Our Kindergarten Blog

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2022-06-01

Run and Scream

Today we spent most of the day outside. We planted one of our garden boxes. We talked about the different vegetables. Many of the vegetables we have not tried before. We are going to look for them at the grocery store. We are excited to see the garden when we come back in September. We worked outside on our number printing book. We are almost finished our weaving. We learned new games. They are indigenous games. All of the games were made from materials from nature. We played shake the stick, run and scream,nded the day with leg wrestling. It was a lovely outdoor day in Kindergarten.

2022-05-31

Safety City and Meeting New Friends

Today we met new friends. Mrs. Kitson mixed us all up in two different classes. It was fun to meet new friends. We will see each other next year in grade one. We had so much fun at Safety City. Ask me what the 7 Safety Steps are. We learned about road safety and fire safety. WeWe loved driving the quads around Safety City.

A big thank you to all the volunteers that came and helped out. We could not have done it without you!

2022-05-25

Preparing the Garden

Today we went out to the garden beds. We cleaned up the old plants and worked the soil. We are getting ready to plant our gardens. In the morning Mrs. Kitson read us the story, The Magnificent Thing, by Ashley Spires. Ask me about the story. We made our own magnificent things. We practiced writing our numbers Ask me where I should start my letters and numbers. We practiced our cutting and colouring skills. We made a pot and flowers. We are working hard to finish our weaving project. It was a great garden day in kindergarten.

2022-05-13

Farm Safety

Today we had a zoom meeting. We learned about farm safety. Ask me about what we learned. Ask me about one seat, one rider. Our house center has turned into a farm house. We had lots of fun dressing up and riding our horses. We practiced listening for beginning, middle and end sounds in words. We made words with Mrs. Kitson. We watched an indigenous story about the eagle. We learned why the eagle is so important to the indigenous culture. Ask me what the eagle did in the story. We spent the morning in the forest. We drew pictures of the signs of spring in our nature notebook. We also drew an eagle. In the afternoon we played in the farm the farm house and had fun building in the maker space. We had a fun time horsing around in kindergarten.

2022-05-11

Painting Time Fun

Today we went to see The Junior High Play, The Big Bad Wolf. It was so much fun!!! It was fun to see different fairy tales and nursery rhymes that we had read. We are practicing reading our little books. We should be able to point at each different word and know which way to read a sentence. You can still help us with the words. In the afternoon we went on a forest walk. We watched a squirrel for quite some time. We noticed all the new green growth. We are excited for warm weather. It was a great day in kindergarten.

2022-05-09

Fairy Tale Day

Today it was Fairy Tale Day in KIndergarten. We had so much fun dressing up. Mrs. Kitson and Mrs. DeHaan dressed up too. We painted castles and ate dragon eggs. We decorated a crown and a goblet. Mrs. Kitson read us a funny story. It was Princess Smarty Pants. Ask me about the story. In the afternoon Mrs. Kitson showed us the nursery rhyme, Sing a Song of Sixpence. She explained how the cooks would enterain the king by putting birds in a big pie. Mrs. Kitson brought out a colourful cake. When she cut it open it was full of candy. She entertained us. It was a magical day in Kindergarten.