September 2012

Here are the students of our 2012-2013 school year.

 

The children have had a busy, exciting month and have been busy exploring all the centres in our classroom.

Sand Table

Water Table

White Board

These girls were very proud of all the words they were able to print on the white board. They worked as a team! One of the girls would find a word or name in the class while the other student would guard the board and then print it on the whiteboard. Their list was much longer but unfortunately when they decided to both go and find words, part of their list was erased. They decided that next time they would make a stop sign to put on the board if they both left to find words to print. 

What's a show without a snack. These boys decided to turn the puppet theatre into a restaurant.  They called it "Hotdog Dino".  They decided the audience needed some snacks while watching the music and dance show.  Unfortunately, the show was over before we were able to take some pictures of our young performers, chefs and servers.


Block Center

These boys had a great time building a stage and putting on a show. They also enjoyed experimenting with different materials to create music, singing familiar songs as well as making up their own songs.

This student enjoyed showing off his guitar and singing songs.

Team work and problem solving.

These girls worked for several days building "The tallest skyscraper ever in our classroom".

First they tried with the large Lasey pieces.  They were happy but they wanted it taller.  They noticed that there were more smaller pieces and decided if they worked together they could build a taller one because there was more smaller pieces.

They built another skyscraper using the smaller pieces and were excited they built one taller then the first. They said the one with the small pieces was taller because it was bigger (they pointed to the space between the two skyscrapers).

The next day they built one joining both the larger pieces and smaller pieces and even added some tape for support.

Their final skyscraper had 2 levels and used both small and large pieces. During the construction of their skyscraper, they had many other children that joined them and gave suggestions on how to make it stronger and bigger. 

Outdoor Learning