Today we had a special visit from local La Jolla author, J. Page. We had a wonderful time with her.
J. Page read us “The Bullfrog Story,” spoke to us about courage and safety, and brought goodies! We got to color bookmarks to use at school and got postcards to take home to our families. Some of us won a raffle for buttons and each class (1st and 2nd grade) received a puzzle with a picture from one her books.
What a great day!
Tyler at 3 months old
Tyler at 10 months old
Thanks to these Kindergarteners who volunteered during their play time to clean this big bin! Now K and first graders are going to use it for some measuring activities. See more later!
We are beginning to use the symbols for “greater than” and “less than.” To aid in our understanding, we created hungry alligators that are anxious to eat our precious fish!
Eric Carle, author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and other spectacular children’s stories, can teach us a lot about art! We are busy painting paper in his style to create our own pictures.
Yellow on orange...
Green on yellow...
We use an environment to learn about the animal kingdom. This year, the kindergarten is focusing on the environment of the Ya’axche’ tree in the tropical rain forests of Belize. During our study of birds, we focused on the scarlet macaw and created beautiful macaws to live in our classroom Ya’axche’ tree.
In November we had the pleasure of welcoming a new student! So here is a new class picture with all 9 students.
In Kindergarten, we are constantly building our understanding of growth. What things grow, how things grow, how long it takes for things to grow, and part of that discovery is faciliated by our garden. We planted sweet pea seeds, water them three times weekly and watch them grow together!
