Circle Pass

We danced with a scarf today during our Words Come Alive time.

Words Come Alive

A quote from one of our students during our Flynn Words Come Alive seesion: "I looked around and saw all the dance moves and I wanted to do them all!"

Technology With Mrs. Hayes

Every Thursday is Tech Time! So far this year we have explored logging on, pattern block problem solving and different applications on a program called kidspiration. All activities are planned to support classroom topics and activities.

Our Amazing Kindergarten!

Foodplay Assembly

We attended a Foodplay presentation today, which is a play designed to turn kids on to healthy habits. Topics covered included eating "go" foods instead of "whoa" foods, getting plenty of exercise, and learning about what is actually in "whoa" foods. Ask your child for more details. There is also information and resources on their website: www.foodplay.com. The play was funny and informative!

Special Guests

We were lucky enough to have two special guests this morning! We are planning to use these two beautiful babies as we discuss the past, present & future and document growth over time. Yesterday we looked at our own baby pictures and guessed who was who. We have changed so much over time already it was hard to tell!

November Number Corner

We started our November calendar today with calendar markers called "One Dot, Many Dots!" The markers are a simple growing pattern that adds 1 dot per day to a growing collection of dots. There are a variety of patterns to notice during this month, which is a new way for us to talk about patterns. Instead of a sequence continuing over and over (ABABAB) we will begin to see patterns as sequences of shapes or numbers that grow in a predictable way.  Each day we will add a marker and discuss what we notice. We will then record comments on a chart that asks us how many dots, what color they are ,and what comparisons we are able to make based on this information. Participating in these number corner activities will provide us with the opportunity to practice the following skills & concepts:

• compare sets of objects and determine whether they have the same, fewer, or more objects
• use and understand the words one/many, one/some/all, more/less, most/least, equal to/more than/less than
• describe numbers using 5 as a benchmark
• describe and extend simple growing and repeating patterns
• count and read numerals to 31
• identify ordinal positions through the 31st