We love to go out for recess and the weather has been splendid! Many children head for the swings as soon as they arrive on the playground. It reminds me of a poem we will illustrate come springtime by R L Stevenson, The Swing.

The Swing

How do you like to go up in a swing,
Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!

Up in the air
and over the wall
Till I can see so wide,
Rivers and trees and cattle and all
Over the countryside-

Till I look down on the garden green,
Down on the roof so brown-
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down!

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The following video was taken after these girls asked me to make a movie of them. They had been exploring the shells and sorting them in a number of different ways. Since language skills are a big focus in kindergarten, I am always happy to put their skills to work by formulating their thoughts and ideas into a story.

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I have changed the posting date/time on it so it could go out to subscribers once again. Blogging presents new challenges all the time and this one was a doozy. I learned how to compress the pictures in a file before converting to pdf. In the past, my posts have converted with far greater ease but this one had 6 pages of graphics and that was too much for the usual methods.  To be on the safe side, I recommend that you update your own Adobe Reader and browsers. A couple of the links within the newsletter are no longer operational but the text or screen captures may provide the web addresses if you want to know more.

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The slideshow/video below will show you the students with our ducklings. At the very end of the show is a short clip of one hatching experience. It is awesome! If you click on the arrowed box below John’s picture you will have a larger screen for viewing.

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