Our Kindergarten Blog
2023-10-13
Beautifull Stuff
Mrs. Kitson read us the book, The Sharing Circle, by Teresa Corky and Larsen Jonasson. We have our own classroom talking stick. We will be having sharing circles to share our stories, solve problems and learn about ourselves and the world. It was a busy bus day in kindergarten.
2023-10-11
Bus Safety, Elwood the Elk
Today we learned about bus safety. Elwood the Elk came to our school to talk to us about the danger zone and how to get off the back of the bus in case of an emergency. We went outside and practiced on a real bus. In the morning we practiced writing our letters: s,j,t,m and p. We have to remember to start our letters from the top. S is very tricky. We listened for the new letter D. We don't have any names that start with a D but some of our friends do have d's in their names. We listened to the book, One, Two, Three, Sassafrass. We practiced finding the numbers before and after different numbers on our number line. We made block towers up to 10 blocks high.We are practicing listening for beginning and ending sounds in the words we hear. Mrs. Kitson read us the book, The Sharing Circle, by Teresa Corky and Larsen Jonasson. We have our own classroom talking stick. We will be having sharing circles to share our stories, solve problems and learn about ourselves and the world. It was a busy bus day in kindergarten.
2023-10-04
Crazy Hair and Hat Day
Today it was crazy hair and hat day. We had a special guest reader. He read the book, The Book with no Pictures.It was so funny!!!! Ask me why it was so funny. We worked in our lifebooks. We like to share our own stories. We practice writing the letters: s,j,t,p and M. We have to remember to start our letters from the top. We had a sharing circle and talked about how to be a good friend. Mrs.Kitson told us to make sure we talk to her or Mrs. C if we have a problem with a friend. We talked about how we can all work together to have a safe and happy classroom. We had fun doing silly games in the gym.We had lots of fun playing at Wondertime. It was a fun filled day in Kindergarten.
2023-09-29
Strathcona Wilderness Center
The rain held and we had a wonderful trip to Strathcona Wilderness Center. The children were engaged in many outdoor activities. They looked for colours in the for. They looked for colours in the forest, went on a scavenger hunt, and built fairy houses. A big thank you to all the volunteers. We could not have done it without you!!!
2023-09-27
Sunny Sunflowers
Today we picked sunflowers from our garden. We looked closely at the shapes and lines of the sunflower. We used special pastels to draw our sunflowers. We learned about the artist, Vincent Van Gogh. Mrs. Kitson read us the story, Van Gogh and the Sunflowers. We looked at beautiful paintings that Vincent had painted. We liked his art. We had lots of fun taking our time and drawing our sunflowers. We practiced making our own power of 10 boxes with egg cartons. Mrs. Kitson read us the book, One Fox A Counting Book Thriller. Ask me about the book. We had fun at wondertime, building and playing in the firetruck. It was a sunny sunflower kind of day in KIndergarten.
2023-09-22
Terry Fox, Our Canadian Hero
Today we learned about Terry Fox. We went on The Terry Fox Run with our grade 6 buddies. In the morning we drew pictures of Terry Fox in our lifebooks. We talked about the letters and sounds in Terry's name. We talked about how Y has more than one sound. We shared our pictures with our friends. We listened to a story about Terry Fox, entitled, Terry Fox and Me. We practiced counting and we learned about The Power of 10 Ten frame cards. In the afternoon, Mr. Hill, the science teacher came with his grade 8 students and showed us what dry ice could do. It was really cool.