Visitor at our Wonder Window...

But Not the Bird We Were Waiting For...

Hello Squirrel!

 

Our bird inquiry has continued in recent weeks.  We placed some seeds on a cookie sheet outside our Wonder Window.  Our students were hoping to see birds enjoying the seed.  We had a visitor...but not a bird.  We captured these photos of our first visitor.  It seems the squirrel was happy to eat our bird seed.  The wait for birds continues...

Remembrance Day

2015

 

Our students participated in class discussions about Remembrance Day.  We talked about the meaning of peace, and our students had amazing ideas about peace.  They wrote on a poppy for our fabric tree, and shared their thinking about peace by finishing the sentence, "Peace is..."  We have included a few of their ideas here for you to read.

Plein Air Art

In a recent post, we showcased photos of our students engaged in Plein Air Art.  They LOVED painting outside in the school yard.  We currently have our art work on display outside of our classroom.



Fine Motor Practice

 

 

Using clothespins to build a bird nest.

 

Q-tip in water to practice printing different types of lines - wavy, loops, straight, zigzag

 

 

Rip and Tear Art

 

 

 

 

 

Using tweezers to pick up pompoms and shiny animals

 

 

Threading alphabet letters on pipecleaners

 



 

Rolling and cutting play doh worms - practice with scissors

Plein Air Art

On a recent beautiful fall day, we loaded up our wagon with our art supplies.  We took our young artists and our materials out to be "in nature" while we were inspired to paint fall.  It was an amazing experience - so awesome to see our entire class focused on creating and expressing their creativity!

 

Millipede vs. Centipede Inquiry

What did we find?

 

 

 

During an outdoor education period, some of our students found a small creature in the Kindergarten yard.  There was much debate about what it might be - some students thought we had found a worm, some a centipede, some thought a baby creature because it was so small.  We placed our new friend in a bug catcher, and started to research what it might be.

 

We wanted to share our learning with the school.  We created an inquiry board in the hallway outside of our classroom.  We shared facts we learned about our millipede, plus illustrations created by our students.  The scientists in our class did a wonderful job sharing their learning!  Yeah class!

 

 



Fall Inspired Art

 Our students looking for inspiration during our fall nature hike.

Our collection of fall leaves - ready to be turned into art!

 

Our artists at work - we traced the outline of their leaf onto the paper, and the students added the veins using black sharpie markers.  The fall colour was added using watercolour paint.  The results - beautiful!

 

 

More Dot Art

from International Dot Day!

 

 

We made dots without making dots at all! (Just like in the book, The Dot)

 

Dot Art - made using our cork collection