THE SUN
This week in learning time, we talked about the sun. We know from when we studied the planets that the sun is a star. With further discussion among the Tigers, we also determined that the sun is hot, bright, has fire, and explodes. Sunshine is nice and warm. The sun is good for the planet and helps us all to grow. Without the sun, we would not survive.
The Horses learned a new song about the colors of the rainbow. Without the sun, there would be no rainbows. They made rainbow pictures and colorful rainbow necklaces out of cereal. They also made special gifts for Mommy and Daddy for International Family Day.
We can write sun words!
And draw the sun
We're just learning how to write, so sometimes
we put all the words right after each other...
But we can do it!
Coloring the sun and a rainbow
Mika crafts his hand-drawn sun
We cut out orange circles and glued on
rectangles and triangles to make suns
These are called the sun's "rays"
Wow! Look at Joshua's masterpiece!
The sun can be beautiful
With lots of red rays
Look at Jacob's sun!
Joshua's sun has his trademark smiley face
Navneeth's sun goes on his
favorite-colored background: blue
Another happy sun, this one with a heart!
Alessio's sun in the making
We love the sun!
See? We can write words and draw pictures to remind
us of what the words say. (Devi's fabulous work!)
The horses sport their Fruit Loop rainbow necklaces,
with every color in the rainbow!
Can we eat them? (Maybe later)
Saud, Lani & Alessandra work diligently on their sun packets
Devi has conquered the sun maze
I love the warm sun!
and thank goodness the sun came out for...
INTERNATIONAL FAMILY DAY
Wednesday, May 15
A beautiful card made by Gavrusha (Russia) for his family
Devi and her snazzy grandma (Germany)
Ms. Krisztina (Hungary) squeezing her son David
Our international R1 family sits
together and shares a meal
Saud's nice family comes from Saudi Arabia
An International Family Day
international (German-American) hot dog
Yum, this is good!
Hugo tips a cup with his mommy on
their picnic blanket
I love my mom!
Finn and Lani's moms share their blanket
(and mommyhood) with Max
A howdy from Julie (Ireland) and her
terrific twins (born in USA)
Allegra (Russia) graciously takes time from playing
to pose with grandma and grandpa
Mika (Germany) and Sylvie (USA) finished their
strawberry shortcake pudding dish together. It was good!
Mr. Heckmann and Mr. Bernard (Germany),
with a science teacher (Great Britain) poking his head out
Ms. Dardano, Miss Burnell, and Ms. Hogrefe --
(Germany, USA, USA) the servers behind
the picnic lunch -- stop for a quick photo
Ruben (Germany) enjoys chocolate very much!
Viola's mommy chatting with Lucie and Saud's moms
(Belgium, Italy and Saudi Arabia)
Emma and her mommy (Germany)
Ms. Melek (international!) and Miss Georgina (Romania)
Romania and USA together in the kitchen
Ms. Fathema (Bangladesh), a flower among flowers
CARE Awards May 17, 2013
Great job, Saud!
Navneeth, you are amazing!
Lucie accepts her award with a firm handshake
Wow, Sylvie! Another award!
Navneeth is so happy he could dance!
Greta gets her silver award
Look at me, Ms. Kristina!
Lucie gets her silver award!!!
Joshua gets the silver!
Jacob receives his award with calm resignation...
Hugo emphatically shakes the hand of Ms. Paterson
in exchange for his award
Alessandra reaches for the silver!
Alessio gets his silver award!
We are sooooo proud!!!
Greta smiles for the camera with her wonderful mommy
Alessio and his mommy proudly show off his award
Lucie and her proud parents
Navneeth has two awards to bring home!
Those Martinezes know how to smile!
SAUD'S BIRTHDAY PARTY!
Happy 5th Birthday, Saud! Thanks to your mom and dad for
giving us a special (and fast) Reception 1 birthday bash!
Waiting for birthday cake...
The German birthday chair lift song! "Hoch hoch..."
What a party!
Ms. Kristina gets to stand with the guest of honor!
Saud's brother from first grade got to join us!
Wow! Look at those sparklers!
Partay!
Fun, fun, fun!
Ms. Fathema, watch out for the fireworks!
MORE ACHIEVEMENTS THIS WEEK
In Spanish, Ms. Melek has us crawl to the numbers we know
Devi's first goat
Learning while playing during Tiger time
Finn, did you just wake up?
Alessio, Joshua and Jacob discuss pirate ships (again)!
Lucie climbs onto the horse in the blue hall
Look! I can jump high!
Mika experimented with backwards jumping
Gavrusha the ham
Navneeth isn't scared to jump off by himself!
OUR FIRST SCHOOL MUSICAL
R1 made Mr. Bentgens a good luck card
Miss Jolian drew Cruella, and we all signed it!
One dalmation puppy dons his fur
Meet Cruella!
We're going to be on stage!
Puppies Lani and Finn await their big scene
101 Dalmations!!!
OTHER FUN
Ms. Krisztina, our lunch server,
and Alessio, future restaurateur...
and construction worker!
Max's new crab socks. Cool!
Where's Gavrusha's body?
Our word wall (we know these words!)
Two beautiful princesses
Watching "Winnie the Pooh" after Ms. Kristina
read to us chapters from the original book
May 17, 2013
On Friday, May 17, we said goodbye to Mika.
His family is moving to another city in Germany.
We will miss you, Mika!
Ms. Kristina's Last Day
(Hugs stolen when possible)
I will miss all of you R1 kids. We made lots of fun memories together!!!
Thank you for making me laugh and smile. Each and every one of you is brilliant!
Don't ever stop learning...
Much love,
Ms. Kristina
kstellhorn@hotmail.com
