Our Next Topic

What are we learning next?

 Our next unit of study wil be the Alphabet. The children will doing alphabet puzzles, use stencils to practise their letter shapes and fine motor skills, write in a special book with black board spaces on it, read alphabet books and play lots of alphabet games. They will look for foods that start with the letter of the day in their lunches and play with letter magnets. Each day we will have a letter of the day and add another verse to one of our songs. Your child will probably sing it to you. It is to the tune of Frere Jacques and we will sing it every day: A starts apple A starts apple Aaaa, Aaaaa, Aaaaa Aaaaa, Aaaaa, Aaaaa, B starts balloon B starts balloon  Bbbbb, Bbbbbb, Bbbbb Bbbbbb, Bbbbbb, Bbbbbb. And so on through the letters. You will soon receive a sheet with all the letters and their sample words. You can post it somewhere visible and use it when you have time to review the sounds and letters. The children will learn to use the alphabet posted on the wall to help them sing the song and think about the alphabet. They enjoy coming in to the classroom every day and predicting what the letter of the day will be. We will be continuing to have a new letter each day until we have covered them all. There will be a few pauses to celebrate Chinese New Year and Valentine's day and we should be done the unit by the middle of February. We will put the letters together and read some easy rhyming words like cat and mat. As you know, each child learns to read at his or her own speed and there is no pressure on them at this age, but whatever step they are at in the hundreds of steps to reading they can enjoy this unit and continue to progress.



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Welcome to our Blog!!

Dear Junior Kindergarten Families;

Welcome to our classroom blog! Please bookmark it or link it to your email so you always get our updates. We will be using this as our newsletter instead of a paper letter, so it is important for you to keep checking in. On our blog you will find some notes on what we are learning in class so you can talk about these at home as well. There will also be reminders about our activities and their dates. There will also be links to other information, such as articles on curriculum and a sign up calendar for volunteers.To keep it safe, there will be no pictures of the children, but there may be pictures of their art from time to time, and other surprises! We hope you like our blog. Thank you for reading!

After the Party

After the Party

 Thank you all for coming to our party and joining our celebration of festivals of light. It was a lot of fun. A big thank you to all of you for coming and for bringing treats. Another, very BIG thank you to the children for singing and dancing so well for their audience. Well done!!! Finally, thank you for all the gifts, cards and words of appreciation to the teachers. It has been a busy and challenging fall and we are glad of all your support and help. The children are well established and our class is a settled and happy learning place. We are very proud of how far the children have come since the fall. It has been a lot of work for us, but also for them, so we hope they enjoy the holidays and get lots of rest. The first term is always the hardest. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Happy New Year to everyone!