The children have been getting acquainted and re-acquainted with each other and our Kindergarten routines.  They have made several batches of cooked play dough with plans to make edible play dough that is maple syrup flavored.  They have had a wonderful afternoon in the art/science room with Sarah, painting, stringing beads, and working on cardboard construction.  They are enjoying songs and stories.  Some favorites books are our Anansi stories and almost anything from our non-fiction, dinosaur section of our library. 

     We have planned for shape days, starting Thursday, September 8 through September 16.  After that we will be starting color days--a letter will go home with the children with more information.  The children made their hallway rules and have begun using the big blocks in the hallway during activity times.  We will have our first music time with Dennis on Thursday and our first Spanish instruction with Ksenia on Friday.  We will be visiting our forest classroom on Friday in preparation for our first Forest Kindergarten morning on Monday.  Next week we will also begin planning for the beginning of swimming the following week.  The children are very eager to get in the full swing of things!

     Here is our shape day plan:  rectangles and squares--Thurs., Sept. 8
                                               ovals, circles, and semi-circles--Fri., Sept. 9
                                               triangles and diamonds--Mon., Sept. 12
                                               trapezoids--Tues., Sept. 13
                                               hearts--Weds., Sept. 14
                                               crescents and stars--Thurs., Sept. 15
                                               balls (spheres)--Fri., Sept. 16