Before the March Break, we did a mini unit on castles. The students were very interested in this topic and we got to learn some cool new things about castles! We began by turning our dramatic play into a castle. It had a kitchen, where the servants worked, turrets, a wall, knights, kings, queens, and even a few wizards! We added to this by having the children make their own crowns and shields. We brought the learning into science, art, outdoor education and language arts. In science, the children explored castles by building them on the carpet. They had different sections in their castle, such as sleeping quarters and a kitchen. They built big walls to protect them from attacks, and some even built cannons or catapults. In outdoor education we built castles out of the snow. They did a great job! In art students were able to paint a castle. After we painted the castle, they labeled them and then wrote a story about their castle. They had some very creative stories! Can't wait for you to read them! |
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What a great day we had at the Sugar Bush! Our class was divided into two groups The Ducks and The Sheep. Each group got to taste taffy, pet the farm animals, go to the museum, visit the sugar shack and go on a wagon ride! We learnt all about the how they make the maple syrup and some friends were even lucky enough to taste the sap. Thank you to all of the parent volunteers who were able to come with us!
Over the past weeks students have been investigating their five senses in a variety of activities around the classroom. We investigated our sight, what we feel, hearing, taste, as well as smell. One activity is where students had to stick their hands in a box and guess the object that they felt. Another activity allowed children to look at an eye chart. With a magnifying class, they were able to see even really small letters. We had water beads in our sensory table, where children had to describe what they were feeling. In art students were to use different feelings/textures to create rubbings on paper. Children also had the opportunity to be able to sort different types of tastes. On the carpet children had to compare their height to a skeleton! It was lots of fun!
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