Christmas Magic

Here are some quick pictures of the fun activities we enjoyed leading up to the Christmas holidays.  We made stockings... 

...Mrs. Demas told the story of the Polar Express...

... Christmas Tree stars that glittered and sparkled...

...and a visit from Santa Claus!

Merry Christmas from the Raymond Kindergarten!

Community Helpers - Police Station

The weather outside was frightful,

But the constable was so delightful,

With sirens and flashing lights to show,

To the jail we all did go,

Thank you to our local RCMP detachment for their hospitality!  We had a wonderful experience.

Community Helpers - Fire Hall

We took a trip to the local firehall for our community helpers unit.  Our fire chief, Charlie, showed us all the special equipment used by the fire trucks and ambulances when they go out on a call, and we got a chance to look at things up close...

And even try some of the gear on...

And imagine that we were driving the trucks...

And have an all around good time.

Fireman Stan

Every year we are excited to invite Fireman Stan to our classes.  And we are never disappointed - the presentation was once again well done.

We learn about important fire safety  - such as checking to make sure smoke detectors are working, and not to play with matches or lighters.

And fireman Stan showed us his gear, and how it keeps him safe when he does his important job.

Thank you fireman Stan!  From the Raymond Kindergarten.

Signs of Winter

Winter is here.  Or, at least the signs of it.  And even though it is blizzarding all around, Kindergarten says grab a good book and a warm blanket, and let it snow!

Character Ed

Today we had an assembly celebrating one of the virtues of character Ed, our school character education mascot:  Ed the pig.  Character Ed has taught us about Respect, Integrity and now Empathy.

Let's remember that we're all in this together.

A Green Attitude

In Celebration of finishing our Environmental Unit, we created tye-dye shirts, and talked about everything we've done to increase our 'green' attitude.

Remember the three R's: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and keep this earth a safe and healthy place for every living thing, and for future generations!

It's a Jungle in Here!

For our Environment Theme Unit, we talked a lot about rainforest animals.  We decided to decorate our classroom to look like a tropical rainforest.

And in our rainforest, there are giant spiders, snakes, jaguars, butterflies, geckos and other wonderful, beautiful creatures, playing among the vines.

Isn't this world a wonderful place?

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

We've been enjoying our thematic unit on environment.  We've been working hard to learn how to follow the three R's:

We know that we have to do our part to help make this world a better place.  We can choose to be wasteful, or we can choose to be green.

We want a clean and beautiful earth to grow up on.  We want to do our part to have a green attitude.  Please help us, by first setting a good example.

Owls

Earlier this month the kindergarten students were invited to a preschool presentation on owls.  We had the opportunity to learn more about these fascinating birds thanks to a very engaging wildlife biologist.

We saw different models of owls, including this great horned owl.

We learned about their feeding habits, how they hunt, and where they live.

We also got to hear the different calls that these four species make.

We'd like to say thank you to all involved for this experience!

Bird Seed Numbers

In Kindergarten this month we have been working hard on recognizing numbers one through five using recyclable materials.

Lest We Forget

Smartie Math

We recently completed a graphing activity in math that allowed us to explore color and number while teasing our tastebuds.  Students had a chance to open and graph a box of smarties based on the colors inside.  As a class, we then compared our graphs to see how they were the same and how they were different.  When we were done, we enjoyed our tasty treat!