Mrs. Miller's Kindergarten Class

Hello K1 Families,

In the Library this week we enjoyed an amazing puppet show presented by a Springhill parent, Mrs. Brihdish. This engaging story was called Grandmother Magic. An old folktale, it was all about working together and cooperating. Afterwards Mrs. Brihdish let the children touch her handmade felted puppets and she described the process in which she makes the puppets using hand dyed wool roving that she has sourced from local farms when possible. 

We started a unit on Farms and Farm Animals this week. The children learned about all the different responsibilities that farmers have in their daily lives and all the different kinds of farms there are. We painted our favorite farm animal, created colorful sunflowers, and are learning some fun poems about farm animals. We are learning a fun song about farm animals that we are creating a song book to go along with. All this new information and learning is a wonderful way to get ready for our Kindergarten Musical, Down on Springhill Farm!

We are excited to be getting ready for our Kindergarten musical, Down on Springhill Farm! The performance will be held on Wednesday, April 29th at 11:00 in our Springhill Multipurpose room. The performance runs approximately 30 minutes. It will be a fun way for the children to share their knowledge of a Farm as a working community and tell about some of the animals that may be found on a farm. This is a very child centered production! The most stressful part is getting a parking spot on the day of the performance so please allow extra time for that. There will be no need for supplying a costume; we will provide them for you. We are encouraging your child to wear a white shirt and either jeans or jean overalls for the performance. If your child does not have any of these clothing items, no worries, just have them wear something plain. Each child will have a line or two to memorize in addition to learning all the songs. We will be practicing the lines each day in class, and will be learning all the songs at school and in our music class each week. Please practice your child’s lines with them at home! Their lines are coming home this week and you can find them in your child’s Friday bag. Your child will need some help with this. Thanks in advance.

This will be an opportunity for your child to work towards a collective goal with their peers, develop confidence and poise, and be exposed to the experience of participating in a musical production! I know that it will prove to be a worthwhile and memorable endeavor for all!

If your child will not be at the performance, please let us know a.s.a.p! If you have any questions, please reach out.

Looking ahead, our annual Kindergarten Open house will be held on Thursday, April, 23 from 5:30-6:30 in our classroom! The room will be open to families from 5:30-6:30. Your child will be taking you on a guided tour of the classroom by referring to a map that we will create in class. They will also be sharing lots of work from the past few months with you. At the end of the evening, your child will be able to bring some of their shared work home with them. I know it will be an amazing evening! Hope to see everyone there! Please mark your calendars!

In social emotional learning we discussed feelings. We focussed on the unpleasant feeling of being grouchy. We read the book by Eric Carle, The Grouchy Lady bug and discussed ways that we can move through being upset and grouchy in a healthy way. We wrote about what can make us feel grouchy, and created our very own grouchy ladybug!

In phonics we focused on the “r” blends, and continued to work on red words and our reading fluency. Next week we will begin to learn about long vowels and introduce the “silent e.”

In math we continued to work on subtraction. He learned the song, “Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?” and then created subtraction stories and equations to go along with the song. It was very fun!

We only have 7 more weeks of kindergarten! The time is flying by! - Kathy