Choice Time Happiness

The Kissing Hand-First Day Activity

After reading The Kissing Hand by Audry Penn, the students learned through guided discovery what tools are in their table tubs (pencils, colored pencils, pencil sharpeners, crayons) as well as how to use and care for them.   With these tools, they drew self portraits of how they felt on this first day of school.  After reading the second story, A Pocket Full of Kisses, the students learned about glue sticks and proper care of them.  They each created Chester Racoon, the main character in the Kissing Hand series, to put on top of their self portraits.  These guided discoveries are designed to help children not only care for classroom materials but know that they belong to all of us and need to be respected.  Every tool that is introduced for learning in the next two weeks will be carefully linked to a learning activity/project.  Tomorrow...onward to scissors!😜

Mark Your Calendars

Here are some important dates to mark on your calendars:

Thursday, August 30- First Day of Kindergarten
Wednesday, September 19- No School, Yom Kippur
Wednesday, September 26- Kindergarten Field Trip to Shelburne Farms
Thursday, October 4, 6-7PM- Kindergarten Open House
Friday, October 19-No School- Parent/Teacher Conference Day
Thanksgiving Break November 19-23
Tuesday, December 11- Kindergarten Field Trip to the Flynn Center to see Pete the Cat, 9:30 show
Holiday Break December 24-January 1
Winter Break February 25-March 1
Friday, March 8-Kindergarten Field Trip to the Flynn Center to see Rosie Revere Engineer, 9:30 show
Friday, March 22- Parent/Teacher Conferences
Spring Break April 22-26
Thursday, June 13-Proposed Last Day of School for Kids (date could change)

Welcome 2018-2019 Kindergarteners!

Welcome to our classroom blog! It is such an exciting time of year and I can't wait to learn more about our new friends.  I will be using this blog to update families on what is happening in our classroom.  It is my hope that you will use this blog as a tool to start meaningful conversations about school with your child.  You will see posts a couple of times a week as well as when we switch units of study.  We will begin the year with a theme called "Me and My Community". A large part of September will be focused on getting to know each other as individuals and as unique members of our community.  Please share the following pictures with your child so that they can begin to learn a little more about me.

  See you soon!

I love watching the Red Sox play.   

Here is a photo of me with my two sons, Langdon (middle) and Evan (right), watching them win!

We drove to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina this summer.  It took 15 hours to get there! A long but very fun road trip.

From Left to Right: Evan, Jamie (my husband), Langdon, and Me (Mrs. Hazen)

My baby...Winston the Old English Bulldog.  He is 3 years old and loves to snuggle!

We hiked Camel's Hump last week.

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Purple is my favorite color!

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I love to read, play sports, go for walks, watch movies, and travel to explore new places!