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Posted: May 15, 2013

Red + Yellow = ? Use your sense of sight!

We have been exploring our sense of sight during our "You and Your World" time. Children have noticed that some things are harder to do when you can't see! They found they couldn't catch very well or draw a picture of themselves when they were wearing a blindfold! We also discussed how, if you couldn't see, you would not be able to know the colour of things. We had fun predicting and then watching what happened when we combined the 3 primary colours (food colouring and water) to make new colours. Here is a fun video that shows the colours we made. Do try this at home! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu44JRTIxSQ Watch Maria Menounos and Oscar discuss how they use their 5 senses: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2iqLRyL5kg

Posted: May 15, 2013

Why is 6 afraid of 7?

Because 7, 8 (ate), 9! You guessed it! We are counting up a storm in kindergarten again. We are being more careful counters now because the numbers are getting bigger. We notice that we need to keep track of what we counted and/or arrange what we are counting. Of course we are watching fun videos that make counting fun and help us visualize common arrangements for the numbers to 10. Here are some we watched recently: A Number 9 Martian Beauty: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ5Y3TizswY The Classic Clumsy Baker: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZjObQW247Q The Alligator King: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVDUYJo3CjU 9 Pigeons on a Wire: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AXaWdM-h5s And did you know how many children the Old Lady Who Lived in a Shoe had?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARw69UtyuvM

Posted: May 15, 2013

That magic Silent E!

The last few weeks we have been learning all about silent E. He has so many names (Silent E, Bossy E, Magic E) but they all mean the same thing! When we see this Ee at the end of a word he makes the other vowel say it's own letter name. There are some really cute videos that we have watched. I have put some links below for you to watch and enjoy! Try muting the sound and reading the words yourself for some extra practice. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZhl6YcrxZQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx6-xxkodS8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsWtEYF3HCY

Posted: April 22, 2013

Happy Earth Day!

We had a wonderful day learning and singing about helping our planet, Earth! Raffi has some great songs for this theme. Big Beautiful Planet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z23KEHEt0dE Evergreen Everblue: http://www.artistdirect.com/video/raffi-evergreen-everblue/50879 The children were excited to bring home their checklist to record the ways that they will help the earth all year. We will share the list with the class next Monday, April 29th.

Posted: April 16, 2013

Healthy Eating

As part of our You and Your World Curriculum we have been talking about how good food helps our bodies grow and stay healthy. Check out this link to a free section on Brain Pop Jr. that has video and activities on this topic. Be assured that we talked about how cookies are only an occasional treat! http://www.brainpopjr.com/health/food/

Posted: March 24, 2013

Virtual Sandcastles - Building with 3-D Shapes

The sand is still under the snow but here is a way to build sandcastles anyway: http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/math/games/preschool-kindergarten/b... More shape fun: http://www.tvokids.com/games/sortit How about making a robot? or a house? a car? http://www.abcya.com/make_a_robot.htm http://www.abcya.com/build_a_house.htm http://www.abcya.com/create_and_build_car.htm

Late Lucky Leprechauns

Posted: March 24, 2013

Here are the cutest leprechauns I have ever seen! Only one had some gold to share. Can you find which one?

Posted: February 28, 2013

The Gruffalo

The children loved the book The Gruffalo that was our read-aloud today. Here is the link to a reading on you tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_kGVjH8_Yg There is also an official website where there are games and songs related to the book. Check it out: http://gruffalo.com/section.php?s=html/gang.html We also enjoyed the book The Gruffalo's Child. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiqjO7j3SmE

Silly Science Day

Posted: February 28, 2013

We had a wonderful day being scientists and learning about science too! The children had a presentation in the gym where they saw hair go wild with electricity and a pop bottle turn into a rocket. Then Mr. Edwards from Science East wowed the kindergarten children with an air cannon that could blow...