birthday party (at school)

When we went over the calendar at the beginning of the morning they were all very excited. I told them that I brought cookies in to share with the class at the end of the morning and the kids were so well behaved all morning. (happy birthday to me!) At break time as they went outside they all said, “I am going to my home” which has become a common occurrence and I’m not sure why as they never go farther than the steps to eat their snack. Today I said ok but you’ll miss out on your cookie. “oh then I’m not going.” More play/work time after break and then we sang songs with Lawrence. I got to pick my song last and of course I picked Happy Birthday—everyone sang and then we got our cookies. Big hit. With about 5 minutes left in class I set up the ramp (we’ve gotten new equipment—2 sawhorses and some modified planks—we can set up ramps, balance beams, and seesaws) and had the kids walk up and jump off the end in different ways. It looked way to easy for them but they loved it—showing off as they strutted up the board and taking a bow after jumping.