EHS Kindergarten Blog 2019-2020

Today was a great last day of Kindergarten before the Christmas break. Thank you to everyone who sent materials in for us to use to make elf traps. We read the story "How to Catch an Elf" and went to work designing our own traps. It was great to see so many creative ways to catch an elf. The Eric Harvie Kindergarten team would like to wish you and your family a wonderful Christmas break. We hope you create many wonderful memories with your kiddos! We look forward to seeing everyone back at school in January and to hearing about all of your winter break adventures! There is no school tomorrow, December 20 as it is Professional Development day for teachers.  School starts  onTuesday, January 7, 2020. Happy Holidays and all the best in 2020! Mrs.Conley, Mrs.Mask & Mrs.Watterson

Today we had Ms. Pharyne, a nutritionist, come in and speak to the children about healthy food choices. She talked about the different food groups and what makes us healthy and strong. She showed us a recipe to make homemade granola and we got to make our own yogurt parfaits. Each student came home with a little package from the presentation. Ask your child what they learned about. Thank you to the parent volunteers who came in and helped today. We really are so thankful for all the extra help from you all! :) AM kindergarten did caroling in the gym. It was a lot of fun! ( PM will carol tomorrow) We read the story, "The Christmas S Elfie Content. Ask your child about what message the author was writing about. The children wrote in their journals about if they were an elf for a day how would they show kindness.  We went on a letter and word hunt and wrote down words around the classroom. Can you have a word hunt (letter hunt) at home? Many of the children were surprised ho

We made a Christmas present in our math journals by glueing in a pattern. We also practiced making patterns with actions.  Practice with your child at home and see if you can make a variety of patterns using actions. AM- We went outside for gym. It was a beautiful day to get some fresh air. We had a fun time. PM- kindergarten students went to the Choir's Winter Concert. The Grade 1-4 Choir students did an amazing job! We introduced the letter K. What sound does it make? Can you find items at home that begin with k? Tomorrow (Wednesday, Dec.18) Food Impact will be doing a short presentation and making a yogurt parfait with all of our Kindergarten students. Please note that the cost of the program is $5 per student which will be part of your kindergarten field trip fees. Unfortunately the fees are not available online yet to pay but should be in the new year. Please DO NOT send any money to school.  We will be using yogurt, bananas, berries, WOWBUTTER, oats, flaxseeds, c

Today we had Christmas craft centers. We had the chance to paint reindeer, cut out trees for a snowy forest, make a gingerbread man or a Santa hat Christmas card, a green yarn tree with pompoms or a paper tree.  It was great to see everyone being so merry as they crafted! Thank you to the parent volunteers who came to help us with the glue guns! We appreciate the help! Mrs. Mask's classes had music and Mrs. Conley's class played in the hub and Mrs. Watterson's class had gym. The gym will not be available to students tomorrow so Kindergarten will be going outside. Please dress your child appropriately! We played math games.We play go fish, power of ten, splat and our number line game. Tomorrow is Christmas Sweater day! Thank you to everyone who wore Christmas socks. We love to see everyone so festive! On Wednesday, Dec.18 Food Impact will be doing a short presentation and making a yogurt parfait with all of our Kindergarten students. Please note that the cost of

Today we drew in our journals about our favorite Jan Brett story we have read so far. Ask your child about their favourite story. Have them retell the story and ask about the setting and characters. We looked at the number 2 and used our math journals to come up with where we find 2 in our world. We talked about how the number two is represented and where we find it. See if you can find examples at home. 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.) We showcased what they have learned in the Green Fools Residency. The students did an amazing job demonstrating their circus skills. Thank you to all the parents who came to be our audience!!

We practiced creating, extending and copying pattern during arrival center. We are identifying the core of the pattern and then creating patterns (AB, AAB, ABB, ABC, ABBC etc) We had Mr. Kelly come and work with us on a special painting project. He entertained us with stories and showed us different painting techniques using plastic wrap and salt. The AM students learned about using number lines and practiced making a human number lines and counted forwards and backwards from 1-10 and 10-1. The PM kindergarten students showcased what they have learned in the Green Fools Residency. The students did an amazing job demonstrating their circus skills. Thank you to all the parents who came to be our audience!!  (Sorry we forgot to take pictures of the afternoon during the showcase!) AM Kindergarten  classes will be in the Thunder Dome from 11:00am – 12:00pm; with families invited from 11:15am – 11:45am. The PM kindergarten drew in our journals about our favorite Jan Brett story we