I am a Pizza

The Kindergarten Students in room 3 love the song I am a Pizza. Please select the link below to check it out. We are hoping to plan a trip to Pizza Pizza to see how Pizza is made.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2Zwvyhms8c

Scientist in the School visit

Take a look at some of the things we did at school when Scientist Lesley visited. We learned all about the five senses.

We talked about the sense of sight and learned about braille.

We made 3-D glasses.

We used our sense of touch to find out what object we were touching in the box while our eyes were shut.

We used our sense of touch to feel what was in the bag and use the pictures to figure out which object it was.

We used our sense of touch to learn new words to describe how things feel.

We used our sense of hearing to shake the tubes and guess what sounds we were hearing.

Learning about sound.

These bags have different materials that children can discover their senses with. For example in the Smell bag you could have different things that smell such as; a flower, a bag of coffee and while children have their eyes closed you can ask them to tell you what they smell.

Check out our new reading area and other centers

Thank you to Ms. Dutton for making our a beautiful reading area and puppet theater area.

We examined the inside of the snake guard and then used the pieces for painting with.

We talked about healthy foods to eat and cut out food from a flyer to put onto a plate.

Our snake guard.We spent a few weeks discovering what it was, and then cut it open to examine what was inside.

Using Geoboards to make shapes.

Making Vegetable soup in the water table.

See what's happening in our class this week

Here is a new song we have been learning. Ask your child to show you the actions.

Here is our new word wall we made it as a class.

We created different types of maps; outer space maps, community maps, and princess maps.

We talked about what animals we wanted to learn more about. Click the picture to enlarge and see what we said.

Jasmine wants to learn more about caterpillars.

Mekai wanted to learn how bunnies get carrots.

Our Class Tree

We had a great week making our own tree. The idea started when we found a large box and children decided to make it into a tree. We painted it, created leaves, made birds and animals and made a hole for animals to go into. We then went outside to find natural materials such as sticks and branches to put on our tree. We decrorated our tree with all our artwork and natural materials. We had a great time throwing leaves around and pretending that the leaves were falling from the tree. Next week we are going to do some research on animals that we might find in our tree.

More photos of Kindergarten Room 3

We wrote our own recipe to make pasta.

Kindergarten News

Each day before we go home we ask the children to share something special they did at school or something they learned today.

We talked about thanksgiving and asked the children what they are thankful for.

Kindergarten News

Our Inquiry

Will the fish eggs hatch in water?

Literacy Activities in Kindergarten

 Below you will see pictures of fun activities you can do at home to build literacy skills.

Chalboards and chalk

You can get some side walk chalk and have fun writing outside.

Magnetic Letters

Have your child use magentic letters to write their name and the names of family members.

Read together

 After reading together in a book write about your favourite part, something the book reminds you of, change the ending or draw the characters from the story.

Write together

Here we were writing about what vegetables we want to put into our soup. At home write about experinces such as cooking together, going to the park, etc. Have your child draw pictures and help them to sound out words or write for them.

Use shaving cream on a tray and practice to write letters in the cream with your fingers.

Put rice into a container and have your child practice writing letters.

In the dramatic play area, children use their imaginations to create puppet shows. They are building their oral language skills. You can create a puppet theater at home. Ask your child to use recylced items to make one.

                                 
     Put sand in a container and use your finger to make letters. You could also use a straw to write with.


If you have any suggestions please post a comment below.
Have fun trying some of these activities!