Mrs. Bohl's Kindergarten Blog

For those who follow our blog outside the United States, visit this excellent History.com post about the history of Thanksgiving. And, for those of you who have not had a refresher course on this holiday,  you might find yourself learning some new facts to share around the Thanksgiving table later this week.  For those who think they know everything, test your turkey knowledge with this quiz.
If you find your family members are bored and in need of something to do, show them our blogs.                                                                                                                                                                             And, to really spice up the family gathering, take your family on the BLOG SCAVENGER HUNT. This month we are sharing silly stories about silly things we have done in our lives.   Everyone is a winner in this contest.  Students will be entered in the Reading Counts drawing just for participating.  Other prizes will be offered too.

This week the children learned how the Native American Indians, especially Squanto, befriended the Pilgrims.  A lot of ohhhh’s and ahhhh’s were heard when they learned that putting a fish in the ground with a seed would be a good thing to do.  (you have to love the primitive fertilizer idea:) 

Thank you so much to everyone who donated food for our upcoming mini Thanksgiving feast.  We are looking forward to spending some time with our neighboring Native American Indians while sharing our Pilgrim gift (the story of the 5 kernels of corn) with them, singing songs & eating a snack.  Don’t forget to send a labeled water bottle with your child on Mon or Tues.

You still have time to participate in our 3rd scavenger hunt.  It might be fun to see that teachers do have a sense of humor and like to be a bit silly at times. 

Read more about our week, click on this link      Nov. 20 newsletter

To read about the activities we will be doing in December go to the top of our blog page and click on SCHEDULES.  Scroll down and click on December Calendar.

If you signed up to be a lunch time kindergarten helper to the children as they put on their snow pants, boots, coats, mittens, hats, your services are needed when the children begin putting on all  of their ‘gear’.                                                                                                             Right now, they are capable of putting on their coats, mittens, hat with a bit of zipping by me.  Extra hands are welcome when we begin taking off shoes, putting on all of the outside clothes and then repeating the process after recess so that they can get to lunch on time.      The children arrive back from their special class at 12:15 and we begin getting ready  for lunch recess then.  They come back inside from recess around 12:40.                                  Thank your for your willingness to give a helping hand in kindergarten.

If you have offered to donate a food item for our upcoming Thanksgiving Feast please remember that all donations are asked to be brought to school by Wednesday, Nov. 18 and Thursday, Nov. 19.  Thank you so much for your support and donation.

As the cowboy always said to his horse, “Why the long face?”

Well, that is just what I have…a very long face.  Not because I am sad but because of the silly trick mirrors on Navy Pier in Chicago.  Remember, I went on a train to visit Chicago and Mr. Bohl and I could not resist having some fun with these silly mirrors.  Wow, did we laugh!!!!  I hope that you are chuckling now too.

Enjoy doing the school scavenger hunt!

We began learning about Thanksgiving and that it means to ‘give thanks’.  The children were introduced to the pilgrims, their journey on the Mayflower and their life in America.  It was nice to see what the blue children (MW) were thankful for as they shared their show/tell items.  The red class (TTH) will have this opportunity on next Friday, Nov. 20.

To read more about our week click on this link     Nov. 13 newsletter

Save the Date!

Just a quick note to SAVE THE DATE for our 2009 Georgetown Holiday program!

Although it seems like a long ways away, it will be here before you know it. So mark it on your calendar!
December 10, 2009 at 7:00 pm, Resurrection Life Church*
More details will be coming from Mrs. Bretz soon.

*This is the facility that we rent for our school wide performance.

You have another opportunity to RSVP for our upcoming December 1st Kids Art Fair! An RSVP form and Art Fair information will be sent home with students this week.

Please note that returning your RSVP to Mrs. Brouwer does NOT mean that you must purchase your child’s framed artwork. The RSVP just lets the Kids Art Fair people know how many frames to ship to Georgetown for the event. So please RSVP if you plan to attend and celebrate your child’s creativity, enjoy a fun make-n-take art project, and register for some cool door prizes to be given away during the evening.

Also – Georgetown’s December Kids Art Fair does not take the place of the annual district-wide Student Art Show, which will be held as usual in April 2010.

We hope to see you at Georgetown’s Art Fair on December 1st between 4-7 PM! Volunteers are still needed to help out – please contact Mrs. Brouwer!

Email: jbrouwer@hpseagles.net
Phone: 616.797.9797 ext. 22412
Art Blog http://josettebrouwer.edublogs.org

On Thursday of this week, we hosted the very talented Crevier Family from South Dakota. Bruce, Diane and their nine children spun basketballs on their fingers, road unicycles, trained our staff to do ball catching tricks, and fed applesauce to four very brave student! They entertained us for over an hour (two presentations back to back) and we were in awe of their skills. If you watch this slide show with your children, I am sure that they will be able to share more than these photos portray!

Many thanks to our PTC for funding this assembly. We appreciate ALL that you do for us.

Wow…our week was filled with fun activities like the Book Fair (thanks to all of you who supported our school by purchasing books and showing that reading books are important) and the Spin-pectacular assembly (what a fantastic presentation by a family showing the many ways to spin basketballs on fingers, hands, heads & even my shoe.  The family also rode regular sized unicycles & giraffe sized unicycles.  A great message about setting goals, having a postive attitute, good morals & striving for excellence too.)

Parents, thank you for taking the time to attend your child’s conference.  I really enjoyed talking with each one of you and sharing the progress your child is making in kindergarten.  You should be very proud of their hard work…I certainly am!

To read more about our week at school click on this link   Nov. 6 newsletter