Carnival!

**There is no school until Tuesday! Please also read the housekeeping items for our 100^th day celebration next week. It involves dressing up and collecting 100 items!

Dear Mom and Dad:

Another celebration day in kindergarten!! Today we celebrated Carnival! This is a carnival that has been going on for over 100 years in Quebec. Ask me to tell you how to say “hello” in French. I even got to meet Bonhomme who is the mascot for Carnival.

Ask me to tell what stations I went to.

Question of the day: Post on the blog what some of the stations were that you went to.

Love,

Kindergarten

Housekeeping:

We will be celebrating our 100^th day of kindergarten on Thursday February 18!! To celebrate this special day we would like to ask if:

1)   You could bring one small zip lock bag of 100 things. The items should all be able to fit in one small size zip lock bag. For example, 100 smarties, 100 small pebbles, 100 beans, 100 goldfish, 100 stickers, 100 paperclips etc. Plesae note that the items may not be returned. We will be doing some math with the items.

2)   On February 18^th, we are inviting students to dress up as if they were 100 years old! (Completely optional!) Please do not go out and buy anything. A tie, hat, cane, fake glasses, scarves, sweaters, baby powder in hair and hairspray to keep it in tact. These may be found in your child's closet or yours! There are lots of ideas on the internet. Here are some ideas:

Valentine's Day

Dear Mom an Dad:

Another eventful day in kindergarten! Today we decorated bags so that we can hold all of our Valentine's Day cards! At home, I can try to read some of the names or cards that I got today!

Question of the day: when we think about Valentine's Day we think about love and peace and how to fill someone's bucket. Post on the blog how you filled someone's bucket today!

Love,

Kindergarten

Housekeeping:

Tomorrow is Carnival! We will be outside for the entire kindergarten half day. Please ensure that I am properly dressed for tomorrow. It will be a little warmer but that means there will be lots of mud and ice!

Our kindergarten lost and found is overflowing! Most of the items that are in the bucket are NOT labeled. Parents please check all of your child's belongings that they use at school and ensure that it is labelled. Sharpies work great! If items are not claimed by the end of the month, they will be moved to the main school lost and found and then eventually donated. Please take time to label: indoor shoes, outdoor shoes, jackets, sweaters, gloves, mitts, water bottles, backpacks, lunch bags. Basically anything that can be left behind.

Gung Hay Fat Choy

Dear Mom and Dad of PM kindergarten:

Gung Hay Fat Choy! Or Chuc Mung Nam Moi (Vietnamese).

We had a full day of celebrating and learning even more about Chinese Traditions.

Just like in the Chinese tradition, we gathered around tables to have a feast with our friends. We learned that certain foods that we eat on Chinese New Year symbolizes something. I ate noodles today and the noodles mean long and healthy life.  I ate oranges because they represent joy and good luck. I also had some tea! There were no forks and spoons today for our noodles. We learned how to use chopsticks and did our very best. My teachers were very impressed of how hard we tried to use chopsticks and our polite manners. I was given the choice to bring my chopsticks home, I can show you how I use them ;) 

I received a special red envelope from my teacher today. I learned that when someone gives me a red envelope, I need to use two hands to receive it to show respect.

AM: Ask me to tell you about the blossom art that I did. We also made firecracker noise to ring in the New Year and bring good luck! Ask me to tell you what we did with bubble wrap. It sounded just like fireworks here in kindergarten today.

PM: Our performance was amazing! After our performance, we watched the lion dance and a martial arts demo! The lion came close to us, it was so AWESOME! It is believed that watching a lion dance on Chinese new years is really good luck. (We will upload the video and pictures from our performance and lion dance when soon!) 

Question of the day: Post on the blog what your favorite Chinese New Year activity was today. 

Parents thank you for letting us share this special tradition with your child. We hope that they can make this connection for years to come every Chinese New Year! Wishing all of our kindy families a great year filled with happiness and love!

Love,

Kindergarten 

Housekeeping: 

VALENTINE’S DAY CARD EXCHANGE IS TOMORROW!

Parents we will be having our valentine festivities on Tuesday February 9. If you would like to hand out cards please leave the TO: blank and onl write FROM: (your child's name).

Number of students in the AM for each class

Red: 22

Blue: 22

Green: 20

Number of students in the PM for each class

Red: 17

Blue: 19

Green: 19

CARNIVAL

We also have Carnival on Wednesday! Your child will be outside for most of the morning participating in many traditional activities to celebrate Carnival. Please ensure your child is dressed appropriately. 

Year of the Monkey

Dear Mom and Dad of PM kindergarten:

We started off the morning with a KBC circle. Ask me to tell you what this is. It is a very peaceful circle where we share our ideas one at a time. Today the question was “What do you know about Chinese New Year?” We shared a lot of what we know.  

We were busy getting ready to ring in the year of the Monkey on Monday. We cleaned our classroom by wiping tables, chairs, organizing our pencil tubs, organizing our books etc. I can do this at home as well ;)

Dusting out the old year and bringing in the new!

We practiced making the m sound, printing the letter and drawing a monkey! Ask me to tell you some words that start with m.

Question of the day: Post on the blog what you know about Chinese New Year.

