Community helpers (part 1 of 2)

We have so many people that help us in our community.  These people choose their jobs according to what they love to do, and that is what we hope to do one day as well.  In fact, Ms. Jennae asked us what we would like to be when we grow up, and we know you will get a kick out of our answers in our year-end scrapbook.  Here is one answer for a sneak peak:

We know that whatever we choose to be when we grow-up, we will do a great job! Whether it be a....

Baker!  or a........

Firefighter!  or a....... 

Doctor!  or a.....

                                           Construction worker!

There are so many jobs to choose from, how will we ever decide??

The kids and I had a lot of fun this last week learning about community helpers and what their job entails.  As you know, we even got to visit the dentist office for a field trip to see what kind of work that they do.

Their office was welcoming and fun.

The dental assistant taught us the proper way that we should be brushing our teeth.  We each got to take a turn if we wanted to. 

She also taught us how to floss.  We got to volunteer to be the teeth!

We had a great time learning about our teeth.  We even learned that an apple is "nature's toothbrush" and can help us clean our teeth just by eating it!  We learned what foods are good for our teeth, and what foods are bad.  But, most importantly, we learned that it is not scary to visit the dentist, they are there to help us.  Thank you Stevenson Pediatric Dentisty for letting us visit your office!!

Don't forget to ask what I learned this week?  We talked about the number 15 this week, and we spelled the word hat.  We even had the magnetic leap frog letters out to spell our names and listen to the letter sounds.  What a great week!