Sunday, February 22, 2015

Don't just take my word for it (a series)

And now it's Anna's turn and I loved looking back at how much she's grown and changed over the past year! As you'll read, she's an inquisitive little girl with a sense of humor, love show affection, loves books, and is timid but stands her ground. Reading notes like this confirms that a group setting is just what she needs! Her class went paperless in the fall and I've placed the daily pictures received by their note. Here's to the trees that are being saved and my Hoarders application ; )

1/27/14: Anna liked tip-toeing all around the class with her pal Avery today. They’ll make great ballerinas!

2/10/14: “Lily come back!” Anna chased after her playmate all around the gym today, those girls are too silly!

2/11/14: Anna really loved working on the clothespin heart project! It looked super neat once she’d gotten multiple clips on!

2/12/14: Anna got a little creative with her milk at lunch. Instead of drinking the other half of it, she decided to pour it into a section of her lunch place.

2/13/14: Anna got a kick out of using the parachute in the gym today.

2/17/14: Anna was such a little doll this morning! She came over to me sitting on the floor and began ‘fixing” my hair for me! Awww, so relaxing!

2/18/14: Anna cracked me up squinting her eyes to pretend she wasn’t there when I “caught” her and a pal under the computer desk. Like closing her eyes would somehow make Ms Lix disappear : )

2/20/14: Anna enjoyed carrying a baby doll just about everywhere today! She tried to even do it’s hair, and it didn’t have hair! So adorable!

2/24/14: Anna really likes the red ball in the gym! She searches it out and will stand and wait until whomever has it and is all done so that she can play with it. So funny!

2/28/14: Anna helped so nicely to put the chairs back this morning after they all had them out for a choo-choo. I will miss Anna dearly while on maternity leave!

3/3/14: Each time Anna dropped something on her lunch tray, she said “whoop-see-daisy!” So funny and sweet!

3/5/14: Anna is very creative! Our theme today was Green Eggs and Ham and she collected several green items throughout the room and brought them to me; she was so proud of herself!

3/6/14: Anna’s favorite thing today was going outside and throwing snowballs!

3/7/14: Anna saw Ms Patty on the step stool hanging pictures up and she said “be careful Ms Patty!” So sweet! She loved watching our Cat in the Hat video today!

3/10/14: Anna loved playing dress up with the play clothes Ms Lisa brought in today! She had her own very special way of wearing them and it was too cute!

3/11/14: Anna had a super fun time playing on the slide outside today! What a beautiful day it was!

3/12/14: Anna loves going to Webby dance with her friends! When she gets back she shows us some of her dance moves. So cute!

3/18/14: It was so cute to see Anna and her two friends play ring around the rosie together! They laughed SO hard when they fell down!

3/19/14: Anna drew a horse on the magna-doodle today, very cool!

3/31/14: Anna had fun having a “picnic” with Ms Patty and her friends today!

4/1/14: Anna had fun making sweet melodies with our musical instruments during circle time today!

4/2/14: After our bus adventure today, Anna asked Audrey “wasn’t that fun, Audrey?” So cute ; )

4/7/14: Anna really enjoyed the new hula hoops that we had in the gym today! She moved those little hips and got it going around! So cute!

4/8/14: Anna really loves her boos! She keeps showing her friends just how cute they are! : )

4/10/14: Anna planted her seed ever so carefully down in the soil while we were outside today.

4/11/14: Anna and Audrey swapped shoes today! I could write a book about these girls and their shoes! Super cute!

4/14/14: Anna was taking such sweet care of her baby today, she even found a tub to carry her in : )

4/21/14: Anna asked for the DJ Shuffle song before lunch and then had a great time dancing with her friends!

4/24/14: I asked Anna what super hero she wanted to be and she said “ANNA KELLY!”

4/28/14: Anna has the sweetest laugh when she gets excited! It always makes Ms Lisa laugh with her : )

4/30/14: Anna didn’t take her shoes off all morning … we’re making progress!

5/7/14: Anna told her friends that she has a blue princess dress for her Princess birthday party!

5/9/14: Anna was SO excited about the flower she made today for Mommy! She had a great time when Mommy came up for the Mother’s day tea!

