Here are our self-portraits for the month of February. This is one of my favourite activities to complete with the children! They have shown great improvements in their fine motor skills. Also included in these photos is a great picture of Jenn and Jenny drawn by Luka :)
Welcome to our new student, Anna, who is starting in the afternoon class today :)
Thank you to Luka's Mom, Miep, and baby Jude who came for a classroom visit on Wednesday!
We sat in our community circle with Jude lying in the middle. We then went around the circle and the children had the opportunity to ask Miep questions about Jude's development. Many children also told us about "their babies" (aka younger siblings) too. We used building blocks to measure how long baby Jude is - 9 blocks long. Next time when he comes for a visit we will measure him again to see if/how much he has grown. At the end of our visit we sang Jude songs while Miep took him around the circle to let the children hold him if they wanted.
We had a great Valentine's Day!
Thank you for ensuring your child had valentine cards to deliver to her/his peers. It is a very exciting day for the children, and I always worry that someone will have forgotten their cards at home. I was really impressed that the children were able to recognize some of their peers' names as Jenn and I helped them deliver their cards.
We also had some special Valentine's centres for the children this day. On the SMART Board the children drew 'Valentine's Pictures", at the art centre they created valentine cards and decorated foam hearts, they played a toss game with gummy hearts, completed heart puzzles, and created patterns with two different kinds of heart erasers. We then had snack (a big thank you to the families who brought in snacks to share) and opened our valentines.
Dinosaurs
By Rayyan
First there was a red dinosaur.
Then a blue dinosaur comes to play.
And the last dinosaur is friends with the blue dinosaur and the red dinosaur, and he's the colour orange.
Continuation
By Augustus
Once upon a time in a continuation of a story, the bear and the squirrel were teaching each other things.
But suddenly - poof - they were in a different world.
The powerful, powerful, powerful encyclopedia brought them to the new world.
They saw no creatures, no trees, no other animals.
They only saw a new world full of different creatures.
And those new creatures were dinosaurs.
To be continued...
Love
By Gabriella
Once there was a cow, he was playing all day on his eyeball.
A pen comes up and writes on a piece of paper.
The pen draws an eyeball.
Three zombies have a battle with the cow and the pen.
Three princes come up and help the cow and pen.
The zombies fall down and they sleep for one hundred years.
Zombies Vs. Pirates and Monsters
By Nathan
There's five pirates swimming to find treasure.
And there's two zombies guarding the treasure.
The pirates reach land and they fight them.
And there's two monsters - their colours are black, blue, and pink - they eat the zombies.
The pirates win and get the treasure.
The end.
Unicorn and Princess
By Leia
Once upon a time a princess was playing in the castle.
And then the unicorn was eating hay.
The unicorn was by the castle so the princess went out for a ride.
The end.
The Little Girl and the Unicorn
By Megan
Once upon a time there was a little girl named Megan who had a unicorn.
And she gave her a ride to school everyday.
And there was a monster chasing after the unicorn and the little girl.
And the unicorn used the magical horn and little wings to fly.
And the unicorn flies super fast, but walks really slow.
She flied Megan to school.
The Narther of the Fiercest Pirates
By Aroh
Once upon a time there were three pirates.
One of the pirate's names was Aroh, and the next one was Elisha, the third one was Jesse.
One day a little girl was walking along, Aroh's ship - the Jolly Roger - came.
They made the little girl walk the plank.
And then some sharks came, the little girl swam away.
Good thing she was fast, those sharks were as fierce as a podner monster.
To be continued...
The Pirate
By Samantha
A girl and a boy where taking the treasure away from the pirates.
And then one day someone be nice.
The girl and the boy shared the treasure with the pirates.