The first day was focused on getting the students settled into their new room. They unpacked their bags, set up their lockers, and explored the classroom. In the afternoon we had a surprise visitor! Pete the Cat (from the children's books) left us a note that he was somewhere in the school! We searched classroom to classroom all the around the school for the ornery cat. Sadly, Pete left the school the school before we could find him, but he left lots of goodies for us in our classroom!
On Tuesday we started out kindergarten routine. It was amazing to see how fast the students started to show the rules and be comfortable in the classroom. We also started talking about colors and shapes. We explored mixing colors with a science experiment! The student learned all about how some colors come together to make a new color!
Thursday we discussed how God made every student and their families special to them. In the morning the student drew pictures of their special families. It was neat to see how each student viewed different members in their family.
During phonics time we started to practice hearing and coming up with rhyming words. The students had some disgusting fun by finding rhyming words in the rhyme slime! Their hands got covered in slime, but they learned a lot about rhyming words.
In the afternoon they started a project of making their own self portrait. If you looked at the picture, you would think that they always wore colorful feathers and shiny shapes!
I've had so much fun getting to know these kinders this week! I can't wait for another week full of discovery and learning! Have a fun weekend!
