Today, we were a class of six! Some highlights for me included observing students meeting math outcomes before we've even started talking about them~ a student was sorting animals during free choice center time and they discovered that the lockers are numbered and were excited to see what numbers each locker had. Inquiry happens every day in Kindergarten!
We continued with the theme of "Being Kind" by discussing what it means to be a bucket filler and a bucket dipper. When our bucket is full, we are happy. When we do kind things for others, then we fill their bucket as well as our own. So, we read Fill a Bucket: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Young Children and watched a you tube video of the book How Full Is Your Bucket? to help the students understand what bucket filling was all about.
After a discussion about the behaviors of bucket fillers and bucket dippers, each student had an opportunity to represent through pictures how they could fill a bucket. The students came up with smiling at someone who is sad, playing with people who don't have someone to play with, watering flowers for mom, sharing a race track, and playing on the monkey bars with friends. We also said a Bucket Fillers pledge and created a class fingerprint tree (the highlight for the students may have been watching the teacher get messy trying to open up finger paints). By the end of the day, they were still talking about their buckets being full and how they were filling or dipping buckets throughout the day.
Another great day in Kindergarten! Until the next adventure, I'll leave you with this question...
We also began our Science unit that focuses on the ways that we observe our natural surroundings. Students learnt about the 5 senses through a couple of fun songs and Mr. Potato Head! I love the way that this activity turned out~ doesn't their work look great!?
Another great day in Kindergarten! Until the next adventure, I'll leave you with this question...
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