Los Tiburones de Thompson

Holiday Celebration

2011-12-23T05:30:00.000-08:00

A piñata means.......A PARTY! A Pajama Party!

Brayand's mom watches as Anel And Alex make beautiful Christmas trees.

Adriana's mom ties one of many beaded jingle bells as Brayand, Bryce, and Andres concentrate on their creations.

Luna's mom is having a great time helping the children decorate their holiday patterns.

Beautiful!!!!

Incredible!!!!!!!

Now we get to whack the piñata!!!!

Come on Serenity, give it a good whack!

OK Erin 1, 2, 3 WHACK IT!!!!!!

Come on Ryan, you can do it!

OK Anel, give it all you've got!

Andres, put those muscles into this!

OK Luna, this could be it!

All the kids have taken a turn. We need help. Here's a little power from Ethan's dad.

Is that candy on the floor? Selina, Ethan's sister takes a turn.

Adriana's mom gives it a FINAL whack.

Mad dash for the prize!

YAY!!!!!!!! that was fun. What's next?!

The children all gather in the room to hear The Polar Express to be read by our illustrious Mrs. Kornblum.

Out cuties Ryan, Luna and Brisa.

Mrs. Goodman and her little elf, Ryan.

Alejandro and mom are all smiles.

Andres' parents are deilghted to be part of the Polar fun.

CHEESE!!!!!!!!

Elizabeth and Erin, cheery friends.

They all listen to hear who will get the first present.

...and now some hot chocolate and gingerbread cookies.

Mrs. Davis and I would like to wish all of you a wonderful holiday season. Thank you all for your support this year and may you all have a very good and happy new year.

Zoo Trip

2011-12-03T09:15:00.001-08:00

We're going to the zoo, zoo, zoo; how about you, you you........

Adriana, Finley and Itzel are delighted the bus is finally moving.

Josiah, Alex and Anel are all smiles.

A little too much sun for Andres, Kloe and Anaya.

Cheeeeeeese!

Are we there yet?

Cute hat, Ryan!

Where to first?

Thanks for the lift.

Luna, Anaya, Andres and Anel are on the right path toward the Apes.

Mommy and baby, loving care.

Cute little lemurs.

Swingin' monkey.

This gorilla was in a deep sleep.

Still sleeping.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzz!

Giant anteater.

Hola Ms. McArthur, Ethan, Bryce, Erin and Kloe. Have you seen the elphants?

Anika and Anaya, .....or is it Anaya and Anika.

The sun and the smell of these bushes were a little tooo much.

Cassowary

Our own Mr. Gibbons and his Apes

Where are the crocodiles?

Cool Koi.

Awwww, isn't he cute?

Rhinoceros, ........

ostrich,.............

and finally our elephant!

All that walking sure did build up an appetite.

This beautiful white chicken wore funny boots.

"That is soft!"

Feels like a basketball.

The chinchilla was, by far, the softest animal.

Must be cool to walk around with your house around you.

That was fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Plum tuckered out.

What a great day we had! Thank you to all of our parents who were able to give of their time and make this day one the children will remember. You are the BEST!

Thanksgiving Luncheon/El Almuerzo del Día del Acción de Gracias

2011-11-25T11:57:00.001-08:00

On Thursday, Nov. 17th our Dual Language kindergarten classes had their annual Thanksgiving luncheon. Our little Indians, pilgrims and turkeys were anxious to perform for their parents. Enjoy their pictures.

Mrs. Andrade, Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Perez can't wait to see the children perform.

Andres waits patiently as we get everyone in there order.

Anaya wonders what's the hold up.

And here they are. Are they not the cutest?!

Ryan, David, Anel, Anika, Javon and Glonder will get rave reviews.

You are ALL stars!!!!!!!!!

Now it's time for yummy food.

Here we have Adriana's and Serenity's moms. Thank you to you and to all our wonderful parents who, once again, made this event such a success.

My Gym

2011-11-05T12:27:00.000-07:00

On Thursday our class went to My Gym at school. Here our children were going to exercise while having fun. Before any exercise we should always S-T-R-E-T-C-H.

The children patiently wait to try the obstacle course.

Erin successfully climbs over the rails.

"You want me to bounce to the other side?!"

"This is easy!"

Brayand has no problem walking the rocks.

"I can do this all by myself."

Very good balance, Josiah.

Lookin' good, Kloe.

Having fun bursting bubbles.

When the music stops, you can't move or you'll get bopped.

A great cheer for My Gym!!!!!

The Farm, Fun Run and Harvest Fest

2011-10-30T09:11:00.000-07:00

Welcome everyone to our blog. Thank you all for being patient. Westarted September with Hispanic Heritage Month. Each child was given aflag representing a Latin American country and were asked to color themin. They all did a GREAT job. This was a fantastic way to start ouryear in the Dual Language Program.

Our trip to Sykes and Cooper's farm


Josiah, Ryan and Brisa are ready to get this bus going.


Erin, Ethan and Anaya are all set to go!


Juliana, Bryce and Elizabeth are ready for the wheels on the bus to go round and round.

Great smiles from Andres, Anel and Serenity.

Itzel, Adriana and Brayand wish I would stop taking pictures and get this trip going.

Ryan's dad with three cuties.

Andres' dad ready for an adventure.

Ethan's mom has her hands full.

Adriana, Brayand and Juliana's moms ready to play.

Elizabeth's mom thinks we need to just get started.

OK...we're all here, now what?

First we need to EAT!!!!!!!

OK, we've eaten, we're ready for some fun.

Our brave leader for the day.

Following our leader into the cornfield.

Now we go left, or is it to the right?

Will we ever get out of here?


Waiting for someone to lead the leader out. It was an adventure:)

Hey, where are your shoes!?

YAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!

This Corn Popper is the BEST!

The moms were having as much fun as the kids.

Look how high I can jump.

Aren't they cute!?

Tat is one FAT pig!

YAAY, more jumping!

Playing in corn.

Even dad gets into the fun.

Now for our Hay ride.

What a great looking group.

I think they had a good day.

Dreaming about the Corn Popper.

Shhhhhhh!

Anaya hanging out:)

Ready for the FUN RUN.

...and they're off.

Great mom support!

Go Brisa, go!

That wasn't so bad.

Thank you moms and dads for coming out and supporting our kids.

Now to our Harvest Fest.

Alexander's mom helping with the 5 little pumpkins.

Making glittery leaves for the fall.

Bryce's dad carving spooking faces.

Yuck!!!!!!!!!!

What a cool, harvesty day!!!!!!

Adriana's mom helping the kids make scrumptious cookies.

Serenity's dad making sure they don't peek before putting the nose on the pumpkin.

Now it's Ryan's dad's turn.

Anaya and Brayand enjoying a good time.

Brayand's mom helping Alex and Abisahim with their pumpkin making.

That's a great looking scarecrow, Erin.

Make sure to get all those seeds out.

We all had a wonderful Harvest Fest Day. Even though Mrs. Perez couldn't be there, she was a tremendous help with the preparations. Thank you to all our parents who came out to help and support our children. I have the best parents and I appreciate you all very much.