Using the Creative Thinking Core Competency, the children made their own 'Love Bug' using loose parts. Next, the children did some writing about their Love Bug in their "I Am An Author" book.
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Playing Love Bug Toss and giving each other compliments Playing Pass the Heart Trying to find the other half of our "Broken Hearts" Enjoying our party food!
Together we thought about what would happen if we would got an early spring or if we continued with more winter. The children each decided what they would prefer and why: This was what greeted the students in preparation for Chinese New Year - our table of Chinese "artifacts". This is called provocation - a way to provoke the curiosity and interest of students. Chinese LanternsOur Jar CandlesWestmount Chinese RestaurantWe opened the Westmount Chinese Restaurant in our Dramatic Play area. The children enjoyed serving the "food". We even had visits from Ms. Mabee and Mrs. Connolly! Our Chinese food at our playhouse was a great place to practice using chopsticks. What a challenge! The children practiced role-playing financial transactions using our play money and cash register. The Year of the RatThis year is the Year of the Rat. We also figured out that we were born in the Year of the Horse. The children tried writing those Chinese characters. It was tricky! We made our own stand-up rats Our Lucky SignsChinese LunchWe finished off our Chinese New Year theme by joining our friends in Mrs. Zirnhelt's Grade Two class for a Chinese lunch. Following Chinese tradition we brought our friends a gift - an orange, which is a symbol of good luck and wealth. It was a great experience for the children to try foods that many had not tried before!
Some of our Winter Work:Melted SnowmenIt's a blizzard!Magic MittensScarf SnowmenLoose Parts - SnowflakesThe Mitten by Jan BrettSnowball Toss |
AuthorI'm Mrs. MacDonald. Welcome to a window into our kindergarten classroom. My goal of this blog is to give you an opportunity to see some of the things that we are doing at school. Enjoy! Archives
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