Friday afternoon, during playtime, was the scene for numerous weddings in our class. We opened up Mme Rebecca's big suitcase of dress up clothes and immediately became animals, brides, pirates, princesses, disco dancers and knights. Sooner than later, a wedding was taking place. The chairs were parted for an isle, guests were seated, music was playing and the bride was being marched down the isle to the marriage officiant who was dressed in a plaid housecoat and dark cool shades. About half of our friends ended up getting married this past Friday. What a magical Friday afternoon. The learning through play, magical moments and special memories with friends created in Kindergarten are timeless. The laughter, planning and organizing that goes on during our free exploration play times are irreplaceable.
After music class on Mondays we are fortunate to be part of a Moccasin making workshop with Jennifer, a past parent from George Jay. Jennifer will be guiding us through an Aboriginal Traditional art form of creating Moccasins. Each child will be sewing and designing their own moccasins to bring home when finished. This will take many weeks to complete. Yesterday we started off by tracing our feet, cutting our patterns and choosing our fabric. This was very exciting to feel all the different textured fabric that Jennifer brought to share with us. Next week we will continue on this art creating journey.
Our pumpkin discovery has been intriguing. Yesterday, we read a special story about 'La plus grosse citrouille', the biggest pumpkin. We learned how a pumpkin grows from a seed and the different stages it goes through before looking like the ones we see in October. We then had some inquiry questions and sharing about the pumpkin growing phase, and completed illustrations of our understanding of how a pumpkin grows in our Wonder journals.
After music class on Mondays we are fortunate to be part of a Moccasin making workshop with Jennifer, a past parent from George Jay. Jennifer will be guiding us through an Aboriginal Traditional art form of creating Moccasins. Each child will be sewing and designing their own moccasins to bring home when finished. This will take many weeks to complete. Yesterday we started off by tracing our feet, cutting our patterns and choosing our fabric. This was very exciting to feel all the different textured fabric that Jennifer brought to share with us. Next week we will continue on this art creating journey.
Our pumpkin discovery has been intriguing. Yesterday, we read a special story about 'La plus grosse citrouille', the biggest pumpkin. We learned how a pumpkin grows from a seed and the different stages it goes through before looking like the ones we see in October. We then had some inquiry questions and sharing about the pumpkin growing phase, and completed illustrations of our understanding of how a pumpkin grows in our Wonder journals.