Fun in Fall!!

We did leaf rubbings this week and sang different poems that have to do with the new season of Fall. Please have  your child bring in different types of leaves for us to compare and contrast. We have also begun singing some Halloween favorites to get us ready for the haunting season. We hope to see everyone at our Annual Fall Festival on October 29th at Old St. Mary's Church on California Street. If you have any small pumpkins or Halloween decorations to help us brighten up our classroom, please bring them in. Thank you and Happy Halloween!

Yoga Fridays with Ms. Jamila Bey

We are so lucky to have Ms. Jamila Bey with us each Friday for Yoga. Her creative spirit enlightens us while we move our bodies to the gentle music. Our brains wake up, our bodies are refreshed, and our lives are enriched by each visit from Ms. Bey. Mahalo to Ms. Bey for her poems, gentle songs, and patience.

Please help make this years Haunted House a success by donating!! This is a big fundraiser for the school so please donate what you can. Mahalo!

2011 St. Mary’s School Haunted House Donation List

Please send all donations to Mr. Ballesteros in Kindergarten

Large old White Bed sheets

Bags of fake spider webs

Bags of Fake rats and snakes

White lab/doctor coats

Red Christmas lights

Strobe lights

Bottles of fake blood

Science experiment materials

Large plastic trash bags

Old t-shirts for costumes

Zombie makeup kits (white, black, grey makeup)

Fake skin/fake scars kits

Bag of fake bones

Home Depot large black tarp role for walls

For more info check out:

www.mrbcryptofchaos.blogspot.com

2011-2012 Kindergarten Curriculum and Field Trips

Welcome to Mr. Ballesteros' magical kindergarten adventure!!! It is here that we will embark on our educational adventure, thus setting the tone for a successful educational future. Step by step our class will venture into in depth studies of math, language arts, science, social studies, art, physical education, and catholicism. At the same time we will develop our socialization skills, cultivate our manners, and grow to love and serve the lord while forming a close knit school famliy.

Some of our cooking projects this year will include: Rainbow Salad, Pumpkin Seed Baking, Pretzel Making, Turkey Baking, Christmas cookies, ginger bread houses, and Ants on a Log.


Field Trips may include: Fairy Land, Picnics in the Park, Fire Station, Police Station, Fortune Cookie Factory.


Art Projects may include: Jackson Pollock Spatter Paintings, Georgia O'Keefe Flower Drawings, Picasso's Blue Period Look Alikes, Dega's Ballerina Paintings, Still life Drawings, Mosaics, Finger Paintings, Bead Necklaces, pottery decorating, etc. 

Aloha and Welcome to the 2011-2012 School Year

Our new Kindergarten Year is off to a great start! We welcome all of our new families and hope to have a wonderful and successful year full of action packed fun and fulfillment. Here are a few photos from the beginning of the school year.  You can check this blog for up to date activities in the classroom and field trip information. School Announcements and important school function information will also be posted here. Best of Luck with the New School Year!!  

A Few Tender Holiday Moments as we say goodbye to 2010! Halloween/The Grinch that Stole Christmas/Santa's Visit