Dot Day

We celebrated International Dot Day today based on the book The Dot by Peter Reynolds.

We invited our new 3rd grade buddies to come join us and help us make dots using liquid watercolors and coffee filters. 

We Love Pete the Cat

We love Pete the Cat in kindergarten! We read all of his books and then I introduce our Pete puppet by having him delivered in a package.  He brings us our first class book and some buttons.

After recess, Pete goes missing and leaves us this note:

He leaves us buttons around the school and we need to go find him! This gives us a chance to explore the new building and meet some teachers.  After his long journey, Pete needed a bath ;)

Then we can come back to the classroom and learn all about sorting using the buttons that Pete brought us.  We sorted by color, shape, size and type. 

First Week Activities

Here are some of our first center activities that we started today, the kids did a great job! They even organized and packed up their own folders today AND we managed to get out on time.  I am so proud of them!

Listening Center

Magnet Center 

Roll and Write Center

Writing Center 

First Days!

We have slow start in kindergarten, so half the students came yesterday and half came today! It's a great way to help the class get comfortable with their new classroom and their new school! We did lots of Pete the Cat themed activities including reading, singing and making a Pete the Cat craft.  We also got to know each other and explored our new classroom! 

 

Graduation

Here are some pictures from our graduation ceremony last night! The kids did such an amazing job, I am so proud of them!  Thank you to Adam Lyon for the fantastic pictures :)

Teddy Bear Picnic

Here are a few pictures from our teddy bear picnic!