We decided that we want to be a bucket filling class so we took the bucket filling oath. We are working at trying to fill our class bucket - every time someone does something that fills are buckets we put a jewel into our class bucket. Hopefully we can fill it by the end of the year!!
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We enjoyed playing a new Math partner game called Falling Leaves. Not only did the children practice Math skills such as counting, comparing, and reading a die, but they also were engaged in a variety of social skills. The children have to practice communicating, taking turns, following the rules of the game, and practicing the virtue of patience. All of these skills are important for being a good partner!
This week we read the book "Have You Filled A Bucket Today?" by Carol McCloud. The book explains that everyone carries an invisible bucket that contains our feelings. When our buckets are full, we feel great but when our buckets are empty, we feel sad. In the classroom we have been focusing on being "bucket fillers" - someone who says or does nice things for other people. By being bucket fillers, the children not only fill other people's buckets but also their own at the same time. We looked at different scenarios and then the children had to group them into whether they were "bucket fillers" or "bucket dippers". They have a very good idea of the differences! The children each created their own buckets and gave some examples of what fills their buckets. Monday, September 30th was Orange Shirt Day - a day that we take time to remember all of those families affected by Residential School. We learned about Phyllis Webstad and enjoyed reading the book, Phyllis's Orange Shirt about when she went to Residential School. We also watched her video. www.orangeshirtday.org. We talked about this at a very basic level – about how we would miss our families and how we are so lucky to go to a school near our homes and to see our families every day! We discussed what we love about coming to school. Together we brainstormed words expressing how WE feel when we’re at school. The children each made a paper feather and then they chose a word to describe how they feel when they’re here.
We created our own class book based on the Todd Parr book. We called it "What We Like To Do At School". Each child contributed a page to the book. "Can you decorate a gingerbread man?"Using "loose parts" the children had a chance to decorate a gingerbread man. The idea behind loose parts is that you use different materials to explore, build, create, and design an infinite number of 'masterpieces'. This allows for the students to focus on the Core Competency of Creative Thinking. Q-Tip PaintingQ-Tip painting not only provides the children with a fun way to explore with paint, it's also a great way to help develop a child's fine motor skills. The fine 'pinch' grip required to hold the small Q-tip in place and to move it around the paper to paint is ideal for building on those smaller muscles of the hand. The children got to Q-Tip paint a gingerbread man.
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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
March 2023
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