Happy Summer!

Hello everyone!  I hope your Friday is going great.  I can't believe the school year is wrapping up next week!  Things have been busy around here finishing up the school year, as well as getting everything for graduation next Thursday and for summer camp :). 

Here are some photos from our last full week of school!  It is amazing how much your children have all grown this year.  In some of these photos, the children are writing their own names on their papers.  It has been such a beautiful journey to witness your children's growth as students and as individuals.

Unfortunately, this will be the last blog post of the year, as this is the last Friday of the school year.  Many of you know that I will be moving home to Mesa next week, as I will be student teaching in Mesa this fall and then graduating from NAU in December.  For those of you who will be returning in the fall, I will no longer be the person running the blog.  However, I know Miss Hannah certainly plans to keep the blog up and maintained when the new school year rolls around :).

I want to give a big THANK YOU to all who checked the blog at any time during this school year!  This blog is for you and your community of loved ones, so I truly appreciate all who found it valuable in any way.  Thank you also for allowing me the amazing privilege to work with your beautiful children.  They are each a unique, perfect gift from God and I am so incredibly heartbroken to be moving away from this amazing place next week.  Thank you all for everything.

Have a great 3-day weekend!  See you all next week for our last few days of school and of course, for graduation :).

Peace and joy,

Miss Brooklyn

Quick Update

Hello everyone!  Hope you've had a nice week!  Today's update is rather short, as I don't have many pictures to share.  It was a short week here at school with Monday and Tuesday off!  I hope you all enjoyed couple days of rest!

This week we reviewed our favorite Bible stories.  We also practiced drawing self-portraits...SO CUTE!  One of our kids drew a mustache on himself more than once-I found that both interesting and adorable :).

Great job, Audrey!

Here is Rory completing some alphabet puzzles!  So smart and so focused!

Like I said, there aren't many pictures to share this week.  Sorry!!  Thanks for checking in.  We hope to see you all at the (indoor) end of the year picnic tonight starting at 5:30!  Burgers and hot dogs will be provided for all!  Snow, snow, go away! ;)

Peace and joy,

Miss Brooklyn

Happy Mother's Day!

Good afternoon, friends!  Thanks for visiting the blog!  Before I begin with this week's update, I wanted to thank you all, on behalf of the staff here at Mount Calvary, for the amazing teacher luncheon you all contributed to surprise us with.  It was so incredibly touching.  Please know how grateful our hearts are for the outpouring of love you showed us, as well as through all the other acts of kindness that you showered us with this week.  There were so many vases of flowers in the classroom at one point that I began to feel like we were in a greenhouse instead of a classroom!  Thank you for your loving hearts.  We are so blessed to have the opportunity to serve your amazing children.

We hope you enjoyed the Mother's Day party!  The children were so excited to learn their songs to sing to you, as well as to prepare their special Mother's Day gifts.  I appreciate all who were able to come and spend time!  For those who were unable to make it, please know that you were still celebrated!

Though I got pictures of every child with their mommy, I was unable to post all of them...I apologize!

Today at preschool, we had a VERY special visitor!

Please allow me to introduce Lily, Miss Hannah's dog!  Lily showed us all of her AMAZING tricks, and let us put her in a pretty pink skirt.  She spent the whole day with us, and even took a nap with us at quiet time!  The children loved Lily, and were very gentle and kind with her.

One last thing I wanted to share was how much I appreciate when people tell me they check the blog on a regular basis.  In all honesty, I'm never really sure if people actually read the blog.  One parent shared with me this past week that they check the blog and send the URL to her child's grandparents in Florida on a weekly basis.  That made my heart swell!  This blog is for YOU and YOUR FAMILIES!  Therefore, it makes me so happy to know that people actually read my rambling about the weeks we spend at school.  I appreciate you all checking in and visiting the blog.  I hope you find it to be a valuable means of seeing what your children do everyday.

Please check on your calendar that you have this upcoming Monday and Tuesday (the 11th & 12th) marked as NO SCHOOL days.  We will be closed for makeup snow days.

Speaking of, bundle up!  Snow in May?!  Not a fan ;).

Happy Mother's Day!

Peace and joy,

Miss Brooklyn

Wwwwwworms!

Happy Friday, friends!  Happy, May, too!  I can hardly believe it is already May.  I hope you are enjoying the beautiful weather.  I know we have been enjoying it at recess today.

This week, Miss Rae did a science lesson with earthworms!  Although worms are certainly not my most favorite thing, they seem to be pretty popular with 3, 4, and 5 year olds :).  The children learned a lot of cool worm facts, and got the chance to hold the worms in their own hands!  We also got to measure the worms with rulers.  It was so fun!  Thanks for such an exciting and engaging lesson, Miss Rae!

Charlee girl was extra brave and wanted to hold her worm on her arm LOL

So brave!!

Here are some other cute pictures from the week.  We learned about Pentecost, letters V-X, and the number 27.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!  Please don't forget that our Mother's Day party is this upcoming Wednesday!  Hope to see all of our beautiful mothers there next week :).

Peace and joy,

Miss Brooklyn