Valentine's Day Party

The Valentine's Day party was awesome!  Thank you to all

who brought goodies, supplies and prizes.  It was much 

appreciated by all of us!

 

January Journal Page

 

Pancake Day!

Pancake day is one of my favorite lessons of the year.  

This lesson melds many kindergarten standards together.

Students learn about which animals give food for people:

dairy cows, bees, and chickens.  We talk about how wheat 

is grown and ground into flour. They saw lots of different 

foods that were made with flour. They learn about the tools

for cooking: tablespoon and teaspoon.  They understand

that when cooking you must follow the directions perfectly

or your recipe won't turn out.  We talked about being safe

by electricity and what to do if you get burned.  The best part

was eating the pancake at the end!  The kindergartners did

a great job!

 

Groundhog Day

Here is the poem for our Groundhog puppet:

On February 2nd, Phil Groundhog, pops out to see, 

Just how much winter there's going to be.

If it is cloudy, he plays outside, 

but if it is sunny, he pops back to hide.

 

Penguin Booklet

In the winter, I teach my students about polar animals and the kindergartners illustrated this booklet about penguins, since they are such unusual birds. They learned how this bird has adapted to the cold, about its needs and about its predators. I use the globe and world map to help my students understand their place in the world, about the poles and the equator. They loved their finished product and they couldn't wait to bring it home and show their family.

 

Almost 300!

Can you believe that as a group the kindergartners can

identify 300 species of birds?  They are amazing

little sponges as they soak up the knowledge of birds

and nature!

 

100 Days of School!

On January 28, 2021, we celebrated our 100th day of school and this year there was reason to celebrate!  I did many activities and read many books to the kindergartners about the number 100.  They had fun while learning, which is one of those tricks that teachers have up their sleeve!

They counted 100 pennies on the 100 chart.  Later they

counted by 5s and 10s to 100.

We assembled 100 piece puzzles during centers.

They loved this activity of rolling the dice and coloring in 

the pennies.  Whoever got their 100 pennies colored in

first was the winner!

At another center, they designed the cover of their 100 

day booklet.

These girls are wearing their headband they designed for

the 100th day of school.  They proudly wore it to lunch.

Their 100 day booklets looked fantastic!

We had yummy cupcakes for dessert.

These 100 chart puzzles were tricky, but they figured

them out after some "think" time.

Ta-da!