Fury Visitors

     This morning, after morning meeting, we were surprised to see two baby goats on campus. After the Discovery Ducks looked in to it, they discovered the goats were actually here with James. James is a student in Beth's class and his parents came in this morning and brought two baby goats for show-and-share. His mom, dad, and little sister told us their names (Rosie and Diny), what they eat (everything!), and that they love to be petted and played with. Well, the children really took that to heart and made sure to show both goats some lovin' and chased them practically all over campus. I had a chance to snap a few pictures. Hopefully the slideshow will be on the side of the blog soon. I've uploaded them, but I have to wait for Blogger to do it's thing!
     After the excitement of the goats, we came back in the room to wash our hands and eat fruit break. Afterwards we had Spanish with Elena. Every year, towards the end of the school year, the children get to eat lunch with Elena from El Rodeo. They practice ordering their food in Spanish and get the opportunity to do so when ordering their lunch. To make things easier on the children, we have it picnic-style here at school. The children order their food with Elena and she goes to El Rodeo, picks it up, and brings it to us. We will be having it next Thursday, May 5th with all Early Learner Classes. Since we have half day students, lunch will be at 11:45am. Please bring a lunch (maybe carryout from your favorite Mexican place?) and join us! Each child will get a taco, a quesadilla, chilps, and salsa. A drink is not included, so please pack a drink for your child.
     Later this morning, we worked more with plants. We teamed up with Beth's class and Tulie's class and studied more about the parts of a plant. We made replicas of a plant complete with real soil.
    
     We still have many shifts to fill for Strawberry Festival. Please remember that each parent is asked to give 12 hours of service for the festival. Please fill out THIS FORM to sign up for a shift (or two or three). If you are working at the festival on Friday afternoon, the After School Program will provide care (at no charge!) until 7:00 PM instead of the usual 6:00. The free care and extended hour are only available for Friday afternoon festival workers. To make life easier for the parents who are working that late shift, we will be feeding dinner (pizza and fruit!) to the students who stay for that extra hour. It should be lots of fun (for parents and kids!). Tulie will be the staff member doing ASP Friday, so if your child stays they will be with a familiar adult.