Brainstorming Animals

Can you believe that in ten minutes our class was able to name 115 different animals? We even surprised ourselves! First we sat in a big circle. By going around the circle, each student had many turns to name an animal. For each animal named the students were given a Unifix Cube to hold. When the time was up, we combined all the cubes, and then counted them together. Yes, we really counted all the way to 115! Next, we practiced writing that great big number.

Here is a fun follow up activity. Challenge your child to name as many different animals as he or she can in one minute. Can they name at least ten? Next, let your child time other family members for the same activity. By using tally marks or tokens, your family's grand total can be counted. Please let me know what your total was!

Thanksgiving projects/celebrations!

Our class is very busy getting ready for the Thanksgiving holiday. We are writing, reading, and painting about turkeys. We are even sewing cute little stuffed turkey pillows, thanks to our parent helpers.
On Monday we will be making jello to share with all our friends in the other K classes, as our part of the annual kindergarten Thanksgiving feast. All our parents are invited to join us at 11:20 on the deck outside the clinic. Children will not need to provide their own lunches for that day. Each class is making a dish to share and the room parents are providing the rest of the feast from our party fund. The children are asked to dress up for this special event.

Parent Survey/Poerty in the Park

Dr. Bianco is asking that all our parents complete this important survey. Here is the link:

http://surveybuilder.nais.org/SB/Questionnaire/login.aspx?SurveyID=687

Rain or Shine: Poetry in the Park (or in case of rain in the gym) tomorrow starting at 8:30. See you then! Our class is invited to bring one small stuffed animal to accompany our poem. This is optional.

How Animals Move

Children are very interested in learning about animals. This week the kindergartners are enjoying finding out the different ways animals can move. This week they sorted animals into several groups: those that walk/run, swim, fly, jump, and crawl. They also discussed which body parts help the various animals move. They learned that all animals can move in at least one way.