Growing and Learning in Kindergarten

There are lots of things "growing" in kindergarten over the past few weeks!  To begin, take a look at our caterpillar friends!  We were very excited to see that most of our caterpillar friends have moved into the chrysalis stage.  The chrysalids are now hanging in our butterfly mesh pavilion as the children anxiously wait for them to turn into butterflies!

We hope you have been at the school recently to see our "Kindergarden".  It looks great and the kids are showing a lot of pride in their accomplishment of making this garden look so beautiful.  We have been getting lots of compliments from staff, students and other parents on the garden.  

Cooking with kids is such a great learning opportunity.  Measuring, reading the recipe and working together are just some of the skills used when cooking.  Here are our friends baking some banana bread with Mrs. Allan!  A yummy treat!

We brought the connecting cubes out again this week.  What a hit this was with the students as they built interesting constructions and talked about what they made.  We are currently making our own big book with photos and the children's writing about the things they have built.

Following the students interest in growing and planting, we have turned out dramatic play area into a "Flower Shop".  We have also added a soil center with gardening signs, shovels, seeds, planting pots, gardening gloves and flowers.  

We went back out to the pond this week to check on the bird feeders we hung outside last week.  Guess what we discovered?  Most of the bird feeders were completely gone...the only thing remaining was the string hanging from the branches.  A few bagel bird feeders were still hanging, but looked like they had been snacked upon.  Lots of great conversation developed about what we think happened to the bird feeders.  Did birds eat the entire bagel?  Did any other creatures eat the bird feeders?

Super Science Wednesday involved more experiments with planting, including making our own mini-greenhouse, experimenting with re-planting and trying to grow a bean seed in a jar.