5 frame fun!

We learned about 5 frames this week. We will soon move to ten frames. These are extremely helpful for children to develop number sense and, later we will use them to understand how addition and subtraction are complementary operations. Here we are playing 5 frame memory with a friend. 

Thank you!!!

Thank you so much for the beautiful flowers! What a nice surprise!!! The kids were so excited! 😊

Math fun

Last week we learned a partner math game called "Roll and Cover". It's great for learning how to recognize sets of dots as numbers and really helps develop number sense. It's also simple enough that it is a great first partner game to play. 

We also worked on making numbers with linking cubes. 

Our first full week in kindergarten

We had a great time getting to know each other and our routines. 

Dancing to "Lettercise"

Creating with pattern blocks

Building and counting with cubes

Painting self portraits

We did a guided drawing lesson on drawing our self portraits after reading the book "Picture Me", written and illustrated by a second grade class from California. We first drew in pencil, outlined in sharpie, and painted. They turned out awesome!!! 

Halloween fun with learning buddies

This morning the children got together with our learning buddies to make a Halloween book that your child can read to you! Each pair traveled to a different station to create their pages for the book. The third graders helped the kindergartners and when they were done, the kindergartners showed them how we use our book boxes. Be sure to ask your child to read their book to you!