As part of their first written report card, I always ask the students about their favourite activities at school. Where do they like to play at Kindergarten? What is the best part of their day? We have been together now for almost three months and they were all quick to answer. Some students found their favourites as soon as they stepped into the room, while others took some time to observe and settle in. You will be able to read your child’s reflection on these questions in the report that went home today!

Division 21 invites you on a virtual tour of our classroom, to see where they love to spend their time at school. We are working on this blog together, so to begin with, we have chosen some favourite places to play at Explorations.

 

Tunnels, Tracks and Towers

We LOVE to build. We combine all sorts of building materials to create tunnels and tracks that stretch from one side of the room to the other – sometimes even building under furniture. Some tracks are for balls to travel on and others are for cars. We work together to build the tallest towers possible.

click here to see a short tunnels video

 

 

The Kitchen

We LOVE to pretend. There is a corner in our room that our class has decided is “the kitchen.” It is located under the tree with the fairy lights. There is no sink or stove – just a play arch and a light table – which means that it can be anything you can imagine it to be. Early on, our class imagined that it was a place to cook, so we added some jewels, small pots and muffin tins. Many delicious things are created here every day. Over time, it has been transforming into a restaurant. We have added clipboards for taking orders and a cash register so customers can pay for their food – even when the customers are cats!

 

 

The Water Table

We LOVE to play in water. Many students listed the water table as one of their favourite places to play at Kindergarten. Some love to splash, scoop, drip water drop by drop and pour water from one container to the next. Others find stories when the frogs or whales or penguins are in the table. Sometimes, there is no water at all, such as when we used magnifying glasses and tweezers to look carefully at sunflowers like scientists.

 

 

We hope you have enjoyed this first virtual visit to our room. More sneak peeks coming soon!