“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood,” Fred Rogers Welcome to Grade 1/2! In our class, we love to learn through play. It's amazing how much more our brains and bodies can absorb when we're fully engaged in a task. It's also during play that we learn lessons about sharing, develop strategies for talking through conflict, work on self-restraint, deepen friendships and even discover new ones, develop new interests, and so much more. We've begun doing some pencil to paper activities this week, including practicing our Math skills using different methods to show a number. We also really enjoyed making a "Math About Me" page. We learned that numbers are everywhere in our lives! Some of us also learned a new Math card game this week called "Garbage", which helps us become familiar with 10-frames and stretches our strategy skills. In French, we've begun reviewing letter sounds with the help of Madame's trusty "Mystery Box" (Boîte à mystères). Every day, we sing a song and then learn a new letter sound by taking turns pulling out items that begin with that sound. We also work on blending our new sound with all the previous sounds we have reviewed! We are very excited about our class pets - two guinea pigs named Biscuit and Pépite (Cookie and Chocolate Chip). Madame says they LOVE to eat vegetables and dandelions, but those things are special treats for them so we have to ask before we can give them some from our lunchboxes. BUT... we can feed them as much hay as we want throughout the day. More pics...
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