Field Trip to Reidville Fire Department

For our spring field trip, we decided to go to Reidville Fire Department.  We have been talking about community helpers and different occupations.  We were so excited to see what a day in the life of a fireman would be like!

Jacob's ready to go!

Meeting "Ashes" the firedog

Mrs. Cureton got to dress up like a fireman!

Then we got a tour of their kitchen and living quarters.

Carter and Tina thought their big chairs were comfy!

Looking at all of their gear

Then each kid got to practice "driving" the firetruck.  Salina was courageous and went first! 

Carter was a natural fireman!

So was Max!

Sweet Layla

Jacob was very excited to drive.

Will was ready to take off!

Then we got to see their oldest firetruck: Big Red.

We had a great time on our field trip!  Thank you, Reidville Fire Department for hosting us and letting us explore your station!

Polar Express Day and Christmas Celebrations

I am sorry this post is so late. The holidays were so busy, but I hope everyone had a great break. Here are some pictures from the last day before the Winter Holidays. We had our "Polar Express Day" and our Christmas celebrations all on this day! It was so much fun.

We started out by watching some of the movie "The Polar Express".

Then we had a guest "train conductor" come to our door. He blew his whistle and called "All aboard!" We followed him to our make believe train.

He punched our golden tickets as we boarded the train.

Layla has her ticket punched!
Then our conductor, Mr. Henderson, read us "The Polar Express" book.

At the end of the book, we sang "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" and look who appeared!!

We sang Christmas carols together. Who knew Santa could play the piano?

Mrs. Claus came too!

Max didn't know what to think!

Carter was enjoying every minute!

Then all of the kids got to go get their picture made with Santa and Mrs. Claus. Carter went first.

Salina and her brother, Christopher, with Santa and Mrs. Claus

Layla went next

Max was so excited to see Santa.

So was Jacob

Tony wasn't so sure, but he sat on St. Nick's lap anyways.

After we all saw Santa, we returned to our class for our Christmas celebration.

Present time!

Ready to go home for the holidays! We had such a fun, special day! We can't wait to do it again next year!

Our New Toy!

We are so excited to have some new technology in our room! Our school bought our children a Kindle Fire to help them learn to read! It is so much fun and easy for them to use! It really makes learning to read fun! Carter and Salina were the first to try out our new reading tool