Since thursday was a snow day, the teddy bears got to sleep over at school two nights! As soon as the students arrived today, they raced around the classroom as they tried to find their stuffed animal friend. The class was in disbelief that their stuffed friends had MOVED and were not in the same place each child had left them. After all of the animals had been found, we read the student’s letters to them. They enjoyed hearing all the silly mischief their animals got into during their sleep over.
Friday was an art day! The class created an open ended snowman project.
Each student decorated their snowman’s legs using any color pattern they wanted. Some of the students used just two colors while others chose up to four colors. The body, hat, boots, and mittens were pre-traced and ready to be cut out. However, students were encouraged to decorate their snowman any way they wanted. This includes adding a face, buttons, and decorating the snowman’s mittens and hat. I love how different each snowman turned out.
A few of the students even added clothes to their snowman!
I was able to observe another first today, Brain Waves. Brain Waves is a brain-based, guided movement workout set to music. Multiple kindergarten classes gathered in the cafeteria where students got to participate in the fitness activities. Brain Waves music is played which instructs the students to move and do a variety of large motor movements. The goal is for students to feel alert, refreshed, and ready to learn after completing three of the Brain Waves songs. It was easy to see how much the kindergarteners enjoyed this chance to dance, move, and wiggle!
Monday will be my first teacher inservice day and staff meeting, can’t wait to learn a lot and see what the day brings!
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