Michelangelo Artists!

It's the end of the year so its time to add a little extra fun into our learning. Today we learned about the artist Michelangelo and learned that he painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, so we decided that we had to try it for ourselves!  Parents be warned...they may be asking to this all summer, you may need to buy some extra tape!  

 

Math Words Video

We are beginning our unit on measurement and one of the new vocabulary words is the word: "attribute." Here is a short video of us describing the math term "attribute" in kindergarten vocabulary.

Field Trip!

Today we visited the Buffalo Botanical Gardens! http://www.buffalogardens.com/

The children learned about types of plants, different foods that are plants, seeds, and when I asked them the best part there were so many "favorite" things they couldn't choose!

 

  

 

 

Here we learned about different grains and the many foods that we eat that contain grains.





We loved exploring the many different plant houses




Spring in bloom



The Koi ponds were a definite favorite.







Here we learned about various fruits and the best part was squeezing our very own orange juice!






In the vegetable room we learned about eating different parts of plants, including roots and stems!

Budding Artists

My mother, a florist by trade and an avid jewelry designer was recently cleaning out her beading materials. When she asked me if I wanted a "few" beads for school I of course thought that the kids would love them. When I found out that it was 3 baskets full of various beads I knew the kids were going to go crazy! I was right! They were so excited to check out the "real jewels."  Some made them

For themselves, some for their mom. There were necklaces and bracelets and just some really creative projects. Here are some pictures of their designs!

Celebrating Our Writing!

Our Kindergarten Writing Celebration 2014

Teach Me How to...

I think it is important to give students opportunities to "teach" each other the steps or directions for different procedures. Here are two new short videos of them teaching in our Writing and Reading Workshop.


Writing...

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Reading...

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