Who knew February was such a busy month of celebrations? First up, Groundhog Day. We learned all about the famous “marmottes”. Bad news from the US... it looks like their groundhog is predicting 6 more weeks of winter. Good news for Canada, our groundhogs are more optimistic and are predicting an early Spring. Yay! (Fingers crossed!) We had fun playing with a flashlight as the “sun” and seeing how it made shadows on the groundhog and how clouds blocked the sun and cut off those shadows. The next holiday we are looking towards is Chinese New Year (Feb 12). We have been tracking the moon’s cycle this month and learned that the Chinese celebrate their new year based on the lunar calendar. The first new moon of 2021 is on Feb. 11, thus the holiday is a celebration of the new moon, signaling a new year, new beginnings, and the coming of Spring. 2021 is the "year of the ox" so we made paper lanterns this week to look like oxen. Next up is Valentine’s Day. It needs no explanation. And while there will be more V-Day fun to follow, we decided to kick off the month of February by painting hearts to add to the growing collection on the fence in front of the school. Stay tuned throughout the month for more holiday themes. You can’t wait. Admit it. In non-holiday news, we have been continuing our weekly study of digraphs with directed draws, word scavenger hunts, and relay races. In Math, we are doing some cross-curricular learning, turning our discussions of family vocab into graphing opportunities. We have been looking at who has 0 sisters, for example, or who has 1 sister or 2 sisters and then talking about which category has the most people, which has the least, etc. There are always lots of cheers while doing our graphs as we all want to be part of the “winning” category! Addition continues to be a curricular goal too. We’ve had fun adding up the dots on dominos this week and turning that into equations. Wednesday was such a beautiful day that we simply HAD to get out for a snack picnic. We suggested it to Madame and, being a lover of sunshine and spontaneity, she couldn’t resist. Armed with hand sanitizer and all the necessities, we set up camp in the field where we were able to eat and watch the intermediate students play California kick ball. Bonus pics... We love playing with the fake snow in the sensory bin... even when it ends up all over our faces. Rainy outdoor fun in the garden
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