Kindergarten - November 2019

November was another wonderful month of learning for everyone in Kindergarten.

Remembrance Day - our poppy search

 Mrs. Dyck's friend, Mrs. Jackle, visited an art class and helped create sunset colours and taught us some simple ways to draw trees and snowflakes.


We shared our progress and goals with our parents at the Student/Parent/Teacher Conferences. 
Every day we begin our day with white board work.

This month we began a new unit of Math. We are making 3-D Shapes with playdough and paper. We are sorting 3-D shapes according to attributes like names (cube, pyramid, sphere, cylinder, rectangular prism or cone) shapes of faces (square, triangle, circle, rectangle) and edges (curved or flat).
We will search for  examples of 3-D shapes in our environment. These pictures feature their paper cubes, which were turned into dice, and cubes in the classroom.

Another part of this unit is creating graphs and reading them. "Roll your dice, now tell us what number you rolled. Look at our graph and tell me what number was rolled least, most and if any are tied."

We were sad to say good-bye to Mrs. Willford, she was with us all last year and at the end of most days this year. Mrs. Pearson is excited to have moved from the School Librarian to Education Assistant.

Kindergarten is snow much fun!

Pre-Kindergarten - November 2019

Pre-Kindergarten November 2019
When our outside playtime happens to be recess, the Pre-K students love finding their brothers, sisters and cousins.

 

Play and Exploration - Allows children to learn while they actively engage in what is interesting to them. Colouring pictures that the students can connect with increases the likelihood of practicing pincher grip and conversations. 

Sensory activities allow creativity and satisfaction for tactile needs and social or independent play.

 


Blocks give opportunity to practice balance, symmetry, categorization, creativity and more social/language development.

Dramatic play let's us be heroes, villains, doctors, patients police officers, criminals, musicians, carpenters and so much more. I can't tell you how many needles I have been given this month, I am sure to stay strong though germ season.

 

Small pieces give us sorting, organizing and storytelling opportunities. The block people are all friends, there is a traffic jam on the light table and the animals must stay with their group.

Books and pillows allow down time that can be alone or with friends.

Good-bye Mrs. Willford we will miss you.








Welcome to our classrom of Play and Exploration, Mrs. Pearson!