IPS/Butler University Laboratory School

We were noticing that our numbers in our room that we made at the beginning of the year have been falling apart so we thought we would make some new numbers.  Well, can I just tell you that the children were ALL OVER making these new numbers out of toilet paper rolls!  They worked so hard with their Butler teachers to construct the numbers.  Tevona and Emily had the brilliant idea of stepping on some of the rolls to flatten them and make it easier to manipulate.  At the end of the day we had a discussion about what we should do next with them.  We gave three choices that the children then voted on.  The first choice was that we could keep them the way they were.  The second choice was to put fabric on them.  The third choice was to paint them.  After each child voted it was apparent that painting them was the way it was going to be.  Tomorrow we are going to start painting so I am excited to see them continue to progress!

We are also replacing our letters we have on our word wall so today the children started doing a tape resist with letters.  They took lamination and made the letters with tape.  Tomorrow we are going to paint them.  After the paint dries, we will peel the tape off, and the letter will be revealed!

Numbers 4-7!

Some friends working with the Butler teachers constructing the numbers!

Journey delivers valentines.

Michael and Aidan love those fruit kabobs!

Delivering valentines!

Our class enjoys friendship bingo!

The kids were very excited to bring in their Valentines and create cards for their friends today! I love how much care and thought the kids put into creating their messages for their friends. They had a blast distributing their friends’ cards into their personalized valentine bags- it was quite the job! We also got to enjoy some special treats (check out the fruit kabobs we got to eat-yum!) and played friendship bingo.

P.E. with our Butler Physical Education friends was a success as well. The kids were  a part of various movement activities and games for their morning time with their instructor. They practiced skipping, running, and jogging, as well as telling time on a giant clock (such a fun game, the instructor called out a time and the kids had to run to it) and becoming aware of their physical space. The kids also practiced directions like “left” and “right” and “clockwise”. We will continue to practice these directions as part of our daily routine.

Tags: Butler, friendship

Today was a fun day!  We had our first P.E. experience which the children REALLY enjoyed!  The Butler teachers took half the group while I was with the other half of the group doing Reader’s Workshop.  Then we switched.  It was nice to have some conversations about what the children did why they were in P.E.  I look forward to seeing how excited they are on Thursday for P.E. again.

The friends really enjoyed bringing in Valentine’s as well as making them at school for their friends.  We had our Friendship Party where we did some measuring activities with candy hearts and we also filled those bags with various Valentine’s.  It was such a nice experience because everyone was enthusiastic about getting and giving the cards, and they just seemed to care for each other in a special way.

(I am sorry but I forgot my camera at school so I cannot upload any pictures to the blog tonight!)

We had a great time this afternoon at our Friendship Party.  The kids made a friendship link where they wrote about good friends.  They also measured hearts with candy conversation hearts!  Thank you to Mrs. Carrel for helping us this afternoon!

David is measuring his hearts!

Olivia and Selah are working on their friendship link together.

Also, don’t forget!  There is a Parent Organization Meeting this Thursday, February 16th at 6:00pm at the school!  We hope to see you there!

Tomorrow, we begin a new experience with a group of physical education students from Butler. Our kids will get to meet with them two times a week for seven weeks and engage in various movement activities. It should be a very fun and rewarding experience!

Tomorrow is also our class Friendship/Valentine’s Parties. Please remember to have your child bring their valentines if they did not choose to make any at school.

Thursday evening is our parent organization meeting at 6pm. Please join us as we form committees and get to action!

Next Monday there is no school due to President’s Day. We will see you back on Tuesday, the 21st.

Tags: Butler, family focus, friendship