Field Trip

We had such a great time at the museum this morning!  The kids were so well-behaved and they seemed to really enjoy the museum's attractions.  I tried to get photos of everyone, but the kids were moving so quickly that many of my pictures didn't turn out all that well.  Also, the groups were blended, so you will see cuties from both classes. 

Float or Sink?

Here we are again - Scientists in action!  Today we experimented with floating and sink (flotter et couler).  The kids had to make predictions and test to see which objects would float on top of the water, and which objects would sink.  We discovered that wood and cork float, and most metal sinks.

Mixing Colours

Yesterday we did a science experiment.  We read this book in French used markers and coffee filters to watch colours change before our eyes.  We 're looking forward to showing you the results in person at our Portfolio Open House next week.

A Peek at our Day

What a busy time in kindergarten.  We are finishing up with assessments for report cards and getting ready for our portfolio open house.  If our blog posts slow down a bit, don't be alarmed.  We are getting so much done that we have NO TIME to blog!  Here was our day:

Sketching and painting freely are important ways that we express our creativity.  We do this often in kindergarten.  We also like to do DIRECTED DRAWING.  It involves following steps to sketch an object.  It helps us to follow directions, practice our visual discrimination (what is different from one step to the next?), strengthen our fine motor control, and practice our lines and shapes.

We drew and painted our self-portraits for this month. 

We are starting to learn about paper.  Here we are looking at some different types of paper.  Notice kids feeling it, smelling it, and listening to it (corrugated board DOES make noise when you scratch it!).  We learned that most paper comes from trees and we look forward to making our own paper in kindergarten someday soon.