What did you learn at school today?

Hi Kinderfamilies! Today we had our first science experiment of the year. The kids made predictions, choosing if the apple would float or sink, and then observed. We saw apples floating in the tub of water. Here's what they learned;



"We did a science experiment of apples." -Reed



"Apples float." -Dehne



"Air inside the apple (makes it float)." -Vincent



"Water balloon floated." -Joey



"Rock sunk to the bottom." -Sebastian

Welcome to Kindergarten!

After two busy weeks of classes, we are off to a great year in Room 3-0-1(fun). We will continue to work towards making new friends and good choices. The kids have really enjoyed trying the NEOs which they call their "laptop." Some of their favorite activities are listening to stories and playing toys with each other at the end of the day. They LOVE the toy cars, magnetic building pieces, building blocks, Lincoln Logs, and Legos. It's awesome to watch them work together and foster imaginative and creative growth. I'll start posting pictures soon!

Field Day

We had the greatest time moving from station to station. The kids got to participate in many games and activities. Mr. Dewitt coordinated the events and we had GREAT parent volunteers to run each station. Thank you parents for being here today and volunteering to help make field day a success!

Some of the kids favorite stations were: tug of war, Frisbee toss, throwing rockets, using sticks to pick up toys, water sponge game, lacrosse throwers, and the parachute.

Teagan's Birthday Book Club

I felt good when Mom read the story "Peter Pan." I like the story because I like Peter Pan. By Teagan

Tommy's Birthday Book Club

My dad read the story "Sponge Bob the Art Contest No Cheating Allowed." I like it. We had fruit snacks that had Sponge Bob and Toy Story 3. By Tommy

Maggie's Birthday Book Club

Mommy read "The Velveteen Rabbit." It was very good. I liked it because it had a bunny in it. By Maggie

Austin's Birthday Book Club

I love my birthday because my mom read, "Patrick's Big Teeth." My mom read the story, it was fun, and the fruit snacks were tasty. -by Austin Witas

These are a few of our favorite things...

There is so much to enjoy about Kindergarten at John W. Garvy. We love being Bulldogs, learning about the calendar, building 2-D and 3-D shapes with marshmallows and toothpicks, counting money in our very own grocery store, center time, and learning about the life cycle. This year, we've investigated tadpoles, snails, fish, hermit crabs, newts, and now caterpillars. Ms. Rojas teaches us about tying our shoes. The students now know how to read and write stories, I'm obviously so proud of them! Regardless of all the curriculum...the kids favorite part of the day is, you guesses it, RECESS!

Worms Worms Worms

We love when Mrs. Hehn comes to Kindergarten on Friday afternoons. She is sure to bring something fun for us to learn about. Over the past couple of weeks, we have been observing worms. We have compared and contrasted between Night Crawlers and Red Worms. The kids used measuring tapes to find their length, magnifying glasses to get a closer look, and their hands to hold the worms. It might have gotten a little messy, but the kids LOVED it!

Here is a poem we wrote together:

Worms worms worms
Worms eat dirt
Worms are squishy
Worms don't have eyes
Worms don't have legs
Worms like the dark
Worms poop
And sometimes worms wiggle
Worms worms worms

Spencer's Birthday Book

Spencer was so proud to have his mom come and read us a story!

Earth Day with Mrs. Grossart

We were so lucky to have beautiful weather on Earth Day. In the Garvy Garden we listened to a story, learned about composting, and watched the Grossart's worms eat away at their garbage. We learned that the worms eat egg shells, coffee grinds, paper, and most of all they like to hide in the darkness of the mud. Here is a link to a cool website that shows you how to start and maintain a worm compost. Hopefully you'll have better luck than I did! http://www.cityfarmer.org/wormcomp61.html

Abigail's Birthday Reading

I was happy when my mom read a story. I liked how people were laughing at Amelia Bedelia. She is really funny. They said to undust the furniture, but she put dust on it. She dressed the chicken in clothes, but she really meant to take the things off of it. She always is funny to me because when she goes fishing and dusts the furniture. She's funny because she always does things wrong. By Abigail

Kohl Children's Museum Field Trip

Last Friday we took a school bus to the Kohl Children's Museum to learn about simple machines and explore the museum. Here are pictures of kids working with levers, pulleys, inclined planes, and gears. The kids especially enjoyed; the water room (jellyfish, moving the water, squirting water), face painting, grocery shopping, and Pet Vet.

Valentine's Day Party

Will you be my VALENTINE? We had such a lovely party. The kids decorated their red covered shoe boxes, passed out valentines, ate a snack, listened to a story and played freeze dancing. Thank you again to the Room Parents for organizing and running a wonderful party!

Hibernation

Today we watched a webcam of Lily, a female black bear, in Minnesota. She gave birth around 12:45. Here is a link to see it for yourself: http://www.wildearth.tv/static/wildearth/channels/we_bear_den.html?streamId=wwbearden01

Bears are sleeping. Bears are sleeping. Hibernation. Hibernation. When will they wake up? When will they wake up? When it's warm. When it's warm.

Here are the kids pretending to hibernate and then waking from their slumber.