Beth's Kindergarten

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Tad Poles

Sharing.......

Willis : Shared his helicopter, a wooden tree that his great grandfather made him and a Tucan Whistle that he blew into to make it's beautiful sound. And it makes different sounds if you cover different holes.

Ryan : Shared his compass that he got from the Vermont Institute of Science.

Eva: Shared her rocks that she cracked at her Rock Cracking Station. And she had a polished rock too.

Eli : Shared his board that he broke in Taekwondo. He also showed off his outfit and his belt, he is half way to getting his yellow belt!

Beth : Shared some tad poles that she brought in from her house. We will have these little swimmers hanging with us for a while to watch the wonderful transformation they go through.

Fiona : Yesterday Fiona shared with us the spine bones from a animal that her mom found.

Bodhi: Yesterday Bodhi shared her flower that she got when she went to mothers day brunch.

Morning activities....

Coloring

Mags - Magnet pieces being made into all sorts of things.

Wooden blocks and Jenga pieces turning into mini sky scrapers and tree houses.

West's creation (he took the picture himself, he was so excited about it today.)

Monday, May 15, 2017

What's the News?

What's the News?
This is an opportunity for the kids to share something, anything they want. It is a short two or three sentence verbal share. Here is what they had to say...

Grady - "I went to my sister lacrosse game yesterday."
Earl - "I went to a Tae kwon do competition."
Maddie - "I went to TJ Max and bought a toy."
McCartney - "I found a spider in my bathroom and it was hanging upside down."
Willis - "I spent the night at my grandparents house. We drove over the gap and I saw MRG."
Mazie - "I went to the Art Fair and saw Grady, Bodhi and Addie and had a fun time. I danced and went by the river. Grady was making a path."
Max - "I went to the Art Fair and I got to make these fluff balls, it's for the birds to take to their nests. I ate ice cream and listened to music."
Molly - "I went to dinner with my family for Mother's Day."
Kamden - "Yesterday at my party for my birthday I got a bike for my birthday."
Ryan- "Yesterday I went to a bird place, I can't remember what it is called. I got a really cool compass."
Eva - "Today when I was driving to school I saw a fox. It was running to the woods."
Dahlia - "I went bowling yesterday for Mother's Day."
Eli - "On Saturday was my dad's birthday and we went to the Bridge Street Art Fair."
Ryder - "I built something a couple days ago."
Savi - "Yesterday I went Rock Climbing."
Ethan - "On the first day of vacation, my grandmother came over."
Bodhi - "Yesterday I went to the Bridges. When I got home I started having growing pains and might go to the Drs tomorrow."
Jackie - "I helped my Mom with lots of garden work and we found a birds nest."
Beth - "My kids came over for dinner for Mother's Day and somehow I made the dinner and cleaned up after the dinner."
Connie - "I got a special shrub from my son for Mother's Day and yesterday was the first time I ever made doughnuts."

SHARING....

McCartney - Shared her special box for treasures.

West - Told us that his sister and brother were making a path in the woods and found a Robin's Egg and gave it to my dad.

Grady - Got a toy at the dump.

Dahlia - Brought in a special tag that she found at the bowling ally.

FREE CHOICE....

Max - Made a fishing plane. "The fishing plane can shoot out nets and can catch all the fish and throw it up on top of the boat and then they get knocked into the tank. And the tail on the plane that is like a crane that lets down a grabber to catch fish. It can also float on water. "

Grady - Made a boat "it has a eye to watch things."

Math Class- In math we are building teen numbers. We made number bonds with pennies! When we put 10 pennies together with 4 pennies we get 14 pennies. We are also practicing skip counting and counting backwards from 20 to 0. This is a hard task! When you are on a car ride please do some counting to help strengthen these skills.

Friday, May 12, 2017

Song Birds

Did you see that bright circular thing in the sky today? We sure did, and took advantage of the amazing warmth it also provided. Lots of outside time today thanks to Four Winds and free time during the day!

Was a great day to "hang" around, roll and play.

Sharing.......

Yesterday Kamden brought in a birds nest.

Today Mazie brought in her glitter pouch.

Maddie brought in her electronic note pad.

Evan shared his game.

Four Winds.... Song Birds!

Our Four Winds volunteer, Ellen, came in to talk to us about Song Birds. We had a small puppet show about why birds sing. We then went outside to hear the many different birds there are singing outside.

We even practiced sounding like many birds that we learned about, as well as the times of days that the birds come out.

Great book today..... How To Be A Friend A Guide to Making Friends and Keeping Them. We've been emphasizing friendships and how we can all be friends or friendly with each other.

Lungs and Stomach.... Today we learned about the the lungs and stomach. We observed the structure of the lungs. We talked about how the lungs help us breath, work with the heart to help pump blood all around our body. Take in "oxygen" (a fancy word for air) that helps our body function, etc. We learned that our stomach breaks up food we eat into energy our bodies can use.

Here are a few friends who made their own lungs, each of the kids made their own to take home to share with their families.

REMINDER.... Strep is going around in our classroom. Many kids have been out sick this week. If your child isn't feeling well, be sure to have your child get lots of rest and hydration. Scratchy throats, tired little people and fevers are a couple indicators.

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

How to Books

Sharing and Morning Meeting.....

Willis shared his little chick that winds up and hops. Eva shared about her loose tooth and her tooth bag that she will use to put her tooth in.

Eli shared his special picture books of himself and his brother.

We played a game with a pebble today. Sang a song, while singing the song we passed the pebble around and had to guess at the end of the song, who had the pebble. Then the person in the middle got to switch with the person who had the pebble.

Gaga.....
Noooo, we are not singing songs by Lady Gaga, but we are playing Ga-ga Ball! Today at recess it seemed that most kids wanted to get in on the game. Here is a brief description of it, for any who are new to the game. I pulled this off of good ole Wikipedia: Ga-Ga is a variant of dodgeball that is played with one ball. The game combines dodging, striking, running, and jumping, with the object of being the last person standing. Players hit the ball at each other with their hands, and are eliminated if the ball strikes them on or below the knee. The game can be played by a group of individual players or with teams, as well as in one-on-one matches.