October 17 - 19

Winnie the Pig was a hit. She loved eating our apple cores. We all had an opportunity to pet Winnie. Her hair was standing straight up! It felt like bristles.


Come a little closer!


The Alpaca's were amazing!


There are so many apples. I don't know which one to pick?


Our trip to Arlington Apple Orchard ... Now where is that biggest red apple hiding?


Our very own Confederation Bridge!


If I pour this jug of water into the funnel what will happen?


Literacy and Numeracy together in a treasure chest of gold!

The writing table is a hit in the class. Letters are being written to friends in Kindergarten A!

I decided to sting a set of green letters!

Stinging the letters we know ... fine motor, color and letter recognition!

Where is that matching shape?

October 10 -14

We put together cubes that had the letters in our names on them. While doing this we discovered we were making AB patterns. We also measured and discovered that Griffin's name tower was the longest with seven cubes and Abi's name tower was the shortest with three cubes.

I will read to you and then you read to me. Buddy reading is a great! The witches finger pointer also helped to point to the words!

So many delicious fruits to choose from. The Color Your Lunch Campaign was fun! A wonderful way to incorporate healthy snacks! The best part was going to Kindergarten A and eating with our friends!

First we had to create the recipe. The children drew the fruit they would like to have when it came time to make their own fruit salad. Fun while developing creativity and fine motor!

The children had lots of fun making the goop recipe! Some children were not sure if they wanted to actually put there hands into it but in the end thought it was great. There was so many outcomes being introduced with this fun activity! Special thanks to Mrs. Champion for helping with this fun project!

Now I just need the roof to complete my house! The weather forecast is predicting rain!
Fine motor control at it's best!

How many colored blocks are in each letter? 4 blue squares in the T - now how do I make the number 4? Oh yes - Down and across and down once more that's the way to make a 4.

Our AB Pattern Frame Display!

Book Buddies!

Kindergarten October 3-7

Leaf Art - the children were very creative, dogs, patterns, fish and much more was made with leaves! Fine motor, social interaction and creativity all at once!

The Gears were a hit ... here we can see some AB patterns in the works!
In the background the students now are being asked to login and type in their passwords. The keyboard is in uppercase letters and their login and passwords are in lowercase... if your child is unsure of the letters please review at home!

New items in the lego table, owls, dragons, horses, people, houses, boats and so much more! The boys cannot believe the accessories! The social interaction is wonderful!

These lego people are ready for a boating adventure! I do not see their life jackets!

The K-Nex were a lot of fun, those small muscles are working hard at creating interesting items!

Dramatic Play at it's best ... Buzz Light Year and a Fire Fighter working side by side! Are my wings on straight?

Marble Works . . .I wonder if I connect this together like this will the marble go through the tube?

Wow! This marble works creation took a lot of cooperation to build!

Here comes the marble. I think I used most of the pieces to make this fantastic marble works creation!

September 24 - 28

This week we had lots of fun learning in the classroom. Zero the Hero arrived with a book to be read, a song, a poem and a surprise treat of fruit flavored life savers in the shape of zeros.
We read the book it was all about how Zero wanted to be included and we discovered the he was very important as he was needed when we count by 10's. We cannot wait until Zero the Hero comes back again on October 10th? Will he bring another surprise?

• The whiteboard was used every day. We use whiteboard crayons and discovered that if we use a wet cloth the board is erased quite easily. The whiteboard has just enough room for two to work together. Fine motor, creativity and cooperation all in one fun activity!
• When we left the class and came back after music there were bears and patterns blocks all over the mat. Mrs. Dumville asked if the children could find ways to sort the items. The children sorted by color, size, all of one item, and one person sorted by color and expanded her sorting to include an AB pattern. The children were asked to tell the other children about their sorting rule. It in the end it was discovered that Mrs. Dumville was the mystery mess maker.
• Lego is chosen every day by the students at learning centre time. The creations are fantastic. Fine motor muscles are hard at work!
• The computers are turned on for learning centre time. The children are learning how to login in, open and close a program and use the mouse which are all technology outcomes. The program that we are using mostly is called Polygone.
• Blocks is also another popular learning centre. The students are building some wonderful structures. The skills being developed include: eye-hand coordination, one-to-one correspondence, creativity and cooperation.
• Apple Art - the students each painted a paper bag art apple. The apples are hanging on our class clothesline. The children decided that we should have three colors available for the apples, red, yellow and green. We will use the apples for counting and sorting next week.
  
• Two students chose books at learning centre time. They look quite comfy enjoying their books. Literacy is an important component of the kindergarten day!