Well, the last day of school has arrived! The children and I had a GREAT week. We worked hard on finishing their Kindergarten memory books- I hope you enjoy them! The children also made homemade bubbles, pudding dirt cups, and harvested lettuce from the garden and enjoyed a fresh salad (the dressing was even made by the third graders!) They participated in field day, a school dance party, and a kickball tournament. It was the perfect ending to a perfect year. Sorry, I got carried away with the pictures.
Please keep an eye out from an email from me over the summer. In the summer, I plan a garden picnic for all those who would like to come and eat lunch in the garden with their friends. Please remember to keep your child engaged over the summer with reading and writing so that they can pick up right where they left off! The summer packet and journal will help with this :)
I would like to end with a poem that always makes me heart happy but my eyes sad.
I give you back your child; the same child you confidently entrusted to my care last fall.
I give you your child back pounds heavier, inches taller, months wiser, more responsible, and more mature than before.Although your child would have attained this growth in spite of me, it has been my happy privilege to watch this personality unfold day by day and marvel at this splendid miracle of development.
I have thrilled at each new achievement, each new success, and each new expansion of self.
I give your child back reluctantly; for having spent nine months together in the narrow confines of classroom, we have grown close.
We have become a part of each other, and we shall always retain a little of the other.
We have lived, loved, laughed, played, learned, and enriched our lives together this year.
I wish it could go on indefinitely, but I must give your child back to you.
Take care of your child, for your child is precious.
Remember that I shall always be interested in your child and in your child's destiny...wherever your child goes, whatever your child does, and whoever your child becomes.
Your child's joys and sorrows I'll be happy to share.
Please call on me if there is anything further I can ever do for you, for I will always remember both you and your child.
Have an amazing summer with your precious FIRST GRADER!
