Our Kindergarten Blog
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2021-09-23
Looking Closely at Carrots
Today Mrs. Kitson read us the book, Chrysanthemum. Ask me about the book. We looked closely at carrots today. We used a magnifying glass to see the lines and little roots. We drew the carrots in our nature notebooks. Mrs. Kitson read us the book, The Carrot Seed. We made a picture using our most important tool, our hands. We ripped the paper to make different shapes. Ripping paper helps make our fingers strong. In music class we sang, This Old Man and Floating Down the River. In gym class we played Captain's Coming. We stirred our Kimochi pot and talked about different feelings. We shared times when we were afraid and when we felt proud. We had fun playing outside. It was a fun day in Kindergarten
2021-09-21
Vegetable Soup
Today we went to the garden and picked; beans, potatoes, onions, turnips and beets. We made vegetable soup. Mrs. Kitson read us the book, Stone Soup, by Jon Muth. Ask me what I learned from the book. We will be learning all about our names. Today we made our names in different ways. We made our names on paper, with blocks, with beautiful stuff and with playdough. We started to write in our Life books. This is a book we will write in throughout the school year. We will tell our own special stories in our life book. We played a fun brain game. We listened for sounds in words and listened for rhymes .Mrs. Kitson taught us a Japanese word, Kimochi. It means feelings. She stirred up a whole bunch of feelings in a pot. We talked about different feelings. Ask me about one of the feelings. We had fun at wonder time. We like playing with all of the different materials in the Maker Space.
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2021-09-16
Learning about Terry Fox
Today Mrs. Kitson talked to us about Terry Fox. We watched a video about him. We talked about what we could do to be nice to people. We talked about ideas to help Terry Fox. We thought we could do chores to make money to give to Terry Fox's foundation. Mrs. Kitson read us the book, Breathe. Ask me about the book. We practiced different ways of breathing. Ask me about the bunny breathe. We talked about making our own stories during story maker time. We stopped and shared our stories. Some of our friends made stories with found objects. Some of our friends made pictures and books. Some of our friends told stories. In the afternoon we went to the garden and picked tomatoes. We looked at all the different plants in the garden. We had fun painting, singing, and playing. It was a fun day in Kindergarten.
2021-09-14
The Legend of The Three Sisters
Today Mrs.Kitson talked to us about The Three Sisters' Garden that last year's Kindergarten class planted. We learned that The Three Sisters' Garden has corn, squash and beans growing in it. We watched the story of The Three Sisters on the smartboard.also picked carrots. We made zucchini, carrot muffins. We used our sense of smell to guess what some of the ingredients were. We recognized cinnamon and we learned about nutmeg. We had fun telling our stories during story making time. We made stories with blocks, playdough, found materials and of course we made lots of pictures and books. We liked sharing our stories with our friends. We had fun in gym class. We played Captain's Coming. Ask me about the game. In the afternoon we played in the Maker Space and in the house center. We picked out a library book today. When we bring back our book we can take another one out. It was a fun and yummy day in Kindergarten.
2021-09-10
Friday Fun Day
Today we played a name game called, Higgetly, Piggelty Bumble Bee, Can you find your name for me? We came up to the smart board and drew a picture under our name. Mrs. Kitson read us the book, Froggy goes to School. Ask me about what Froggy dreamed about. We had lots of fun drawing and making our own books. We played in the house center. We had fun dressing up and having a tea party. In the gym we played What Time is it Mrs. Wolf. We played outside at the big park. We had a fun day in kindergarten.
A note from Mrs. Kitson: Higgetly Piggetly is a fun game where the children identify their name in amongst other names. Recognizing our names is an early literacy goal for Kindergarten. We will be using our names to practice rhyming and to identify letters and sounds.
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2021-09-09
Meeting New Friends
Today was the first day with all of our kindergarten friends. We played games to learn our names. We learned the Nursery Rhyme, Jack Be Nimble. We practiced saying the nursery rhyme with all of our names. We even jumped over a pretend candle stick. We will be learning many Nursery rhymes in the next two months. We had our pictures taken today. We played at different centers. We played with the math tubs, and with lots of finger fun toys. We played in the house center, the water table and the sand table. Mrs. Kitson read us the book, Pout, Pout Fish Goes to School. We went to the gym and practiced many ways to move our bodies. We had a fun day in Kindergarten.