The very hungry kindergarten!

What a fantastic first we had! The kids seem so much more grown up and it's so nice to hear their stories from the holidays!

All the kids really enjoyed hearing the story for the first time - and it did not take long for them to remember it. They are able to count the fruit, in the story. And, they can remember all of the food! On top of that, we are learning about the life cycle of a butterfly and a lot of the class can draw the life cycle. I am very proud of, and,  impressed with KM!

The kids were able to free-draw a tree as a part of an activity. They did this without any help or guidance!

We also did a fun physical where the kids had to throw food into the hungry caterpillars mouth. This helped them with aim, speed and judging distance. After a few tries, most of them were expert throwers!

It has been great to observe what the kids get up to on 'child initiated days' - on these days, I compare all the kids to the start of term 1, and am amazed at how much they have all developed and grown! 

 Lucas and Mungkorn talking about their dinosaurs.

 Ploen making a car out of sticky lego.

 Pailin giving her butterfly some play dough wings.

 Namnoon, Totem and Lucas enjoying the sensory tray... trying to find the hidden caterpillars!

 Ploen had a picnic with the soft toys. She was talking to them and making sure they all had food!

 Lexie, Mai and Lucy used the alphabet magnets as inspiration to start writing.

 Gap made a caterpillar - he rolled the balls himself and connected them to each other.

 The girls went on a walk with baby.

 Mai and Lucy made a mini beach umbrella - I was so impressed by their imagination and creativity!

 EQ likes to practice writing his name in the writing area.

 Mungkorn and Namnoon tried to match the food that the hungry caterpillar ate on each day.

If you would like to read with your child, here is the book that we are reading: The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

Thank you to the parents who sent in pictures of their child's homework. Here is Irene's - she has done an amazing job!

This week, as homework, please ask your child to do a similar activity with the letter 'a'. Some of the KM kids can write 'a', so they can practice writing and making the phonics sound. This jolly phonics song will help: Jolly Phonics 'a' song. They can also draw pictures of or make items beginning with the letter 'a'. Please send in pictures of the kids doing their homework.

Welcome back!

Hello!

I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday - Happy New Year!

This week, we are starting our new topic - Food and Around the World. Our first book for the term is 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'.

The kids have been very interested in the book and here are some of the activities that they were involved in, today. It has been great to see how much they have grown in their capabilities, control and confidence - we had a lot of fun today! I have loved hearing about all the Christmas/holiday stories - it seems like all the kids had a lovely time :)

 Ploen: "Look, my caterpillar!"

 Gap worked on his hand-eye coordination by making a string caterpillar.

 Arthur: "Mine is baby caterpillar!"

 Irene and Pailin made a phone call and had a giggle over it!

 Practicing our phonics letter of the week.

 Ploen: "my caterpillar turn to butterfly!"

 Mungkorn: "I make a baby caterpillar"

 EQ was feeding his caterpillar lots of fruit!

 Nari and Lexie found gummy caterpillars in the sensory tray outside.

 Mayumi: "Look at my butterfly, Miss.Myshi"

 Arthur worked on his fine motor skills.

 Pailin drew some beautiful caterpillars and butterflies!

 Irene's caterpillar was very cute!

 Lucy wanted to make a duck family!

 The girls practiced cutting today too.

 Our phonics letter of the week is 'S'. As a home activity, ask your child to draw nouns (this can be things, animals, food or people) beginning with the letter 'S' and please either send it to school or send me a picture of their work through e-mail. Ask them to think of as many as they can - you can help by giving clues but encourage them to think of the ideas by themselves. Their work will be displayed around the class so that they can tell their friends about it (this term, we are trying to promote ownership and confidence through activities).

Thank you :)