia and play his didgeridoo! 

Don't know what a didgeridoo is?
It is a traditional Australian instrument made of a hollowed out eucalyptus branch.

Happy 6th Birthday Alyssa!

We have started our study of Australia and the Great Barrier Reef. We hope you will hear your children talking about the island continent and ocean life.

Dates to remember this month:

Tomorrow night, Thursday the 9th, we will have Dr. Vivian Friedman speaking on "How to talk so your child will listen and listen so your child will talk".  I know as parents we need all the help we can get when it comes to understanding and communicating with our children.  Please plan to attend.  Program starts at 6:45.

No Preschool or Toddler Classes on Friday the 17th.

We will be having Parent/Teacher Conferences that day.

Graphing ocean animals

Spelling 

Labeling ocean animals

Australia map and flag

Telling time with Legos

USA puzzle map