Bonjour chers Parents,


Here is a glance of our learning in the past few weeks:

Arts/Math  

We had a discussion about shapes, and how we can find them everywhere in our environment.  In small groups the children became detectives of shapes and were asked to notice and find objects in class that had a shape in the form of a circle.  Following our discussion and activity, I introduce them to a famous Russian abstract artist named ” Kadinsky”.   We looked at a few of his painting and learned that abstract  art portrays what an artist feels and thinks, rather than what he or she sees. An abstract artist uses colours and shapes to express his or her emotions and ideas.  While we were looking at the art we noticed the many circles on the painting above.  The children thought it would be a great idea to  create a drawing inspired by Kadinsky’s art.  We will send you pictures of their work on the next blog.

They also created a beautiful winter scenery with watercolors and salt.

Language Art

It is that time of the year when we expect the children to begin speaking French in full sentences.  They have been practicing answering simple questions.  The vocabulary is around colors and winter clothing. Here are a few examples of sentences that you may practice with your child:

 You ask your child "C’est un manteau rouge?" Your child answers for exemple " Oui, c’est un manteau rouge. Non, c’est un manteau jaune."

C’est vert?  Non, c’est jaune.

Il y a trois livres?  Non, il y a 2 livres.

Qu’est-ce que tu manges?  Je mange une pomme.  Je mange une banane.  Je mange une orange.  Je mange du fromage.  Je mange un craquelin.

Qui a un chapeau rouge?  J’ai un chapeau rouge.

Qui a des mitaines bleus?  J’ai des mitaines bleus.

C'est un carre?  C'est un cercle/rectangle/triangle/coeur.

Social Stories

As mentioned in a previous blog post, kindergarten is fortunate to have support from many outside sources. Melissa is our speech pathologist and she shared a story with our classes about following the group plan. Through this social story, discussion and follow up activity, the children learned the importance of teamwork and following directions. Now, when the words “group plan” are mentioned, the students are much more aware that their actions help or hurt the flow of activity in the classroom. This is an area to continue building on throughout the year. 

Fun in the outdoors

Last week, the two Kindergarten classes enjoyed an hour outside creating snowmen and a fort in the courtyard.  Unfortunately, the snow wasn't sticky enough to make balls for our snowmen.  But, have a look at a few of their  creation.  They all found ways to create the own snowman.

Here are a few things we did during center time:

I create a habitat for animals with corks.

More magnetic structures.

I build with magnetic blocks.

I build a structure with my peers and think about the group plan.

I learn my letters.