For art this week, we used a checklist to first create our own pumpkins and then add then add details.
When making the face of our pumpkin, we talked about the different feelings we can have, including worried, happy, upset, and sad.
In Kindergarten, we learn to recognize our emotions and those of our peers to better learn how to manage them. Learning to recognize how we are feeling and express it verbally can be challenging in Kindergarten but is important as it helps us learn to self-regulate and treat others with greater kindness and empathy.
Our pumpkins gave us the chance to practice:
Malik's pumpkin was feeling "surprised because everyone was stealing trick or treats".
Aayan shared that his pumpkin was "mad because he only gets apple when the candy".
Naail's pumpkin was feeling "sad because it's not Halloween".
Here is a look at some of the things we have been doing in the classroom:
Halloween "I see" checklist (for using senses, counting, writing numerals, building vocabulary!)
Halloween Loose Parts (for patterns, counting, learning shapes and sorting!)
Halloween haunted house (for learning how to share, play with others and create our own stories!)
Painting gourds (for building fine motor skills, learning to write your name, picking colours that make sense, and exploring with your sense of touch!)
Pumpkin play (for exploring with scientific concepts such as using our sense of touch, sight and smell, using descriptive language and creating a hypothesis!)
We hope you enjoyed your Halloween! We strongly encourage that all Halloween candy stays at home and to please try to avoid sending any candy to school for snack time. We encourage students to eat healthy snack at school and can enjoy their candy at home as home treats.
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