Adventures with ACE

With last weekend being a long holiday weekend, Ms. Robin and Ms. Austin thought it would be best if one of them took ACE home with them.  So Mr. Austin volunteered and took ACE home for the holidays!  ACE enjoyed Thanksgiving meals with the families and decorating for Christmas!  Thanks, Mr. Austin, for taking such good care of ACE.  :)

 

 ACE with Mr. Austin's wife, Shelby.

 ACE is ready for Thanksgiving lunch!

 ACE with Shelby's family for Thanksgiving.

 Funny faces!

 Decorating the Christmas tree.

 ACE wanted to be the star of the tree.  :)

Feathers are A'Flyin'

It's Thanksgiving week and we've been busy "talkin' turkey"!  And what does a turkey have?  FEATHERS!  So Pre-K Two grabbed a sheet and threw some feathers on it for a turkey toss.  The feathers went flying and the students LOVED this fun gross motor activity.  I think the smiles on their faces says it all!

Getting Ready for Our New Theme

December starts our theme of Traditional Tales.  Preschool One is getting ready by making the Three Little Pigs houses.  They used different materials to represent bricks, straw and sticks.  They had a great time working as mini architects.

Pilgrim and Indian Parade!

We celebrate Thanksgiving week with a Pilgrim and Indian parade.  The children made pilgrim and Indian hats and marched around the hallways sharing their thankfulness.  Check out Pre-K One and Two on their trip around the school.

 Getting ready to parade!

 Here we go!

 Had to stop for a silly face.  :)

NAEYC Conference and Expo 2015

It was such an honor to attend and participate the annual NAEYC conference and expo in Orlando last week.  I learned a  lot and look forward to incorporating things learned into our 2016 school year.  Check out all my pics for the fun and informative conference.

 Dr. Becky Bailey speaking about conscious discipline.

 Opening session.

 A message from the president, Carol Brunson-Day

 Hearing the opening keynote from Ruby Bridges, the youngest civil right's activitist.

 The expo hall was amazing!

 Even Sea World was there with animals each day!

 Ms. Mary Jo Huff at a Frog Street presentation.

 Poster sessions.

 I was honored to present a poster session about homemade enhancements for classroom interest centers.

 Each poster session was very informative!

 The Orange County Convention Center was beautiful!

 Learning about infant and toddler self-regulation skills.

 Training on the transition from preschool to kindergarten.

 Ideas on how to spice up your staff meeting.

 Closing session - Sesame Street!

It was such a wonderful experience to come together with fellow early childhood educators from across the whole world!