Our First Two Days!

Our first two days are under our belt, and we were quite busy!

We start the mornings off with table activities. We are working our fine motor muscles while being creative at the same time!

This friend showed me the pattern she could make.

Lacing cards aren't just for girls in our class!

We even get some math involved sometimes! This friend decided to organize his animals by color.

This friend worked on setting up ALL the animals she could get her hands on!

Small Mr. Potato Heads are fabulous for working our fine motor skills, and for giving us laughs, too!

Towers are always intriguing, and provide exploration of 3D shapes that we will learn this year, such as cube, cylinder, cone, and rectangular prism.

Clay is a great way to build our muscles, as well. Lots of rolling, squeezing, and pinching is happening here right now.

I'm not sure what these are called, but they are great for making intricate designs, as these friends are doing! I am always amazed at what my students can build and create.

Drawing is always an option in my classroom. Along with working on fine motor skills, it also promotes imagination and storytelling, two big focuses of Kindergarten.

And of course, we couldn't leave out building with small blocks! I call these our "Minecraft Blocks" because they are square.

We learned many other things on these first two days, but without help in the classroom, I was not able to take photos. We are still working on how to walk in a single-file line, how to stand quietly behind our chairs and listen for directions, how to raise our hand to speak, and appropriate behavior in our Extended Learning Areas, the hallway, the restroom, the cafeteria, and the playground. This week, we will start learning each letter of the alphabet as well as our "red words". We will also begin having discussions about things that interest us - our "wonderings". I can't wait to learn more about the children!