2022-2023 EHS Kindergarten

 Kindergarten had inline skating today. The children's skills are really improving and we are so proud of all their efforts.  AM Kindergarten had music and PM Kindergarten had centers. We created cover pages for our Winter Winter booklets. We made tissue paper mittens. We  used tissue paper and white glue to cover a mitten template and then we will cut the mittens out to go on the cover of our books.  We practiced our drawing skills by following along with an art hub for kids drawing. We are practicing on whiteboards to do step by step. AM Kindergarten practiced some math problems. We had to solve addition word problems. PM Kindergarten will try them tomorrow. We listened to a word problem and looked at the picture and had to write a number sentence and/or pictures to show our answers.  Inline Skating Schedule starts this week.  If you are able to help out for inline skating please sign up on the link below. We are looking for volunteers to help the childre...

Today we had inline skating. Kindergarten did an amazing job! We are so proud of all their hard work in learning something new. Thank you to our parent volunteers who came and supported us. We appreciate the help. We are still looking for volunteers next week if you are able to lend us your time.  We worked in our Winter Booklets. We are doing Eric Carle inspired art by using paper we sponge painted to create our illustrations. Today we wrote "I see a ___". The children picked a winter word and wrote the sentences in their books and then used the painted paper to illustrate the page. We had big centers.  Inline Skating Schedule starts this week.  If you are able to help out for inline skating please sign up on the link below. We are looking for volunteers to help the children get their gear on for skating. The equipment will be provided but if you do have a helmet for your child, please send it to school, labelled with their name. Thank you.  https://www.signupgenius...

Today we continued  our Winter Booklets. We are doing Eric Carle inspired art by using paper we sponge painted to create our illustrations. Today we wrote "I see a ___". The children picked a winter word and wrote the sentences in their books and then used the painted paper to illustrate the page. We learned about the letter Z and the sound it makes. We learned the jolly phonics letter Z song and practiced printing the letter Z in our printing books. We added 3 things that begin with Z. Can you find items at home that start with Z? We looked at number sequencing numbers from 1-10 forwards and backwards. We played what comes before and after a given number and had to write our answers on the board.  PM Kindergarten went to Inline Skating today. They did an amazing job. I am very proud of them. They should be proud of all their hard work today. Thank you to our parent volunteer for helping out :) Inline Skating Schedule starts this week.  If you are able to help out for inl...

Today was Pink Shirt Day. We watched a video about Pink Shirt Day and talked about how we can show kindness to everyone. We read, "How to Grow A Friend" and drew a picture about how to be a good friend to others. We drew our pictures on a petal and made it into a big flower.  We started our Winter Booklets. We are doing Eric Carle inspired art by using paper we sponge painted to create our illustrations. Today we wrote "I see a hat." and made a hat out of the paper we made. AM Kindergarten had music and PM Kindergarten went to an assembly hosted by the Grade 1/2 Cox and Disher classes.  We practiced sounding out 3 letter words (CVC- consonant vowel consonant) as we are almost finished going through the alphabet and the sounds that the letters make.  PM Kindergarten read, "I Can Do Hard Things" and we talked about giving ourselves affirmations when things get hard. We practiced saying this out loud and talked about trying new things and how that can feel.  ...

We hope all of our families had a wonderful family day weekend. We started our day with big centers.  We learned about the letter W and the sound it makes. We learned the jolly phonics letter W song and practiced printing the letter W in our printing books. We added 3 things that begin with W. Can you find items at home that start with W? PM Kindergarten had music. We had math centers and played a variety of games we have learned to play in class.  We read, "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? We looked at the story and how it has a repetitive pattern and practiced reading that pattern, "I see a _____." We will be creating our own Winter, Winter books in the next few weeks.  Inline Skating Schedule starts this week.  If you are able to help out for inline skating please sign up on the link below. We are looking for volunteers to help the children get their gear on for skating. The equipment will be provided but if you do have a helmet for your child, please send...

Today we read, "A Little Spot of Anger" and talked about what makes us angry. We talked about ways to bring us back to the green zone of feeling calm and ready to learn. We drew pictures of an angry face for our zones collage.  AM Kindergarten had music with Mrs. Coulson and PM Kindergarten had gym. We painted our map of our hearts with watercolours.  We played math games and had big centers.  Have a wonderful long weekend. See you Tuesday! Thank you to the parents who have sent by the swim forms. They need to be returned  by Tuesday February 21 so please have them filled out and returned for after the long weekend.We appreciate your cooperation. The pool requires forms two weeks in advance. Thank you. If you would like to volunteer and have a valid police clearance, please sign up using the following link  Volunteer Sign Up  as we need parents to join us to supervise on the bus and in the change rooms. Thank you! Also if your child has never been to a pool...

Happy Valentine's Day to all our families. The children came to school very excited to see their friends today. We spent the first part of our day playing and passing out Valentine's Day cards.  We read, " In My Heart" and talked about what makes our heart happy (and feel loved). We looked at the map book which included a page all about a map to my heart. The children drew pictures of their own heart map which we will paint with watercolours tomorrow. They used sharpie to fill their heart with all the things that they love.  AM kindergarten did their writing journals and wrote "I love___" and drew a picture and wrote about something they love.  We played bump, were we have to add up the sum of 2 dice and place a counter on the number board. If your partner gets the same number as you then you can "bump" their counter off the board.  PM Kindergarten had music with Mrs. Coulson.  Swim forms went home yesterday. Please check your child's backpack ...

We learned about the letter J and the sound it makes. We learned the jolly phonics letter J song and practiced printing the letter J in our printing books. We added 3 things that begin with J. Can you find items at home that start with J? We read, "A Little Spot of Love " and talked about ways to show love. We  decorated valentines day bags for cards that we will be handing out tomorrow.  AM Kindergarten had music and gym. PM Kindergarten had gym.  PM Kindergarten played a math game today. We played bump, were we have to add up the sum of 2 dice and place a counter on the number board. If your partner gets the same number as you then you can "bump" their counter off the board.  Swim forms went home today. Please check your child's backpack and fill out the forms and return by Tuesday February 21. The pool requires forms two weeks in advance so we appreciate you sending the forms back in a timely manner. Thank you. If you would like to volunteer and have a valid ...

Today we read, "How Full Is Your Bucket?" and talked about how each of us have an invisible bucket. We talked about ways we can fill each others buckets. We drew in our visual journals what fills our own buckets. We played math games with a partner. We had 10 two sided counters in a cup and had to toss them on the floor and then count the colours up to make ten.  We did STEM centers where each center had a challenge. The centers included:  1-blocks and cards- build the tallest tower 2-marbles and playdough- create a marble maze on a baking sheet 3-lego and blocks- build a bridge to get over the river 4-straws and connectors-build a structure you can sit in 5-explore and play in sand  Swimming is coming up in Kindergarten from March 6-9 for both AM and PM classes.  If you are interested in volunteering for swimming you MUST have a valid police clearance.  It can take 3-4 weeks (or more) to get your clearance from the police.  If you have not starte...