Tuesday, February 21, 2012

The Making of a President

If I was President...(the campaign begins)




Voting begins...


Congratulations Madam President! You promised to be kind, give and make sure everyone has enough food and a home to live in safely. Kindergarten trusts your record.

Our Valentine's Tea

Valentine's Day is a spring board for kindergarteners to learn about letter writing, compliments, friendship skills...and "fancy manners".
At our tea the gentlemen lead ladies to their seats.
Ladies served our delicacies.
Everyone waited until everyone was ready.



Valentines were shared.

Kindergarten Compliments

Five pages, five pages to be filled with compliments.

Mrs. K might rethink this project for next year.


The week before Valentine's Day every child wrote a compliment to each and everyone of their classmates.

These were compiled into a single text for each student...

and shared.

The Writing Prompt

Mrs. K has begun assessing writing in new way. Children are now able to write to a prompt. After our study of the fairy tale "Goldilocks" kindergarten was asked to write their own version. Mrs. Kurkinen was more than impressed! When scored, children did so well Mrs. K decided to include writing prompts on a weekly basis.

Paper Making








Our Tree Lady, Sandi Reed, came to help us understand how necessary every tree is, and how important it is to conserve our kindergarten paper. Its a lot of work to make paper!

The Kindergarten Art Museum Experience


expression






Chinese New Year



Our Chinese New Year expert explains the significance of the 12 year cycle in Chinese culture.