Kindergarteners have had a busy month! The children continue to work hard and grow every day. We had our first field trip to Deal’s Orchard in Jefferson. We toured the orchard, the apple sorting and processing plant, enjoyed a picnic, played in the Apple Acres, and each child got to pick an apple and a pumpkin.
New in kindergarten this year: Forest Fridays! On the first Friday of every month, we go to Ledges State Park and spend the entire day learning outdoors. We have been twice so far, and the children love it! I applied for and received a grant to purchase adventure bags for each child. The bags include a small jar for collecting treasures, a compass, a magnifying glass, binoculars, and a nature journal.
Calendar time remains a big part of our morning routine. The children are working on counting how many days we’ve been in school by ones, fives, and tens, and learning to spell the months and days of the week. We also practice recognizing and continuing patterns, charting the weather, and handwriting in personal calendar notebooks.
In Literacy, we are focusing on learning letter sounds. We’re practicing writing our first names correctly and working hard on improving our handwriting. We also started reading our first chapter book, Charlotte’s Web, which the children are enjoying a lot!
In Math, we’ve studied 2D shapes, including squares, rectangles, circles, ovals, hexagons, and triangles. We learned a poem about each shape, practiced drawing and spelling their names, and counted their sides and corners. We just started learning numbers 0-10.
We read Leaf Man by Lois Elhert and then went on a walk to collect fall leaves and other natural items to make our own leaf men. In Science, we have been learning all about pumpkins—their parts and life cycle. Every “Walking Wednesday,” we take a walk around the neighborhood to enjoy God’s creation. We also practice walking in line and observing the world around us.
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