Solids and Liquids

Kindergarten is learning about what a solid is and what a liquid is. We had a scavenger hunt around the classroom and picked out various items that were solids and liquids. A student pointed out, our bodies are a solid but apple juice and water are liquids. We learned that a liquid takes the shape of the container it's in. Kindergarten practiced this idea by pouring water into various bowls and containers.

Kindergarten then took a cup of water and put it in the freezer overnight. The next day they saw their liquid turned into a solid. They also realized before they froze the water, they could see through the cup however once in solid form, they could not. We then placed cups on the windowsill to see what would happen. One had our solid ice, another was a cup of liquid water. When we checked on our experiment the following day, we saw the ice melted. We also noticed that the water in our cup was less then the day before. We spoke about how water evaporates into the air. The children really enjoyed this hands on experience.

Subtraction with Cheerios!

Kindergarten is learning to subtract! Morah introduced the idea by giving each child their own plate of ten Cheerios. We know that subtract means to take away so when Morah gave us an example such as 10 take away one, we ate one Cheerio and figured out how many we had left. W continued this idea until the Cheerios were gone...however some of us got hungry and finished our plates faster. What a fun and tasty way to learn how to subtract!

Addition Continues...

Kindergarten continues to learn addition...and what a great way to learn and review, then with games! The hands on experience really allows each child to have fun, be motivated and learn!

Transit Museum

Kindergarten went on a class trip to the Transit Museum. Our tour guide taught us about mosaics and showed us various pictures of some made in train stations. We even got to make our very own mosaics to take home. After making mosaics, we moved on and learned about the similarities and differences of trains from years ago compared to modern day trains. Kindergarten sat in various trains, learning how the colors of trains changed over the years, how the seats use to be made of bamboo, fans hung from the ceilings and light bulbs on trains often got stolen so the transit made it so train light bulbs screw to the left as opposed to the ones in our homes screw to the right. We also learned about the buses and got an opportunity to "drive" one. We had so much fun!

Our World Bulletin Board

Kindergarten has been learning all about Our World! Each of the children were asked to bring in pictures their family has visited from around the world. Each picture is labeled and a yarn connects the picture to the place on the map they visited. This was explained to the children and they were so excited! Please come visit and see!

Olive Oil Press

The Olive Oil Press came to visit our school for Chanukah. They retold the story of Chanukah while teaching us how to make our very own olive oil. Each child put olives in a bowl, which was later added to the press. Some of the children had the opportunity to help in the process of making the oil. We saw all of the olives squished together, which in effect cause oil to pour out. Luckily we had a cup there to catch all of it. After the making of the oil was complete, the children poured it into a menorah that they lit. It was really a fun experience!