The Kindergarten Connection: SVS Team!: November 2024

This Week in Kindergarten: A Spooktacular Time!

We read the story of Spookly the Square Pumpkin and made our very own pumpkin patch using different 2D shapes like circles, triangles, rectangles, and squares! It was so much fun to see all the different shapes come together.

We also listened to a super funny story read by the author Aaron Reynolds! It was about Jasper Rabbit and his glow-in-the-dark underwear. We laughed a lot! Be sure to ask your child about their favorite part of the story!

In our school-wide Pumpkinella activity, we got to see some amazing pumpkin carvings made by our SVS students, and a few of our kindergarten friends had their pumpkins on display too! A big thank you to all the families who donated pumpkins for our science adventures and for carving!

Pumpkin Jack Update!

Our sweet little pumpkin that we carved after reading the story Pumpkin Jack is now sealed into a lovely plastic container...We chose to carve a tiny house for our squirrel family figurine and we will be keeping tabs on everything over the next months to see what happens as it decomposes!

This week, many families celebrated Diwali, the Festival of Light! We learned about this colorful celebration and the special traditions that families have. The kindergarteners listened to beautiful Indian music and found out about the special lamps called Diyas.

We studied an art form known as Rangoli that is often created on the floor using sand to promote good luck; although we did not use sand, each Kindergarten student had an opportunity to create their own Rangoli art piece with loose parts. We used a circular base shape and talked about the patterns and symmetry often found in this colourful artwork. Happy Diwali to our families who celebrate!