Love,

Kindergarten 

Housekeeping:

CHINESE NEW YEAR

It is Chinese New years On Monday February 8! Please wear RED for good luck. Kindergarten will be having a feast to celebrate this event. We will be serving egg noodles with peas and carrots cooked with vegetable broth. We will also be eating oranges and having some iced tea. On this day students don’t need to bring a snack. If you know that your child may prefer to eat their own snack you are welcome to still pack one.  

PM kindergarten will be performing in the gym at 2:10pm.

VALENTINE’S DAY

Parents we will be having our valentine festivities on Tuesday February 9. If you would like to hand out cards please leave the TO: blank and onl write FROM: (your child's name).

Number of students in the AM for each class

Red: 22

Blue: 22

Green: 20

Number of students in the PM for each class

Red: 17

Blue: 19

Green: 19

CARNIVAL

We also have Carnival on Tuesday! Your child will be outside for most of the morning participating in many traditional activities to celebrate Carnival. Please ensure your child is dressed appropriately. 

Tanga School

Dear Mom and Dad:

Today we met Mr. Dudoni. Ask me to tell you who he is! He went to school in Tanga and he shared some photos from Tanga school. We learned that Mr. Dudoni brings artifacts from Cranston such as letters, artwork and photos to share with the teachers and students. On February 25, parents will have a chance to purchase our art for $10 each.

PM: we did a special art project today. Ask me to tell you what kind of tree I created and how I made the branches!

Question of the day: Post on the blog something you learned from Mr. Dudoni today about Tanzania and Tanga School.

Love,

Kindergarten 

Housekeeping:

PM has school tomorrow.

CHINESE NEW YEAR

It is Chinese New years On Monday February 8! Please wear RED for good luck. Kindergarten will be having a feast to celebrate this event. We will be serving egg noodles with peas and carrots cooked with vegetable broth. We will also be eating oranges and having some iced tea. On this day students don’t need to bring a snack. If you know that your child may prefer to eat their own snack you are welcome to still pack one. PM kindergarten will be performing a song in the gym at 2:10pm

VALENTINE’S DAY

Parents we will be having our valentine festivities on Tuesday February 9. If you would like to hand out cards please leave the TO: blank and onl write FROM: (your child's name).

Number of students in the AM for each class

Red: 22

Blue: 22

Green: 20

Number of students in the PM for each class

Red: 18

Blue: 19

Green: 19

CARNIVAL

We also have Carnival on Tuesday! Your child will be outside for most of the morning participating in many traditional activities to celebrate Carnival. Please ensure your child is dressed appropriately. 

Chinese zodiac animals and the letter M

Dear Mom and Dad:

AM kindergarten: Did you know that 2016 is the year of the Monkey for Chinese New Years? Today we took a closer look at the letter m. I learned that the m sound is a mouth sound. N is a nose sound and m is a mouth sound! I can rub my belly and make the m sounds mmmmmmm. Ask me to tell you some words that start with m. I did a guided drawing of a monkey. I even wrote the Chinese character for monkey!

PM Kindergarten: We listened to a story about “The Great Race”. Did you know that every 12 years is represented by an animal? Ask me to retell as much of the story as I can. I can tell you what animal came in first place! Ask me to tell you from the story why cats don’t like rats. 

Question of the day:  

AM kindergarten: post on the blog words that start with M

PM kindergarten: From the story, why do cats not like rats?

Love,

Kindergarten 

Housekeeping:

On Monday February 8 is Chinese New Years. Kindergarten will be having a feast to celebrate this event. We will be serving egg noodles with peas and carrots cooked with vegetable broth. We will also be eating oranges and having some iced tea. On this day students don’t need to bring a snack. If you know that your child may prefer to eat their own snack you are welcome to still pack one.  

Parents we will be having our valentine festivities on Tuesday February 9. If you would like to hand out cards please leave the TO blank and Only write FROM: (your child's name).

Number of students in the AM for each class

Red: 22

Blue: 22

Green: 20

Number of students in the PM for each class

Red: 17

Blue: 19

Green: 19

We also have Carnavle on Tuesday! Your child will be outside for most of the morning participating in many traditional activities to celebrate Carnival. Please ensure your child is dressed appropriately. 

 

Groundhog Day and Prepping for Chinese New Years

Dear Mom and Dad:

It is Groundhog Day! Did you know that Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow. This means that an early spring is emerging!

It is Chinese New Years on Monday February 8! We learned that weeks before Chinese new year, families are preparing for the new year. In kindergarten we will be busy preparing as well! We will be cleaning our classroom and decorating our room with red Chinese decorations. Ask me to tell you why we clean. I can clean at home ;)

We have lots of new centers! Ask me to tell you about some of the new centers.

AM kindergarten learned about the 12 animals in the Chinese Zodiac. PM will learn about this tomorrow. I can find out what animal I am by going to this link.http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/social_customs/zodiac/

Question of the day: 

What Chinese zodiac animal are you?

AM kindergarten: We learned about the story “The Great Race” and how the animals were named after each year. Ask me to tell you who was first in the race and which animal was last! Post on the blog from remembering back to our folk story why cats don’t like rats! 

PM kindergarten: Post on the blog some new things that you learned about Chinese New year.

Love,

Kindergarten 

Housekeeping: