We have been so busy this week and have had so much fun learning in kindergarten. Here is some of what we have been up to:
Centres- we have new centres to play at! The cardboard gingerbread houses and candy construction set have been a big hit! The Gingerbread Bakery has been full of great cookies and wonderful customers.
Yesterday we spent some time stretching our STEM skills and our creative thinking. Our Gingerbread Man theme continued and we got the opportunity to try to create a bridge or a boat to help the gingerbread man cross the river without getting wet. We also had the chance to create a trap for the gingerbread man. I was so proud of each of the children for showing such creativity and perseverance. We had a number of children create a plan, attempt their plan, and then change their plan because things just weren’t going the way they had hoped. There was a lot of flexible thinking and NO TEARS!
Yesterday we also had a special guest PE teacher… or should I say, teachers? The grade 10 Inquiry Class created a PE lesson for us and we got to try the different activities they set up in the gym for us. It was so heart-warming to see our students building relationships with each other!
And today…
HUGE thanks to Kristina for the delicious gingerbread man cookies, to Brittany for the icing and to Shelby and Sarah for the cookie decorations. We had so much fun today. The strangest thing happened… our gingerbread cookies disappeared while we were reading a story and we had to hunt through the whole school to find them! Thank you Tamara for helping us and for cleaning up after us!
