Check out the learning in December

These students built a city on top of the sand table. "It is a water city with dolphin's around it and water of course" exclaimed one of the girls. "We made it tall and the people live at the top" said the other student.

We have been exploring 2-D and 3-D shapes and figures throughout our program. The children were excited with our large geo board that Mrs. DeYoung brought in for the class to explore.

Today when the children arrived, we added yarn. It's awesome how the children attached the yarn to make their shape pictures almost immediately.

"We made a flower bed for the dance show!"

These girls asked me to take pictures as they walked closer to me. They wanted to see how the picture looked as they got closer ...

The children have been making stages and trying to create music by banging on the blocks. Mrs. DeYoung challenged them by asking them; "How can we make different sounds?"

They first tried hitting the blocks at different speeds and strengths. The next challenge we gave them was; "I wonder what it would sound like using other items in the block centre?"

At the water table this week, Mrs. Olafson put in different items for the children to explore transferring water from different containers. They enjoyed pouring the water and exploring ways to make the mill spin fast and slow.

Colour mixing

We put containers with water and the dried out markers in the water table for them to explore....

 Building and constructing is popular with all the children.

September was a busy month.

September was a busy month getting to know our new friends in the class, welcoming back our friends from last year and getting back to the routines of school. We are very proud of all the children and how they have adjusted to school. We wanted to thank our SK's for the help and guidance they gave our new JK and SK friends.

This student helped build a stage, then he performed a song for us.

The sand table was a popular place to explore.

We are very lucky to have classroom computer.

This student helped us sort out all the food and dishes in our Drama Centre.

Mrs. DeYoung brought in some old cameras for the drama centre.

We are excited to have our own listening centre this year. 

Last year we collected several items for our drama centre that all the students continue to enjoy. We welcome any dress clothes to add to our collection.

                                         

Block Centre

This student worked the entire activity time building his castle. He was so proud of his work, he made a stop sign so he could work on it later on in the day.

 Team Work

A group of students worked together to build a ramp for the cars and trucks in the classroom. They worked together to solve several structure problems; such as the ramp falling, the cars moving too slow or too fast and the large blocks falling over. At the end of this centre time, they decided to put a stop sign on their work as well because they wanted to figure out how to stop the cars from going too fast and losing them under tables and shelves.

Mrs. Fanelli; another FDL Teacher;  had a awesome idea of putting different materials for the children to cut. Mrs. Olafson decided to use her idea. This is a great fine motor activity and a way for us to assess the children's cutting skills.

 

Apple Printing

 

New Friends