Gung Hay Fat Choy!
Happy Year of the Snake, everyone! Our big buddies helped us to make Chinese lanterns to Celebrate the lunar New Year. One buddy even wore a Chinese outfit his dad had brought back from Beijing.
View ArticleFin’s Bus Load of Friends
Once again, I am happy to have our class participate in the “Fin’s Friends” character education program. The Vancouver Canucks have graciously donated four books to our class and along with the books a...
View ArticleWelcome to #edcampkinder
Thank you to David and Matthew for doing registration at #edcampkinder!
View ArticleValentines from Indonesia
We were so excited today to get a big envelope in the mail! Inside the envelope were beautiful heart-shaped Valentines from our friends, @Grade1Class from Indonesia. How special for them to make such...
View ArticleLetters From KC
We got another surprise in the mail! Our friends, KC, from Yokohama, Japan sent us an envelope FULL of letters! The letters were written by our friends and told us all about them. We are going to write...
View ArticleYou’re Beautiful!
Today was Pink Shirt Day across Canada and we all talked and learned about how to appreciate the differences in others and recognize that bullying is not an acceptable way to behave. We are learning to...
View ArticleNew Blog Posts
Today we wrote letters to our friends in Japan. Because we will be sending them away in the mail, I thought it would be a good idea to photograph the letters and pictures and post them on each...
View ArticleThe Okay Book
As part of our learning to appreciate the differences in others and learning to be compassionate through the Fin’s Friends program (gratefully donated by the Canucks For Kids Fund), we read The Okay...
View ArticlePerspective is Everything
Because sometimes you need to get a better look at things and take a different perspective…
View ArticleMaking Pennants
As part of the Fin’s Friends character education program, we were learning today about how each of us is unique and how we have different likes and dislikes. To cheer each other on and encourage one...
View ArticleDandelion Wishes
As we have been outside this week, we found that we have a lovely crop of dandelions in our big field. I was surprised how many of our students had never blown off the tuft of a dandelion before, so...
View ArticleKindergarten as a Model For Other Grades
This weekend I have the privilege of facilitating a discussion at the ConnecteEdCanada national education conference at the Calgary Science School with my #kinderchat colleagues, Amy Murray (from...
View ArticleWestern Day Cowboys and Cowgirls
Today is Western Day! We blogged about cowboys and cowgirls today. You can check out our blogs here. We are becoming really good writers. Could you please leave us comments about our writing?
View ArticleOur Collaborative Book – Part 1
Over the past few weeks, the KinderPals have been participating in a collaborative book writing project with our friends @Grade1Class from Bandung, Indonesia, and @KinderPRIS from Balikpapan,...
View ArticleOur Collaborative Book – Part 2
Each class took turns writing and illustrating pages in our book, then put the book into Dropbox to share with the other classes. @Grade1class @KinderPRIS Hello everyone! We think Jake is lucky, too!...
View ArticleInnovation Day – The Process
Today was Innovation Day for the KinderPals! Each student was requested to design something 3D that could be made from newspaper and masking tape. The children had to be creative, take risks with their...
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