It Was a Green Week!

Despite the big changes our classes faced this week, we still managed to pack in some St. Patrick's Day fun. We strengthened our fine motor skills this week by making Fruit Loop shamrock necklaces - delicious!

We worked as a team to build green smoothies. They were so healthy, and you would be surprised how many of our students loved them. Our recipe included frozen pineapple, coconut milk, spinach, yogurt, and green apples. 

 

Yummy!

Show and Tell

We were so excited to have show and tell this week. Everyone was excited to show the class what they brought. Don't worry if you forgot to send an item, our students were just as excited to share special news if they forgot a toy to show!

Our New Space

We are getting settled into our temporary classroom. We will be using Mrs. Waters' kindergarten room while our classroom is being fixed. We are so proud with how well our student's handled all of the big changes they were faced with this week. 

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Coming Up

Spring break is officially here! Enjoy a week off of school with your children. After the break our theme will be all about spring. Important upcoming dates:

• March 22-March 31 - Spring Break
• April 3-4 - Early Dismissal
• April 18th - Easter Party, all students welcome to attend
• April 19th - Good Friday, no school
• April 22nd - Midterm Break, no school

Leprechaun Traps!

We were busy last week preparing for St. Patrick's Day.  

After listening to the story "How to Catch a Leprechaun" by Adam Wallace, the students designed and created a variety of leprechaun traps.  Will one of our traps catch a leprechaun over the weekend?

Shamrock Art!

We got messy painting shamrocks with marbles.  This fun activity strengthened hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills as the students tried to roll the marble around their pan without it falling out!

St. Patrick's Day Soup!

Hooray for Outside!

We were all thrilled to finally be outside this week.  

A huge thank you goes out to Mrs. Mruk for making ice blocks for us to play with.  

Spraying the snow!

See more pictures of our week here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-7hGHPfBV0J6rxnrWjnqKwvBl2zWgKDI

Coming Up

• March 22-March 31 - Spring Break
• April 3-4 - Early Dismissal
• April 18th - Easter Party, all students welcome to attend
• April 19th - Good Friday, no school
• April 22nd - Midterm Break, no school

Fun and Games

It was a short one, but we had plenty of fun and games in Pre-K this week!

Dinosaurs in Lava

Our Dino activity this week was a blast! Students worked on pre-literacy skills as we learned new vocabulary words and clapped out the syllables. After 'reading' the Volcano card, we showed the students how they could make their own volcanoes using baking soda and coloured vinegar. They had so much fun erupting volcanoes in this pre-science activity.

Box Fort

Pre-K's have been working away at transforming a few big boxes into a box fort. It's been so neat to see their imaginations at work! Our Makedo cardboard tools are so cool and help build fine-motor skills as they saw and screw the pieces together.

Games Day

Engaging in board game play is a fun way to learn important social skills such as sharing, turn taking, and waiting. This week we played the old favourites Pop up Pirate and Candyland, as well as a new game called Shark Bite. The Pre-K's were so excited to try the new game!


Check out more pics of our week here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-36cLFVx8JkxLZIc48bnSh1UA1DPSVT-

Coming Up!

March 13: Parent/Teacher Meetings for Community Kids 3:30 - 4:30 pm

March 22-March 31: Spring Break

April 3-4: Early Dismissal

Dino Days!

It was another Dino-rific week in Pre-K! We went on a dino hunt around the school, painted dinos with our handprints, and found out how many of our feet fit inside a T-Rex foot. It was a lot of feet!  Other fine-motor fun included making Mat Man out of food for a special snack. We watched the story How Do Dinosaurs Stay Friends? and talked about kindness for Pink Shirt Day. Gross-motor activities this week included moving like a Dinosaur, practicing kicking skills in the gym, and finally getting out to the Park!

Pink Shirt Day!

Dinosaur Hunt!

 How Big is a T-Rex?

PreK students undertook a science inquiry by asking the question: How many feet will fit in a T-Rex foot? Each student added their shoe on top of the giant T-Rex footprint until it was covered. Then we counted the shoes. Guess how many?... 22!

Making Mat Man!

The Pre-Ks developed body awareness by singing the Mat Man song while building a body out of different foods.

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Coming Up

Next week we will be continuing with our dinosaur unit. Important upcoming dates:

• March 6th and 7th - Early Dismissal Days
• the morning class will dismiss at 10:36 am
• the afternoon class will dismiss at 2:16 pm
• March 22nd - March 31st - Spring Break, no school

Prehistoric Times

We went back in time this week.  Waaaay back to the dinosaur days!  The learning through play was intense.  We developed social skills, fine and gross motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and grew our imaginations!  Check out all of the fun we had:

Painting with dinosaurs

Hatching dino babies!

Looking for dinosaur fossils.

Building a dinosaur cave!  What teamwork

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A Fun Dino Song

This week we sang this fun little dino song:

Coming Up

Next week we will be continuing with our dinosaur unit. Important upcoming dates:

• March 6th and 7th - Early Dismissal Days
• the morning class will dismiss at 10:36 am
• the afternoon class will dismiss at 2:16 pm
• March 22nd-April 1st - Spring Break, no school

Be My Valentine!

We had a Wonderful week in PreK with a ton of Valentine's Fun! Thank you to all of the parents who sent snacks for our party.  The students always enjoy having a special snack together!

Fizzy Heart Art!

Look at all of those Valentine Bags!

I Like Hearts

To get in the Valentine mood we sang this cute little song with our students this week.  

My Heart Fills with Happiness

We enjoyed the book "My Heart Fills with Happiness" by Monique Gray Smith this week.  After reading the book we each took a turn saying what makes our heart happy.  The answers our students came up with were amazing. 

We recorded all of these amazing thoughts onto one huge heart!

This book also led us into a body awareness drumming activity where the students took turns playing a drum fast or slow, and everyone else moved their body to the speed of the drum.
  

Valentine's Stations

We set up three different Valentine stations for the students to rotate through this week.  They enjoyed experimenting with scientific concepts, getting messy, and creating masterpieces while they strengthened their fine motor skills! 

Station One: Dropping colored vinegar onto a heart covered with baking soda.

Station Two: Painting hearts using cotton balls and clothespins. 

Station Three: Painting hearts with shave cream!

Valentine's Day Party!

We had fun at our party on Thursday, almost too much fun to remember to snap many pictures!  We played some Valentine games, enjoyed a popcorn party, as well as exchanged Valentine cards and had party food.

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Coming Up

Next week we will be entering the exciting world of DINOSAURS!  Important upcoming dates:

• February 18th - Family Day, no school
• March 6th and 7th - Early Dismissal Days
• the morning class will dismiss at 10:36 am
• the afternoon class will dismiss at 2:16 pm
• March 22nd-April 1st - Spring Break, no school