Kemeta Dawson
Centers are an integral part of the Kindergarten classroom. It is within centers that we give the kids an opportunity to practice their skills.
This week our Math focus was on counting sets of numbers reliably.
After short lessons on the rug, the kids then set off to tackle various tasks on their own. Take a look.
To wrap up our study of dinosaurs, Kindergarten enjoyed a day of prehistoric fun and games! Students were divided into teams and given dinosaur names, then competed in games such as “Pin the plates on Steggy” and “Feed the T-rex”
We enjoyed dino snacks such as dinosaur scales (potato chips), dino bones (pretzel sticks), herbivore food (fruit platter), carnivore food (sausages), and swamp juice (fruit punch)
The highlight of the morning was an all-out dinosaur hunt where our junior paleontologists dug up dinosaurs and bones from the sand pit. Some of the dinos didn’t want to go extinct, and were still hanging around above ground.
At the end we tallied all the points to see which team won! The yellow Pteradactyls led the competition, but it was a close game, and everyone had tons of fun :).
After lunch we watched “The Good Dinosaur” and enjoyed a beautiful (and delicious!) cake made by one of our students!
Overall the day was a ROARING success!
Caribbean kids never get a snow day from school. In Kindergarten we’ve been reading books about snow this week, so we thought we would bring the snow day TO school!
Shaving cream+Corn starch makes a marvelously messy, soft, fluffy “snow” that we were able to make into snowballs, snowmen, and snowy mountains. Our classroom floor looked like it had snowed inside afterwards, but thankfully it sweeps up easily! 😉
Last month our Math focus in Kindergarten was shapes and patterns. We explored both 2-d (flat) shapes and 3-d (solid) shapes, practiced counting sides, corners, and flat faces, and identified real-world objects that are each shape. Below are some shapes and patterns Kindergarten B found around the school.
Ok fact number 1- We live on an island.
Fact number 2- We have lots of sea creatures that are totally interesting and fascinating.
This month we studied all that the sea has to offer and show us.
We learnt about relationships between animals in the sea. We learnt about different kinds of animals- fish, reptiles, mammals that all call the sea their home.
So naturally at the culmination of the trip, we get to touch and feel some of these things.
Have a look at our field trips to Turtle Farm Wildlife Encounter AND Dolphin Discovery Water park. Both establishments had highly trained well polished professionals that made us learn even when we played.
Mrs. Galvoa, our Aide loves worship time and often leads worship in Chapel. At the request of many of the kinders, they joined her in our last chapel to help bolster the rafters. Take a look.
Click on the video link to see the kinders in full swing.IMG_0065
Here in Kindergarten, we usually alternate weeks between show and tell and cooking. This week, we “cooked” something a little different – play dough!
All it takes is 2 Cups of flour
1 Cup of salt
1 Cup of water
and a Dash of oil
and we added a secret ingredient…..glitter!
Then you just mix it up!
and enjoy! Play dough is great for building fine motor skills, and helps develop the muscles needed to write and draw neatly. It’s also loads of fun! Look at some of the creative things we made:
Parents, your child should have come home with an envelope last Friday containing a book and a reading log. I am hoping that each child will make a habit of spending 20 minutes every day reading. These folders should be returned on Thursdays so a new book can be sent home each Friday.
20 minutes may seem daunting, but never fear! It does not have to be all at once, and it does not have to be only your child reading to you. In fact, children learn many skills that will help them learn to read better just by listening to you read to them.
The 20 minutes also does not have to be only the book sent from school. Your child should be able to read this book to you at least once during the week, but they do not have to read it every day. Please let me know if a book I send seems way too hard or easy for your child. We Give Books is a nice website to read books online with a free sign-up. They have many different levels of books as well.
Please do not feel like you must log every single book or every single minute exactly. The reading log is as much for YOU as it is for me. The important thing is that your child is making it a habit to spend time reading and enjoying books every day, not that something is written in the reading log.
Reading Rockets has some good tips for building language skills at home as well. If you would like any additional tips or ideas for helping your child at home, just ask!
Here are the rest of the Kindergarten stories for your enjoyment!
