MARCH



**March 2014 **

Walk n’ Talk
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Take a walk with your child. While walking ask your child “What makes you feel good?” “What makes you feel sad?” Share your thoughts on the same questions || 3 Do you hear the difference?

Say each group of words and ask your child to listen for and say the different sounds at the beginning: -tan turn map too -touch tent men toe -milk mop meat tune -tin man mule mill || 4 KINDERGARTEN WINTER MINI OLYMPICS AT RICKSON

Be sure to dress warmly!! || 5 Sense of Smell

Have your child close their eyes. Put something under their nose to smell. Choose perfume, garlic, onion, cinnamon lemon, banana…etc. Guess the smell. || 6 Rhyme Time

See how many words you and your child can name that rhyme with: BIG - ex. jig, pig, fig Make up a sentence using the rhyming words. ex. Can a pig do a jig? || 7 NO SCHOOL DAY... MARCH BREAK BEGINS!



Have a great holiday!!! || 8 Reading Time

Before reading a page of a story, let your child point to the letters that he/she knows on the page. For readers... What words does your child know? Write them down and make a story with them. || Watch Carefully
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Arrange 4 objects in a row (paper clips, erasers, pencils, ruler) Have your child look carefully and then have them close their eyes. Rearrange the objects. Ask "What did I do?"

OR Take one object away... Ask "What is missing?"

|| 10 Draw a Friend

Ask your child to draw a picture of his/her special school friends. Ask your child to tell about the picture and give some reasons why that friend is special. Make a book with his/her friend pictures. || 11 Photographer for a Day

Have your child use your camera for a day to document their activities. Put their photos in a photo album. Try this activity once a month... soon you will have a portfolio of your child's view of his/her world! || 12 The Letter B

Write the letter Bb on a piece of paper. Ask your child to name the letters.Let them trace the shape of the letters with their fingers. Have them write the letters, say words that begin with Bb. Readers: Write all the words you can think of that start with the letter Bb. Make a book with alphabet letters. || 13 About Me

Help your child memorize his/her address and phone number. Talk about personal safety and the importance of knowing when and how to use this information. || 14 Table Setter

Ask you child to help you set the table. Ask "How many people will eat together?" "How many ( forks, knives, spoons, plates, cups) do we need?" "If was not here for dinner how many would we need?" "If arrived for dinner, how many now?" || 15 Writing Initials

Ask your child to write his/ her initials. Write initials of other family members and friends. Ask your child to point to letters that are the same. || Reading Together
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Choose something humorous to read to your child such as jokes, joke books, cartoon strips or comics that are appropriate for their age. Read aloud and then discuss the funny parts. || 17 HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY BACK TO SCHOOL...

WEAR GREEN TODAY

MAKE A WISH ON A RAINBOW and LOOK FOR A POT OF GOLD!!!

Tell a Leprechaun story. || 18 The Letter H

Write the letter Hh on a piece of paper. Ask your child to name the letters.Let them trace the shape of the letters with their fingers. Have them write the letters, say words that begin with Hh. Readers: Write all the words you can think of that start with the letter Hh. Make a book with alphabet letters. || 19 My Family Book

Ask your child to draw a picture of members of his/her family. Ask your child to tell about the picture and give some reasons why that family member is special. Make a book with his/her family pictures. || 20 What Comes Next?

Draw the following pattern on a large piece of paper – square, circle, square, circle… Ask your child to draw the next shapes. Try this one… Square, circle, triangle, square, circle triangle… || 21 LIBRARY

Take your child to the public library. Find out if the branch closest to you has a story hour or children's programming. || 22 Recycling Time

Talk with your child about recycling in your home. Revisit how to sort the garbage. Have your child help you take your garbage to the curb. Discuss how you can save energy in your home. (water turned off, lights turned off) || What Comes Next?
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On a piece of paper draw 4 dots. Ask your child to draw how many would come next. And then how many after that...etc || 24 Reading Time

Read a story aloud to your child. Let your child hold the book. Talk about the pictures. Have your child tell the story without the words using the pictures only. Close the book and retell the story. || 25 Sing a Long

Sing a song with your child. Tap or clap the rhythm. If the song has numbers, show fingers to tell how many.

Play or sing YOUR favourite song for your child. Then have them play or sing THEIR favourite song. || 26 Match Up

Give your child an assortment of containers and lids. Have them match each lid to the container and put the lid on. Have them help sort out the plastic container cupboard putting all like lids and containers together. || 27 Shortest/Tallest

Have your child draw a picture of your family standing in a row. Ask them to draw the tallest member first and the shortest member last. Have them recall children in their class at school. Do the same activity. || 28 Shopping Adventure

Have your son/daughter write a grocery list using the grocery store ads. Have them number the page 1 to 20 and then write (copy) the items they would like to purchase at the grocery store. Have them accompany you to the store. Have them read and then find the items on their list. || 29 Animal Walks

Encourage your child to walk like an animal of his/ her choosing. Then guess what animal he/she is supposed to be. Take turns doing an animal walk and guessing. || Throw and Catch
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Teach your child to throw and catch a ball or snowball. || 31 Plant or Animal?

