Miss Kate's Corner: We Love America!

This week the theme was We Love America! We learned so many fun facts about the American flag, the statue of liberty, New York City, and American heroes! For example, there are fifty states and fifty stars on the red, white, and blue flag. We also learned all about the artist who created the statue of libery. He made the statue's face look like his mother because she was so beautiful. We read books about brave people who protect us and help us feel safe, such as firefighters and police officers. Miss Nikki, our new teacher's assistant, brought real firemen clothes for us to try on, with hats to take home too! We played fun games such as the American Pokey and Musical Stripes. We made so many beautiful crafts, such as handprint flags, the statue of liberty surrounded by fireworks, American windsocks, a class flag, and statue of liberty hats. It was also CHINESE NEW YEAR! We read all about Chinese New Year, made chinese lanterns, and our class was in charge of helping create the magical Chinese Dragon for our parade! We did such a fantastic job! We even learned how to say Happy New Year in Chinese- Gung Hay Fat Choy!

Our poem of the week was:
Our American flag
Is red, white, and blue.
Wave it in the air
Is what we do!
We are proud to say
America we love you!