Check Out Pilgrim Life!

Want to know what it was like for the Pilgrims sailing to the new world?  Learn what it was like to live and work on a 17th-century sailing vessel, and relive part of this epic journey!  Click here

Earth Day

We celebrated Earth Day today in Kindergarten!  We read Earth Day books, watched a short video on the history of Earth Day, learned the terms "reduce, reuse, and recyle" and sorted items into the three groups, did a Scholastic News, and a fun art/music project to end the day. 

We listened to the song "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong and the kids got to use their watercolors to paint what the song made them think of.  These have been mounted on black paper and are beautifully hanging in our classroom!

Click above to listen to the song!

Artists at work!

Pebble Go!

Pebble Go is a super, super science and social studies site that is perfect for Kindergarteners.  We will be using it in library next month to do our animal research projects.  Your child is able to access this great site from home!

Click here to access Pebble Go

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

We have been busy, busy this week learning about one of our country's leaders, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  We read many books, did a web describing Dr. King, talked about our own dreams, and watched a clip of Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech.  Below is a short video from youtube that teaches kids about Dr. King with cartoons (just click the play button).  The picture above was a directed drawing activity of Dr. King- we have gotten more compliments about how great they turned out and how artistic our class is!  Definitely check them out if you are in the building. 

Happy Dr. MLK Day!