December 22nd

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Today we supported Global Goal 33 by being kind and helpful to each other and nature. We also helped keep ourselves healthy on our long hike using snowshoes today too.

Enjoy the season!  See you all back in kindergarten next year.

December 20th

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Today's wonderful story was about how a gift can change the life of another. It was a wonderful story to read to help explore how a small act of generosity can change the life of another.

The children thought of ways they can help others too.

December 16th

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Today we read a wonderful story about how a woman cooked pancakes for many people in her village. A wonderful story about the importance of community and caring.
The children created a beautiful, detailed drawing of a scene from the story.

December 15th

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Today we read 2 more wonderful stories about how food can be shared with our neighbors and how we can support those who may need food.

December 13th

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Today we read a wonderful story about 2 friends who found ways to support and care for each other. They helped to make sure that they each had a full fridge.

The children created a refrigerator of what they would keep in their fridge. Many great ideas about what we can do to help make sure all children have a full fridge.

December 10th

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Today we read some wonderful stories about transitions and a neighborhood that has many wonderful, caring people who have lots to share and offer each other.

We started exploring CVC words and using our hands, tapping hands to sound out the sounds we hear.

December 9th

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We read a wonderful story about a soup kitchen. We explored how this might be helpful to others in a community. Today the children created a plate of what they ate for breakfast. Later we explored the many places we could go to get food for our plates. The children made lots of connections with what they ate for breakfast and where they might get their food.

December 8th

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We read wonderful stories about needs and wants. We explored what poverty and hunger can mean to some people too. We created a full plate of healthy food today and talked a bit about where we can get our food, and where food comes from. 

December 6th

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Today we started exploring what the difference between needs and wants are. These stories helped us think about these ideas. We created a list we will share too.

December 2nd

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Today the children created different marble tracks to explore the ideas of pushing and pulling.

The children made mathematical connections with the types of lines they created like zig-zag, straight, and curvy.

December 1st

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Today we created our winter portraits. Wow! Everyone has grown so much.

We are working on writing numbers in counting order from 0-21 and counting to 100 and beyond!

We are all enjoying the rhyming stories we are reading too.

November 30th

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Today the children explored how to make a push and pull. They added water to the bottles and noticed an increase in speed. Later while outdoors, sledding the children connected what they learned this morning about how when sledding their body can pull them down the hill.

November 29th

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Today we explored a new nursery rhyme. 

As mathematicians, we connected the rhyme with counting order. We practiced counting forward, backward, and we worked on numeral writing and numeral ID. 

The children did a wonderful job using unifix cubes to measure all of the different webs.

November 19th

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Today we learned a couple more new rhymes and then created a spider traveling up a water spout.

We explored numbers 0-11 and 11-20. We are thinking about what number comes before and after a number 0-21.

We are recognizing acts of kindness and being kind to our friends.

November 18th

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Today we explored a push. We discovered that a force causes an object to move. A pull is a force that causes an object to move towards the person pulling the object.

November 17th

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Today the children were able to see Salty the Snow Plow! 

The children are enjoying exploring the different ways that objects can move and thinking about what makes things go fast and slow.

November 15th

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Today the children recited nursery rhymes. They listened for the rhymes and then produced them.

New letters this week are x and y!

November 12th

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Today we were cartographers and created maps of where forest animals live in the world.

We had fun counting forward and backward and writing our numerals 1-20!

November 11th

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Today we read a wonderful story about kindness. We thought of ways that we could be kind to each other, nature, and the world.

Later we created drawings of an action we could do to show and express kindness.

As we explored outside this morning we noticed things we could do to care for nature.

November 9th

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Today we explored outside to find evidence of where squirrels or other animals might have been. Look here to see the Mystery Science we watched.

The children created beautiful scientific drawings of these unique creatures in their habitats too.

November 8th

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Today we explored beavers and thought about why they build dams. Look here to see the Mystery Science video that helped us explore this idea.

