Handprints are always messy, but fun! The children really enjoyed this Thanksgiving/Fall activity.
Parents: What other types of hand-print crafts have your children done at home? Feel free to comment.
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Category: Art
Terry Fox Run & Orange Shirt Day
September 29th was our school’s Terry Fox Run, as well as Orange Shirt Day. Ms. Price, our Aboriginal Resource Teacher, visited our classroom to tell us the story about Phyllis’ experience at a residential school.
Having Orange Shirt Day on the same day as the Terry Fox Run was a good opportunity to talk about Terry Fox’s Métis ancestry. Thank you Parents for your donations to the Terry Fox Foundation. As a school, we surpassed our goal and raised…
More photos from the run:
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
At the beginning of the year when students are learning how to write their names, we always have fun reading the book, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. All the letters climb up the coconut tree until the tree bends… “Will there be enough room?” No, because all the letters fall out! The book has a great rhythm and there’s even a song that goes with it. See YouTube video below.
Students made coconut trees and added the letters of their names. They learned how to use scissors and managed to cut out tree trunks (any size they wanted) and tree leaves!
The coconut trees are displayed on the hallway bulletin board outside our classroom! Please come and take a look.
Our new Ks are ready to play!
I hope you have all had a wonderful summer! It’s the second week of school, and our new kindergarten students have completed their fifth day of gradual entry. Despite a few tears, these new kindies are definitely ready to play!
The first few weeks of school can be a bit daunting for new Ks. Many are starting school for the first time, and some are missing their preschool teachers and of course, their moms or dads! There are also a lot of big kids around! To help the students ease into the daily routine, we usually start the day the same. We greet each other at the door. And then, we connect on the carpet with our “morning circle”. Each day, we learn something new about one another.
And each day, there is time for structured and non-structured play! These past few days, through play, I witnessed our new Ks working together, solving problems, and creating some amazing things! Please ask your child to share their school day with you.
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Spring flowers!
We painted the backgrounds and experimented with changing paint colours. We added white or black to make a colour lighter or darker, and mixed some colours together to make new colours. Then we made flowers and added them to our paintings.
Let’s hope these flowers bring on some warmer weather ahead! These are now on our bulletin board in the hallway.
Gung xi fa cai!
For those who celebrate this festival, I wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous lunar new year! Gung xi fa cai! The kids enjoyed a variety of activities, including making lanterns and writing the Chinese numeral characters.
Drawing Faces
We have been doing guided drawing lessons. This is where I draw things one step at a time, and the students copy. Last week, we drew our own faces! We used a mirror to look at our own faces. We talked about face shapes and different ways to draw eyes, noses, and mouths. We looked at cartoon drawings as well as realistic drawings. I am amazed at how well everyone’s faces turned out!
Can you guess whose faces these are?
