3D Shapes

Today the students learned a new poem on the carpet all about 3D Shapes. The students seemed to really enjoy hunting around the classroom for objects that are the shape of cones, cylinders, prisms and cubes. We tried hunting for spheres but problem solved together that we may have more luck finding sphere shaped objects in the gym, where the balls are. Great work today! Finding various objects around your home and/or neighbourhood that are the shape of 3D solids and discussing them with your child would be a great way to help reinforce the idea that shapes and solids can be more than just drawings on a paper. We will continue to talk about various items and their shape.

Yes I Can!

On Friday the students watched a video with Mrs. Walker during Pals about how we need to exercise our brains, try our best always, and that mistakes are good because they help us to learn. We then read the story Yes We Can! by Sam McBratney and talked about how it's so important that we try our best during all of our activities so that we can learn and grow. A great example of this from last week was the Birds that each student created in response to the book A Drop of Gold by Vlasta van Kampen. While working on this activity we heard a lot of comments about how they can't or don't know how to draw their own bird, and our response was simply to try their best. The Birds turned out beautiful, as they hang in the hallway of the school for all to see, and we are very proud of everyone's hard work! Yes we can!

Kids on the Block

Today we were excited to attend a puppet show all about safety, especially stranger danger. We were lucky enough to be given a colouring sheet to remind us what to do when we are in danger. We had a great time! 

Beautiful Birds

Yesterday the students did a wonderful job responding to the book A Drop Of Gold by drawing and designing their own bird. The students worked hard on their birds and then seemed to enjoy sharing their finished picture with their peers. This was a great activity for the students to practice using their problem solving skills and their imagination to create visual art forms. We heard a lot of 'I don't know how to...' at the beginning of the activity, but by the end we had a beautiful assortment of birds to enjoy. Great work!

A Drop Of Gold

Today we read the story A Drop Of Gold by Vlasta van Kampen. This is a beautiful story about white birds who are painted and decorated by Mother Nature's friends, using many colours and designs, to make them all different and unique. After we read the story, the students helped me to decorate my own white bird. I asked the children to think about how they would like to decorate their own bird, as we will be doing some tomorrow. Some friends said they wanted to practice at home tonight. Great work today!

Spring has sprung!

Over the last week the students decided they wanted to explore some different art activities and have been busy making their own flowers and dragonflies. We sure hope the warmer weather continues :) 

Addition can be fun!

Today we played one of our favourite addition games. The children sit so patiently and listen wonderfully while we play. This is great for learning how to recognize numbers, create number sentences and of course learn addition! They are quickly becoming addition experts!