We had a fall-filled week in kindergarten. Students are having fun exploring the seasonal changes we are seeing outside. We sketched pumpkins and practiced our scissor skills by creating a fall tree in our classroom during centre time.
Our amazing little artists practiced their observational drawing skills by looking closely at some beautiful fall leaves and painted them with magical watercolor pencil crayons. Ask your child to tell you how they work!
We read the story "Ten Hungry Caterpillars" by Bill Martin Jr. and were inspired to make some caterpillars of our own. As an introduction to comparison and measurement, students were challenged to create short, medium and long caterpillars. For an added challenge, students were encouraged to decorate their caterpillars with patterns. These were so much fun to make and a great activity to build our fine-motor skills!
We learned about the letter F! With each new letter, we learn an action and a rhyme to help us remember the sound each letter makes. Ask your child what our actions and rhymes are for P and for F. We practiced printing Fs in our journals and drew pictures of things that begin with the /f/ sound.
We talked about Thanksgiving and had a meaningful discussion around the things we are thankful for. Students had SO much to share on this topic and expressed gratitude for many special things in their lives. Here are some of the special ideas they shared:
I am thankful for...
...being able to hold my mom's hand.
...my house and my comfortable bed.
...my body because it helps me move.
...my puppy because it helps to clean-up crumbs.
...snuggles with my cat.
...eating ice cream with my mom.
And my personal favourite:
"I am thankful for my mom. She makes me dinner every night because my dad doesn't know how."
We had another absolutely beautiful morning of abstract painting on our Early Dismissal Friday :)
Classroom Reminders:
The morning class went to the library for the first time this week! Afternoon students will begin going to the library next week.
Morning students will be going to the library for book-exchange every Wednesday.
Afternoon students will be exchanging their books on Thursdays.
Please ensure your child has returned their library book on or before their library day so that they may sign-out a new one each week. I would encourage you to put your child’s book in their folder (if it fits) to ensure that I see it. Otherwise they get left in backpacks for days on end because the students forget to take them out :)
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! I am feeling very thankful for the amazing group of little ones I get to spend time with every day. I love what I do :)
Miss Roberts