Have your child tell you if chosen foods come from a plant or an animal. (carrots, milk, rice, hamburger, tomato, potato, chicken, bread etc) ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||





** Take a PEEK at our March Newsletter...click on Claudia's nose to view! **

__ ** NOTICES & UPDATES: ** __

March 31 - Classroom activity updates - St. Patrick's Day; Humane Society Visit; Our Math Collections; plus random classroom pictures. We are wondering how many parents are using the website. Please follow the link to complete a short survey. Your participation is much appreciated! The survey will only take a moment. Survey March 27 - Mrs. Metcalf and Bea have returned from an exciting trip to New Zealand. Bea wrote a daily blog about her activities and the new friends she met. Be sure to check it out at [|www.beasnzblog.weebly.com]. Bea brought back a couple of friends. They are Kiwi and Pukeko (Poo-ke-ko). Mrs. Metcalf brought back some pois, balls on a rope, that the Maori dancers use. Next week the children will get a chance to make their own pois and make up their own dances.
 * __ Items needed for the classroom __**

The children in our classroom love to write, make and create. We are constantly running short of the following materials. If you have any of the following lying around at home, or are willing to pick up an extra item at the dollar store it would be much appreciated!

Thank you!!!! **March** 25 - Please remember that we have a nut, (all nuts including peanuts) fish (all types of fish including salmon, shrimp and fresh water fish) and egg free classroom. We have several children and Mrs. Pipe who have severe allergies to these products. Thanks for your cooperation! March 25: The Wiki updates will resume shortly...Mrs. Pipe's computer internet has been acting up for the past 2 weeks. The cable company was at my house today and assured me that it will be up and running in the next day or so. Thank you for your patience. When it remains connected for more than 5 minutes, I will be sharing pictures of St. Patrick's Day and our Humane Society Visit...stay tuned! __ ** Heads up! ** __ Mrs. Metcalf will be taking Bea Bear with her to New Zealand. Bea has decided that she would like to do a blog of her New Zealand adventures. You can follow Bea at ** [] **
 * Good-on-one-side (GOOS) paper (don’t toss out that printout that went wrong!)
 * Sellotape/ masking tape (not duct tape)
 * beads and thread
 * buttons/ sequins
 * popsicle sticks
 * coloured straws
 * feathers
 * stickers
 * foam shapes
 * birthday card/ calendar pictures
 * unused notelets
 * envelopes
 * bordered writing paper

March 5: The Kindergarten Mini Olympics pictures are now ready to view. MARCH BREAK starts this Friday....We will see everyone on Monday March 17th. Have a wonderful break! March 4: The Newsletter is available to view. Click on Claudia's nose! Update on pictures...And, DINOSAURS have invaded KC!! March 4: Our inquiry 'Changes' continues....scroll down to see more!

__** QUOTES OF THE MONTH: **__ //"In the final analysis it is not what you do for your children but what you have taught them to do for themselves that will make them successful human beings."// ~ Ann Landers  //"Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love."// ~ Lao Tzu

Information for Parents: "Brain Power and the Young Child" New York Times Article: [|Studying Young Minds and How to Teach Them] This article is 3 pages long so be sure to click to the next pages...I particularly liked the section that provided information about young children learning about math. We are actually doing some of these activities in the classroom this month.

** MARCH STARS **



Conner: March 3 to March 6

** Dr. Suess Fun on Tricky Tuesday! Click the picture to see all the crazy antics! **
 * MARCH 2013 - Some Dr. Suess Antics last year... **

** Kindergarten C experiments with __//Oobleck//__! Click to see what happened in our classroom! ** ** And then we went searching for the missing Oobleck... **

St. Patrick's Day 2014 in Kindergarten 'C' - The Wearing of the Green!

__**The Humane Society Visit **__ Click the picture for more information and pictures.

__** MATH: Our Collections! **__

** Click Astrid's picture to see more KC collections! **


 * __OUR INQUIRY ABOUT__ **__** C **** HANGES CONTINUES.... **__

__** OUR TEETH ARE CHANGING!! **__

This week Megan brought in Xrays of her teeth. We had a chance to talk about how our teeth are changing just like our bodies. The boys and girls talked about their baby teeth and how they were getting wiggly. Soon many of the boys and girls will have windows in their mouths where their baby teeth were!


 * __OUR INQUIRY ABOUT__ **__** C **** HANGES CONTINUES.... **__

__** WARNING>>>>QUICKSAND!! **__ __** Click Reece's Picture to see more about our Quicksand... **__





**//__DINOSAURS HAVE INVADED KC!!! __//**

**__OUR KINDERGARTEN MINI WINTER OLYMPICS March 5, 2014 __** Click the picture below to see all the fun we had!

**MARCH MADNESS In Kindergarten C!!**


 * THIS YEAR IN KINDERGARTEN C.... **


 * LAST YEAR IN KINDERGARTEN C..... **