The children have made lots of Christmas projects over the last few weeks: Our Class Tree Everyone made a glitter ornament for the tree. First they had to put the tree in order - from biggest piece to smallest. The end results were great: Christmas Presents We hope that you liked your Christmas present. We made the fingerprint candy cane picture, stamped the gift bag, and created the Santa gift tag. It was a lot of work but they turned out pretty cute!
0 Comments
As a part of Math, we created 'candy canes' patterns. The children did an awesome job of demonstrating their knowledge of patterning - and in such a fun way! Our finished products: As a part of Social Studies, we went on a number of journeys around the world on our "magic carpet" to learn about different celebrations that go on during December. We focused on our own family traditions but then learned that other people in the world have their own special celebrations and traditions. Sometimes these traditions are similar to ours and sometimes they are very different. We flew to Israel to learn about Hanukkah, to the continent of Africa to learn about Kwanza, and to Mexico to learn about Las Posadas. In celebration of Hanukkah, we made menorahs: Some even tried to spin the dreidel: We "flew to Mexico", learned the traditional song Feliz Navidad, and did the Mexican Hat Dance. We made poinsettias - a traditional Mexican flower.
I set out "loose parts" to provoke some learning. The focus was on the Core Competency of Creative Thinking. Loose parts allow for open-ended learning. Because they aren't "glued down" the children can adapt and manipulate the pieces in a variety of ways. Then it's easy for a child to change and re-design their creations, especially as their thinking changes. Sometimes I will ask a question when I provide the children with provocations but this time I just provided them with objects to see what would inspire them. Watching and communicating with their peers also allowed for new inspirations and ideas. They were very excited to try many new creations with the same materials.
The School District runs a program called "You Can Count On Me" to help promote math skills. It was great that so many parents were able to attend the session to learn math games and then teach and play them with their child. What a fun way to spend time with your child and also practice math! Families that were able to attend got to take home a package of math materials to play the games. We hope that this will encourage families to play math games throughout the year to help further develop math skills. Everyone made a paper bag house for our neighbourhood. They put their house number on the house and then added details. Many of the children made other things that we would find in our neighbourhood - cars, people, trees, bushes, flowers, pools, signs, mailboxes, parks, and even a cabin in the woods! The children did an amazing job of thinking up many different things that we might find in a neighbourhood.
|
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
Categories |