5/15/14: Anna was super excited to show off her beautiful nails to all of her friends today! (On your birthday you got a haircut, your nails done, and we went to see Frozen in the movie theatre – your first movie!)

5/16/14: Anna was SO excited when Ms Lisa played the Frozen songs today! She knew some of the words!

5/19/14: Anna asked to hear “for the first time” (in forever) as soon as Ms Lisa got to school today : )

5/21/14: When I asked Anna if she likes any meat, her response was “no, I eat cornbread.” Too cute!

5/22/14: (progress report) Anna has been an absolute joy to have in the Manatee room! She has made us laugh on countless occasions with her adorable expression and hilarious giggle! Anna has been doing very well with tracing lines and even the letter in the name! Anna is a very nice friend, and is doing pretty well with sharing. Lately Anna has really gotten into dancing and listening to “Frozen.” One thing we would like Anna to continue to work on is listening and responding to teacher’s words the first time. We are sad to lose Anna in the Manatee room, but know she will do great in the Orca room and is fully ready!

5/28/14: Anna has been breaking out into song during playtime! She just loves to sing the songs from Frozen, it’s too cute!

6/3/14: Anna really liked playing our “guess which instrument is which” game! She told us that her favorite song is “Let it Go” from Frozen!

6/5/14: Anna told us that she has seen a hot air balloon and it was pink and flying high up in the sky! (pretty sure this was a fib)

6/13/14: Anna told us that her favorite thing to do with her Dad is to play dollhouse downstairs : )

6/19/14: When asked who her favorite super hero is, Anna said “Cinderella.” When asked why, she said “because I love my Mommy.” (you’re silly!!)

6/28/14: Anna really liked finger painting today, she made a masterpiece for her Mom!

6/29/14: Anna said that she went to Mommy and Daddy’s wedding. Also that she will marry Luke Bailey someday! (this is possibly the funniest note ever; I had to confirm with your teachers that you were NOT present at our wedding, and also check out this Luke Bailey … he seemed like a nice kid, but he moved up shortly after this, so your romance died before it started, sadly)

7/2/14: Anna told us that she likes to go to the park with Mommy and Daddy! She likes going up the ladder and down the slide when she’s there : )

7/10/14: Anna told us that she took an airplane ride to the beach with her Mommy and Daddy! (not true, sorry kiddo)

7/16/14: Anna told us she was feeling “excited” today because “I love my Mommy!”

7/23/14: If Anna had magic powers she would use them to turn into a frog because she likes to say “ribbit ribbit” and because frogs are cute.

8/5/14: When asked “how old to you have to be to drive a car?” Anna said “as old as Mommy and Daddy!”

8/12/14: Anna told us she felt a little sad today because she misses her Mommy, but she’s excited to see her tonight!

8/18/14: Anna told us that she’s seen a volcano before in the mountains. (another fib)

8/28/14: Anna told us she would want the school bus to take her to a castle!

9/8/14: Anna told us that her favorite part of vacation was playing in the sane with Mommy!

9/9/14: Anna told us that Mommy makes her feel special because she’s taking her to the pumpkin patch this weekend!


9/26/14: Anna told us that she has two cats at home, Milo and Daisy!


9/29/14: Anna told us that she is excited to go home tonight to see her daddy :-)

9/30/14: Anna told us that her mommy makes her happy when she is sad.

10/1/14: Today at lunch Anna told us that she is afraid of monsters! We assured her that they are not real!

10/6/14: Anna's favorite part of the day was going to the fire truck!! So fun!!


10/8/14: Anna said that if she was a police officer she would make the rule that everyone had to be nice!

10/9/14: We asked Anna what she would take with her camping and she said "a sticks and marshmallows!" Yummy!!


10/17/14: Anna wanted to look for a big stick while we were on our hike today!

10/18/14: Anna told us if she could pick any color pumpkin she woukd pick a pink and purple one!!

10/22/14: Anna was a great helper today after mealtimes. She made sure everyone had put their water cups away and cleaned up.

10/23/14: Anna told us that she is going to be a witch and her sister is going to be a duck for Halloween!

10/29/14: Anna told us her favorite thing to do at Halloween time is Trick or Treat with daddy.

10/31/14: Anna really loved having mommy come and help out with the party! Thanks again Mom!!


