It can be hard to get detailed information about the school day out of a Kindergartener! In this post I'll try to show many types of learning that the children experience each day.
Our week began with the children taking a good look at the new display of October self portraits that we created after listening to Let's Talk About Race by Julius Lester. We followed the book with an exercise of "mixing" our own unique skin tones with different colors of paint. This book and activity was the first in a year long project that all Orchard classrooms are engaged with called Reading to Raise Anti-Racists. You may have read about it in The Core.
We began a new Math Routine this week called "Math Menu". This means that after learning a new concept and a game to reinforce it, the children work independently and at their own pace to both play the game and complete a set of activities that promote Kindergarten math skills.
Check it out...
That picture has us looking very studious but rest assured there is plenty of time in our afternoons for both indoor and, when the weather cooperates, outdoor play! Whether we are building or playing "What Time Is It Mr. Fox?" (you can see both below), we are learning to be part of a group and treat others with kindness.
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