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February 2009
News from Kindergarten
Kindergarten is in full swing these days! We seem to have many budding readers and writers that are blooming! This month we will begin our first official weekly homework assignment! The children will begin reading/writing response journals.  It’s always so much fun to watch the children’s excitement this time of year when they experience reading a book cover to cover all on their own! The excitement and joy is contagious.
We have introduced many new centers to our “work job” time that are quick becoming fan favorites! We are building words in our letter egg center and learning to read and write numbers in our hole punch center. The children must master using hole punchers and salad tongs to navigate their way through these centers. Our fine motor skills are improving daily. The “take apart” center is by far our favorite though. In this center the children have to learn to use real tools to take apart small appliances. Thank you to all the parents who have donated items to this center. The children are learning to problem solve while developing fine motor skills. What fun we are having!
We have just finished up our unit on fossils. We enjoyed a visit from the Scotia  Glenville visiting museum. We got to experience what life was like during the age of the dinosaurs. We have a much greater understanding of what fossils are and how they are made. We have learned many facts about dinosaurs and even got to go on a “dino dig”. We unearthed many fossils and charted them on a grid just like paleontologists do. We even made some cool dinosaur soap!
February will be a busy month. We will begin our unit on dental health and safety. We will celebrate Valentines Day and Ground Hog Day. We will also be doing a mini unit on George Washington and Abe Lincoln.
We have had the pleasure of sharing a few of our class books at Friday morning meeting. I am so proud of the children for having the courage to get up in front of such a large group. Their confidence is growing daily! They seem to enjoy sharing their knowledge and taking their turn in the spotlight.
Suzanne
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