Thank you!

There truly are not words to thank you appropriately for the love, support and prayers you have shown to my family.  I know that your precious children have prayed faithfully and your families have prayed faithfully.  I often showed Kylie pictures of our class, told her of their precious prayers, told her funny things they would say and delivered sweet cards and pictures they made for her.  She loved visiting our classroom or seeing them in the hall.  They made her feel special and loved.  

Thank you for every card, text, email and meal.  Thank you Meghan Grubbs and Amy Adkison for serving to allow others to attend the memorial service.  I am eternally grateful to Susan Crist and Wendy Williams for their gracious and generous support as I have been with my family and to Tara Rose for so willingly and wonderfully taking care of the class.  As Robin and Mark have said, "The blessing of being loved so well by so many has changed us forever."  

I have missed your sweet children so very much and I am looking forward to lots of hugs tomorrow and looking forward to the "tomorrow" when "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain.  All these things are gone forever."  Revelation 21:4.  

With much love and gratitude,

Rhonda

"Q" Week - The Quilt Story

February 9-12

Sound of the Week  - Q

Book of the Week – The Quilt Story

Habit of the Month – Thinking

Mom of the Month – Tammy Thomas

We loved O Week, learning about opposites and The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge.  We built our own lighthouses and GREAT bridge!

Thank you Mrs. Thomas for our fun octopus and seaweed snack (aka hot dog and noodles with green food coloring!) and for reading to us!

Our book of the week for next week is The Quilt Story by Tomie dePaola.  This is a sweet story of a little girl who moves, and finds comfort in a quilt made for her grandmother long ago.  We’ll talk about the blessings of heritage – not just stuff, but of faith too.  We’ll read Psalm 61:5 and 119:111.  We’ll also look at another wonderful story The Quiltmaker’s Gift. 

Note – Tomie dePaola is a wonderful illustrator, and many of his books are worth reading.  Look carefully however, as some (Strega Nona) may not be books you care to read to your children.

If you have any family quilts you would be comfortable sending in, please do.  Just email and let me know the quilt is coming.  If possible, send a little background information about the quilt.  I will have your child share about his/her family quilt but I can guide them with questions with the information you send. 

Be practicing at home for our Poetry Recital!  We will be practicing at school too.  We’ll be working on speaking slowly and clearly…with inflection!  Be sure your calendars are marked for Thursday, March 10^th, (either 8:40 or 9:00 – pending arrangements with another class).  “Sunday clothes” for your kindergartener!

We will enjoy Lower Elementary Chapel on Wednesday, February 11^th.  You are invited to worship with us if you would like.  We will be singing two worship songs with Pre 1^st and Whit will be playing a song on the piano.  Our speaker, PCS Dad, Mr. Parambo, has a very special message for us about the armor of God!  Please be sure to have your child wear their dressy enrichment clothes that day.

Valentine's Day, February 14th - So that we do not encourage the "boy-girl" relationship (primarily in the Middle School), our school administrators decided a few years ago that it is best not to have a class and student to student exchange of Valentines at school.  We do however, in Kindergarten, make a Valentine for our parents. I am so glad you are making Valentines at the Grubbs home on February 10th after school!  Thank you to our wonderful room mom, Meghan Grubbs!