Our Kindergarten Blog
2021-2022 KM
2022-05-10
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.
2022-05-05
Story Telling
Today we talked about story telling. Some of our friends got up in front of the class and told stories. At the story table we made up our own fairytales with our friends. We talked about compound words. We looked at pictures of two words and came up with a compound word. We wrote in our lifebooks. We like telling stories. It was a fun story telling day in Kindergarten.
2022-05-03
The Three Little Pigs
Today Mrs. Kitson read us the story, The Three Little Pigs by Steven Kellog. It was a little different from the original Little Pig story. She also read us the book, Super Pigs, by, Claire Evans. Ask me about the books. We made our own little pigs' houses. We are bringing home a Three Little Pigs story. Ask me to re-tell the story using my book. We had fun writing in our lifebooks. We are working hard on our weaving. We played with the basketballs, the scooter in the gymnasium. We also had fun moving different ways over the big crash mat. It was so much fun. We were hot and sweaty after gym. After afternoon recess we listened to a guided meditation and calmed our bodies. We had lots of fun playing at wondertime. It was a little piggy kind of day in kindergarten.
2022-04-28
Super Red Riding Hood
Today Mrs. Kitson read us a funny version of Red Riding Hood. The name of the book is Super Red Riding Hood. We really liked this version. Mrs. Kitson also read the story, Little Red Hot. Most of us still like Ninja Red Riding Hood the best. We made special post cards today for Mr. Spady. We wrote down what we liked best about school. We are making a Little Red Riding Hood book so we can re-tell you the story. Maybe, we could make up our own version of Red Riding Hood together. It was fun playing in the castle in the afternoon. We had fun playing with chalk outside. It was a fun day in kindergarten.
2022-04-26
Little Red Riding Hood
Today Mrs. Kitson read us the fairy Tale, Little Red Riding Hood. We also watched a video story, Little Red Riding Hood. She also read us the book, Ninja Red Riding Hood. We talked about the differences and similarities between the two stories. We talked about compound words and played a puzzle game, putting words together to make a compound word. We are all working hard on our letter sounds and making words. We are bringing home a little book to add to our collection. We talked about the popcorn word "of" We had lots of fun playing in the castle. It was a great day in kindergarten.
2022-04-19
The Little Red Hen
Today Mrs. Kitson read the story of The Little Red Hen. After the story she gave us a wheat berry. It is the kernel of the wheat plant. We put the wheat kernels into a flour mill and made our own flour. We learned about whole wheat flour and white flour. In the afternoon we made buns out of our flour. They were yummy. Mrs.Kitson also read us the story, The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza. Ask me what was the same about the stories and what is different. We used a new tool called a rekenrek. We are using it make different number combinations. We had fun playing with baloons and rackets in the gym. It was a bunderful day in Kindergarten.