Y is for Yippee!

As in "Yippee! I just taught my last class!" Next week marks the end of our co-op preschool but it's not my turn to teach so I'm done! This week we letter Y took center stage. Some of my favorite activities planned for Y were :

Bug Yoga in which we practiced yoga poses titled as Butterfly, Moth, Dead Bug, and Spider

Finger painting with yogurt

Watching a short yodeling video and having a yodeling contest

And the BEST of all was our yellow hunt we took outdoors

On our yellow hunt I was hoping the kids would see more than dandelions but wasn't planning on it. They had sharp eyes, though, and found yellow leaves, paint, and a ball, as well. Shockingly, at the end of our street we came upon a huge yellow back hoe! The kids thought that was pretty cool and I thought I was pretty cool as a teacher to have "arranged" this surprise. We asked the worker the name of this tractor type thing and he informed us it was a back hoe and that they were digging to find a leak in the water line.

I thought that was very generous of them to talk with a lady with five preschoolers. When we started to make our departure, Rhys started to cry because he wanted to stay or at least complete walking in the direction we were going when we came upon this contraption. Well, one of the workers said that they were at a standstill until other workers arrived so he offered to move the back hoe, settle it down securely on the ground, and let each kid climb in to sit in the driver's seat! His name was Ben (who has a three-year-old of his own).

Thanks to Ben, 4 of the 5 kids took the opportunity to try it out (the seat, not the controls), even my little Rhys who was thrilled! I even got to try (all while silently chiding myself for not bringing my camera or phone to get pictures of the kids). We thanked them profusely, looked into the deep hole they had dug, and said our goodbyes. It was a fun experience and made me appreciate good people that take time to help and serve others.

Another fun activity we did was play In n Out restaurant while practicing money sense with pennies and nickles. With the first two In n Outs opening in Texas yesterday, and one being in our town, I thought it appropriate to celebrate with the kids!
Neal made a late night run after the kids went to bed and was lucky enough that a friend of ours was in the drive-thru line (for 2 1/2 hours already) and let Neal into his truck to order with him. They passed the next hour in line chatting. Thanks Sterling! The restaurant had been open approximately 12 hours and their order number (at least on that register) was 4,613. There are a ton of Californians in Texas and we have been waiting for them to do business here. The place was insanely busy the entire day with no advertising. That's how much people love their burgers.