We made bows & bells to decorate our tree. We also made poinsettias, It made our classroom look so festive!
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Our Christmas Playhouse has provided many opportunities for the students to imagine and dramatize their play. Dramatic play brings out the students' imagination as they come up with different ways to play together. Sharing materials and communicating politely with classmates are necessary with this kind of play. It also allows for the children to learn conflict resolution as the play doesn't always go their way! This helps them to learn creative problem-solving skills alongside their peers.
As a part of Math, we did some estimating. We had to guess how many jingle bells were in the two jars. We started with the big jar. Once we had estimated and then counted that one, we then guessed the number in the small jar. Once we knew how many bells were in the big jar, we knew that there must be fewer in the second jar because it was smaller. Our guesses are below. The students' initials are beside their guess. How many do YOU think there are? Here are our guesses...and the answers are the numbers in the black boxes. How did you do? 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! Build a sleigh for Santa: This activity gives the children the chance to do some thinking about what would be needed for the sleigh and how to use the provided materials. Their construction has to be well thought out in order to not break. This fits nicely with our Applied Design, Skills, & Technologies curriculum. Christmas Pokey Pins: This activity provides the students with fine motor practice as they have to poke the pin through the holes to make the design. At the end - pull off the white stencil sheet, hold the coloured construction paper to the window for the light to shine through, and voila - you have the outline of your design. Holiday Word Books: This activity provides students with the opportunity to draw pictures and practice copying and printing words. To make it more fun, the booklet cover is a Christmas napkin! Decorate a Tree: 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. 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. Of course, all of these activities allow the students to practice sharing materials with their table group and to converse and get new ideas from those sitting around them!
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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
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