This Week in Kindergarten!

        This was a very different first week of kindergarten for Mme Godin and all of her classmates.  

                  We have been practicing social distancing and using our own personal supplies.
 

                                We explored many of the toys and games in the classroom.

 We started off the week bringing individual bins of toys to our tables.  Mme Godin would then sanitize the toys and we would choose a different bin.

                        Groups of 2 students were allowed to play at the wooden garage station.

                                           As well as at the dollhouse and the kitchen area.

                                                                 Individual lego bins.

                      All of the students were eager to explore the new materials in the classroom.

                         Don't forget to send a spoon if your child needs one for snack time.

                                                          Hard at work building cubes.

                                          Using foam blocks to make the letters in his name.

                                                      Getting to know our new classmates.

When we enter the classroom, the children put on their indoor shoes, place their Take-Home ziplock bag on the table and hang up their jackets and backpacks on their chairs.  Everyone has an envelope with their name on to store their masks if they are wearing one and need a mask break.

                                                        Learning the word walk "marche".

                                                  
                                        We also practiced the words "saute" jump and "cours" run.

Playing counting games on the SMARTboard.

                                                    Practicing to hold our pencils correctly.

                                              We also practiced tracing and printing small lines.

                                                     All of the students worked so hard.

                                                    Mme Godin read a book about bus rules.

We are practicing to say "Bonjour" and "Au revoir" and repeating "Est-ce que je peux aller aux toilettes s'il-vous-plait?"   (May, I please go to the washroom?)

    I had the students print their names on the first day of school to put in their learning portfolio.

                                                 They also drew a picture of themselves.

Learning all about circles "les cercles".  The children each have a tennis ball in their personal bin so that they can actively participate on the SMARTboard  without spreading germs.

As you can see it was a very busy week.  I asked the children what their favourite thing about school was this week.  Here are some of the answers...

- playing on the structure

- playing with the toys

- playing outside in the field

- learning new french words

- learning to count in french

- meeting new friends

- playing on the SMARTboard