We created scientific drawings of these unique forest creatures and included labels like Gail Gibbons does in her books.

We explored letters v and w today as well. 

November 4th

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Today we explored a nocturnal animal, the bat. We read about how bats like to move at night and eat insects.

We created our own scientific drawings of bats inspired by the book Bats, by, Gail Gibbons.

We are exploring 2 dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes this month. Please share a 2 D or 3 D shape you find in your home or outside in nature with us.

November 3rd

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Today we read another wonderful story by Gail Gibbons. Her books are filled with great information and she also uses labels with her illustrations to help the reader understand information.

The owls that the children created are detailed, colorful, and informative.

It is wonderful to see such creativity.

November 1st

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Today we began exploring the animals that live in forests. We created a list of animals and will be exploring where they live and what the forest is like where they have their habitat.

We created a list of animals we are curious about and will investigate.

Today we began exploring 2 and 3-dimensional shapes. Look here to get the App for free. It is called Geoboard.

October 29th

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This afternoon we will be exploring worms and their life in the dirt thanks to parent volunteers and the 4 Winds program.

We learned how to make tally marks today with popsicle sticks and subitize using moon rocks. Lots of great mathematical thinking.

October 28th

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Today we used SKYPE as a way to connect with a forest ranger in Yellowstone National Park. Some of our questions..

What kind of trees grow in the park? Who takes care of the trees?

What animals live in the park?

What does a forest ranger do? Who can visit the park?

October 26th

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Today Recycle Rhonda visited kindergarten. We were able to learn more about worms and how important and helpful they are to the world.

We took the Worm Wrangler Pledge too!  When we see a worm in need we will try our best to help.

We read a wonderful story about taking a breath when we need to pause. The story reminded us of all the ways we can reflect and take a breath when we get frustrated, tired, silly, or just need to breathe.

October 25th

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Today we read some great stories about worms and their life in the dirt. The children are working on a worm book and worm puppet to help them share what they have learned about worms, why we need to care for worms, and what their life is like.

October 22nd

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Today we talked about how we all have many things that we feel great about. We explored how it is okay to ask for help and to not be able to do things that others can do. We explored how everyone has so many unique ideas and together we can share our talents with others.

We talked about belly breathing and how this can help us take a breath when we feel frustrated, excited, and silly. Look here to see what we watched to help us explore Belly Breathing.

October 21st

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Today we created beautiful life cycles of an Oak tree. The children were wonderful about writing the sounds they hear for each letter in a word. We will share our cycles on Seesaw tomorrow.

October 20th

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We read a wonderful story about how important it is to use your voice and stick up for yourself and others. 

The children then had an inquiry challenge of making their own twig out of sticks and other materials. We will work on these today and tomorrow.

October 18th

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Today we explored the life cycle of an oak tree. We learned that all trees have a life cycle and need water, sun, soil, and a seed to grow.
While outside exploring today we noticed all of the seasonal changes. The air is colder and the leaves are turning colors everywhere.

October 15th

 Inquiry Challenge:

October 14th

Mrs. D's Inquiry Challenge #2:

October 13th

 Mrs. D's Inquiry Challenge: #2

October 12th: Inquiry Challenge #1

Today your challenge is to go outside and notice what is under your feet, around you, and above your head. Collect what you find and then you get to create anything you want with the materials you collect.

October 6th

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Today we explored outside and found many things in nature. We used what we found to make critters like the story; "Leaf Man."

October 5th

 

Today we started reading a wonderful story. We are participating in the Global Read Aloud this year. Be sure to ask your child daily about what is happening in the story. 

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We explored mystery science today about wind and trees.

October 4th

 

Today we explored the many colors that leaves have and what causes the leaves to turn colors. The story we read today was a wonderful introduction to the life of a tree.

We explored numbers 6,7, & 8 today too.

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October 1st

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Today we explored what trees look like during the different seasons. We explored what happens to trees when the season's turn. We had lots of wondering about the animals that live in trees during different times of the year.