Five on Friday:Dinos, Dining and Darlings

While the school year is winding down, we still have a lot to push through in the three remaining weeks we have left. While the weeks have been flying by, the days seem so long. Needless to say, I am grateful for Friday. I'd love it if you'd join me and others for this week's Five on Friday.

 

 

[one]

This week is National Teacher Appreciation Week. I am so blessed to work with the staff, administration and families that I do. Not only do we have an amazing staff, but we also have a phenomenal PTO. This week we were showered with all sorts of gratitude. The PTO brought in an Olive Garden lunch with desserts. The school board provided Pizza Hut for lunch one day, and this does not include the other delights that were delivered to us by various parents and partners from our school community.

 

The GOTR team made us posters for our doors

The PTO sent treat bags for all of the teachers

 

[two]

Our little red head has gained quite the independent streak as of late. She does not want Mommy to help her eat. She wants to do it on her own. While she's been eating finger foods for quite some time, she has only toyed with her utensils. Well...toy no more. She officially feeds herself with a fork. Where did my little baby go?!

 

[three]

At the beginning of April, my friend Shannon and I made it through the Hoos Heal 5k. You can catch the recap here. We had a blast! Races are a lot of fun even if I hate training for them. I'm still not sure how a person who hates to run/jog convinces herself to participate in races that center around the same activity. There's really no logic. So naturally I would be looking for another race. We've scoped out a couple that may pose possibility while we're in Georgia in June. We're just not sure if time will allow it. For now, I've convinced another friend of mine to participate in The Baby Run 5k. We're registered and ready to go. Proceeds from this race will benefit an agency that I've helped to sponsor in the past and hold in high esteem, the Blue Ridge Pregnancy Center. If you're local, I hope you'll join us on May 17th!

[four]
This week we've been doing some extension activities in class. The focus? Dinosaurs! I've always been fascinated by these creatures and I love to share this interest with my students. During one of our discussions on fossils, trace fossils to be exact, I had the students create their own "trace fossils" out of salt dough. It's amazing how three simple ingredients and a few plastic dinosaurs could excite and educate at the same time.

 

To make the salt dough, you'll need three simple ingredients: 2c flour, 1c salt, and 1c water. Mix them together well so that the mixture forms a well worked dough. From there you can decide how you use it. To make our trace fossils, each student was provided with a ball of dough. They flattened it and "walked" their dinosaur toys through it, leaving impressions. Dry overnight, flip over the next day, and dry one more night...and ta-da!

 

 

[five]

Finally, I want to send a huge shout out to my mom friends. I have several friends expecting and some who will be celebrating their first Mother's Day. It has been such a blessing to see these dreams come to fruition and to watch them grow. May God continue to bless and keep you all.



 

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