lots to know about a baby!!

Baby Elias is coming to school on Thursday... so Mrs. Macdonell came to do a pre-baby-visit with our class. She had the class discuss......... ways a baby travels...what does a parent need for a baby when they are not at home?......what is in a diaper bag?.... what does a baby see when they are sitting in a stroller? or lying in a carriage?....... What are different ways to hold a baby safely?

Centre time.......

We are learning a new song. It has these letters in in... A  A  N   T   S in it. We can even unscramble the letters to spell the name of someone special!!!

Happy Friday!

This young fellow was making trees out of play-doh and decorating them with beads.

These girls were playing a game of "tug-o-war".  (rolling a die, and moving the marker towards their own "home")

Sharing Time

Coming up....Last week of school before Christmas Holidays. Friday, December 18 is the last day of school for 2015.

Lockdown practice

Your child may mention that we had a lockdown today. It was just a practice. We had to be super quiet during the lockdown (a challenge for a few students!!).  We need to know what to do in case there are any intruders in the building or situations that require a lockdown, so we had a school wide practice lockdown today. 

    In the fall we had several fire drills, to also help us know what to do in case of a real fire.

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This is the Star of the Week. 

We used 3 colours to make a pattern with all three colours in the core. We made paper candy canes!

SHARING TIME... something that starts with /c/

A box-y kind of day!

I brought a few different sized cardboard boxes into the classroom. 

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We turned the biggest box into a Gingerbread Reading Centre.  And of course we had to make some gingerbread type decorations to put on it! We put the bean bag chair inside and it was a favourite place to read and look at books today.

I put these boxes out for whatever the kids imagination could do... and this is what happened today.

Sharing Time... something that starts with the letter /c/ sound (as in Christmas!)

Around the room on a Monday

Last day to order a bike helmet is Wednesday. Please call the office if you are interested in ordering one.

Crying

Mrs. Macdonell (Resource Teacher) visited our room today. We looked at the photos taken the last time that baby Elias came to visit us. Even though he didn't cry when he came to visit us, we all know that babies cry sometimes. 

      As part of this theme, Mrs. Macdonell read us the story called Oonga Boonga by Frieda Wishinsky and Michael Martchenko. (ask your child to tell you about this story). We learned that everyone cries at some point for different reasons. A baby cries to communicate. 

We also learned some strategies to help US calm down when we are upset. (ie. breathing deeply; counting to 10)

This is what one student wrote in the T.W.A.S. book today.  (This Week At School)

She wrote "I was at the Christmas Concert!"

letter Z

having a birthday party

Reading to a friend

made the letter "P"  (and some other letters, too)

he made the number "5"

he made the letter "Z"

New Sharing schedule coming home today!!

Around the room today...

...making letters on the light table.....

......The birthday party continues...

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...making patterns out of Christmas shapes...

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......matching catalogue toy pictures with shapes and numbers....

..... fun games on the iPad...and learning, too!....

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.....copying shapes and designs with the red/white blocks.....

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.......from last night.....just before we went down to the concert!!!

Winter Concert

WINTER CONCERT.....Take a sneak peak at the Kinders singing at the afternoon performance today!!
See you at 5:30.. concert at 6:00PM






Reminder from the Parent Council

• Pictures with Santa Friday Dec. 4/15
• 5:00-7:00 p.m.
• Large Lunchroom - 2 pics for $5.00

iPad games

We learned some new games to play on the iPad today.

(You can download these apps at home, too!!

• "Welcome to Kindergarten" app
• "Math Concentration" app
• "Super Duper StoryMaker FREE" app

Reminder... the school Winter Concert is tomorrow... there are 2 performances.

One at 1:30PM, and the second at 6:00PM. Please refer to the notes sent home yesterday for more info.