This Week in Kindergarten!

What a beautiful turkey the kindergarten students surprised me with upon my return from my compassionate leave!

The boys and girls all did a great job decorating their turkey feathers.

Sorting objects according to colours on the SMARTboard (jaune, rouge, bleu, vert).

Practicing to trace horizontal lines.

We also traced over curves (les courbes).

This week we started Discovery Bins.

There are a variety of materials at each of the four group tables in the classroom.

This keeps the children engaged in a fun activity even before announcements and O, Canada!

By the end of the week the students will have completed all 4 tasks.

The boys and girls used their imaginations to create many interesting things with these special connecting lines and curves.

Making trees and counting leaves.

Number tangrams.

Small wooden cubes.

The afternoon class creating objects.

They even made lines and trees with the small branches.

We also learn to share materials during discovery time.

I will change the materials at the tables every few weeks.

Another week, hard at play!

The children enjoy the marble maze runs.

The kitchen area continues to be a popular center.

And more creative play at the art table.

Practicing to name the number of dots on the die without having to count them.

The first step was to print their names at the bottom of the paper.

The second step was to draw a tree without leaves.

The third step was to colour the tree with a brown marker.  The final step was to add leaves with sponges dipped in yellow, orange and red paint.  I will add photos of the completed art work next week.

We took advantage of the nice weather to explore our outdoor classroom and look for signs of fall.  We discovered that the leaves were falling from the trees.

Some trees had no leaves.

Some homes were decorated for Halloween!  Another sign that it is fall (l'automne).

Les groupes 1 et 2 sitting in our outdoor classroom.

Les groupes 3 et 4 getting ready to have a discussion about fall.

We also took some time to play in the leaves.

Les groupes 1 et 2.

Les groupes 3 et 4.

We sang a song about l'automne (fall).  I will try to record the children singing outside next week.

And another very busy week is done in kindergarten!!!