Iditarod

Sadie's class theme for March is "Dogs" and one of the activities has been to follow the Iditarod. Each child picked a musher, choosing one whose name started with the same letter as their own. Sadie's musher was Sebastian Schnuelle, who ultimately finished second.

Today, as a conclusion to this unit, their teacher Jennie brought in her dog, Niki, and a dogsled. According to Sadie, Niki is a sled dog "who grew out of doing that and is now Jennie's pet but she pulls a sled for Jennie."

Sadie gets ready:


She wanted me to tape a race number on her jacket this morning:


Sadie says "Hike" to Niki to get her started:


Switching to sitting on the sled for a ride:


So fun!


Thank you Jennie for bringing in Niki. What a great experience!