Jack And The Beanstalk

This story was a perfect fit with our inquiry on seeds. The children were fascinated by Jack and his adventures! Hopefully you got a feel for your child's love of this story (and his/her knowledge of the characters, storyline, etc.) when your child brought home his/her story stick bag this week and retold the story at home. Retell is a very important comprehension skill. Please discuss stories after you read them with your child and ask him/her to retell the events of the stories. 

Our activities related to this story don't end with this collage! Stay tuned for more posts!

Seeds! Seeds! Seeds!

Tea Parties Are Happening In Room 106!

Learning About Subtraction With Five Green And Speckled Frogs

The children have had a ball singing this classic song this week!  

Our Spring Walk - Flowers, Buds, and Interesting Seeds

It has been so wonderful spending time outside and observing all of the seasonal changes recently.  Spring is a time of great learning!

Spring Flowers Inspire Our JK/SK Artists!

Thanks for sending in such beautiful flowers!

The children's paintings are just beautiful!

Windy Day = Fun with Kites!

We had so much fun learning about wind and flying kites last week. Our big buddies helped us make kites out of plastic bags and we flew them in our school yard.

This is the kite that sparked our excitement for kite-flying!  Last Monday it was very windy and we flew this kite during recess.  The children were fascinated by it!

Thanks for the Paper Towel Rolls! Keep sending them in please!

The children started making "marble runs" and they are having a ball with them! It is awesome to see the children planning and creating together. This project also has a perfect connection to our Earth Day discussions related to re-using materials.  Yesterday they started with a small design in our classroom. Today they moved their work out into the hallway because they needed more space! They did a fantastic job!

Number Booklets

Every day this month the children have the opportunity to print numbers as we guess how many objects are in the Happy Helper's estimation jar. Number formation is a big focus during this task. To assist the children in learning how to print numbers properly we sent home special booklets today. The children may keep the number booklets at home.  The verses are pretty catchy. 

Please refer to the green and red dots as where your child will "start" and "stop". They may enjoy tracing the numbers and then printing them on their own. As an extension, please encourage your child to print the numbers independently.  There are lots of fun ways to do this without using paper/pencils (e.g., making numbers in bath bubbles, printing on a sealed ziploc bag filled with coloured hair gel, forming numbers "in the air"). Have fun!

Welcome to our blog!

Welcome everyone! We are excited to be starting this blog. We will continue to use Remind 101 for day-to-day messages and we will continue to send photos and collages through email.  When a new post has been added to the blog, you will receive a Remind 101 notice.

Mrs. Garrow and Mrs. Beselaere