First Few Days

 Hello Parents!

The first few days of school have been amazing! We are SO PROUD of your children! They have been keeping their masks on and have been staying apart -- but still playing together. They have been kind to each other. We could not hope for more!

We read a message together and sang Happy Birthday.

We played at some centres (we brought our bins to our tables or stayed at the carpet).

We finally sat down at the carpet today to read a story -- and then they asked for another one, and we spent longer than usual reading the stories and talking about them. We are just working on having not everybody talking at once :)

First we read Our Class is a Family. Family isn't always people you are related to. Family can be other people too. We spend a large part of the day together, and we are like a family. Our classroom is a place where it is safe to be yourself. It's okay to make mistakes, and we should always try to be kind to each other.

Then we read David Goes to School and talked about all of the things that happened to David at school (good, "bad", fun. and not so fun). This book took so long to read because everyone had so many comments about David! We all decided that David made lots of mistakes, but his teacher still loved him.

 We even sat for another story at the end of the day! That was The Love Behind the Mask. When we wear our masks, we are showing everyone that we care about them and their families. Because there is so much love behind our masks...

I try to read two books a day (and often revisit books). One book is usually an informational story -- like The Love Behind the Mask, or Our Class is a Family. The other book is more of a story that the children can relate to - like David Goes to School.

And then, before we left, I asked "What was your favourite thing about Kindergarten so far?"

Their hands shot up! No one just shouted out an answer. One girl said "I made a new friend" and pointed at her table mate (we will be playing some name games next week!). Her table mate said "I made a new friend too!" (this made me teary - because that is the whole point! It means we had a very successful day!) One said that playing outside was his favourite part, another said that Lunch was his favourite part (his lunch did look delicious). Ask your child what their favourite part of Kindergarten is so far!

The hardest part of my day? Trying to remember the parents! Sorry parents. Its going to take a little while for me to identify you all, with or without your masks on. I do know all of your children though!