Indian Museum Field Trip

Fitting for our upcoming Thanksgiving celebrations we took a field trip to our local Indian Museum. We learned so much!

The Indians used the structure below as shade for steamy hot days.

We were even able go inside a real tepee, and learned the women of the tribes could take down and put up a tepee in as little as 15min.

Below is how they stored their food up away from animal.

Daddy and A~boy

I was worried this field trip may not be age appropriate for our youngsters, but the director did a super job keeping it simple, and yet still very informative for both the kids and adults.

We learned so much about the Indian culture...I highly recommend this tour to everyone young and old.

We wish you all a fantastic Thanksgiving, and many special moments spent with friends and family!!!

Field Trip to the Firestation

Today we met up with our Field Trip group to tour the fire station!

The kids were scared of the firefighter, but we learned it is really important to not be afraid of them if you are ever in a fire...

They were even able to practice a mock fire escape.

K~girl and A~boy making a great escape.

The squad truck made a call during the tour, red lights and sirens!!! We even saw how long it took for them to get out of the drive way, since no one would stop for them:(

These are the tools they use to break down doors.

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Here is our Firefighter hero~ when he's not spoiling the kids with Reese's Cups.

Poppy(he's the one on the left)

This picture was taken right after a gas explosion occurred while all four of them where still in the house... We are so very thankful they all, especially my daddy, came out unscathed... Hearing stories like that just make it all the more real how dangerous their jobs really are, and how they give so much of themselves for the lives and properties of others. Thank you Poppy, my Daddy, for being our hero!

We are so very proud of you, Poppy!

St. Patty's Party

As legend goes, in the mid 400's A.D. Patrick was born in England and abducted into slavery by the Irish. He escaped and went on a journey to Rome where he discovered Christianity. He was instructed by an angel to return to Ireland to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to the people there. He did many wonderful things with the powers of God behind him. He is now the patron saint of Ireland.

We celebrated with some fun St. Patrick's Day games.

We learned some fun poems!

They had a treasure hunt and did some arts and crafts.

All while the dad's provided the background music;)

Vv for Valentine's, Nana Val, Volcanoes and Vowels

It's been a while since I've posted on our school blog, but that does not mean we haven't been busy in our studies... Since Thanksgiving we've learned about Cc, Oo, Yy, Uu, Qq, and Gg! Some big milestones the kids have achieved in Pre~K thus far are; K~girl is reading 4-5 letter words, and knows nearly all of her pre-k/kindergarten sight words. K~girl can count to 100, and count by 5's and 10's on our number chart. A~boy can count to 100 too and can count by 10's, with a little help from us. We are so very proud of them, and are constantly amazed with the things they pick up, even when we think they aren't getting it. They even have a mysterious teacher out there, we still have no clue who it is??? Many times they will surprise me with what they know even with information I know I haven't taught them yet. I ask them where they learned it from and they both have responded on many different occasions "my teacher taught me". Some kids have imaginary friends, but ours have imaginary teachers???

We've also spent 2 weeks with the letter Vv learning our vowel letters and studying Volcanoes! I found a great animation that helped me teach/learn more about Volcanoes! It's amazing how I can learn along side my 3 and 4 year old~ I don't know if that is a good, or bad thing;)

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Our field trip group had a Valentine's Party!!!

We made valentine's bags, ate very yummy heart cookies, and played BINGO!!!

Here they are rummaging through their Valentine's treats, trying to decide what to eat first!

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V is for Nana Val. This week is her Birthday and we wish her a very vibrant, vivacious, birthday day!!!

We Love you Nana Val!!!

Valentines to Our Troops!

I was sent some names and addresses of troops serving overseas who could use a care package or valentines card. I don't want to post their information online, but I will gladly provide their addresses via email. Please let me know at bfamilyckka@gmail.com if you or your kids are interested in sending our troops a Valentines!