Mrs. Blatt

Happy April everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful spring break and were able to enjoy the sunshine and the outdoors. 

Thank you to all of the families who met with me and participated in our student conferences in March. It was wonderful to have conversations with all of you to talk about your child’s successes and next steps in their learning journey. There is definitely a lot to celebrate so far this year!

During the month of April, we will be looking at various ways we can help to protect our earth as Earth Day happens on April 22^nd. We are thrilled that spring has finally sprung as we will use the seasonal changes we see all around us to enhance our learning. In math, we are continuing to rote count daily during our welcome song and calendar time and are engaging in hands-on activities to break numbers into two parts. We enjoyed exploring the Cubetto coding toy, practicing directional language, discovering its fun map features, while continuing to practice our sharing and turn-taking skills. We also continue to focus on recognizing and practicing initial sounds in words, our letter formation, rhyming words, as well as exploring ending sounds in words during our weekly phonological awareness groups.

This spring, we are looking forward to starting our show and tell program to improve our community sharing and classroom learning. We are also attending a full day field trip to the Manitoba Children’s Museum on Tuesday, April 21^st (more details to come about this exciting excursion soon!) 

Please remember to continue listening to stories and looking at books each evening. We look forward to another fabulous month of learning in kindergarten. Happy Spring!