EHS Kindergarten Blog 2019-2020

Today we read the story, "Winter is the Warmest Season" and spoke about all the activities and things we see and do in Winter. We thought about what the title of the of the book and thought about how winter could be warm. We brainstormed ideas then read the story. We did a journal entry. Winter is the warmest season because..... Ask your child what they wrote about. We went to the gym and played our circle Baker game. We had Wonder Time today. Our challenge was, "Can you build a 2 story home for your stuffy?" We had time to explore and use different materials and then planned and built out our 2 story homes. We asked our learners to think about how their stuffy will get from one floor to the next? How will the stuffy stay warm? What does your structure need to include (roof, rooms, stairs etc.) Ask your child what they used to create their structures. What challenges did they have? Was your structure sturdy, strong or weak?  What did they learn? Have a wond

Mr. Kelly came to do an art lesson with us. He continued to talk to us about how we are all artists as we can draw simple shapes to make anything. We love when Mr. Kelly comes to visit us as he is such an awesome storyteller. The AM students read the story, Little Bot and Sparrow and used simple shapes to create robots. The PM students read the story, Superhero Instruction Manual and used simple shapes to create superheroes. The students are doing an amazing job with their drawings! All classes went to gym. The students participated in circuits. Which one did they like best? We finished our monster color wheel . Talk to your child about what they have learned about colours. Tomorrow is a PM kindergarten morning. Please remember to bring a small stuffie for our building wonder time. It needs to no bigger than 4" (ie. beanie boo keychain). Please refer to the picture below for size comparison.

Today we read the story, Monsters Love Colors. We talked about our primary and secondary colors and looked at a color wheel. We used the primary colors to do some color mixing and make our own color wheel monsters. Ask your child about the primary colors and what happens when we mix them together. In the AM class, we had a special guest nurse, Winter Ghostkeeper come and visit us. She spoke to our class about Cancer. She read us a story and showed us some pictures all about it. The children made kick cancer keychains. We played a Shape prediction game. Will the 3d object roll or stack? We made predictions about the 3D objects (sphere, cylinder, cube, cone and pyramid) Ask your child what they learned about the objects. The PM classes had gym today. What did they play in gym in today? A reminder that Friday is a PM kindergarten day. For Friday, please bring a small stuffie for our building wonder time. It needs to no bigger than 4" (ie. beanie boo keychain). Please refer to

Today we read the book "Mouse Paint".  We learned that red, blue and yellow are the primary colors.  The mice in the book found paint and jumped into the paint pots to make new colors.  We learned that the mice made the secondary colors!  It was fun mixing red and blue to make purple, mixing yellow and blue to make green and mixing red and yellow to make orange.   Kindergarten had music and gym today.  Please ask your child what they did today in the gym or music. We are continuing to work on the letters of the alphabet.  We have worked on p, b, t, d, f, & v.  Please ask your child what sounds the letters make and have your child go on an alphabet hunt to find these letters! Please remember that Friday is a PM day.  There is no school for AM Kindergarten.

We read Pete the Cat, I Love My White Shoes in the morning and The Deep Blue Sea in the afternoon. We then spoke about what we already know about color. We will be focusing on color exploration. Where do we see color in our community? Here are some things that our learners already know about colour: "They can be dark and light." - Parker "There can be lots of different colors of purple." - Brooklyn "If you add white to it, it gets lighter." - Simon With our focus on colors this week, please send your children to school in clothing that can get messy. We will be exploring with paint most days. Thank you. We reviewed the letter F introduced a new letter. We looked at the letter V and the sound it makes. We created the letters we know using our bodies and also with loose parts. We have learned P, B. T. D. F, V. Ask your child how to make these sounds. Mrs. Mask's classes went to Music and Mrs. Conley and Mrs. Watterson's classes went to g

We read the book, Clothesline Clues For Jobs That People Do and talked about the tools that community helpers use to do their job. The children played a sorting and matching game where they had to find all the tools for a certain community helper. We practiced our Community Helpers Poem. It is attached below so you can practice reading it at home. Students played a Guess Who Community helpers partner game. Students had to describe a community helper they had in their cards and their partner had to guess the helper based on their description. Can you play this game at home or while you are driving around the neighbourhood? Mrs Mask's classes went to gym and Mrs. Conley and Mrs.Watterson's classes went to gym. Check out Mr. Der or Mrs. Coulson's blog to find out what activities your children are engaged in. Tomorrow is National Child Day - celebrating the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. To recognize this day it is customary to wea

Today was an outstanding day in Kindergarten.  We talked about what makes up a community and the interesting places we can find right in our own community of Tuscany.  We continued to explore community helpers and the jobs they do in our community.  We completed a journal response where we drew a picture of what we want to be when we grow up. Our arrival centers included a chance to explore shapes.  We built buildings with shapes, used plasticine & toothpicks to make 3-D shapes, used geo-boards & elastics to make shapes and played shape roll & write.  Please ask your child what shape center they explored today. Please note the learning commons is closed this week for book exchange due to the set up of the book fair. There is NO school Thursday Nov 21 and Friday Nov 22 for Kindergarten due to parent teacher interviews.  Please book a conference to discuss your child's progress with their responsibility teacher.  It is essential that teachers meet with all families

Today we read the story, "I am Human" and talked about different emotions. We spoke about how we can show kindness and empathy towards each other. We traced a hand print, cut it out and wrote our name on them and we are placing them in a heart together to show that we are all working together to create a peaceful community. We continued to talk about community helpers in our community. We went outside and played at the playground for a movement break. After we sat at the outdoor amphitheater and Ms. Standing read the story "Ish" by Peter Reynolds. We talked about shapes we see in nature and had to find an item in nature that looked like a shape. Ask your child what they found and what shape 'ish' the item looked like. We drew and wrote in our journals. Many of us drew about what we are excited about. We painted the firetrucks we sketched with watercolors. Please check your emails for a note in regards to parent teacher conference next Thursday Nove