Joy School

During this last school year, me and a couple other moms from church decided to put together a preschool for our 4 year-old kids.....called JOY SCHOOL.  We rotated around every week to a different home and the kids got to enjoy learning in a fun way, playing together, and eating lunch with friends.  It worked out very well and the kids had a fun time together. Some of the perks for me---it gave Austin something to do on thursday, I got to spend some one on one time with Mikayla (mostly we went to storytime at the library), and because of our rotation system I only had to prepare a lesson once every 6 weeks.

I actually wanted to take pictures of the kids and the things we did when Joy School was at my house but with six 4 year old kids I had to stay pretty on top of things in order to keep their focus. But I did take pictures of them the last day they came to my house: the topic for the day was using your imagination and being creative and so we had a dress up day:

Here is Zane and Austin

Sam

Audra

Russell and Ella

Some of the other fun things I enjoyed this year with Joy School:

• Painting posters with our FEET
• Watching Austin's excitement when all kids came to HIS house
• Throwing objects into the water in the bathtub to see what would float/sink
• Making goal charts with the kids
• Listening to the conversations of 4 year olds while they were eating lunch or doing crafts
• Taking a break while the kids had playtime
• Playing with magnets to see what objects it would pick up
• Going on a treasure hunt around the house
• Watching the kids as they colored, cut, and glued
• Being goofy/silly.....afterall it is just a bunch of 4 year olds and ME!!!

We had an ice-cream party to end our successful
year of Joy School.

I had a great time watching Austin learn and grow both mentally, emotionally, and socially. I learned a lot myself about teaching and was glad that I had the opportunity to do this with him!!