Kindie Korner Adventures

With the rain finally making an appearance, I just wanted to send a reminder out to you about making sure your child has what they need to stay warm and dry on wet days.  Please do not assume that if it’s rainy we won’t be going outside.  We try to give the children an opportunity to run and play in the fresh air every day.  Jackets, rain boots, an extra pair of socks (and warm mittens and hats when it’s really cold) all help make this possible.

I have a special recipe to make with the students on Monday and would love to have each child bring an apple to add to our pot.  If you have an apple at home that you would be willing to send along with your child for our special recipe, please send it on Monday and let them know it’s not for them to eat at recess 🙂

This year the primary students at Highroad will all be working on the same bible memory verses.  Older students will be expected to learn a bit more of the passage and younger students will learn less. We will keep the same verse for the month, testing for memorization and understanding at the end of the month.  This month Kindergarten students will be learning Psalm 23:1, The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.  Thank you for helping review this verse at home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeAQOqs6nCE

Here is a video of a great song that you may find helpful when working on this verse with your child.

Here’s a brief snapshot of some of what we have been working on over the last couple of weeks:

Social/Emotional Skills:

Identifying expected and unexpected behavior

Demonstrating expected behavior (what does good listening look like, how do we walk in the hallway, keeping hands and feet to self, etc)

Identifying that not all problems require big reactions

Managing our emotional reactions when things don’t go our way

Fine Motor Skills:

Holding our writing/coloring tools correctly (some of us are really struggling with this)

Holding and using scissors safely and correctly

Math:

Subitizing (or counting) the number of dots on dice when we roll them in game play

Identifying numerals 0-10

Printing numerals 0-6 (we will be continuing with 7-10 in the next couple of weeks)

ABAB patterns

Shapes

Language Arts:

Demonstrating good listening skills

Holding our writing tools correctly

Clock Phonogram sounds and formation (o,a,c,d,g,f,qu,s)

Recognizing our names

Bible:

Parables – The Lost Sheep and The Wise and Foolish Builders

Socials/Science:

Terry Fox

Truth and Reconciliation (Orange Shirt Day)

Names of our classmates

Rules in our classroom (3 Rules: Be Safe, Be Kind, Be Responsible)

Sink and Float

Thanksgiving

Beginning a unit on Apples and Pumpkins

We have also had a fire drill, an earthquake drill and a lockdown drill!  We have been very busy!!

Sorry these are coming to you after October has already started.  Many of these are already on the school calendar but there are some kindie-specific items of note for you here:

Oct 7- Professional Development Day- No School

Oct 10- Happy Thanksgiving!- no school

Oct 21- Professional Development Day- no school

Oct 25- Individual Photo retakes AND Kindie field trip to Greendale Acres (more information to follow)

Oct 26- Fall Color Day (Students may wear non-uniform clothing in fall colors)