Graphics practice

Graphics practice is a time during the day when we practice fine motor skills using whiteboards and private speech. We begin with simple shapes and move into more complex shapes, then into forming letters and numbers using these shapes. There is an imaginative story that goes along with each shape each day, and a word that children say to remind their hand what to draw. We began by learning how to take out all of our whiteboard materials and how to use them safely in a large group on the rug. We practiced drawing simple dots on our whiteboard, which we imagined was rain falling. Today, we imagined a large field of grass and made blades of grass on our whiteboards. For each blade, children used private speech and said, "down, down, down" as they made each stroke. 

Our first few days!

What an exciting start to kindergarten! There are lots of new routines and rules to learn, and we began many of these this week. Here are some pictures of morning center time, when we are practicing how to follow the center chart, learning the names of classmates in our group, how to be team captain, how to put out and clean up our materials, and having some fun while learning all of this! 

ABC stamps at our word work center

Coloring with markers and securing the caps at out Art center

Building with blocks

Dramatic play in the kitchen area

Exploring animals at the science center

During math centers, we are learning some similar routines and exploring math materials.

Vehicle counters

Tale

Bristle blocks

Pattern blocks

A puzzle of the world

Welcome to Kindergarten!

Hello Kindergarten Families! Welcome to our class blog. I hope this will give you a glimpse into our classroom in action through the the year. I am excited for our journey together!