All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom is not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sand pile at school.
These are the things I learned:
Share everything.
Play fair.
Don't hit people.
Put things back where you found them.
Clean up your own mess.
Don't take things that aren't yours.
Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.
Wash your hands before you eat.
Flush.
Warm cookies and milk are good for you.
Live a balanced life-learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and work everyday some.
Take a nap every afternoon.
When you go out in the world, watch for traffic, hold hands and stick together.
Be aware of wonder.
Everything you need to know is in there somewhere!
Poem by Robert Fulghum

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Honest Abes


Hahaha....I got such a chuckle out of this activity! We talked about Abraham Lincoln today in kindergarten and all the great things he did as President. We watched an animated Discovery UnitedStreaming video about him, did a slide puzzle of his face on our SmartBoard and made our own Abraham Lincoln masks! The kids enjoyed it so much that some of them insisted on eating snack while holding their mask up to their faces! Then at the end of the day we walked to the busses wearing our Abe Lincoln faces! We looked like a parade of Presidents! Check back soon for more about George Washington and our brand new president, Barack Obama. We are also going to talk about what we THINK a president does, what we KNOW a president does and then we are going to talk about what we would do as president. I am excited to hear what a 6-year-old has to say about this!

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