Celebration of Learning

What a special night of celebrating all the important skills we have learned in Kindergarten!

We decided to call our Celebration of Learning, "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten".  Students started the night by singing songs about friendship, play and thinking like a scientist.

Then the kindergarten experts took their parents to visit 4 stations where they taught their families 4 important life skills:

Read (for fun and to learn)

Play

Rest

Wonder

Students taught their families the importance of each of these life skills.  Parents had time to play with their kids and learn about our classroom "Play Commitments"

~share

~include others

~take care of materials

~use kind words

In addition, students taught about reading for fun (fiction) and to learn (non-fiction).  They traveled to the art room to do a science experiments when their families got to observe closely and wonder.  

Lastly, parents got to make calm spray (water with lavendar oil) and get their backs rubbed just like we do each day to relax after recess.

The students were so proud to share what important life skills they are learning in kindergarten!

Corduroy The Play!

Our crew was so excited to leave school and head into the city to see the play, Corduroy!

Many of the students had not been on a bus yet, so that just added to the adventure.

We loved traveling to the big city!  Boy it sure is different than the suburbs.  

We were excited to look at the big buildings and notice all of the sounds and sights around.  Students couldn't believe how busy downtown was.

We have been reading lots of Corduroy books and beginning to discuss characters.  The crew loved the book!  

Many students had never been to a theater to see a play so it was such an exciting experience.  The students made me so proud by being great listeners, engaged audience members and crew members who showed all the Habits of Character!  We can't wait for our next field trip!