Under the Sea

We continued with our undersea adventures this week. We learned a new action song called, Slippery Fish. You can join in the fun here: https://youtu.be/Y_k45_iyVG0

We looked at an ocean book. The Pre-K students identified many different ocean animals and shocked us with their knowledge of interesting ocean vocabulary words like tentacles!

We took a closer look at two sea animal: jellyfish and octopus. Check out the cool crafts we made!

Jellyfish

Before starting this craft, students matched letter pieces with the letters in their name. They did a great job with their name puzzle and then practiced writing their name. After this great pre-literacy activity, the Pre-Ks painted away and shook on some glitter on the half paper plate to make a colourful jellyfish body. The next day, they used glue to glue on some eyes and tentacles. The final touch was the smile!

Octopus

This was an awesome fine-motor and math craft. The Pre-Ks used their pincer fingers to pick up cheerios and glue them onto the Octopus arms. The students made some very interesting math observations as they worked hard to cover all the suction cups. "I have covered 4 arms!" "I have 4 more arms to cover!" Love seeing their little minds at work!

Healthy Hearts and Minds

We did a few mindful activities this week. We love having these calming moments during our active and exciting days. Listening to ocean sounds while looking at glitter jars, yoga, belly breathing while listening to ocean sounds, and mindful colouring all brought calming practice to our day.

Pool Noodle Boats

After singing The Waves in the Sea we were excited to try making our very own boats out of pool noodles, straws, and fun foam. The true question was... will they float? Our classroom was full of delight as our students built and tested their little sail boats. This little scientific experiment not only introduced the concept of buoyancy, but was also a great chance to practice cutting and strengthening our hand-eye coordination!

Floor Hockey Fun!

At Robina Baker our older students sure love floor hockey, and Pre-K proved to be no different! It was so fun to try a new sport in the gym this week!

Check out more pictures of our week here!

Upcoming

• March 17th and 18th - Wear green to celebrate St. Patrick's Day!
• March 19th - Crazy Sock Day
• March 19th - Spell-a-Thon - PK students will be spelling their name!
• March 27th - April 5th - Spring Break
• April 8th and 9th - Early Dismissal Days
• April 10th - Good Friday, No School
• April 13th - Easter Monday, No School

Ocean Week

We started an Ocean theme this week! We sang new songs and did a super fun art project. Our favourite song was a Laurie Berkner song called "Let's go Swimming!". Listen to it here at home, but don't be surprised if you start swimming around your living room!

The other song is sung to the tune of Wheels on the Bus and called Waves in the Sea. This would be a fun one to sing in the tub!

Bubble Art

We practiced our blowing skills and were excited to see the really big colourful bubbles that formed as we blew in our straws into coloured soapy water. We used paper to pop the bubbles that resulted in some pretty cool art. We decided to laminate the art to use as cheery new placemats for snacktime!

Sensory Play 

We engaged our senses indoors and outdoors as we participated in activities like snow painting, water table and sensory bin play, and fishing!

Games Day!

We love Games Day! Not only do we get to practice patience while turn-taking, colour and number skills, fine-motor skills and eye-hand coordination, but we also get to enjoy spending time with each other laughing and having fun. And that just feels so good. We played Pop up Pirate, The Hedgehog game, and participated in a challenging obstacle course in the hallway.

See more pics of our week here. More ocean fun to come next week!

Coming Up!

• March 27th - April 5th - Spring Break
• April 8th and 9th - Early Dismissal Days
• April 10th - Good Friday, No School
• April 13th - Easter Monday, No School