This Week in Kindergarten!

This week I left a few new provocations set up in the classroom.  The students were asked if they could create a snowflake.

They could also create snowflakes by rubbing wax crayons over snowflake templates.

Many beautiful snowflakes were created!  One little girl decided that it would be fun to make her name using the materials at this center.  Very creative!

The boys and girls really enjoyed discovering the beautiful snowflakes after rubbing a wax crayon over the paper.  "It was like magic" one of the students said.

Printing the letter M.

Exploring tally marks.

The children practiced printing the number 5.

How many?

A guessing game on the number line.  One of the children told me a number (quietly so no one could hear) and the rest of the class took turns guessing the number.  I would ask the child who picked the number if the number that his/her friend picked was plus que (more than) or moins que (less than) the correct number.  There is a stick on the number 9 and a stick on the number 5 so the children guessing know that it is bigger than 5 and smaller than 9.

Playing insect jenga with a friend.

I believe these boys built a rocket ship.

Building with small wooden blocks.

Ordering boxes by size to build a castle.