Kelso Choices

This afternoon we learned about what a small problem and a big problem were!  Kelso, the frog shared different strategies we can use to solve small problems!  Check out the video!

A Friend Visits From Germany!

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Today we had a visit from Helen and her son, Leo.  She is a professor in Germany.  She visited our classroom because she is so interested in how we use social media tools with young children and families.  We learned how to count to 10 in German and she shared some beautiful wordless books with us from Germany. #grateful to know her.  Click here to read how we connected.

A Visit To The Apple Orchard!

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A Visit From The Dorothy Alling Library!

This afternoon Mrs. Jill visited us in Kindergarten!  She showed us some new apple books and read us a story!  The town library is a wonderful place to visit!  She delivered our new library cards too!  Reading is so much fun!  We also made a connection with one of the stories!  We just created scientific drawings of apples too just like the book!

Remembering to 'Look up!"

Mrs. Birdsall visited Kindergarten and read us a wonderful story called;"Hello, hello".  The story had an important message for us.  Digital tools are wonderful and can offer a lot of opportunities for learning, but it is important to have balance and to "look up" from your screen and see who and what is around you!

Easing into our day!

Kindergarten is a wonderful place to be.  This morning we enjoyed practicing letters while we listened to the dot song!  Writing in Kindergarten is fun because we have lots of neat tools and places to write!

Celebrating International Dot Day!

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Today we were able to reach out and connect with friends in Minnesota to share our "dots."  We were able to use Twitter to "tweet" what we explored and we even had an opportunity to eat dot snacks thanks to many thoughtful families in Kindergarten.  Creativity is important.  When we are curious about things we begin to ask questions and think deeply about what we want to know.  What a wonderful day we had!

 

This afternoon Mrs. Saini, our wonderful guidance counselor taught us about how are feelings can help us control what we want our minds to do!
We learned about clear mind, mud mind and sparkle mind!  Pumsy, the dinosaur helped us explore how important it is to share your feelings so others know how you are.  

Going Places Safely!

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This morning Mrs. Birdsall visited us again in Kindergarten!  She helped us explore the following questions.... 
1. Where have you been? 
Some of our responses were; "I've been to Seattle.", "Blueberry picking", "I went to the orchard."
2. How do you keep safe?
Some of our responses were; "I stay with my parents." "I don't run away."

So we need to do the following to be safe when we are online and using digital tools:
1. Ask parents for permission
2. Talk to people we know
3. Stick to places that are "just right" for you.

Becoming Safe, Kind and Responsible Digital Citizens!

Digital Citizenship Inside/Outside of Kindergarten!

Today Mrs. Birdsall spoke to us about how we can be safe when we use digital tools.  We created our own identity using Doodle Buddy on our iPads.  This is the identity we will use on our Kidblogs too!

Being Safe.....

1. We are kids so we do not use our real names with our real photo.

2.  We share only kind things about what we are learning.

3. We always check with an adult before we use the internet.

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New Friends in Kindergarten!

Today we met Ms. Olivia.  She is a student at Champlain College.  She will be in Kindergarten every Wednesday.  She is learning how to be a teacher!  

Kindergarten is a very fun and busy place to be!
Also Ms. Jill came to Kindergarten today!  She read us a story about friends.  We are all going to get our own library card too!  

Creating Our Aprons For Kindergarten!

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">This morning we all had an opportunity to create our own aprons!  We choose 2 colors and thanks to some wonderful parent volunteers we were able to finish today! We also noticed that when we mixed some colors, another color was created!