This Week in Kindergarten!

The children are hard at work Monday decorating the Valentine envelopes that they designed last week.

There were lots of hearts, ribbon, jewels, stickers and doilies at each table.

The morning class' envelopes.

The afternoon class' envelopes.

We started to learn about the voyageur at the beginning of February.  The children are enjoying the adventures of Paul et Suzanne and learning about le Festival du Voyageur.

We practiced naming the voyageur clothing.

We also played a game on the SMARTboard called "Où est le castor?"  Where is the Beaver?  Together we name an object on the board and try to find the beaver.

We practice upper-case and lower-case letters of the alphabet as well as letter sounds each day.  The children name the letters as I go through each "tuque rouge".  When they see the words Hé-Ho, they raise their arms in the air and shout like the Voyageur "Hé-Ho!"

We ended off the week exploring Valentine centres.

We played lower-case Valentine bingo.

The boys and girls also played with linking hearts.

Who will be the first to fill their heart shaped ice cube tray.

Valentine tic-tac-toe.  Les coeurs (hearts) et les fleurs (flowers).  The boys and girls were quick to tell me that coeur and fleur were rhyming words.

Learning new strategies to try blocking our opponent.

The afternoon class enjoying Valentine puzzles.

Patiently waiting for our next turn.

The children added the correct amount of heart links to the numbered cards.  Some of the students also made pattern necklaces.

We also found a few minutes to play a guessing game asking the question "Qui a le coeur?" (Who has the heart?).

Happy Valentine's Day!
Joyeuse St. Valentin!