The final thing we did with our pumpkin was count all the pumpkin seeds. We predicted there would be somewhere between one seed and nine hundred seeds! We made groups of ten seeds so that we could count them more … Read More
After prepping our pumpkin, we planned our Jack-O-Lantern. First we decided what we wanted our pumpkin to be feeling. We decided we wanted a happy pumpkin. Then we thoughts about all the parts of the face we needed to include. … Read More
Last week we had pumpkins of different sizes in our classroom. We had lots of time to look at them and think about them. One afternoon we took some time to share our questions and wonderings about pumpkins. Some fantastic … Read More
Last week we invited families to join us for our morning meeting. We start every day with a morning meeting, all together on our carpet. Families had the opportunity to participate in our greeting (we used our ball greeting and … Read More
The alphabet is one of the most important things we are working on at the moment. We are putting the letters in order, matching lowercase and uppercase letters, and thinking about the sounds letters make. El alfabeto es una de … Read More
We end each day by doing some exploring and discovering. We have blocks of various types, legos, puppets, wiki sticks, marble runs, and all kinds of things. We have to work together and share in order to have as … Read More
A very important part of our day is playing. Young children need time to play in order to learn to work with others, practice skills they are learning, and process their thinking. Playing is actually important work for young children! … Read More
We had book boxes for all of our fabulous reading material but the book boxes were too small for many of our favorite books. The books balanced precariously on the sides of the book boxes and often fell. All of … Read More
We have so many tools we will use this year in kindergarten. We will use them for counting, studying shapes, making patterns, and more. Before we can do all that, we get to spend some time exploring and playing with … Read More
