The Mitten 🧤

Posted January 26, 2023

We read a traditional tale, The Mitten, by Jan Brett. It is a story about a little boy who lost his mitten in the snow. Different animals find their way into the mitten to seek warmth and shelter. The mitten becomes stretched out and cramped for space. We have created animal puppets, sewed our own paper […]

Letter Actions 🔠🔡

Posted October 12, 2022

Watch this video to learn the letter sounds and actions that we are using at school.

Learning Letters and Letter Sounds 🔠🔡👂

Posted October 5, 2022

This year we are working with the From Sounds to Spelling program. We are beginning by learning the alphabet, A through Z. For each letter, students will learn: • The capital and lowercase form of the letter • The letter name • The primary sound the letter makes and a corresponding action • How to […]

Nursery Rhymes 🕰🕷🥚

Posted September 20, 2022

We are learning about Nursery Rhymes. Students are enjoying saying the poems, acting out the stories and creating art to illustrate these stories. Below you will see activities for Itsy Bitsy Spider, Humpty Dumpty, Baa Baa Black Sheep and Jack and Jill. We also made water spouts for the Itsy Bitsy Spider. Ask your child […]

Exploring Letters and Numbers 🔠🔢

Posted September 12, 2022

Students come to school with different understanding of letters and numbers.  We will be providing various activities to learning letter names, sounds and how they are used to form words and sentences. We will be starting home reading after Thanksgiving. We look forward to nurturing our little readers and writers this year!

Summer Reading Clubs at the Local Libraries

Posted June 3, 2022

Summer is almost here and families throughout the region are planning activities to keep themselves entertained. Kitchener Public Library, Region of Waterloo Libraries and the Waterloo Public Library will be running their Summer Reading Clubs again this year. Click on the link below for information. Summer Reading Club (local libraries)

Letter Days in Room 22

Posted November 2, 2021

We have been having lots of fun learning about the letters of the alphabet.  Students have been so excited each morning to share the picture that they have brought to add to our Letter of the Day book.  They have turned out great and are a favourite to visit during Learning Centres. We have been […]

Practicing our Names

Posted October 20, 2021

We have been practicing our names (first and/or last, depending on each student’s developmental level). Sometimes we print on papers, sometimes on our whiteboards and sometimes we get creative at the art centre! We decorated our initials and wrote our names. It is important that students print their names with a capital at the beginning […]

Nursery Rhymes, Part 2

Posted February 23, 2018

Students have been enjoying learning nursery rhymes, retelling the stories with puppets and creating artwork. See if your child can recite: Jack and Jill Hickory Dickory Dock Baa Baa Black Sheep Hey Diddle Diddle Humpty Dumpty Jack Be Nimble Are they able to tell you which words rhyme?

Nursery Rhymes

Posted February 5, 2018

We are learning about Nursery Rhymes as many children do not know them. Students are enjoying saying the poems, acting out the stories and creating art to illustrate these stories. Below you will see Jack and Jill’s pails and grandfather clocks from Hickory Dickory Dock. Ask your child to recite the poems for you at […]

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