Hello

I am back from the trip, but kicking myself (figuratively, not literally..........that would be too physically difficult!!) that I didn't bring my camera to school today AND I accidentally deleted the photo I wanted to use in a post today.  UGH!!!!!!!!!!  So here I sit with so much to write about and no photos to go with my thoughts.  I know I could pick one of the ideas and just write, but I really think having the photos illustrates most of my posts better than words alone.  SO..............instead I will list a few of the things I will be writing about over the next few days (that way I will hold myself accountable for following through!)  Here's the list: making silence, new fall classroom decorations, a new fall song at group time, a new story on tape with props, a new geography activity, a new art project (or maybe two) and a new math activity. 

Lest you thought this would be a completely sans-photos post, let me leave you with a few photos I just took of some things I purchased at Hobby Lobby today.  These items will eventually make their way into the classroom in one form or another.

I had purchased the leaves on the left earlier and when I went back today I wanted to find another identical set.  Of course they were out!!  So.......I bought the set you see on the right.  I wanted to buy two sets of those leaves but............they only had one.  I want to use these as props for a song we're doing this week, but I can already anticipate arguments over who gets the "big" leaves versus the "little" ones.  Still..........I will probably try to use them that way anyway and hope for the best!!

Again.........I was disappointed by the inventory.  I really wanted to buy enough of the smaller pumpkins to do a pumpkin counting activity (I would need 45 for counting 1-9; 55 for 1-10) but there was only one set of small ones left.  So.........as you can see.........I bought one big and one small set.  I will probably use the little ones in a tonging activity using the little jack-o-lantern candle holders to hold the pumpkins.  I'm not sure yet about the big ones.

Be sure to look for many more posts this week showing what's going on in the classroom.