Something very exciting has arrived in our classroom!...a projector! Apparently last year's projector broke in June and we've been waiting for the last 2.5 months for the new one to arrive. It has been so much fun to begin incorporating it into our routine. We now watch 5 to 10 minutes of French clips on YouTube almost every day. This not only helps us decompress after recess, but it also gives all of us the much-needed exposure to native French speakers and nursery rhymes/songs that are deeply embedded in French culture. (Many of the clips we are watching were favorites of the two little French boys - 6 and 4 years old - that I lived with when I stayed in France for two years). If you want to watch some of these at home, you can check them out here and here. (Of course there are loads more if you want to keep digging into the YouTube blackhole). :-) Now that the weather has taken a turn for the worse, the projector is also allowing us some ways to stay dry and get our bodies moving. In the picture below, we are dancing along with a website called GoNoodle - a site filled with Kids' Zumba and other body movement lessons. Pretty soon Mme Van Sickle may even figure out this crazy "smart board" technology, officially ushering HER into the 21st Century.
And guess what... Christmas is coming. I know. You don't want to hear it. Or maybe you do. Maybe you're one of those people that already has their tree decorated on November 1st as soon as the Halloween decorations are put away. (Are you nuts?!) Anyway, we have begun preparing for our school Christmas concert. We will be joining with Mme Tremblay's Grade 1 class next-door to sing "Voici un petit sapin". The kids are already getting quite good at singing along with the YouTube clip! Likely Mme Van Sickle will accompany on the piano for the actual performance so we will soon transition to singing without the video clip. Please feel free to play this song at home occasionally and let the words absorb into those little brains. Ask me about: - making paper toys with my big buddy - my word ring, and the words that I am beginning to read - the sounds that I'm learning - going on a Math "safari" (searching for animals hidden in the classroom and counting what I find) - playing Math games with Lego Comments are closed.
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