ABC Hunt

 After reading "The City ABC Book" by Zoran Milich, the students began to find letters in our classroom... letters that were hidden in the structure of many classroom objects.  Share these photos with your child and discuss the hidden letters together.  Have them trace it with their finger.  Some are easier to spot than others, and some are lower case while others are upper case.

A

E

I

O

H

 Then we decided to take them around the school to see if we could find more in the halls of our building.

S

X

T

U

V

G

W

M

L

Q

J... very tricky to find!

X

K... Thanks Mrs. Lazarus;)

B

Well we weren't finished yet.... it was time to head outside.  Would we find any letters there???

S... well, sort of.

D

Y

Z

That was a lot of fun... and a lot of work for the students.  We have a couple more letters to find, and then we will use the photos to create an alphabet line in our classroom.  When you are out and about together encourage your child to "go on a letter hunt".  If they can't find any, you can point out letters you see, and have your child name them.  Children can also identify the sounds the letter makes, and some may even be ready to list words that begin with that sound.  Have fun!!! 

TH

Learning Math in a Play-Based Program

Exploring 3-D solids.

"I made a police car."

Tracing 2-D shapes.

Exploring money.

Measuring ingredients when we cook and bake.

"Look at my shapes."

Sorting by colour to create posters.

Making shapes with marshmallows and toothpicks.

"I made a rectangle."

Measuring his structure.

Recording numbers.

"Look, I made a person."

Exploring money at the ice-cream store.

Building structures on mirrors.

Measuring water.

My structure is taller than Miss Laurin.

"I'm taller than the metre stick."

On our math walk looking for shapes around the school.

Learning Literacy in a Play-Based Program

Sharing interesting information from non-fiction texts.

Literacy is all around us, and when we engage with children while they are playing we can bring literacy to them in an interesting and inviting way.  Here are just a few ways we learn to read and write in kindergarten.

Writing on whiteboards.

Planting seeds and labelling them.  We planted apple, maple and popcorn seeds.

Creating a map to the clouds.

We wrote out a recipe for Pumpking Pie and it was YUMMY!!

"Look at what I drew."

Creating a sign that lists the ice cream flavours we sell at the ice cream store.

Writing letters in foam.

Drawing on the chart paper and chalkboards.

Creating letters for our word wall.

Signing up for sharing and presenting in front of the class.

Copying the letters from the word wall into her journal.

Creating a map of our classroom.

Reading interesting books.

Writing on plastic plates.