Math centers week of Jan 22

We have some new math centers this week!

Kindergarten Yahtzee
Roll a penguin
Market farm
Hidden picture

In Yahtzee, children roll a die within a die and combine the two numbers. The goal is to get each number on your list.

In Market Farm, children are practicing counting out an order of pretend food in teen numbers. One person is the manager at a cafe and the other is a farmer. The manager orders a certain number of items such as carrots for their cafe. The farmer has to fill this order and send the food over in a tractor.

Our new favorite penguin

We have a new favorite penguin in KE- Tacky the Penguin! Here are all of the stories we read, and thank you to Daniel for letting us know about Helen Lester's new book- Happy Birthday, Tacky! Coming out in May. We also made some torn paper penguins. They are displayed outside of our classroom if you get to take a peek!

Melting science lab

Which ice cube or snow ball will melt first- the one in your hand or in a gloved hand?
Here are our predictions and here is what we discovered...

The one in your hand melts first! Ask your child why this happens and what his or her prediction was. This was a great time to talk about how scientists make predictions that are incorrect sometimes, and this is how they learn- from mistakes!