Spirit Week

Spirit Week  December 19-23rd
Monday	Christmas Morning Pajama Day
Tuesday	Christmas Cheer Favourite Christmas sweater, socks, red and green
Wednesday	Christmas Concert Wear a white shirt and any colour pants
Thursday	Christmas/Winter Wonderland Character Grinch, Elsa, Elf, etc.
Friday	Pajama Day

Learning about emotions and self-regulation

Self-regulation is a huge part of kindergarten. It is important for children to talk about their feelings to better learn how to regulate their emotions and deal with difficult situations. We began by conducting a "feelings circle."

We discussed how our face changes when we feel different emotions. Drawing different emotions: what does our face look like when we are happy, sad, scared or upset?

Graphing our feelings in French with Mme. Lepage. 

Some of us decided to make our own feelings emoji's at the art table, very creative!

Learning different strategies to calm our bodies when sad, anxious, upset or excited. 

Here are some of the books we have been reading as a class. 

Building Inquiry

We noticed the children's interest in building with wooden blocks increasing and began to wonder how we could expand their knowledge. We decided to create a construction zone, complete with a Site Manager, an architect table and plenty of building materials. We learned about building plans and blueprints and the importance of having a building plan.

We challenged the children to create a building plan, construct and paint their design. The results were amazing!

Learning about different buildings and structures around the world. 

Like architects and engineers, we decided to create our own design books.