Snapshots
December 2017
A Few Highlights in November
In preparation for our Thanksgiving Feast, our class prepared carrots for the All School Friendship Soup. The children thoroughly enjoyed preparing carrots for the soup. We often spoke about our part in the soup preparation/making and the importance of this work. Children were pleased with themselves to contribute an ingredient.
Works like this really encourage children to concentrate. It is an involved activity and therefore fosters the development of will-power and independence. Children usually spend around 20-30 minutes working on their own.
Thank you to all the parents who brought in an extra bag of carrots with their child's snack choice. I also wanted to thank parents who have been including carrots or bananas regularly with their child's snack; children have been able to do these works daily, thanks to you!
Thanksgiving Feast
Leading up to Thanksgiving, we spent a lot of time during circle time discussing and sharing what we were thankful for. We used a story board to introduce terms like the: Mayflower, The Pilgrims, The Indians, Harvest, Feast and Thankful.
The school came together to celebrate Thanksgiving and taste the delicious Vegetable Friendship Soup and some wonderful pumpkin bread. We all had a lovely time.
Thank you to all the parents who provided water and the paper goods for the feast and those who volunteered to help us during the feast.
Welcome Saanvi
Geography
Some of the Kindergarteners and older Pre-schoolers have been working hard on learning the names of the Continents and doing all 7 continent puzzle maps. Upon observing a lesson being given to child learning to draw a map, many other children began to follow. Within 48 hours children began drawing maps on their own.