While we almost never have "inside recess", Monday's conditions warranted it. Still, our little bodies need to MOVE so Madame took us outside anyway for a while. We measured the depth of a big puddle just outside our door (5cm!) and played a rousing game of "Est-ce que ça flotte??" (Does it float?) using random objects from around the classroom, including Madame's coffee cup. ;-) And alas, our grand plans to have our first forest walk this week ended up being nixed after Madame discovered that all of her favourite forest spots had been closed by the city. Instead, we went to the school garden for the first time and were delighted to discover a little playhouse village made possible by some parent donations. Our garden is a magical place with huge potential, but after years of deterioration, it needs a massive overhaul to make it a more inspiring and useful space. Madame is working closely with the PAC to try to bring about some visions and hopefully we will get to be a part of that this year! We made some other fun discoveries in the garden, too... ladybugs, worms, and even mint while making our mud pies! It smelled so wonderful when we crushed it between our fingers. We continued our focus on empathy and conflict resolution this week with another presentation from "The Family Education & Support Centre". She spoke with us about strategies we can use for resolving conflict when someone or something is bugging us. We had lots of great ideas to share! In Math, we continue to look at shapes - learning their names and features, and practicing sorting them with different "rules" (by colour, by shape, by number of sides). We also had fun using shapes to create things that we might find in the forest (trees, flowers, bees, etc.) In French, we have begun a fun alphabet review that gets us picking mystery items from Madame's "boîte a mystères" every day, with each item beginning with the letter of the day. We've been practicing the vocab associated with the items and then make our own little letter books to go along with the vocab. We've enjoyed "reading" the little books by ourselves, in partners, and as a class. Extra pics...
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