Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Saturday, May 26, 2012
#409....Orange Class ...a great video from November!
I may have posted this back in the fall, but if not, here it is again! How young they seem and we didn't know at that time God would bless the class with three Avery, Lindsey, and Gretchen in January!
Thursday, May 24, 2012
#408...Below are the goals of the kindergarten program of Downers Grove, IL
District 58 - Kindergarten Goals
1. During the kindergarten year, District 58’s program will be directed
towards the physical, social and emotional development of the children. Some of
the many ways these goals will be achieved are through helping the children:
• develop coordination
through organized activities,
• develop small and large
motor skills,
• accept responsibility,
• follow directions,
• listen attentively,
• take part in group
discussion and activities,
• follow general rules of
the school and the room, and
• cooperate with
classmates
2. Kindergarten provides an opportunity to broaden the children’s various
backgrounds of experiences through the daily program that includes:
• good literature;
• dramatic activities, in
which they can act out a story or imitate adult activities during play;
• music through songs,
rhythms, and listening to good music;
• art through painting,
drawing, clay, chalk, creative toys, and various other materials;
• science activities
concerned with seasonal changes, animal life, plant life, water, health and aspects of nature that fascinate
early learners;
• math activities such as
counting, patterning, sorting, graphing, measuring, and estimating;
• language activities such
as learning that print is speech in a written format, rhyming,
recognizing
alphabet letters and their sounds, listening and retelling stories, expressing
oneself verbally and in writing, as well as learning to love literature.
• reading activities such
as recognizing, basic sight words, learning to decode
unfamiliar words, reading appropriate grade
level text.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
#407... Butterflies and a Picnic....great combo!
And buttons go.
Stuff comes.
And stuff goes.
Butterflies come.
And butterflies go!
Monday, May 21, 2012
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Saturday, May 19, 2012
#401..More of .Pete the Cat Day at Anderson's Bookstore
There are certainly some fun songs here along with their great books!
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