11/3/14: Anna told us all about her trip to see Disney on Ice! Her friends loved hearing all about it! She also told us her favorite kind of candy to get while trick or treating was the lollipops!


11/4/14: When we asked Anna what do Cowboys do she said, "wear hats!"

11/7/14: Anna told us she can't wait to go home and play with mommy and daddy tonight!

11/11/14: Anna told us if a plane could take her somewhere, she’d have it take her to the zoo.

11/12/14: Anna had so much fun riding her scooter around with her friends today!!


11/14/14: Anna told us that trains carry juice boxes in their cars and wagons! Yum!

11/14/14: (progress report) Anna has been a joy to get to know these past few months! Anna loves to play in the dramatic play center and art center and she does a really good job about visiting and completing each of her centers each day. While assessing Anna, she knew 9/9 shapes and 10/11 colors. Some goals to work on for the next assessment are recognizing numbers (1-10), recognizing the rest of her upper case letters and writing her name in lowercase letters.

11/17/14: Anna had so much fun stomping in the snow today!

11/18/14: Anna told us her favorite restraurant to eat at is School House and she gets pizza there! Yum!

11/19/14: Anna told us her favorite fruit is an apple and her favorite veggie is carrots!

11/20/14: Anna was so happy to have her sister and mommy here for lunch today!! (Thankful Feast Lunch)


12/2/14: Anna loved listening to our new stories today! Plus the special books our friend bought at the book fair!

12/3/14: Anna is a great ice skater! She loved skating around with her friends today!! (you used wax paper on your shoes to “ice skate”)

12/4/14: Anna really enjoyed the librarian visitor today! She told us her favorite book was the pop up one about a bear. (you love reading books!)

12/5/14: Anna told us when it snows she likes to play in it with mommy, daddy, and Charlotte.

12/8/14: Anna enjoyed our No David book today. We talked the naughty things David did in the book and what we should do instead and Anna had lots of answers for us!

12/10/14: Anna told us she wants Santa to bring her drums!!! Fun!

12/11/14: Anna really enjoyed our No David book today! She said she isn't getting coal for Christmas!!

12/12/14: Anna told us that David was naughty business because he ran in the hallways, oh no!

12/15/14: Anna told us she decorated her Christmas tree this weekend and put a star on top!

12/16/14: Anna told us her favorite Christmas song is Frosty the Snowman!

12/19/14: Anna asked Ms. Emily today if she liked her dress and she said "yes i love it, can i barrow it sometime?" And Anna said "no way you to big!" (Christmas program day)

12/22/14: Today Anna tasted a white gum drop and said she did not like it, it tasted not good.


12/23/14: Anna had so much fun with our book exchange today!

1/7/15: Since we couldn’t go outside today, we did some music and movement CDs in the room and Anna enjoyed it so much!

1/12/15: Anna did a great job listening to Crystal Clear, our special visitor, talk about light and rainbows today.

1/13/15: Anna told us her favorite colors are purple, pink, and blue.

1/14/15: Anna was so gentle with crushing our cereal art at first, but then she was determined to smash it in little pieces! :)



1/22/15: Anna really enjoyed Ms. Mackenzie's matching math game today!


1/23/15: We had a friend with a birthday and she brought in cupcakes to share, Anna was so excited about her mini cupcake!

1/26/15: Anna told her friend that she help mommy take care of Daddys boo boo this weekend! So sweet!


2/11/15: Anna is really starting to show a lot of confidence with her friends! She’s using her works and communicating really, really well!

2/16/15: Anna has such a great imagination! She and her friends were playing house and they kept referring to each other as different roles. Such as mommy, daddy, kitty, etc. So cute!

2/17/15: Anna had fun drawing pictures with me today! We drew mermaids, and alligators, and all sorts of things! After I would finish one picture, she would sit there and think and then ask for something else for me to draw!

2/18/15: Anna had fun helping Audrey and I redo the butterfly name tags today! Then Audrey told her my name was really Miss Feather, and not Heather and they both started laughing. (real name = Heather)

2/19/15: Anna was telling us about the fireplace she has outside at home. She said it was big and beautiful, unlike the ugly painted fireplace we had in our window : ) 

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