Weekly News (Aug. 28-Sept. 1)

It has been a fun and busy first week in kindergarten! I absolutely love getting to know each and every one of my students, and I am looking forward to a FANTASTIC year! The children have been doing a nice job learning all of our new kindergarten routines, and they are already making new friends. Take a peek below to see what we have been learning this week!

Morning Kindergarten

Afternoon Kindergarten

We began our week with a sweet story titled The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn. In this story, Chester raccoon is nervous about going to school until she tells him a story about a special "kissing hand." After placing a kiss in the palm of Chester's hand, she tells him that he will always have his mother in his heart no matter where he goes. After reading the story, we found a letter from Chester with some clues that sent us on a scavenger hunt around the school. He lefts hearts and clues for us to find all over the school, and along the way we met many new and friendly faces!

Mrs. Lane and Mrs. Sprenger

Mrs. Sessler

Mrs. O'Kelly in the LMC

Art Teacher Mrs. Fuglestad

Music Teacher Mr. Deptula

P.E. Teacher Mr. Gries

The children loved listening to several other Chester stories through the week as well that helped us learn about sharing, being a good friend, and the importance of trying new things even if they seem challenging!

The children were also excited to spend some time playing some Chester-themed games during center time. Check us out in action below!

Upper and Lowercase Letter Match

Roll-and-Cover Number Match

Number Match

Memory

We also began our calendar routine this week which provides time for us to practice many math concepts including: counting and identifying numbers; recognizing numbers that come before and after a given number; identifying the days of the week and the months of the year; and beginning to understand the concept of place value as we keep track of the number of days we have been in school. Click HERE to watch the "Days of the Week" song we have been singing! We also introduced our "Hello Helper" routine. Each day we will have a new helper who will guide us through our calendar routine and act as our line leader for the day. The children LOVE when it is their turn to be the special helper!

The class was thrilled to spend some time in our interactive play centers too. It was a great opportunity for them to practice cooperative learning skills such as turn-taking, teamwork, and sharing!

We also had a chance to attend each of our specials classes this week, which include: music, art, physical education, and time in the LMC to check out new books and engage with technology.

Afternoon Music Teacher Mrs. Tosheva

Mrs. Kenney in the LMC

I hope you all enjoyed our first kindergarten blog post!

Click HERE to see more photos from our first week.

Have a TERRIFIC weekend!