Awesome Autumn

Our filed trip to Ojibway Nature Centre was full of adventure!

The children experienced the splendor of fall.  

We had the opportunity to look, hear, talk and learn about nature with Mary, our naturalist. 

We will return to centre in Winter and Spring to see how the park changes with the seasons.

Please see a few photos from our trip posted below. 

After returning to our classroom we had another adventure… 

Please ask your child about the bird who visited our classroom. 

     We went on a scavenger hunt while on our hike.                           

       

   We saw deer.

           

         We saw many amazing treasures from nature.

 

We saw neat things while visiting inside the Ojibway Centre.

Happy Thanksgiving!

As we approach Thanksgiving , the children reflected on our many gifts from God.

We sang a Thank-you song, heard a story and talked about what we are grateful for.

Each child composed a picture to represent our thankful hearts.

Some ideas included:      

Thank-you Lord for stuffed animals.

Thank-you Lord for nature.

Thank-you Lord for friends.

Thank-you Lord for the sandbox.

Thank-you Lord for TV.

Thank-you Lord for brothers, sisters, moms and dads.

Thank-you Lord for love.

Each treasured ideas was hung on our “Thank-You Tree.”

Wishes for a Very Happy Thanksgiving with family and friends!

Our Beginning

The children have made enormous growth over the month of September.  Although they come home saying they are only playing; evidence of learning, growth and development abound throughout our classroom.

During the month of September our Learning Goal was: We are learning to be members of our classroom and the St. Gabriel School Community.

The children have made new friends through learning activities in Kindergarten.  We are learning the names of our classmates, finding ways to communicate and negotiate differences in opinions and share our ideas.  Together we are exploring safe play at school, in the classroom, gymnasium, and at recess   One of our big areas of growth is in our ability to be independent. The children are quickly learning how to unpack their backpacks, put on their own coats for recess, negotiate opening their own snacks and lunches and change their shoes for indoor activities as well as recess.  It is quite wonderful to watch how the Senior Kindergarten students have mentored the new children and how all the children encourage each other on this important journey.  The classroom has been a buzz of activity where we are exploring its possibilities and discovering new experiences for learning.

Thank-you to all of you for the markers, crayons, scissors and other classroom supplies you have sent.

As we enter into the month of October our focus will be on changes... How our outdoor environment is changing, how we are changing as we grow and an investigation into how letters and number are used to assist us to express ourselves in order to communicate. As the children explore these topics we will be sorting, comparing and contrasting through our explorations.

The photos below provides wonderful examples of the children playing, learning and growing together within the Kindergarten program during the month of October.

We can make friends.  

We can pray together.

We can share.

We can learn together.

We can follow our class rules.

We can be independent.