Traveling Science Workshop on Forces and Motion

What makes an object move? Can we control the movement? 

Does the strength of a push or pull have an effect? 

How about the direction of the push or pull? 

What happens when objects move past each other or collide? 

These are some of the questions the children tried to answer as they explored

 concepts of force and motion while interacting with a variety of toys, balls and vehicles
 as we launched our Science unit on Force and Motion with a workshop from the 
Discovery Museum's Traveling Science Workshops, which was generously funded by TESPTO!

Valentine's Day!

I thought you might enjoy looking at some pictures 

from our Valentine's Day celebration!

The kids were so excited to open their Valentine cards from friends!

They were so sweet, thanking each other for the Valentines.

Special thanks to our room parent, Megan Zink, who sent in treats for our celebration!

Mystery Reader

Special thanks to Gus Serino for being our Mystery Reader last Friday!

Mr. Serino shared Maya Angelou's poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, 

which celebrates the courage within each of us to face new challenges.  

Sight Word Sensory Bins

Over the past couple of weeks we have gone ice fishing for sight words 

and now we are trying to catch Valentine hearts!

I love making bins like these for our Kindergarten class as they

are such a great way to work on fine motor skills and sight word recognition.

After the children read all the sight words, they get to have fun scooping up

the cotton balls, jewels, ping pong balls etc.

I hope the children are having fun with their snowmen sight words at home!
There are so many fun things you can do to make learning sight words engaging and fun!

Counting by Twos, Fives and Tens is Snow Much Fun!

During our Math Workshop times, we have been learning about place value and also learning how to count by twos, fives and tens! The children have all used IXL on our classroom ipads, as well as various classroom materials to help group and count by twos, fives and tens.  Check out this cute bulletin board that we have been using as a resource.  Each member of our class contributed to this project, including Mrs. Gouzie and Mrs. Marshall.  See if your child can find his/her handprint!

I tried to zoom in so you could see our adorable snowmen!

Classroom Supplies

Dear Families,

As we are always striving to maintain a clean, healthy classroom, we are requesting donations of several items to help minimize the spread of germs and sickness.  The tables and other surfaces are washed several times a day and the children wash their hands at the sink several times a day as well. We greatly appreciate any contributions from our Kindergarten families to help replenish our supplies!  

   

Small plastic sandwich bags with zippers 

Larger bags without zippers               Thanks so much!

                                                                    Mrs. Gouzie

Hip! Hip! Hooray! It's the 100th Day!

The children had a fun-filled, fantastic day on the 100th Day of Kindergarten!
 It's amazing to see all they have learned and the wonderful friendships
 that have blossomed in 100 Days of Kindergarten!
Here are some pictures for you to enjoy.  

The children were so creative with their 100th Day Collections!

We sang this fun 100th Day song during our celebration!
You might want to ask your child 
if he/she can teach it to you!

100 Day Song

We have been together, together, together.

We have been together for 100 days!

We've been working and playing,

and sharing and caring.

We have been together for 100 Days!

The children had lots of fun activities to choose from throughout the day! 
Some of the children brought home activities that they didn't have time to complete, so they could have some 100th Day fun over the weekend!
Several children took the 100th Day Exercise Challenge!
I promised them that I would post it on the Blog before I went home
 tonight in case they wanted to take the challenge over the weekend.

100th Day Exercises

1.  Jump 10 times on both feet
2.  Hula hoop 10 times
3.  Take 10 steps
4.  Jump 10 times on one foot
5.  Do 10 Jumping Jacks
6.  Jump rope 10 times
7.  Bounce a ball 10 times
8.  Touch your toes 10 times
9.  Turn around 10 times
10.  Go get 10 sips of water!

   

Comments are always welcome on our classroom Blog! 
You might want to ask your child some of the things 
that they have liked the best in our classroom 
during the first 100 days of Kindergarten.
Your child could dictate his/her comments to you, 
and you could type them in the comment section.
*Note:  Comments won't get published immediately, 
but will be posted within a couple of days!