Fun Times

Our Funky Food activity for August 26th was Humpty Dumpty. We have been reading nursery rhymes and practicing rhyming words in class. This was a fun and yumy way to revisit Humpty.

Thanks to Lola's family for providing the ingredients for Humpty and a special thanks to Lola's mom for helping out with the snack.

The Hounds LOVE to dance. Below are pictures of our class getting down to the Tooty-Ta. The song is on the Silly Songs CD that we gave you at the beginning of the year.

That means YOU can Tootyy-Ta at home!!

I WANNA BE A ROCK STAR!!!!

Introducing Mr. West, our very own Rock Star!!

The Happy Hounds LOVE going to music on Thursdays. He gets them up and moving.

"Booty Magnets" - little pieces of green or pink tape on the carpet that booties must sit on when given the signal.

Mr. West's helper, Spike. We hear Spike stories every day they return from music. You never know what that crazy arachnid will do!!

And the very best part.....he reinforces what we are teaching in the classroom. Below are pictures of the Hounds practicing rhyming words. He taught them to wiggle their "ends" when the words rhyme because rhyming words sound the same at the "end". Why didn't I think of that!!!!

G...G...G... Geyser

Our best science experiment so far has been the Mentos Geyser. The Happy Hounds anxiously await the eruption by chanting and doing the sign for the first sound of g (as in geyser)

Mrs. Martin has loaded the Mentos tube and is getting ready to pull the cord.

WOO HOO!!! Look how high it went. Higher than the utility pole???? Maybe not, it just appears that way in the picture.

Playground Fun

Funtastic Fridays

WOW!! Fridays in the Happy Hounds' classroom are FUNTASTIC!!

On our first Friday, we watched cans implode for our Sensational Science experiment. Below, Mrs. Hood is getting set to turn the can with heated water upside down in a tub of cool water.

1..2..3...IMPLODE!!

Very Cool!!

We made school buses for our first Funky Food snack.


Giselle, Nataleigh, and Davis


Talia, Chris, Josiah, Hunter, David, and Nicole



Mason, Lily, Anna Rose, Margarita, and Braxton

Kinley, Angelina, Dylan, Natalie, Kaiden, and Lola

Our second Funky Food activity was dragonflies. Mrs. Denise, Mason's mom, came from BCES to help us with this tasty snack.

Candy covered pretzels, YUM!!

Lola, Kinley, and Angelina

Our Sensational Science Experiment for last week was Color Mixing. We colored whipped cream with food coloring and then mixed it together. We learned that yellow + red = orange and

red + blue = purple.

Mason and Lily making orange

Dylan, Natalie, and Kaiden

Chris mixing up some purple.

Mason loving science!

David and Giselle

Nataleigh and Davis happy and full!

The 2011-2012 Pack of Hounds

Getting Ready

It's hard to believe that the long awaited summer break is coming to an end. We hope you've had a glorious, family-filled summer. We certainly have.

We plan on spending a few days during this last week of summer getting our classroom ready for the new pack of Happy Hounds. This time of year is always exciting for us. We look forward to sprucing up the room, planning for the new year, and meeting our new students.

Open House will be Wednesday, August 3rd from 3-5. Please come by and meet us. This is a great way to make your child feel more comfortable about the first day of school. We prefer that you bring your child's supplies at this time so you can help unpack and get settled in.

If you have any questions or concerns please contact Mrs. Hood at khood@banks.k12.ga.us.