Happy Easter... And Some Big News

We had lots of Easter fun this past week!  

"Egg Hunt" - there is no Easter because it is considered a public school - blah
      Anyway, I had parents bring in eggs filled with candy, and as with each sets of new students every year you get new set of parents so I was not sure what the outcome was going to be.  I have to say that I was very impressed, and they did not disappoint.  Each students ended up collected about 25 eggs a piece (yeah that's a lot).  I debated over and over how I wanted to conduct the hunt in order to make sure that everyone got the same amount of eggs, and to top it all off Friday was a very wet day or the playground.  I decided to number each of the eggs, and then assign each of the students a number.  They had the number tapes to their hand, and when we went on the hunt they could only gather eggs with their number.  Not only did this make it fair, but it also put a little learning into it (without them even realizing it of course).  The class and I decided the a little water wasn't going to hurt us, and we headed outside for our egg hunt.  Finding the specific numbers made it last longer as well, and I think everyone had a really great time.  We had cupcake that afternoon so all the goodies went home for them to add to their Easter candy collection.

      The thing that I love most about a holiday I the day when we com back when they all have stories to share.  I always make sure I give them each a chance to share what they did on their holiday with the class,  and many of them told about their egg hunt adventures, their visits to the Easter bunny, and gathering with friends and families.
      Later in the morning when the students were at centers I heard a couple of them talking about the "Easter Bunny" and could not resist writing down their conversation...

     "Did you know the Easter bunny that I saw was not real?"
     "Yeah, I know, he was just in a costume."
     "I saw his neck when I was sitting on his lap, and that's how I knew he wasn't a real bunny."
     "The Easter bunny doesn't even talk, he just waves!"

   Anther girl who was sitting by listening, but not quite convinced finally joined in.
      "Oh no, the Easter bunny doesn't talk?  That's bad!"
   She was so shocked, and I am sure her parents will have to do some explaining tonight.

The Big News...

         I also found out on Friday that at the end of this school year the state will be shutting down my classroom (boohoo).  We all knew that GA pre-k was cutting costs, and I guess this was one way they decided to do it.  My director is in the process of looking for a school for me to transfer to, but in the mean time if anyone knows of any elementary teaching jobs (haha) please let me know!