Oh, we're having a Thanksgiving Dinner Feast!

Friday was such a wonderful day!  We loved getting to share the day with all of our kindergarten families.  We hope that you enjoyed the feast as much as we did.  Please feel free to share your pictures and/or videos with us.  Happy Thanksgiving!

Preparing for the Feast

We spent most of November preparing for our Thanksgiving Feast.  We worked hard on learning the songs for our show, creating beautiful artwork to decorate, and cooking tons of food!  Check out our pictures below:

Publix Field Trip

Today, we went shopping at Publix to buy groceries for our upcoming Thanksgiving Feast.  The three groups (lions, tigers, and bears) visited the three Publix stores on Archer Road.  Before shopping, we went on a tour and got to check out lots of the departments and what goes on "behind the scenes."  All three Publix stores were great!  The employees were welcoming and kind to all of the kindergartners.  They gave us lots of free treats, and we couldn't be more appreciative!  After shopping, we all went to Kanapaha Park for a picnic lunch and some playtime.  It was a great day, despite a few scattered raindrops!  Please enjoy the slideshow below.  If you were a chaperone and would like to share pictures with the rest of the Kindergarten Village, please email them to Ms. Krank at mkrank@pky.ufl.edu or send in a CD of pictures.  We especially need pictures of the bears!  Thanks so much!

Fall Fun!

This week, we did lots of fun pumpkin and scarecrow activities.  This afternoon, we ended the week with pumpkin carving.  It was a blast!  Enjoy the photos:

Lions and Tigers and Bears . . . Oh, My!

The kindergartners made lion, tiger, and bears masks this week to use in the PKY Homecoming Parade.  The teachers got into the spirit of things as well and dressed up as characters from "The Wizard of Oz," our inspiration for naming the kindergarten groups the lions, tigers, and bears!  It was a fun day for all of us!  We hope you enjoy the pictures below:

Also, please check out these links to videos of the parade posted online at TeacherTube:

• Homecoming Parade Video 1
• Homecoming Parade Video 2

Greathouse Butterfly Farm

Here are some pictures from our first trip together.  If you were a chaperone on the field trip and have photos you would like to share, please email them to Ms. Krank at mkrank@pky.ufl.edu, and she will add them to the slideshow.

When we arrived at the farm, the employees had a brief lesson for us about butterfly body parts and the butterfly life cycle.  Here is a brief video of the children reviewing the life cycle:

Beginning of the Year Photos

Here are some of the highlights from the beginning of the year: